Predictions are futile.

I’ve added a link to the official stats XLS file in the first post.

Ah, that’s long before I started playing which I guess is why I didn’t know.

I suspect the problem is with finding appropriate volunteers to do the job. Some people just plain suck at writing and others simply aren’t willing to spare their free time to chase up information just to write up articles about events.

I think making the raw stats available might help a little as you could at least use that to get an accurate idea of what’s going on. I used to do that a lot with the Dunedin Ice Hockey League reports if I didn’t attend the game. You can take a pretty good guess as to what happened if you have the official game stats and a few tidbits of information from spectators about what happened. Reports from those who attended would be a lot better, but that’s not always possible.

That would be a very boring promo video. We all know goalies just stand in the goal and flail around a bit when the puck comes near. Backup goalies do exactly the same, except they’re on the bench instead of the ice.

The real action is in the gumby adult leagues. The biggest hits and most exciting action is in the lower ranks. Where else can you see two people who can barely skate, line each other up, and then see the horror on their faces when they realise neither of them can stop or turn and then slam into each other in a bone crunching thump on the ice. The NZIHL has nothing on that. We even get spectacular wipe-outs with no one near the player at the time! Blue line – boomf! Ok, Kyle does that often too, but he’s the ref/linesman so it doesn’t count. Yes, gumby adult hockey is where the real action is.