Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Stat Pack: Hometown Heroes

With home ice on the line, we look at the best performers at home, plus more.

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

1. Home-ice advantage may help inexperienced players more than others – the top three goaltenders in home save percentage are all freshmen, and the top nine are all freshmen or sophomores.

Best Save Percentage, Home Games
.948 – Jason Argue, Bentley
.947 – Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence
.942 – Daniel Tirone, New Hampshire
.941 – Dalton Izyk, Robert Morris
.939 – Evan Cowley, Denver (FLA)
.938 – Mitch Gillam, Cornell
.937 – Tim Ernst, Brown
.936 – Charlie Finn, Colgate
.934 – Cal Petersen, Notre Dame (BUF)
.933 – Keegan Asmundson, Canisius

2. Home teams have a .561 winning percentage on the year, with 37 of 59 teams posting records over .500. Here are the top five:

Best Home Winning Percentage
.857 – Michigan (12-2-0)
.844 – Minnesota State (13-2-1)
.781 – Minnesota (12-3-1)
.781 – Penn State (11-2-3)
.775 – North Dakota (14-3-3)

3. Here are the top special teams squads since the Christmas break:

Best Power Play, Since Dec. 25
32.9% – Boston University
32.6% – Michigan
30.2% – Colorado College
27.4% – Minnesota
26.7% – Michigan Tech

Best Penalty Killing, Since Dec. 25
93.1% – Bemidji State
92.6% – Quinnipiac
91.9% – Cornell
90.6% – Bentley
90.1% – Robert Morris

4. More than half of all Division I teams (32 of 59) have had at least one hat trick this season. Here are the fan bases that have had to surrender the most hats:

Most Hat Tricks
4 – Boston University, Minnesota State
3 – Air Force, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, RIT, Robert Morris

5. Ten rinks hosted sellout crowds last weekend, including at least one in each of the six conferences:

Sellout Crowds, Feb. 27-28
Army
Ferris State
Michigan
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State
North Dakota
Northeastern
Notre Dame
Robert Morris
Yale