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Fighting In The Pre-Season
by Paul on 09/20/07 at 01:44 PM ET
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from Ken Campbell of the Hockey News,
Not only are fighters dropping at an alarming rate, the incidents of pugilism have gone up sharply this pre-season. In 29 games through Sept. 20, there had been 39 fights for an average of 1.34 per game. Compare that to last year’s pre-season, when there were just 92 in 105 games for an average 0.88. In 2005-06, there were 111 fights in 108 games for an average of 0.97 per game.
Of the 29 pre-season games so far, there have only been five where there have been no fights.
According to hockeyfights.com, the Philadelphia Flyers lead the league with nine pre-season fights, including three from Cote, who also leads the league.
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Ugh. Why are human beings so stupid? I just wish there were a god/deity of some sort, so we could take some back for a refund or replacement.
Ken Campbell, you don’t have a degree in statistics, so you should not comment on statistics.
Of course there are more fights in pre-season than in the regular season. Players only get a small shot to show what they can bring to the table, so if a player’s strength is fighting, that’s what he will try to show off. Also, consider that the opposing team probably has more unskilled tough guys in the lineup right now, so the chances of being on the ice with another enforcer are higher in the pre-season.
Dozens and dozens of players are getting cut from camp every day. Many of those players are the unskilled goons with little to no chance of making the NHL club. Therefore, it makes sense that the rate of fights would be higher during the beginning of the pre-season compared to the end of the pre-season. I fully expect the overall rate of fights per game will drop by the end of the pre-season, when the lineups are more representative of the final roster.
Judging these numbers now is the wrong thing to do. It’s like reporting the average temperature during the entire autumn season is usually 55 degress Fahrenheit, but since the first week of autumn had an average temperature of 65 degrees, the entire year will be ten degrees hotter.
Let’s wait to see the final pre-season numbers so I can show Ken Campbell how wrong he is.
Posted by Muéro on 09/20/07 at 02:17 PM ET
I don’t see the problem here. Nothing better than a good old fashion beat down, pugilist style!
The more the merrier Kenny boy!
Posted by Dan from Halifax on 09/20/07 at 03:52 PM ET
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Are they using some kind of metric math in the great white north? 111 fights in 108 games is 1.03 per game not 0.97. How do I get a job as a fact checker for the Hockey News?
Posted by Gramps (HockeyTownTodd) from Hockeytown on 09/20/07 at 01:56 PM ET