This one-game scouting report is from a March 29th, 2012 AHL game between the Hamilton Bulldogs and the Texas Stars.
Berger scored 1 goal, and added 6 assists through 47 AHL games in 2011-12. He also produced a traditional plus/minus of minus-19.
OVERALL GRADE
Berger earned a solid overall grade of 70. He had 1 assist to go along with 6 shots on net. His best work was produced in the offensive-zone, and he earned another negative defensive-zone risk/reward rating. Only 10% of his total even-strength events took place in the defensive-zone.
*the average grade among forwards is 65
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WINS30WINS
EVENTS43EVENTS
GRADE70GRADE
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Berger had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.03, and a solid ES ratio of 1.92 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He was well above-average in both the neutral, and offensive-zone, but his defensive-zone numbers hurt his rating. He engaged in 3.27 even-strength events per-minute played.
*the average ES risk/reward among forwards is 1.10
*the average ES ratio among forwards is 1.87
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POS25POS
NEG13NEG
RATIO1.92RATIO
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POS/MIN2.15POS/MIN
NEG/MIN1.12NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN3.27EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD1.03RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Berger played well in the offensive-zone. He produced an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.69, and an o-zone ratio of 2.14 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost his only o-zone puck-battle, and recovered 6 loose-pucks. He completed 3 of 8 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke), and was able to get all 6 of his attempted shots through to the net. He engaged in 1.89 offensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average offensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.39
*the average offensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.62
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OZ POS15OZ POS
OZ NEG7OZ NEG
RATIO2.14RATIO.
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POS/MIN1.29POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.60NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN1.89EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.69RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Berger was hardly involved, and not very successful in the defensive-zone. He had a defensive-zone rating of -0.17, and was successful with only 1 of his 4 d-zone events. He won 1 of 2 defensive-zone puck-battles, and failed with his only attempted deke. He engaged in 0.34 defensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average defensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.38
*the average defensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.95
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DZ POS1DZ POS
DZ NEG3DZ NEG
RATIO0.33RATIO
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POS/MIN0.09POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.26NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN0.34EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD-0.17RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Berger had a neutral-zone rating of 0.52, and a neutral-zone ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1 of 2 puck-battles, and recovered 1 loose-puck. He failed with his only attempted pass, completed 5 of 6 dump-ins, and engaged in 1.03 neutral-zone events per-minute played.
*the average neutral-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio among forwards is 2.14
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NZ POS9NZ POS
NZ NEG3NZ NEG
RATIO3.00RATIO
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POS/MIN0.77POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.26NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN1.03EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.52RISK/REWARD
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