Fun With Numbers

FREDERICTON – Their playoff run begins in less than 24 hours, so let's assess some of the numbers from the Saint John Sea Dogs’ 2011-12 regular season.

What we’ve done here is gone through the stats pages that are provided by the league, select some the stranger/alarming/not discussed much stats, and made this post for you to enjoy.

We’ve checked over these numbers several times, so they should all be accurate (according the league, anyway).

Let’s start with some individual numbers.

• Despite playing in just 37 games, Jonathan Huberdeau finished the season ranked 26^th in league scoring with 72 points.
• Ian Saab finished fourth in penalty minutes with 164 and third in major penalties with 18.
• Huberdeau led the league in shorthanded assists with five.
• Huberdeau had the league’s second best shooting percentage with a rating of 24.4%. He scored 30 goals on 123 shots.
• Seven of Danick Gauthier’s 47 goals were game winners.
• Nathan Beaulieu’s 52 points places him sixth in scoring by defensemen.
• Beaulieu had three shorthanded points, placing him in a tie for the league lead in shorthanded points by a d-man.
• Kevin Gagne had the second most faceoff wins by a defenseman with five.
• Charlie Coyle ended the season on an 11-game point streak.
• Zack Phillips had a league best 13-game assist streak.
• Phillips also had the league’s longest point streak this year, recording at least a point in 22 consecutive games.
• Maxime Villemaire had a goal in six straight home games which ties him for the longest streak of its kind on home ice. The streak was split between his time with Drummondville and Saint John.
• Villemaire picked up 16 penalty minutes in a game back on February 15, the highest single game total in the league this year.
• Huberdeau was a league best +53.
• Seven of the league’s top 10 plus/minus players are Sea Dogs.
• As Tim Roszell pointed out last weekend on his broadcast, 40 different players suited up for the Sea Dogs this season. Wow.

And here are some team numbers to digest.

• The Sea Dogs had the most home wins in the league with 28.
• Their 22 road wins were the second most in the league.
• Saint John and Val’d-Or were the only teams without an overtime loss this year. The Dogs had two overtime wins while seven others went to a shootout.
• They scored in nine of their 22 shootout attempts for a rating of 0.409, the second best in the circuit.
• The Sea Dogs were an incredible 35-3-0-0 when scoring first.
• Saint John went 31-7-0-2 against their own division, 10-6-0-1 against Telus East opponents, and 9-2-0-0 against the Telus West.
• Thanks to the Maxime Villemaire player card incident, the only team the Dogs had a losing record against (when considering overtime/shootout loses as ties) was Gatineau who they went 0-2 against.
• Saint John scored the second most shorthanded goals with 15. They allowed the fifth fewest shorthanded goals against with six.
• The most mind blowing stat this season has to be Saint John’s second period goal differential which finished at +68. They were a +33 in first periods and +14 in third frames.
• The Sea Dogs averaged 4.34 goals per game this year, second only to Victoriaville.
• They averaged 2.62 goals against per game, second only to Shawinigan’s league low of 2.61.
• The Dogs averaged 32.99 shots per game, the third most in the league.
• Saint John averaged 26.60 shots against per game, the lowest average in the circuit.
• The Sea Dogs were 33-2-0-0 when leading after one but just 7-6-0-2 when trailing after one. When leading after two they were 42-2-0-0 but just 2-11-0-0 when trailing.
• When outshooting an opponent, the Dogs were 34-9-0-3. When being outshot they were 16-6-0-0.
• Saint John’s 17-game winning streak was the longest in the Canadian Hockey League this year.
• Their 15-game home winning streak was the longest in the QMJHL this season.
• Saint John picked up 48 penalty minutes in a game against PEI on February 15, the second most earned in a single game this year.