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New Stats on Behindthenet.ca: Zone Finish

I put zone starts on the site at the beginning of the season, but due to server space limitations, I never posted zone finishes.  Here's the link:

http://www.behindthenet.ca/2009/new_5_on_5.php?sort=&section=zonestart&mingp=&mintoi=&team=&pos=

You can see from this chart that hockey swings very hard towards its equilibrium – no player ever finishes in the defensive or offensive zone to the extremes that players are started in those zones by their coaches:

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Bill James once noted a similar effect in baseball – no pitcher gives up home runs as often as Albert Pujols hits them, or as rarely as Willie Bloomquist hits them.

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