By The Numbers - Week of 11/8/2021
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- Written by Sam Olmstead
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Hello everyone! And welcome back to By The Numbers. Right off the bat, thank you to everyone who checked out last week's blog. I know it was a little wordy, but I had to make sure everyone was up to speed. This one will take me forever to write due to the fact that my new rescue dog, Calvin, is very clingy and me escaping to my office was a big no-no. He is a beagle mix; and judging by his bark, the only internal organs he possesses are lungs. But I digress…
The questions I most commonly get asked about what I do with this blog is, “What does it all mean?” “Based on these numbers, what do I think will happen this weekend?” and my personal favorite, “How is Team A ranked higher than Team B, when Team A has a better record?”.
What does it all mean? It means this is what has happened so far. A log of games that have already been played. And how the times in those games added up. This is by no means a why question, but how. You can look at a final score and say that’s why that team won, they scored more goals. But how did they win? Did they take an early lead and hold it the entire game? Did they trail most of the game, but scored late? As I’ve said before, this is just a different way of looking at it.
Dump & Chase 053 - This Time, It Wasn’t A Fluke
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S4E7 - The Dump & Chase Podcast is back for another week. The Phantoms have points in four straight games, and we’re still getting used to doing episodes after good things happen! Check it out today!
Week 6 Preview: 11/5/21 & 11/6/21 @ Muskegon
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The ups and downs of a season can surprise you sometimes. After a 5 game losing streak against teams we expected to be much more competitive against, the Phantoms (4-6-0-1) managed to break out and earned 4 of 6 points last weekend. After dropping a 3rd straight game to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders on Friday, they managed to win one against the 'Riders and then put a smackdown on the defending Clark Cup champion Chicago Steel. Let's hope they can keep the momentum swinging their way when they take to the road to play the Muskegon Lumberjacks (1-6-1-2), who are struggling mightily.
The 'Jacks aren't exactly bad on offense, when they get any offense. The second leading returning scorer on the team, Quinn Hutson, is second in scoring on the team in points and the top goal scorer with 6g and 2a. Hutson is an opportunistic scorer and playmaker who had 3g, 8a in 10 games against the Phantoms last season. The third returning scorer from last season is team captain Jack Williams, who could play his 130th USHL game (combined regular season and playoffs) this weekend. Williams only has 1g and 2a on the 21-22 season, something that has to concern the 'Jacks. Joey Larson is a decent sized forward, an '01 with good BCHL and NAHL experience, who has showed he can help on offense with 5g and 2a. Last seasons tender Owen Mehlenbacher was expected to contribute more this season but the '04 only has 1g and 2a this season. Ethan Whitcomb is another '04 who is highly touted but only has 1a in 7 games this season.
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