Joined: 03-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 6061 Location: United States
Posted: 08-Nov-2003 19:32 Post subject: Hockey question
Since I don't follow it and I've always wondered for years...
What is the +/- statistic and how is it calculated? It always seems to hold some sort of significance to announcers, and I never quite knew what it stood for.
_________________ Mordel Blacknight - Site Administrator
Posted: 08-Nov-2003 19:47 Post subject: RE: Hockey question
Plus/Minus is a simple stat. Whenever that player is on the ice, and their team scores a goal, their +/- stat goes up by one. If they are on the ice when they get scored on, the stat goes down by one. So a player with a high +/- stat means the lines they play on are strong on both offense and defense, and a negative +/- means they get scored on more than they score.
Joined: 03-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 6061 Location: United States
Posted: 08-Nov-2003 20:26 Post subject: RE: Hockey question
Ahhhh.... thanks a ton!! That's a question I should've asked a looooong time ago. Especially since I see chihawk at least once a week and numerous other times on IM. One would've thought that it should've occurred to me to just ask him.
_________________ Mordel Blacknight - Site Administrator
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 8072 Location: United States
Posted: 08-Nov-2003 23:14 Post subject: RE: Hockey question
You should have asked me because Peter only got it half right.
What he said is true except you do not get a plus when your team scores and you're on the power play and you do not get a minus when your team is scored upon when shorthanded.
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