Responding to msg by [log in to unmask] (Wayne Smith) on >G.M. Finniss points out ... >>Hockey East 12 games played, 4 shootouts >>CCHA 24 games played, 1 tie >>WCHA 27 games played, 1 tie >> >>Sort of makes you wonder if HE teams are playing for >the shootout. > >33% is an extraordinary number, yet the WHCA and CCHA >numbers are almost as strange(4%). There haven't been >many games played yet, but a quick look at the last 3 >years gives the following: > > 91-92 131 of 851 ot 15.4% > 92-93 120 of 894 ot 13.4% > 93-94 146 of 888 ot 16.4% > Hockey East tie league games: 1993-94 14 of 96 14.58% * 1992-93 6 of 96 6.25% 1991-92 8 of 84 9.52% 1990-91 5 of 84 5.95% 1989-90 7 of 84 8.33% 1988-89 5 of 91 5.49% 1987-88 9 of 91 9.89% 1986-87 7.5 of 112 6.70% ** 1985-86 6.5 of 119 5.46% ** 1984-85 7 of 119 5.88% * This only includes 4 tie games involving Maine. The HE Yearbook does not have the game results for Maine and I only know of 4 ties involving the Black Bears. Regardless, both Lowell and Northeasern had 6 league ties and Boston College had 5 league ties. One can see why Hockey East decided to try the shootout this year. ** Hockey East played an interlocking schedule with the WCHA allowing an odd number of league ties for the year. Sean Pickett - Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East Champions! [log in to unmask]