I am not one to put the word “Suck” in a post title too often, but I am feeling compelled. One of my coworkers is from Pittsburgh, and all fired up about the Pens and Sidney Crosby. Of course, he hasn’t had much to cheer about lately, and I have been the barer of bad news. I was keeping track of the score today, and this is what the penalty summary looked like after the game.
And what’s wrong with that? You mean aside from four single sided fights? Not much. How about Sydor taking a penalty 2 1/2 minutes after he took a five minute major? The NHL has corrected the sheet, but I have no idea if this is correct or not:
Am I nit-picky? Sure, but I feel that I deserve to be. Sometimes this is the only way I get to follow a game. And if you can’t trust the stats, what can you trust?
But seriously, these stats are put out by the NHL. They should be accurate, and something as simple as making sure a penalty, and certainly a fighting major that should line up with another fighting major, is logged at the correct time. If you read a blog, article, or anything that gives you misinformation, you are going to stop reading it, or at least stop trusting it. The NHL is no different. If the problem is a new person handling the online stats, or the new stats system, there is no excuse. The season is over a month old.
Remember, it’s the little things that make you look professional.