“Wait a second,” Fornabaio asked himself. “In the Five-Year Team post… Is that St. Laurent joke fair?” This being just the kind of rhetorical question that sparks a database search, and then a table with too much space around it…
2005-06 Two-Man Advantages (TMA) for Bridgeport (B) and Opponents (O) by referee
| Referee | Games | TMA(B) | TMA(O) | TMA(total) | TMA/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banfield | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2.6 |
| St. Laurent | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2.25 |
| Ciamaga | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| St. Pierre | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Dumas | 13 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1.92 |
| Smith | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1.78 |
| Dwyer | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 |
| Langdon | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.67 |
| CBrown | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1.33 |
| JKoharski | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.33 |
| TKoharski | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 |
| Hoberg | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Pelletier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fraser | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Morton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Pochmara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kozari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 80 | 65 | 57 | 122 | 1.525 |
…so the answer is, “depends how big a sample you need to qualify ‘fair,’ buddy.”
And this, gentle reader, is why I don’t sleep.
Epilogue: In the playoff series, St. Laurent worked two games and called four five-on-threes. Dean Morton hurt his average by also calling four two-man advantages in two games. Terry Koharski called one two-man advantage in one game; nephew Jamie and non-relative Chris Brown both worked one game without finding a five-on-three to call.