At 6:08 PM -0500 3/9/97, Jeffrey Anbinder wrote:
> Mark inquired:
> > If Koenig had not returned, how would that have gone into the
> > records. Would his average shown 2 goals in 1/3 game similar
> > to the eway a baseball pitcher's ERA is figured? How about
> > the case where the goalie is in for only 10 minutes?
> > Would that be 2 goals in 1/6 a game?
>
> You've got the right idea; if Koenig was in for exactly twenty minutes
> and gave up two goals, his GAA for that game is six.  Someone last year
> pointed out an instance where a new goalie was put into his first game, gave
> up a goal after twelve seconds, and was pulled; his GAA was 180.
 
It would be 300.00, wouldn't it?
 
To Mark: Just remember that the formula is (total GA x 60)/(total minutes
played).  That's why as Jeffrey said, at the end of the season, the totals
aren't affected that much.
 
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