Sports Magazine

Erik Cole 2011-12

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73

Stats and rankings for the 2011-12 season
Total events tracked for Cole: 4,466 *second-most among Habs forwards
Total even-strength minutes played: 1241.2 *most among Habs forwards
OFFENSIVE-ZONE TENDENCIES
NEUTRAL-ZONE TENDENCIES
DEFENSIVE-ZONE TENDENCIES
POWERPLAY TENDENCIES
The charts below represent Cole's statistics during the 2011-12 season. The first chart reflects his play in the offensive-zone, while the second chart represents his play in the defensive-zone.
The first column within each chart lists each category. The second column indicates his rating/ratio/success-rate/event per-minute within that category. The third column is the team average, while the fourth through sixth shows his ranking among teammates. The first ranking is where he ranked among all 24 of his returning teammates, the second ranking is where he ranked among forwards, while the third ranking indicates his place among the 11 returning wingers.
OFFENSIVE-ZONE
Where Cole ranked number 1 among fellow wingers:
  • Attempted o-zone dekes per-minute played
  • Successful o-zone dekes per-minute played

Where Cole ranked number 2 among fellow wingers:
  • Successful Offensive-zone puck-possession plays per-minute played
  • Attempted shots per-minute played
  • Shots through to the net per-minute played

 Where Cole ranked low (7th to 11th) among fellow wingers: 
  • Intercepted opposition passes in offensive-zone per-minute played
  • Offensive-zone passing success-rate

OFFENSIVE-ZONE (EVEN-STRENGTH) # TEAM AVG. RANK RANK (FWDS) RANK (WINGERS)

OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING 0.40 0.30 6 6 3

OFFENSIVE-ZONE RATIO (SUCCESSFUL TO UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYS) 1.58 1.64 12 7 4

OFFENSIVE-ZONE LOOSE-PUCK RECOVERIES PER-MINUTE 0.34 0.25 6 6 5

OFFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE WINNING-PERCENTAGE 50.0% 49.8% 11 8 6

OFFENSIVE-ZONE EVENTS PER-MINUTE PLAYED 1.80 1.24 6 6 4

FORECHECKING SUCCESS-RATE 73.3% 71.1% 6 3 3

INTERCEPTED OPPOSITION PASSES PER-MINUTE (O-ZONE) 0.061 0.062 11 11 8

SUCCESSFUL O-ZONE PUCK POSSESSION PLAYS PER MINUTE 0.60 0.42 4 4 2

O-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION SUCCESS-RATE 55.2% 56.6% 15 11 6

ATTEMPTED O-ZONE PASSES PER-MINUTE 0.49 0.40 7 7 3

SUCCESSFUL O-ZONE PASSES PER-MINUTE 0.29 0.24 7 7 3

O-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE 58.5% 60.7% 17 9 7

ATTEMPTED O-ZONE DEKES PER-MINUTE 0.30 0.13 1 1 1

SUCCESSFUL O-ZONE DEKES PER-MINUTE 0.15 0.07 2 2 1

O-ZONE DEKE SUCCESS-RATE 50.4% 56.1% 14 8 4

ATTEMPTED SHOTS PER-MINUTE 0.30 0.21 2 2 2

SHOTS THROUGH TO THE NET PER-MINUTE 0.17 0.10 2 2 2

SHOTS THROUGH SUCCESS-RATE 54.8% 49.1% 10 9 6

TRUE SHOOTING-PERCENTAGE (GOALS / ATTEMPTED SHOTS) 6.4% 3.7% 4 4 3

AVERAGE RANKING 7.5 5.9 3.8


DEFENSIVE-ZONE
Where Cole ranked number 1 among fellow wingers:
  • Attempted d-zone dekes per minute-played
  • Successful d-zone dekes per-minute played
  • Defensive-zone deke success-rate

Where Cole ranked number 2 among fellow wingers:
  • None

 Where Cole ranked low (7th to 11th) among fellow wingers: 
  • Defensive-zone puck-battle winning percentage
  • Defensive-zone events per-minute played
  • Intercepted opposition passes in d-zone per-minute played
  • Blocked shots per-minute played
  • Successful d-zone puck-possession plays per-minute played
  • Attempted d-zone passes per-minute played
  • Successful d-zone passes per-minute played
  • D-zone passing success-rate
  • Attempted dump-outs per-minute
  • Dump-outs per-minute

Some of Cole's low totals in defensive-zone events (per-minute played) can actually be viewed as positive, as it reflects on his line's ability to spend less time in the defensive-zone than the Habs other lines. Fifty percent of Cole's total events took place in the offensive-zone, while only 27% of his total events took place in the defensive-zone.

DEFENSIVE-ZONE (EVEN-STRENGTH) # TEAM AVG. RANK RANK (FORWARDS) RANK (WINGERS)

DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING 0.30 0.60 18 10 5

DEFENSIVE-ZONE RATIO (SUCCESSFUL TO UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYS) 1.85 2.12 19 11 6

DEFENSIVE-ZONE LOOSE-PUCK RECOVERIES PER-MINUTE 0.24 0.32 17 9 6

DEFENSIVE-ZONE PUCK-BATTLE WINNING-PERCENTAGE 43.5% 53.1% 20 12 8

DEFENSIVE-ZONE EVENTS PER-MINUTE PLAYED 0.99 1.68 22 14 9

DEFENDING IN D-ZONE SUCCESS-RATE 68.5% 68.3% 14 9 6

INTERCEPTED OPPOSITION PASSES PER-MINUTE (D-ZONE) 0.052 0.086 11 11 8

BLOCKED SHOTS PER-MINUTE (D-ZONE) 0.030 0.065 21 13 7

SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PUCK POSSESSION PLAYS PER MINUTE 0.24 0.55 23 15 10

D-ZONE PUCK-POSSESSION SUCCESS-RATE 59.7% 67.5% 18 10 5

ATTEMPTED D-ZONE PASSES PER-MINUTE 0.22 0.64 24 16 11

SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE PASSES PER-MINUTE 0.14 0.19 23 15 10

D-ZONE PASSING SUCCESS-RATE 62.6% 70.7% 18 10 7

ATTEMPTED D-ZONE DEKES PER-MINUTE 0.05 0.05 8 3 1

SUCCESSFUL D-ZONE DEKES PER-MINUTE 0.03 0.03 6 2 1

D-ZONE DEKE SUCCESS-RATE 56.7% 57.0% 7 3 1

ATTEMPTED DUMP-OUTS PER-MINUTE 0.10 0.11 14 11 9

DUMP-OUTS PER-MINUTE 0.07 0.07 13 10 8

DUMP-OUTS SUCCESS-RATE 69.4% 65.0% 7 5 5

AVERAGE RANKING 15.9 9.9 6.5



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