ResilientBeast
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Looking at Lehman's time in New Westminster before he joins the Millionaires might be illuminating.
New Westminster on paper looks like it has less high end talent.
I calculated the pythagorean win% of each team in these years GF^2/(GF^2 + GF^2) since the inputs are goals in (a stat a goalie has little impact on, and GAA a stat a goalie has a lot of impact on) I feel like we can use this somewhat as a proxy for the teams abilities as a whole.
(all stats from wikipedia)
Notable Teammates (by scoring table)
1911-12 - Harry Hyland, Ran McDonald, Ken Mallen
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[/TBODY]Despite having the lowest GF in the league, the Royals greatly overshot their expected win%
1912-13 - Ran McDonald, Charles Tobin, Eddie Oatman
*I removed from the totals the one game where Lehman didn't play and New Westminster surrendered 10 goals since this about Lehman
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[/TBODY]The Royals have the lowest GF again (it's close) but also didn't surrender the most GA (by a significant margin). They were expected to finish ahead of the Millionaires.
1913-14 - Eddie Oatman, Ken Mallen, Ran McDonald
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[/TBODY]The Royals finish pretty close to their expectation with an offensive surge this season, though their goaltending and defence is a little bit leaky.
Now we also need to consider that between 1912 and 1914 the PCHA was injected with a significant amount of talent from out east. But the Royals were clearly not a talented offensive team. He then joins a talented offensive team the next season and wins the cup with 1915 Millionaires.
New Westminster on paper looks like it has less high end talent.
I calculated the pythagorean win% of each team in these years GF^2/(GF^2 + GF^2) since the inputs are goals in (a stat a goalie has little impact on, and GAA a stat a goalie has a lot of impact on) I feel like we can use this somewhat as a proxy for the teams abilities as a whole.
(all stats from wikipedia)
Notable Teammates (by scoring table)
1911-12 - Harry Hyland, Ran McDonald, Ken Mallen
Pacific Coast Hockey Association | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pythagorean Win % | Actual Win % | Diff | |
1912 | New Westminster Royals | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 77 | 50.65% | 60.00% | 9.35% |
1912 | Vancouver Millionaires | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 94 | 54.07% | 46.67% | -7.41% |
1912 | Victoria Senators | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 90 | 44.75% | 43.75% | -1.00% |
1912-13 - Ran McDonald, Charles Tobin, Eddie Oatman
*I removed from the totals the one game where Lehman didn't play and New Westminster surrendered 10 goals since this about Lehman
1913 | Victoria Senators | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 56 | 59.59% | 66.67% | 7.08% |
1913 | Vancouver Millionaires | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 89 | 47.11% | 43.75% | -3.36% |
1913 | New Westminster Royals | 14 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 64 | 52.29% | 42.86% | -9.43% |
1913-14 - Eddie Oatman, Ken Mallen, Ran McDonald
1914 | Victoria Aristocrats | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 67 | 58.77% | 66.67% | 7.89% |
1914 | New Westminster Royals | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 81 | 46.16% | 43.75% | -2.41% |
1914 | Vancouver Millionaires | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 83 | 45.61% | 40.00% | -5.61% |
Now we also need to consider that between 1912 and 1914 the PCHA was injected with a significant amount of talent from out east. But the Royals were clearly not a talented offensive team. He then joins a talented offensive team the next season and wins the cup with 1915 Millionaires.
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