“If we take four … penalties a game, we’re going to kill every one of those … penalties off. We take … seven, they’re going to … score. Our … killers are getting bagged every night.” –Brent Thompson, Dec. 12, 2014.
| PP # | Total time | Chances | PPGA | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48:22 | 26 | 3 | 3.72 |
| 2 | 42:38 | 26 | 3 | 4.22 |
| 3 | 39:28 | 25 | 5 | 7.60 |
| 4 | 36:39 | 22 | 6 | 9.82 |
| 5 | 23:54 | 17 | 6* | 15.06* |
| 6 | 21:17 | 12 | 1 | 2.82 |
| 7 | 8:43 | 6 | 1 | 6.88 |
| 8 | 3:16 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9 | 2:00 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
*-includes one empty-net goal; without it, GAA=12.55
PP #: the Xth opposition power play in each game. Total time: cumulative time short-handed. Chances: Number of opposition PPs. PPGA: Power-play goals against. PPGAA: Goals-against average in each situation.
“Well, the lad has a point.” –Homer Simpson, Feb. 7, 1991
The dip at six is kind of fascinating. The goal is actually the last sixth opportunity: Pouliot’s dipsy-doodle last Friday at Wilkes-Barre, the sixth power play in two periods. Those sixths have come in all different situations: a blowout in either direction, the Mayfield major in the Norfolk home game in which the Admirals came pretty hard for a bit but were held quiet later, a couple of tie games (one into overtime), a few close games, and one the Gallant cross-check on Jaime Sifers that devolved into the line brawl at the end of that Springfield home game which, in hindsight, marks the line between Bridgeport’s early success and the struggle of the past 12 games. Sample sizes, perhaps, and what have you.
“Perhaps there is no moral to this story.” –Lisa Simpson, July 11, 1991
Nah, there probably is.