PrimumHockeyist
Registered User
Hi all.
Here out west, I've come to expect that visiting teams will set big records when they're on the verge. It's what we do here in Vancouver.
And so tonight, when Stamkos entered town with 499 goals it was not unexpected that he scored. Now, as we enter the third period Stamkos is entertaining a hat trick, having scored two goals this far. The announcer, John Garret, just said that he would be the 8th such player to score a hat trick when he scored his 500th goal.
So, until tonight there had been 46 500 goal scorers.
If 7 scored hat tricks on the night of their 500th goal, the frequency is one hat trick every 6.75 games on this milestone occasion.
Can anyone tell me if that anything close to the normal frequency of hat tricks?
A further consideration would be the average age of players when they score 500. It's probably too much of a pain to figure out, but I wonder how often players score hat tricks at that age.
Here out west, I've come to expect that visiting teams will set big records when they're on the verge. It's what we do here in Vancouver.
And so tonight, when Stamkos entered town with 499 goals it was not unexpected that he scored. Now, as we enter the third period Stamkos is entertaining a hat trick, having scored two goals this far. The announcer, John Garret, just said that he would be the 8th such player to score a hat trick when he scored his 500th goal.
So, until tonight there had been 46 500 goal scorers.
If 7 scored hat tricks on the night of their 500th goal, the frequency is one hat trick every 6.75 games on this milestone occasion.
Can anyone tell me if that anything close to the normal frequency of hat tricks?
A further consideration would be the average age of players when they score 500. It's probably too much of a pain to figure out, but I wonder how often players score hat tricks at that age.