Historical Right-Handed Shooting
by Hawerchuk on Jan 27, 2010 9:00 AM EST
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Just following up on yesterday's post, I wanted to show the percentage of games played and goals scored by right-handed shooters since the dawn of time:
Most right-handed people have shot left (in Canada, at least) since before 1930. What I find interesting is that this phenomenon essentially predates the modern uses of the stick - curved sticks didn't become common until the 1960s, and the slap shot is generally assumed to have been invented in the early 1950s. So whatever the reasoning for having your strong hand at the top of the stick was back then, it's surely different now.
Incidentally, right-handed shooters score 13% more goals-per-game than left-handed shooters. This is mostly because right-handed shooters are more likely to be forwards, and hence have more opportunities to score.
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R vs. L on faceoffs / advantages
Have you ever done or considered looking at faceoff win percentage for all 3 possible “handedness” matchups? (i.e. R vs. R, L vs. L, R vs. L/L vs. R).
Often on TV or radio, the commentator notes a good matchup on a faceoff for Team X because they have a R/L shooter taking the draw and because the circle is to the R/L of the goalie. I’ve always wondered what the stats say. Or if there is some other pattern depending on where the draw is (neutral, defensive zone, offensive zone).
Thanks, Adrian HockeyIndependent.com
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Huh, weird
I’m a righty, but have always held my stick to the right (good hand down low). Maybe because when I was a kid that put the control closest to the puck? And I had nobody tell me better? Or maybe because I started on lacrosse and that’s how you hold those stick (dominant hand by the net for all the cradling).
Weird.
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