With the Stanley Cup being awarded in the next few days lets go over some quick, telling statistics from the past NHL playoff season.
- 60 percent of the time, Jonathan Toews will win the faceoff.
- 49 years since Chicago won the cup
- -12 from Marc-Andre Bergeron (playoff worst)
- 19 points from Ville Leino (20 career season points)
- 13 goals from Michael Cammalleri
- 29 minutes per game for Chris Pronger
- 9, most wins by a goalie not named Antti Niemi
- 146 mouth guards used by Patrick Kane
- 37 too many men on the ice penalties
- 3 times in history we have seen a team come back from 0-3
Personally, I have loved watching this season's playoffs. Of course, I am a Montreal Canadiens fan therefore the playoffs have been a welcome surprise. There have been many reasons for you to enjoy the playoffs so I encourage the readers to put up their best part of the playoffs, here are some of mine.
The Habs. The rise (and fall?) of Michael Leighton. The 0-3 flyers. The 3-0 bruins. The lack of goaltending. The ever-eroding consciousness of Bob Cole. The new NHL commercials. The 40 year Chicago cup drought. Hal Gill being Crosby's kryptonite. The mormon beard of Jonathan Toews.
