Mike Machnik wrote:
 
> Also true.  I have done the shot chart for Merrimack home games since 1989,
> and I will admit that it isn't always possible to get things right.  There
> is no perfect vantage point from which to do the chart.  At center ice
> (where the press box is at Merrimack), you're on one side and on shots
> taken from the opposite side, you have to make a best guess as to whether
> the shot was on net.  Experience probably helps here, but some guesswork is
> still involved.
 
Ever asked ESPN to borrow their Goal-Cam?  :)
 
Mark
 
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