By posting items beyond updates from practice or immediate reactions to games, Bruce MacLeod is showing that he’s taking his new blog somewhat more seriously than his colleagues. His latest post is an interesting one that provides numbers on the penalties drawn per player thus far in the Wings/Flames series. Perhaps of more interest is the bottom section, which lists all the Detroit players who drew penalties during the regular season. Who was #1? Henrik Zetterberg, with 38.
These kinds of things give you some idea of who’s being most active offensively (defenders are more likely to commit penalties against standouts) as well as who’s getting under the opposition’s skin the most (such as Kirk Maltby, who drew 33).
I see Filpulla is near the top of the list. Why am I not surprised?
Looks like Holland has pulled another diamond out of his, um, well you know…
(Flip was chosen 95th overall in the third round of the ‘02 draft)
this stat makes me chuckle:
“Hasek 7″
btw, I rather enjoyed Kiprusoff going down like he was shot with an elephant gun when that puck went off his mask in game 2. he clearly wanted a whistle, and I’m ticked off at how quickly they obliged him. are the refs really that gullible?
Yeah, Fil definitely falls under the category of draft gems.
For all the flak we give Dom for his diving shenanigans, 7 penalties isn’t bad.
As for Kipper, that was a bit of a heavy shot by Hank. Not saying he didn’t sell it a bit, but it had to have surprised/hurt him too.