Two sets of numbers that really jumped out at me that I wonder if someone (or
anyone) who follows HE could clarify:
 
>TEAM PENALTY MINUTES
>                  HOCKEY EAST                OVERALL
>TEAM               GP PEN/PIM  PIM/GM RANK || GP  PEN/PIM  PIM/GM RANK
>Boston College     15 145/321  21.40    4  || 23  218/467  20.30    5
>Boston University  15 158/366  24.40    1  || 23  218/481  20.91    4
>Maine              15 105/213  14.20    9  || 28  190/391  13.96    9
>Mass Amherst       13 125/297  22.85    3  || 21  200/451  21.48   t2
>Mass Lowell        13 145/315  24.23    2  || 25  268/580  23.20    1
>Merrimack          15 146/314  20.93    5  || 25  244/537  21.48   t2
>New Hampshire      13 105/218  16.77    8  || 23  181/386  16.78    8
>Northeastern       15 133/301  20.07    6  || 23  206/458  19.91    6
>Providence         14 127/255  18.21    7  || 24  222/457  19.04    7
 
>POWER PLAY
>RK TEAM                HOCKEY EAST     ||  OVERALL
>1  Maine               28 of 87  32.2  ||  51 of 171  29.8
>2  New Hampshire       21 of 69  30.4  ||  27 of 118  22.9
>3  Mass Lowell         28 of 94  30.1  ||  47 of 174  27.0
>4  Providence          25 of 93  26.9  ||  34 of 149  22.8
>5  Boston University   23 of 122 22.1  ||  41 of 151  27.2
>6  Merrimack           16 of 74  21.6  ||  22 of 123  17.9
>7  Boston College      19 of 93  20.4  ||  27 of 146  18.5
>   Northeastern        19 of 93  20.4  ||  31 of 149  19.5
>9  Mass Amherst         5 of 71   7.0  ||  10 of 124   8.1
 
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it somewhat weird that a team leads the
conference in penalty minutes (and thus shorthanded situations) and has such a
HUGE gap over anyone else in the conference in terms of power play oppor-
tunities? (I'm looking at conference numbers only.)
 
Can someone clarify what kind of penalties BU usually draws from the opponents?
Usually IMO when one team is faster than another, you'll see a lot of holds,
hooks, trips, etc. (the "non-violent" penalties) vs. cross-checks and roughs
(the "violent" ones).
 
Another number that jumped out (with a little subtraction on my part):  Maine
and Lowell have had almost as many power plays in non-conference games as they
have in conference, while BU has drawn relatively few in its non-conference
action.  But if you look at it, if the numbers are correct, BU is 18-29 on
non-conference power plays, for a 62% success ratio.  Does that sound about
right?  If so, it's phenomenal.
 
G. M. Finniss
Michigan State University 11-3-2, 16-6-2
WVU '87, UTenn '92, MSU (the Cardiac Kids strike again.  This time, Garavaglia
hits the game winner with :07 on the clock to lead MSU over Minnesota, 54-53.
Three of their last four wins at Breslin have come on last-second shots.) who
the hell knows when?