March 9, 2011

In the latest edition of the INCH First Shift, we broke down North Dakota senior forward Matt Frattin's statistics into three categories. For this week's edition of the Hobey Tracker, we present the same data from some of his contemporaries. Points throughout the season are measured against the top teams in your league standings, the bottom teams in your league standings, and non-league opponents. Non-conference games against league foes (Beanpot, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game, Union-RPI, etc.) are included in the conference games section.

These findings, and this data is meant to supplement discussion in the latest INCH Podcast.

Frattin's numbers are at the top, the next sections compare other WCHA players and then other Hobey Candidates from other leagues, presented in alphabetical order. The WCHA comparisons measure the same splits used for Frattin's analysis. The comparisons for Hockey East, CCHA and ECAC Hockey players define the best competition as only the other top-four teams in those respective leagues, most of whom have been nationally-ranked at some point during the year. Here are the numbers, and a brief thought on what we see for each player.

MATT FRATTIN — North Dakota

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, Colorado College, Wisconsin)
15 games played, 10 points, 0.66 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
15 games played, 31 points, 2.07 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Alaska, Maine, Notre Dame, Robert Morris)
7 games played, 8 points, 1.14 points per game

The Skinny: Frattin's candidacy


JACK CONNOLLY — Minnesota Duluth

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota, Colorado College, Wisconsin)
17 games played, 20 points, 1.17 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
12 games played, 17 points, 1.42 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan, Providence, Clarkson)
6 games played, 14 points, 2.33 points per game

MIKE CONNOLLY — Minnesota Duluth

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota, Colorado College, Wisconsin)
17 games played, 23 points, 1.35 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
12 games played, 11 points, 0.92 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan, Providence, Clarkson)
6 games played, 11 points, 1.83 points per game

JUSTIN FONTAINE — Minnesota Duluth

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota, Colorado College, Wisconsin)
17 games played, 21 points, 1.24 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
12 games played, 11 points, 0.92 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan, Providence, Clarkson)
6 games played, 14 points, 2.33 points per game

JUSTIN SCHULTZ — Wisconsin

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(North Dakota, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, Colorado College)
16 games played, 14 points, 0.875 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
12 games played, 15 points, 1.25 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Boston University, Holy Cross, Alabama Huntsville, Michigan, Michigan State, Massachusetts, Canisius)
10 games played, 17 points, 1.7 points per game

DREW SHORE — Denver

vs. the first-to-seventh place teams in the WCHA
(North Dakota, Nebraska-Omaha, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, Colorado College, Wisconsin)
14 games played, 20 points, 1.43 points per game

vs. the eighth-to-12th place teams in the WCHA
(Alaska Anchorage, St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech)
14 games played, 14 points, 1.00 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Vermont, Boston College, Lake Superior State, Air Force)
6 games played, 9 points, 1.5 points per game


CAM ATKINSON — Boston College

vs. the first-to-fifth place teams in Hockey East
(New Hampshire, Boston University, Merrimack, Maine)
13 games played, 18 points, 1.38 points per game

vs. the sixth-to-10th place teams in Hockey East
(Northeastern, Vermont, Massachusetts, Providence, UMass Lowell)
16 games played, 20 points, 1.25 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Denver, Notre Dame, Colgate, Mercyhurst)
5 games played, 9 points, 1.8 points per game

ANDY MIELE — Miami

vs. the first-to-fifth place teams in CCHA
(Michigan, Notre Dame, Western Michigan, Ferris State)
13 games played, 18 points, 1.66 points per game

vs. the sixth-to-11th place teams in Hockey East
(Northern Michigan, Alaska, Lake Superior State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Bowling Green)
16 games played, 36 points, 2.25 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(New Hampshire, St. Cloud State, Maine)
6 games played, 5 points, 0.83 points per game

CHASE POLACEK — Rensselaer

vs. the first-to-fourth place teams in ECAC Hockey
(Union, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell)
9 games played, 13 points, 1.44 points per game

vs. the sixth-to-12th place teams in ECAC Hockey
(Princeton, Clarkson, Quinnipiac, Brown, Harvard, St. Lawrence, Colgate)
17 games played, 20 points, 1.17 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Colorado College, Northeastern, Bentley, RIT, Niagara, Connecticut, Bowling Green, Boston University, Alabama-Huntsville)
11 games played, 15 points, 1.36 points per game

PAUL THOMPSON — New Hampshire

vs. the first-to-fifth place teams in Hockey East
(Boston College, Boston University, Merrimack, Maine)
12 games played, 15 points, 1.25 points per game

vs. the sixth-to-10th place teams in Hockey East
(Northeastern, Vermont, Massachusetts, Providence, UMass Lowell)
15 games played, 27 points, 1.8 points per game

vs. non-league teams
(Denver, Notre Dame, Colgate, Mercyhurst)
7 games played, 7 points, 1.0 points per game