Goal scoring analysis based on team level in National Hockey League in the season 2006/2007
Garbe, Niels (2013)
Garbe, Niels
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013052310279
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013052310279
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The purpose of this thesis is to determine how top ranked teams score differntly from other teams. In ice hockey the aim is to score more goals than the other team in order to win hockey games.
The thesis examines the differnces in goal scoring on a team level. Therefor the goals of the 2006/2007 season of National Hockey League were collected and categoriezed by predetermined and approved variables. The teams were combined into three groups: Top- , middle- and bottom ranked teams.The groups were based on the position of the final ranking. All the scored goals of each group were analized by the statistics grogramme SPSS 17.0.
The differnces of the resultsfor the three groups are all close by.The results of top ranked teams have narrow differnces in the reasearched categories. The results show that the top team have high scoring centers. Furthermore top ranked team score about 27.3 percent of all their goal on power- play situations. Also top teams compared to the other two goups score more often from a breakout started in the defensive side of the ice.
Even so the top teams are not leading in every category of the analysis variables. Top teams are always close to the lead in all examined categories.
The thesis examines the differnces in goal scoring on a team level. Therefor the goals of the 2006/2007 season of National Hockey League were collected and categoriezed by predetermined and approved variables. The teams were combined into three groups: Top- , middle- and bottom ranked teams.The groups were based on the position of the final ranking. All the scored goals of each group were analized by the statistics grogramme SPSS 17.0.
The differnces of the resultsfor the three groups are all close by.The results of top ranked teams have narrow differnces in the reasearched categories. The results show that the top team have high scoring centers. Furthermore top ranked team score about 27.3 percent of all their goal on power- play situations. Also top teams compared to the other two goups score more often from a breakout started in the defensive side of the ice.
Even so the top teams are not leading in every category of the analysis variables. Top teams are always close to the lead in all examined categories.