Ice Hockey Numbers Meaning

Points scored on home ice.

Ice hockey numbers meaning. The number 27 becomes 72 16 becomes 61 etc. Percentage of faceoffs won. The number a player wears becomes a part of him. The symbols or also refer to the plus minus statistic.

Average number of shifts per game. Points scored against teams within a division. Updated april 11 2019. In team sports the number often referred to as the uniform number squad number jersey number shirt number sweater number or similar with such naming differences varying by sport and region is the number worn on a player s uniform to identify and distinguish each player and sometimes others such as coaches and officials from others wearing the same or similar uniforms.

There s not a hockey fan alive who doesn t associate 99 with wayne gretzky or 66 with mario lemieux. It is often worn by the center and in many cases even by the number one center or captain of the team. Single digit favorites get repeated. The reason for the difference in the last two numbers is that teams get 1 point.

An ice hockey team is made up of six players each with a specific position and job. Average time on ice per game. A hockey statistic that can apply to a player or an offensive or defensive line indicating whether they were on the ice when the opposing team scored a minus or on the ice when their team scored a plus. You get the picture.

First number is wins second number is losses in regulation time third number is losses in over time or shoot out. Perhaps the toughest position in all of sports the goalie is. The following list describes each of the hockey positions. But not every player has a number to.

This statistic can also be referred to as a plus minus ranking. The trouble with double digits. Other numbers also intrigue me. The five hole is a nickname for the space between a goaltender s legs in ice hockey attributed to david neal in 1980 if a player scores by shooting the puck into the goal between the goaltender s legs he is said to have scored through the five hole or to have gone five hole the nickname can also be used in basketball when a player throws a bounce pass that goes through a defender s legs.

In the national hockey league nhl each player has a plus minus statistic that is used to measure his skill as a defensive player relative to other players. Average points scored per game. A number which is taken at nearly each team is the number 19. Points scored on the road.

The number 1 is pretty much reserved for a goalie. 4 becomes 44 9 becomes 99 which is why the great one wore 99 because of mr.