Monday, December 8, 2014

Stat Pack: Go-To Guys

A look a players’ fueling their teams’ offenses, plus top home performers and more.

Stat Pack: Go-To Guys
Tyler Sikura has had a hand in 12 of Dartmouth’s 25 goals through 10 games.

In our Stat Pack feature, College Hockey Inc. highlights five obscure but telling statistics from the world of college hockey.

1. The following players have a hand in the highest percentage of their teams’ goals:

Most Points per Team Goals
51.4% – Matt Garbowsky, RIT (19 pts./37 team goals)
51.0% – Jack Eichel, Boston University (25/49)
50.0% – Trevor Mingoia, Providence (15/30)
48.6% – Cole Gunner, Air Force (18/37)
48.0% – Tyler Sikura, Dartmouth (12/25)
46.4% – Dalen Hedges, Northeastern (13/28)
42.9% – Danny O’Regan, Boston University (21/49)

2. Penn State had 40 shots on goal Friday night, the eighth time this year the Nittany Lions have put at least 40 pucks on net. In each of its three seasons of Division I hockey, PSU has ranked in the top three nationally in shots on goal per game:

YearShots/GameNCAA Rank
2014-1539.601st
2013-1435.253rd
2012-1327.851st

3. Six goaltenders have save percentages of .950 or better on home ice this season:

Best Home Save Percentage
.970 – Tim Ernst, Brown
.962 – Collin Delia, Merrimack
.954 – Charlie Finn, Colgate
.954 – Hayden Stewart, Cornell
.954 – Jon Gillies, Providence (CGY)
.950 – Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence
.949 – Matthew Skoff, Penn State
.947 – Jayson Argue, Bentley
.947 – Rob Nichols, Connecticut
.947 – Rasmus Tirronen, Merrimack

4. Here’s a look at the top special teams performers on home ice this season:

Best Power Play, Home Games
50.0% – Harvard
35.7% – Vermont
34.8% – Minnesota
32.3% – UMass Lowell
32.1% – Bentley
31.2% – St. Cloud State

Best Penalty Killing, Home Games
100% – St. Lawrence
97.1% – Colgate
95.7% – Bowling Green
93.1% – Michigan Tech
93.0% – North Dakota
92.3% – Merrimack

5. Ten players have put more than 60 shots on goal thus far in 2014-15:

Most Shots on Goal
89 – Sam Anas, Quinnipiac
83 – Riley Barber, Miami (WSH)
78 – Sean Kuraly, Miami (SJ)
76 – Casey Bailey, Penn State
70 – Ralph Cuddemi, Canisius
69- Ahti Oksanen, Boston University
65 – Jonny Brodzinski, St. Cloud State (LA)
65 – Frank Vatrano, Massachusetts
63 – Mario Puskarich, Vermont
61 – Matt Willows, New Hampshire