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Road Teams Get More Penalties Called Against Them
by Paul on 03/01/09 at 08:16 PM ET
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from Curtis Stock of the Edmonton Journal,
New research confirms what many NHL hockey fans have long suspected, that referees consistently call more penalties on visiting teams.
In a sampling of more than 2,300 power plays from Jan. 1 through mid-February, home teams had 11.5 per cent more man advantages than did visitors.
National Hockey League teams have won 55 per cent more points and games at home than on the road this year — a statistic which fits nicely into the 54- to 56-per-cent advantage home teams have enjoyed throughout this decade.
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Home ice advantage with last change may play a large part in this. Bad match ups leading to penalties. I can’t say that this would account for the entire 11.5%, as that still seems a tick high to me, but I’ve got nothing to back up this theory either.
Or maybe it has something to do with the fact the Ducks were on the road a lot those 2 months.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 03/01/09 at 09:46 PM ET
Yeah, this is just looking at 1.5 months. Colour me unconvinced.
I expect visiting teams do take more penalties, but that shouldn’t be any more surprising than the fact that home teams score more goals on average. Home teams have an advantage on faceoffs and have last change. They also tend to be more rested, are less likely to be playing in the second night of a back-to-back, have a very real (but small) psychological edge because they’re defending their own territory, and have the better bench/dressing room arrangement.
A more interesting comparison would be to see how much the penalty advantage for home teams changed when home teams started wearing coloured jerseys instead of whites. White is a very unaggressive colour, so it’d be interesting to see if that subconsciously translated that into fewer penalty calls against.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 03/01/09 at 11:12 PM ET
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