The editorial desk at 4IceHockey: explainers, equipment guides and plain-English rules for people who follow hockey and people who play it.
An unusually blunt post about sourcing. There is no free, licensed feed of live NHL data, we will not take one that says no, and here is exactly what that means — including the openly licensed source that gave us a standings table anyway.
Every column on a hockey box score, what it tells you, and the three that mislead people most often — including the one stat that has been quietly discredited for years.
Two points for a win, one for losing in overtime, none for losing in regulation. Where the extra point came from, what it does to the table, and why regulation wins are the first tie-break.
Three-on-three overtime, the shootout, and the sudden-death marathons that decide playoff series. Same sport, three completely different endings.
Why college records have a T in them, what the NPI is and what it replaced, how sixteen teams become the Frozen Four, and where college now sits alongside Canadian major junior.
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