Who has the best/worst home field advantage?

[ampersand5]

Most home field advantage in sports stems from the refs being influenced by the crowd.
By looking at the at the discrepancy between penalties taken/drawn on the road versus at home, we can determine which teams audience has the biggest impact on the game and as a result, which team has the biggest home field advantage.

Does anyone know if there is any data available on penalties taken/drawn per game so we can sort the data and rank the teams?

Thoughts?

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[Eggywags]

cool idea, i would like to see all the information layed out,,, but i dont have the time to help you

 

[ORLY]

Nobody has the best home field advantage because hockey is played on ice.

In other news, that information would be neat to sift through, I like the way you think OP.

 

[ampersand5]

im doing this for the NBA and its really easy because ESPN has all of the stats with a home-away split. However in regards to hockey, I can only find the amount of penalties taken per game with no information on penalties drawn, or the home-away split.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Avs due to altitude (debateable)

 

[Ola]

I found this very interesting, from the top Nigerian division in soccer. Pretty mindboggling/scary.

The reason given for it is that the home team apparantly transports the referee to the arena and...

 

[Wesleyy]

As far as I've found, Calgary Flames have the biggest home/road performance discrepancy through years 2005-12. I also went more in depth into possible factors that affect home ice advantage, take a look here if you are interested.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Definitely the avs, that altitude adjustment is killer to some teams

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

As far as I've found, Calgary Flames have the biggest home/road performance discrepancy through years 2005-12. I also went more in depth into possible factors that affect home ice advantage, take a look here if you are interested.

Interesting you see a lot of the younger teams and worse off teams lately in the standard deviation. Detroit appears there but the 23 game winning streak has a ton to do with that. Then again Detroit (boards) and Edmonton (ice quality) are frequently mentioned as having a distinct advantage by playing with those conditions frequently.

 

[goeb]

As far as I've found, Calgary Flames have the biggest home/road performance discrepancy through years 2005-12. I also went more in depth into possible factors that affect home ice advantage, take a look here if you are interested.

Very well done with that article.

Is there any research breaking down home-ice advantage in the playoffs?

 

[DaveG]

I found this very interesting, from the top Nigerian division in soccer. Pretty mindboggling/scary.

The reason given for it is that the home team apparantly transports the referee to the arena and...

... Dear god, how is that even possible?

 

[RedLeader]

... Dear god, how is that even possible?

As the poster alluded too, bribes/coercion.