hockeymetrics Stories - Defending Big D
Hockeymetrics: What the Stars Have Missed from Alex Goligoski
A few weeks ago, I took a look at some of Alex Goligoski's metrics in any effort to project how much his absence on the blue line would affect the Stars. But while projections can be a an informative time killer and generator of talking points, they're not substitute for cold hard facts. And the...
Hockeymetrics: What the Stars Will Miss From Goligoski
Safe to say now that the Stars are mired in a three game losing streak, this rough patch started when Alex Goligoski took a puck off his right hand in his first game back in Pittsburgh since the trade last January that sent him to Dallas. In the eight full periods of play that he's missed since...
Dallas Stars By The Numbers: Comparing Octobers
No doubt about it, the Dallas Stars under new coach Glen Gulutzan are in the conversation for the most pleasant of surprises in the NHL, right up there with Edmonton. With an 8-3 start under their belts, the Stars will start the month of November in sole possession of first place in the Pacific...
Hockeymetrics: Stars By The Numbers
And this may or may not become a regular feature with my Hockeymetrics-themed posts just because these are numbers that are fun to talk about. I would have called it Hockey Numbers to Chew On For Fun, Even Yucks. But HNTCOFFEY doesn't have the same ring to it as, say, TROT COFFEY. So we'll stick...
Hockeymetrics: Finding Out The 'Who' in The 'How ___ Went, So Did the Stars' in 2012
One metric I haven't really looked at since starting this series on Defending Big D is looking at who scores the goals when the Stars win. Not really sure why that is because it is a metric with some meaning. Mind you, I'd rather measure something like the metric co-developed by a friend of mine,...
Hockeymetrics: And Then There's the Stars Play on the Road
Last week, I analyzed the Stars woes within the Pacific Division and pointed at that as one area of improvement for the upcoming season. This week, I'll look at the road play. Now compared to the intra-divisional woes the Stars had last season, the Stars accomplished some impressive feats on the...
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