Implications of puck possession on scoring chances in ice hockey
Rollins, Laura (2010)
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2010
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201102152349
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201102152349
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Much of the conventional wisdom in ice hockey suggests that moving the puck forward,towards the opponent's goal, is the best strategy for producing scoring chances.
Past research has lent credence to this wisdom. Studies have consistently shown that scoring chances in hockey are produced from fast attacks and short possessions of less than 10 seconds.
Thus, many coaches the world over preach a brand of hockey that sacrifices puck control for constant forward motion. As a consequence, hockey is often reduced to a game of Pong – teams exchange the puck back and forth until someone commits a fatal error and a goal is scored.
Previous studies have given only a partial picture of the nature of scoring chances. They have implied that the production of a chance is dependent only on the possession immediately prior to that chance.
This study will expand on the earlier research by examining the ten possessions prior to a scoring chance, and how they affect the production of that chance.
Past research has lent credence to this wisdom. Studies have consistently shown that scoring chances in hockey are produced from fast attacks and short possessions of less than 10 seconds.
Thus, many coaches the world over preach a brand of hockey that sacrifices puck control for constant forward motion. As a consequence, hockey is often reduced to a game of Pong – teams exchange the puck back and forth until someone commits a fatal error and a goal is scored.
Previous studies have given only a partial picture of the nature of scoring chances. They have implied that the production of a chance is dependent only on the possession immediately prior to that chance.
This study will expand on the earlier research by examining the ten possessions prior to a scoring chance, and how they affect the production of that chance.