NHL Rule: Why do most coincidental penalties result in 5 on 5 like they should, but some result in 4 on 4?
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4 on 4 for most penalties is correct. recent change is also correct, however thisisan oldrule RE-INSTATEDas well. those old gretzky oilers were so good 4 on 4 they stopped allowing it for a few decades
1049879
they can ice the puck because they are one man short.  The team who has the man-advantage must still be able to control the puck well enough to set up scoring opprotunities, but if the team whose player caused a penalty is able to steal the puck, they are allowed to ice it as a defense strategy.\n\nIt is fair because a penalty only gives the opposing team an advantage--it does not give that team a sure thing (i.e., an automatic chance at scorign a goal), unless of course, it is a penalty on a breakway--which results in a penalty shot.
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I'm sorry, but no. The official decides if it is a penalty shot or not. You need to go the the rule book of ice hockey. There are some rules that say when a penalty shot is awarded. In the official rules and casebook 2005-2007 of ice hockey rule #406 explains when and what happens when a penalty shot is called.
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YES! the players that score in the shootout do not get a goal added to there stats, as of the other night Huet of the Habs and Auld of the Panthers both received shutouts, but Auld also gets a 1 in the lose column.\n\nalwaysmoo...>>>> and it doesn't go on as a GWG only if he would score in overtime. and the only thing it affects on a goalie is in the Win, lose column if the team scored 2 of 3 it will not be added to the goalies GAA stats.\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has to do with the goals scored when the player is on the ice.  If their team scores a goal, it counts as a plus and if the other team scores a goal while they are on the ice, it's a minus.  I'm pretty sure that's what it means.\nHope that helped.
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When a player is on the ice, they record the number of goals for and against his team. If his team scores more than they are scored against while he is on the ice, he has a postive number.
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The NHL has four on ice officials, two referees and two linesmen, as well as a host of off ice officials (two goal judges, video replay judge, time keeper, etc). The referees are responsible for supervising all other officials. They may consult with the other officials, but they're decision is final. Linesmen handle face offs (they drop the puck), call offsides and penalties. They tell the referees what they saw and the ref makes the decision on the linesmen's call.
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the random ref puller-outer-thing. I believe the refs are randomly chosen for each game
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The +/- stat is for individual players. When a player is on the ice and his team scores a goal, he gets +1. When he is on the ice and the other team scores a goal, he gets -1. So if a player has a +20 rating, his team scored 20 more goals than they gave up while he was on the ice.
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LOL at Longnecks answer ...\n\nVery Simply, Hockey is a game placed on the ice (though roller and deck hockey can also be played). A team can suit up 20 players for a game and each team places 6 players on the ice at a time:\n1 Goaltender (who has the job of defending a goal), 2 defensemen, 2 fowards (Left Wing and right wing), and 1 center ice man. Players can come in and out of the lineup on the fly as often as they like.\n\nThere are 3 twenty minute periods in a hockey game followed by a 5 minute sudden death OT if required. If the teams are still tied at the end of OT , they have what is known as a shootout - where players take alternating breakaway shots at the opposing goaltender.\n\nWhichever team scores the most goals wins (each goal is worth a single point). \n\nPlayers are allowed, and in fact are encouraged to use physical contact, called checking, while playing the game. Players are not permitted to hold, grab, use their stick to obstruct or check a player that does not have the puck. If they do so they will get a penalty which is typically 2 minutes (though can be 5 minutes for fighting or a major intent to injure penalty). During that time, his team plays shorthanded with one less player as he serves his penalty.
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Except for the goalies, if you're on the ice for an equal strength goal, you get a plus, if it's a goal against, you get a minus.\n\nShort handed and power play goals don't figure into this stat.
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There is no rule like that.  You can check as many times as you want except if the same exact position is repeated three times.  Then it's a draw and the game ends as a tie.
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This rule eliminates the "cherry pickin" of the game.\nIf there wasnt offsides there would be a player of the opposit team standing next to your goalie waiting for a pass. \nIf the forward gets a pass from his teamate and he is passed the last defender when he recieves the pass it is offsides.\n\nI think i just confused you even more
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One way to model the game is to assume that the two teams have constant probabilities per unit time of scoring a goal: p and q for the home and away teams repectively. Then the probability of the score being h to v after time t is just the product of two Poisson distributions:\n\nP(h,v,t) = exp(-pt)(pt)^h/h! * exp(-qt)(qt)^v/v!\n\nNumerically fitting p and q to give .45,.25,.3 for the probabilities of winning, losing and tying gives:\n\np = 1.2 , q = .8\n\nThat gives p+q = 2.0 goals per game (instead of 2.3) and e^(-(p+q)/2) = .36 probability of being scoreless at the half (instead of .3). The choice:\n\np = 1.4 , q = .9\n\nwould get the latter two numbers closer (2.3 and .32). Using those numbers in the above formula (I used a computer) gives the following probabilities for the difference in scores created by one half worth of play:\n\nP(+2) = .09\nP(+1) = .26\nP(0) = .42\nP(-1) = .17\nP(-2) = .04\n\nThe probability of being tied at any point in the second half is obviously at least P(0) (the probability of being tied at the beginning of the second half). As a rough approximation we can add in the probability of coming back if the difference is +1 at the beginning of the half:\n\n.26 * (.17 + .04 + .01) = .06\n\nand if the difference is -1:\n\n.17 * (.26 + .09 + .01) = .06\n\nAdding those to .42 gives a lower limit (.54) for the probability of being tied at least one time in the second half. I would guess it's about 55% or so based on all these assumptions.
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Yes, the goalie can be penalized.  A player, other than the goalie, goes off the ice to serve the penalty while the goalie remains in the game.\n\nBasically, all the penalty types remain the same as with all the other players.  The penalties are either two-minute minor penalties or five-minute major penalties.  They include tripping, delay of game, purposely pushing the goal off the post to prevent a goal (I guess that would be obstruction), even fighting (roughing), and anything that a regular player could be penalized for.\n\nHowever, there's one penalty specific to goalies; if a goalie flips the puck over the glass, there's a two minute penalty for delay of game.
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The answer is 5. when a player gets to 5 accumilated they get an auto 1 match ban. Sky have started putting a number in the card display when a player gets booked from this weekend.
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the reason they show it is two-fold.\n\n#1 is to see how well your team's defense has been playing and how it has affected the game.\n\n#2 has to do with a pitchers ERA. if a run is unearned due to an error the pitcher is not charged for the run.\n\nerrors can have a game changing effect. one error can result in up to 4 runs immediately.  using your example, in basketball the most points a foul can produce is 5(3 pointer made + foul + technical foul)\n4 runs in baseball is the equivalent to 30 points in basketball, if not more. if a foul cost 30 points it would be in EVERY box score