Stanley Cup Center of Gravity

[Bear of Bad News]

Interesting article on 538:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-stanley-cup-center-of-gravity-is-somewhere-in-lake-huron/

Looks at the average location of all Stanley Cup winners over the years (similar to what's done with the center of U.S. population, et cetera).

Troubling news for Canadians - if the Kings win, the Stanley Cup center of gravity will be on the U.S. mainland for the first time ever.

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[Caeldan]

As a followup article for someone with way more spare time than I... should go through the rosters of the winning teams and plot the center of gravity based on the birthplaces of the players as opposed to the team cities...

That would actually be a rather interesting shift to watch I think.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I agree - that'd be very cool, and probably pretty easy for someone who's facile with Google.

 

[DL44]

As a followup article for someone with way more spare time than I... should go through the rosters of the winning teams and plot the center of gravity based on the birthplaces of the players as opposed to the team cities...

That would actually be a rather interesting shift to watch I think.

That's actually what I thought it was about...

I'm still fuzzy on what the graphic actually represents...
For example, if they started with Vancouver in1915. Wouldnt the dots start there and then track centrally? Anyways..

 

[Theokritos]

When I read the thread title I literally thought this was about where the center of gravity (as in center of mass) of the physical Stanley Cup trophy lied and I wondered what odd topics those fellows on the Numbers section like to debate.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Its about the second ring where the centre of gravity is I'd imagine.

 

[charlie1]

That's actually what I thought it was about...

I'm still fuzzy on what the graphic actually represents...
For example, if they started with Vancouver in1915. Wouldnt the dots start there and then track centrally? Anyways..

Yeah but it looks like they start the average in 1968. Probably because the average flies around pretty crazily in the first 10-20 years since there are so few points.

By the way, my first post here. This forum looks great. I think the folks in the Islanders forum are sick of my Corsi graphs. Now I can inflict them on you!

 

[Bear of Bad News]

By the way, my first post here. This forum looks great. I think the folks in the Islanders forum are sick of my Corsi graphs. Now I can inflict them on you!

Sweet - looking to having you on board!

I agree, by the way - I spent probably 15 minutes on the site looking for something that had the full "center of gravity" exhibit, since it appears that this starts in 1968.