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October 6, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Slump? More Like 'Sophomore Surge'

by Tom Awad

Do second year players such as Steven Stamkos, Steve Mason and Drew Doughty, who were all skating on the ice Monday night, generally improve in their second season, or do they usually fall into the so-called sophomore slump?

September 13, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Shooting To The Score

by Tom Awad

Is there causation in the correlation between team shooting percentage, save percentage, and the amount of time spent playing in the lead?

August 25, 2009

Numbers On Ice: A Shot Quality Primer

by Tom Awad

What are some of the factors influencing shot quality, and has our inability to measure the quality of shots in the past affected our perception of players?

August 4, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Understanding GVT, Part 3

by Tom Awad

How do the four components-offensive GVT, defensive GVT, goaltending GVT, shootout GVT-work, how are they standardized and what is the end result?

August 3, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Understanding GVT, Part 2

by Tom Awad

What are some more properties of GVT and in what context should the statistic be used?

July 30, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Understanding GVT, Part 1

by Tom Awad

What exactly does Goals Versus Threshold measure, what are some of its characteristics and what are some of its building blocks?

July 14, 2009

Numbers On Ice: How Does The Draft Affect On-Ice Success?

by Tom Awad

How well does an organizations success in drafting correlate with success on the ice?

July 3, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Numbers On Ice: Team Draft Report Cards, Part 2

by Tom Awad

Which team has had the most success at drafting good players over the past 15 years?

June 30, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Team Draft Report Cards, Part 1

by Tom Awad

Which franchises have had the most success at drafting prospects over the past 14 years?

June 19, 2009

Numbers On Ice: The Top 10 Greatest Drafts Ever, Part Two

by Tom Awad

What were the top seven greatest drafts ever and which players were involved?

June 18, 2009

Numbers On Ice: The Top 10 Greatest Drafts Ever, Part One

by Tom Awad

What were the ten greatest drafts of all time? Who were the teams and which players were involved?

June 12, 2009

Numbers On Ice: League Equivalencies and GVT

by Tom Awad

How does the GVT of an AHL or European Elite League player translate to the NHL?

June 5, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Dynasty? You Bet

by Tom Awad

Have the Detroit Red Wings been a dynasty for the past 15 years or do they fall short of the criteria to be considered such a consistently elite team?

May 29, 2009

Numbers On Ice: To Normalize Or Not To Normalize

by Tom Awad

GVT, adjusted for the playoffs, is used to select the best candidates for the Conn Smythe trophy.

May 22, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Are Some Teams Built For The Playoffs?

by Tom Awad

Is there a special sauce for postseason success in the NHL?

May 14, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Being Conn Smythe

by Tom Awad

Who have been the best performing players, in terms of GVT, in the NHL postseason so far?

April 24, 2009

Numbers On Ice: GVT Rankings

by Tom Awad

The regular season GVT results are in and suddenly some of the first round results start to make sense.

April 9, 2009

Numbers On Ice: April 9th, 2009 Power Rankings

by Tom Awad

Tom breaks down your team's chances of making it through each particular playoff round in this installment of the Power Rankings.

April 3, 2009

Numbers On Ice: Fixing Plus/Minus

by Tom Awad

Tom creates RPM, adjusted Plus/Minus, to perfect the original Plus/Minus by factoring out goaltending and short-handed goals.

March 27, 2009

Numbers On Ice: March 27th Power Rankings

by Tom Awad

The Bruins and Red Wings are the class of the NHL in this week's edition of the Power Rankings.

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