Tuesday, October 30, 2012

BULLDOGS: Defensive-zone player files for Beaulieu, Tinordi, and Pateryn

The Hamilton Bulldogs welcomed three young defensive prospects this season. The addition of Jarred Tinordi, Nathan Beaulieu, and Greg Pateryn upgraded the level of talent on Hamilton's blueline substantially. 

The charts below show how each of the three defensemen have performed in the defensive-zone through two scouted games this season. The games scouted include a 5-0 loss to the Toronto Marlies on October 20th, as well as a 5-4 overtime loss to Toronto on October 26th.

The number in the "year-to-date team avg." column represents what all of the Bulldogs' players averaged through two games this season. The "defensemen year-to-date" column includes what the Bulldogs' defensemen have averaged through two games.

The "Player year-to-date" shows what that specific player has averaged this season, while the "player last game" column shows the players' numbers from the Toronto game on October 26th, 2012.

Tinordi has an above-average defending in defensive-zone success-rate. This shows that Tinordi is more successful than the Bulldogs average d-man when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone. That said, he had the lowest defensive-zone risk/reward rating of the three, and engaged in the fewest defensive-zone events per-minute played.

Tinordi has attempted the fewest defensive-zone passes per/minute, but the most dump-outs. His dump-out success-rate of only 20% was particularly poor in the last game tracked.

#5 TINORDI
DEFENSIVE-ZONE (EVEN-STRENGTH) YEAR-TO-DATE TEAM AVG. DEFENSEMEN YEAR-TO-DATE TINORDI     YEAR-TO-DATE TINORDI     LAST GAME
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING 0.73 1.34 1.17 0.95
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RATIO (SUCCESSFUL TO UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYS) 2.80 2.98 2.89 2.36
DEFENSIVE-ZONE LOOSE-PUCK RECOVERIES /MP 0.440 0.598 0.617 0.380
DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE WINNING-PERCENTAGE 61.9% 61.4% 58.3% 42.9%
DEFENSIVE-ZONE EVENTS /MP 1.54 2.70 2.40 2.27
DEFENDING IN D-ZONE SUCCESS-RATE/MP 74.5% 74.9% 77.3% 70.8%
INTERCEPTED OPPOSITION PASSES /MP 0.085 0.111 0.162 0.190
BLOCKED SHOTS /MP 0.073 0.099 0.065 0.127
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PUCK POSSESSION PLAYS /MP 0.622 0.974 0.682 0.571
D-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION SUCCESS-RATE 72.7% 74.9% 70.0% 69.2%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.643 1.024 0.715 0.507
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.498 0.802 0.552 0.507
D-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE 77.4% 78.3% 77.3% 100.0%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.094 0.129 0.000 0.000
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.052 0.080 0.000 0.000
D-ZONE DEKE SUCCESS-RATE 54.8% 61.9% N/A N/A
ATTEMPTED DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.109 0.142 0.260 0.317
DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.073 0.092 0.130 0.063
DUMP-OUTS SUCCESS-RATE 66.7% 65.2% 50.0% 20.0%


Beaulieu has the highest defensive-zone risk/reward rating, and defensive-zone ratio of these three rookie defensemen through the first 2 games tracked. He also has the highest defending in defensive-zone success-rate. This means (surprisingly enough) that Beaulieu is the more successful of the three players when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone.

He is also far-and-away the more successful of the three players when attempting to maintain puck-possession in the defensive-zone; particularly when attempting to pass the puck, as he has an incredible 91.9% success-rate in this event.

#8 BEAULIEU
DEFENSIVE-ZONE (EVEN-STRENGTH) YEAR-TO-DATE TEAM AVG. DEFENSEMEN YEAR-TO-DATE BEAULIEU    YEAR-TO-DATE BEAULIEU    LAST GAME
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING 0.73 1.34 2.06 2.41
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RATIO (SUCCESSFUL TO UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYS) 2.80 2.98 4.87 4.09
DEFENSIVE-ZONE LOOSE-PUCK RECOVERIES /MP 0.440 0.598 0.605 0.638
DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE WINNING-PERCENTAGE 61.9% 61.4% 66.7% 50.0%
DEFENSIVE-ZONE EVENTS /MP 1.54 2.70 3.13 3.72
DEFENDING IN D-ZONE SUCCESS-RATE/MP 74.5% 74.9% 78.6% 78.6%
INTERCEPTED OPPOSITION PASSES /MP 0.085 0.111 0.249 0.283
BLOCKED SHOTS /MP 0.073 0.099 0.107 0.142
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PUCK POSSESSION PLAYS /MP 0.622 0.974 1.423 1.630
D-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION SUCCESS-RATE 72.7% 74.9% 87.0% 82.1%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.643 1.024 1.316 1.559
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.498 0.802 1.210 1.347
D-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE 77.4% 78.3% 91.9% 86.4%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.094 0.129 0.178 0.213
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.052 0.080 0.142 0.213
D-ZONE DEKE SUCCESS-RATE 54.8% 61.9% 80.0% 100.0%
ATTEMPTED DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.109 0.142 0.107 0.142
DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.073 0.092 0.071 0.071
DUMP-OUTS SUCCESS-RATE 66.7% 65.2% 66.7% 50.0%


Pateryn has engaged in the most defensive-zone events among these three players. He has the lowest defensive-zone ratio, and defending in defensive-zone success-rate. This means that Pateryn is the least successful of the three when attempting to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone.

Pateryn has the lowest defensive-zone passing success-rate. He has attempted the most defensive-zone dekes, and fewest dump-outs per-minute played.

#2 PATERYN
DEFENSIVE-ZONE (EVEN-STRENGTH) YEAR-TO-DATE TEAM AVG. DEFENSEMEN YEAR-TO-DATE PATERYN   YEAR-TO-DATE PATERYN-   LAST GAME
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING 0.73 1.34 1.34 1.96
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RATIO (SUCCESSFUL TO UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYS) 2.80 2.98 2.05 2.61
DEFENSIVE-ZONE LOOSE-PUCK RECOVERIES /MP 0.440 0.598 0.840 0.407
DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE WINNING-PERCENTAGE 61.9% 61.4% 53.3% 57.1%
DEFENSIVE-ZONE EVENTS /MP 1.54 2.70 3.90 4.46
DEFENDING IN D-ZONE SUCCESS-RATE/MP 74.5% 74.9% 68.3% 72.7%
INTERCEPTED OPPOSITION PASSES /MP 0.085 0.111 0.134 0.136
BLOCKED SHOTS /MP 0.073 0.099 0.134 0.136
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PUCK POSSESSION PLAYS /MP 0.622 0.974 1.243 1.558
D-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION SUCCESS-RATE 72.7% 74.9% 66.1% 71.9%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.643 1.024 1.344 1.423
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PASSES /MP 0.498 0.802 0.941 1.084
D-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE 77.4% 78.3% 70.0% 76.2%
ATTEMPTED D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.094 0.129 0.437 0.610
SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE DEKES /MP 0.052 0.080 0.235 0.407
D-ZONE DEKE SUCCESS-RATE 54.8% 61.9% 53.8% 66.7%
ATTEMPTED DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.109 0.142 0.101 0.136
DUMP-OUTS /MP 0.073 0.092 0.067 0.068
DUMP-OUTS SUCCESS-RATE 66.7% 65.2% 66.7% 50.0%


Please keep in mind, this represents only 2 games worth of data. As such, it is only meant to represent these players' performances during those two games.