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Penner At Top When Playing At Even Strength
by Paul on 10/30/09 at 09:08 PM ET
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from David Staples at the Cult Of Hockey,
Right now, Penner is a different kind of all by himself, right at the very top of the NHL when it comes to point production at even strength.
Heading into Friday night’s games, according to Behind the Net, Penner is averaging 4.86 points for every 60 minutes of even strength play, while Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is at 4.77 points per 60 minutes of play, good for second place.
The next most productive scorers are Brad Richards, wonder kid Ryan O’Reilly, Marian Gaborik and Gilbert Brule.
What does this tell us, other than Penner is doing a great imitation of Phil Esposito right now?
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It’s brule...nothing else. It doesn’t hurt that the defense is extremely offensively minded. Hemsky is playing like a beast (as he SHOULD) as well. Penner isn’t a controlling power forward like he’s made out to be, he’s not effective if he doesn’t have a center with hands...it’s not a bad thing, but if brule get’s hurt his numbers are going to tank.
Posted by stoneman from vegas on 10/31/09 at 12:11 AM ET
How come Penner got 5 points on the 22nd and Brule was out of the lineup?
Posted by Oilfever on 10/31/09 at 11:12 AM ET
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Wow, that’s pretty impressive. I really like the fact that a good portion of the hockey community hasn’t heard of Penner. Maybe that’ll change by the end of the year.
Posted by Eric on 10/30/09 at 10:10 PM ET