You can win, but you’re not supposed to win by a lot Tuesday, Feb 14 2006
Ponders 10:46 am
What is going on? The Canadian women’s hockey team has won their first two games handily beating Italy 16-0 and beating Russia 12-0. As I write, they are beating Sweden 8-1 midway through the 2nd period. This equates to a 36-1 ratio. Why do we care about the ratio? Well, if two teams of equal records should meet in the playoffs, the team with the higher differential will have ‘home ice’ advantage. The ‘home team’ has the advantage of making the last substitutions before face-offs. Very key for making sure you have the right matchups on the ice. (more…)
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