Thursday, September 07, 2006

 

Fun with Numbers

Surfing hockeydb.com is fun, and I love catching oddball stat lines, players, etc... things to do when you are bored.

23-23-22-24-40-6

Can you guess which player had that career stat line for goals? A great deal of consistency, one big season, and then a major flameout. He must have traded his soul for a 40-goal season.

How about this stat-line for points?

Age 22: 2
Age 23: 0
Age 24: 59
Age 25: 17
Age 26: 9

He played a small part of one season, spend the next season in the minors before he had one great rookie season. After that? He flamed out quite fast...

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Here's an easier one... a stat line for goals for a defenseman with a big shot. One BIG season, and then an up-and-down line later on.

Age 21: 1
Age 22: 4
Age 23: 5
Age 24: 3
Age 25: 23
Age 26: 10
Age 27: 4
Age 28: 12
Age 29: 8
Age 30: 13

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Edit: so, "Jeffgwa" managed to find out the names of all 3 players. He gets a free drink sometime. With the food prizes I give away, I'll need to host a BBQ.

Bob Kudelski is player #1 - Everyone knew his 40-goal season (split between the Senators and Panthers, so it doesn't pop out at a 40-goal year at first) was a mirage, but nobody expected he'd flame out so quickly afterwards. Did he sell his soul to get 40 goals?

According to the Legends of Hockey site:
The slick forward was off to a blazing start in 1993-94 with 26 goals in 42 games then was traded to Florida. He scored 14 goals for the expansion Panthers to reach the 40-goal mark. That year he also played in the NHL All-Star Game. During the lockout-shortened season, his production dropped off with the defence-oriented Panthers. He retired after playing 13 games with Florida in 1996.
Hmm, a quick retirement two seasons after his 40-goal campaign. It sounds like a soul sale to me!

Player #2 is Ken Hodge Jr., son of legendary Boston Bruin Ken Hodge, who was brilliant for the Bruins for his rookie year and then just fell down a manhole. During the hockey card craze of the early 90s, I remember that his card was a bit of a hot commodity due to his rookie season. I must have had a lot of Ken Hodge cards, and I wish I had the foresight to sell high. His cards are pretty much common fodder now.

Player #3 is Adrian Aucoin, a defenseman known for his booming shot. I can remember that big year, when Aucoin seemed to score on almost every blast he took. The problem with Aucoin? He has little accuracy. The big knock, IMO, on Aucoin is that he'll take a lot of blasts and miss the net completely. I also recall that he had a big shot and little else, offensively. His assist totals were never too high. Still, he turned into a pretty solid 2-way defenseman before he reached Chi-Town.

Comments:
I have wasted half my day poking around on Hockey DB trying to guess....thanks!
 
The defenseman is Adrian Aucoin, right? I'm drawing a blank on the other two...
 
Aucoin is the defencemen. Bob Kudelski is the 40 goal scorer. Working on the 59 point rookie.
 
Ken Hodge the younger is the 59-point rookie. What do I win?
 
Jeffgwa is defintely the man (sorry Greg, but yer too slow)

I'll buy you an alcoholic beverage should you ever come to Vancouver or Burnaby ;)
 
See if you can guess this one, for goals scored in a season from 96-97 (rookie season) to 03-04 : 15, 9, 20, 9, 20, 8, 15, 8, 8. Last season he finally deviated from the pattern and scored 7.



Oh, and see if you can guess who this guy is :
1983-84 30 52 43 95 28
1984-85 36 72 92 164 36
1985-86 32 79 85 164 49 -- -- -- -- --
1986-87 3 4 4 8 0 -- -- -- -- --
1986-87 35 105 111 216 86
1987-88 36 81 111 192 54
1988-89 35 86 126 212 57
1989-90 32 53 91 144 26
1990-91 34 60 96 156 46
1991-92 36 60 80 140 46
1992-93 35 66 119 185 100
1993-94 44 72 150 222 44
1994-95 42 71 136 207 28
1995-96 35 46 77 123 65
1996-97 41 13 32 45 26
1997-98 44 14 44 58 18
1998-99 36 11 27 38 6
1999-00 40 8 35 43 52 7 0 4 4 0
2000-01 46 19 36 55 42 7 2 5 7 0
2001-02 44 25 79 104 18 10 7 17 24 4
2002-03 36 22 58 80 99
2003-04 36 21 63 84 38
2004-05 58 20 55 75 94
2005-06 51 16 41 57 4


The first column is games, then G-A-P. So yes, he scored 216 pts in 35 games once.

Hints : Those aren't NHL numbers (suprise!)
The three games played early on was a short stint in the WHL.


I'll give a better hint if no one gets this.
 
Julian,

I'm guessing Mike Grier is player #1. Hot/cold/hot/cold...another great-tools and no tool box kinda guy.

Player #2? With short seasons, that must be in Europe some where...hmmm
 
Aww, crap, my initial reply was lost.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00019065

We have a winner for #2...Tony Hand. Did the BHL expand into the current league is it the 2nd tier league in England? Those are some nasty totals.

8 points in 3 WHL Games is impressive. I wonder if he got homesick...
 
Here's another one for y'all

The goal-scoring line for a player, currently in the NHL, and known for some consistent performances.

Age 21: 13
22: 13
23: 19
24: 14
25: 14
26: 14
27: 17
28: 13
29: 12
30: 20
31: 9
32: 9
 
Todd Marchant
 
Yeah Jes, you got both of them.

Hand apparently did get homesick, which is why he left the WHL and went back home to put up 3.5-4 points per game for a few seasons.
 
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