A Reason to Drink on a Tuesday: Looking at our hockey team's season
An interesting comparison of % minutes this season certain teams have spent in leads, tied or behind thus far (compiled by an msu fan, of course). Just think where our team would be if they didn't have a habit of blowing multiple-goal leads. Still - hope remains.
February 27th, 2024 at 9:07 AM ^
Worst (and most famous) Gerald Ford impressions ever.
February 27th, 2024 at 11:04 AM ^
He was doing Biden, he just didn't know it at the time.
February 27th, 2024 at 2:07 PM ^
I am spoiled by Seth's chart artistry (chartistry?) as it took me an inordinate amount of time to figure out how to read these.
February 27th, 2024 at 4:08 PM ^
I agree with this statement
February 27th, 2024 at 8:56 AM ^
our basketball team saw the charts and spit out their morning coffee, saying, "dude, have you checked our season out?!?!?"
February 27th, 2024 at 9:08 AM ^
It's Tuesday....that is all the reason I need.
February 27th, 2024 at 9:20 AM ^
Am i reading that first chart correctly...that we have only been behind ~16% of the time compared to ahead ~50% of the time?
February 27th, 2024 at 10:10 AM ^
Yes... and there is still a real chance we don't even make the tournament.
Drink!
February 27th, 2024 at 9:32 AM ^
One would think that over the course of a long season (82 games) Michigan would end up near the top of the season standings due to regression to the mean. They are the kind of team where if you are a higher seed you don't want to draw them but if you were a lower seed you would want to play Michigan. A bit of a paradoxical team.
February 27th, 2024 at 9:44 AM ^
82 games? NHL or NBA?
February 27th, 2024 at 9:52 AM ^
I meant that if they hypothetically played an NHL schedule of 82 games they would be the team that would be off to a slow start but at some point would get "hot" because the underlying metrics are strong.
February 27th, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
You don't need a "reason" to drink on a Tuesday.
February 27th, 2024 at 11:05 AM ^
You do in the morning
February 27th, 2024 at 11:11 AM ^
If you just keep drinking arbitrary monikers like "morning" really don't retain much meaning. It's more just happy, angry, or sleeping.
February 27th, 2024 at 10:21 AM ^
you guys need a reason to drink?
February 27th, 2024 at 11:08 AM ^
Man, that's rougher than I expected. Only losing 16% of the minutes, but holding a 17-12-3 record.
What's your data source for this and did CHN make those charts? Would be interested to plot time losing vs. record
Just in that first chart you can see teams with similar % of time losing are #1 BC, #3 NoDak, and #5 Denver....
February 27th, 2024 at 4:19 PM ^
Not my charts - found them on a hockey blog and decided to share.
February 27th, 2024 at 11:40 AM ^
2 wins over Gophers and I am ALL in.
February 27th, 2024 at 5:29 PM ^
Sweep Minny and win at least 1 in the B1G tourney and hope for a 3 seed.
February 27th, 2024 at 1:43 PM ^
Thank you!! Exactly why this season has been so frustrating. My wife and I started joking, "Oh no, we have a 3 goal lead. We're in trouble." Seeing this graph verifies how I felt with the eye test.
During the PSU series, B1G+ announcers also shared that our goal differential in the first period and second period were somewhere around 25 each, while we were around -6 in the third period (exact numbers escape me but the point is there).
If we didn't blow leads in just 2 or so top games, we'd be safely under the bubble. That aside, as lhglrkwg notes, we should be in "#1 BC, #3 NoDak, and #5 Denver" company if we didn't blow leads. Self-destruction at key moments has been killer.
Drink up and I hope we bop those gophers for two Ws this weekend.
February 27th, 2024 at 6:11 PM ^
We will either not make the NCAA tournament or win the Natty. There really is no different outcome possible for this team
Or we will make the tourney, blow out all teams, and then blow a 3-1 lead in the third period of the championship game.
February 27th, 2024 at 6:59 PM ^
I always drink on Tuesday. Am I not supposed to? No one told me!
February 27th, 2024 at 8:36 PM ^
It’s Bourbon Tuesday, for sure. Elijah Craig Single Barrel. What are you drinking tonight?
February 27th, 2024 at 11:57 PM ^
This makes me happier about the relative dip compared to the last two years. Of course some of these blown games come down to coaching/players but our record is deflated and not representative of our performances for the majority of the time on ice