Here's what I found:
- Fr - AGP = 38.25, G = 23 A = 47, TP = 70, PPG = 1.83 Class includes 3 forwards and 1 defenseman
- So - AGP = 30.16, G = 43, A = 46, TP = 89, PPG = 2.95 Class includes 4 forwards and 2 defensemen (although Mingo played D for part of the season)
- Jr - AGP = 27.75, G = 32, A = 76, TP = 108, PPG = 3.63 Class includes 4 forwards and 4 defensemen
- Sr - AGP = 22.83, G = 19, A = 31, TP = 50, PPG = 2.19 Class includes 6 forwards and 1 defenseman
- AGP = Average number of games played per player
G = Total goals scored by the class
A = Total assists scored by class
TP = Total points (G + A) by class
PPG = Average points per game by class
Then you get to the seniors. Their AGP was significantly lower because....well, just because. (Williamson and Wojtala were the only 2 that played in 35+ games.) Their PPG was better than the Freshmen, which, I guess, is something until you realize that Williamson scored 28 of their 50 points and Wojtala scored 13. The other 5 scored a grand total of 9 points. Without those two it would've been abysmal. The scoring in the other classes isn't even close to being this lopsided, meaning it's spread out pretty nicely among the players.
For the juniors, Carpenter only played in 15 of the 39 games due to injury, Hafner only played in 23 games, and Pletsch only played in 4 games. That sort of skewed their GP average. Even so their AGP was higher than the seniors. Overall productivity was also significantly higher even with 4 defensemen in the group. Who knows how much higher they would be had Carpenter been healthy all year? (Not to mention in the league standings.)
So, what skewed the sophomores AGP? Tate was out for 11 games due to injury. Mingo had academic issues and only played in 18 games. And Delgadillo only played in 21 games. (I wonder if he'll play more this year with the loss of Freibergs and Perrier?) Their most productive player was Cooper with 14 goals and 10 assists in 39 games for 24 points and .62 PPG. Compare that to Tate with 10 goals and 9 assists in 28 games for 19 points and .68 PPG. Tate needs to stay healthy this year.
Overall the Freshmen performed well last year and stayed healthy throughout which is supported by their AGP. The 3 forwards each had 16 points and the defenseman (Walker) tallied 13. How's that for scoring equality?
So, has recruiting improved? In my opinion and based on my number crunching it has. We also have an NHL draft pick coming in with this year's Freshman class. It's been a while since we've seen that (yes, JST was drafted but he never played like he was. At least in my opinion. A huge disappointment.).
So what does this mean for the coming year? Hell, I don't know. I was just curious when I threw this stuff together. Anyway, I'll try. We lost 2 good scorers from last year's team in Carpenter and Williamson. Significant losses on D include Freibergs and Perrier. Seems like an average loss that any team would need to replace from year to year, to me. Did we make up for those losses with the incoming Freshmen? Based on the 3 classes before them we can speculate that we did, although it probably won't show right away. This means that the upper classmen will need to take up the slack. Given that they have all progressed as expected over the last 3 years, one would expect that the same will happen this year. I like what the coach has done. We don't really have 1 or 2 standout players that carry the majority of the load like you see on a lot of teams (even Carpenter wasn't drafted), but we have a lot of good to really good NCAA caliber players that score by committee. I think it's time to take the next step and secure ourselves at the top of the league.
