Flyers' penalty breakdown
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Flyers' penalty breakdown
TAMPA, Fla. -- As we pointed out in Monday's Daily News, the Flyers have finished either 29th or 30th in minor penalties in four of the seven seasons played since the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
The Flyers lead the league already again this year, by a wide margin. They also lead the league in penalties in minutes (124).
In case you were wondering, here are the infractions:
MINOR PENALTIES (39):
Roughing - 8
Interference - 7
Tripping - 6
Hooking - 4
High-Sticking - 2
Goaltender interference - 2
Abuse of officials - 2
Slashing - 2
Holding - 1
Boarding - 1
Cross-checking - 1
Delay of Game (Puck Over Boards) - 1
Bench (Too Many Men) - 1
Inciting a fight - 1
MAJORS / MISCONDUCTS (8):
Fighting - 6
10-minute Misconduct - 2
PENALTY SHOTS (1):
Tripping on a Breakaway - 1
NOTE: Tye McGinn's 4-minute high-sticking penalty for drawing blood last Thursday against the Rangers only counts as one minor ... Similarly, Wayne Simmonds picked up a 4-minute roughing penalty, which also only counts once.
Just something to keep in mind. Some of these infractions, like roughing after the whistle and tripping/hooking can be cut back with discipline. Others, like delay of game or goaltender interference or inadvertent high-sticking will happen. But they aren't the bulk of the Flyers' problems in the early going...
The Flyers are in New York in preparation of Tuesday night's contest at Madison Square Garden. They are not practicing on Monday.
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Cutting back on the stupid penalties would go a long way -- abuse of the officials is just asinine in my book. You garner a rep as you continue to rack those up.— sobjoe24- Well Frank, let's talk about some of those penalties in depth. Tye McGinn gets called for high sticking as he's falling on the ice from a check and falling directly on his back. Yet Schenn gets hit in the face with a stick, drawing blood, but it was from a 'follow through' and didn't count. If the jerseys had been reversed, the arm would have been up so fast the ref would have dislocated his shoulder. I think the Flyers need to do more 'follow through' with their sticks if it keeps happening.
Simmonds gets boxed last night for 'chatting it up' with a TB player, who was just as guilty. But only the Flyer goes to the box?
I agree, some of these are undisciplined. Some are ridiculous calls by the refs who need either an eye exam or a refresher course on the rules. As for the 'abuse of an official', they need to clearly define it with certain factors to be met. They took the job knowing they would get heat from players. Get a thick skin and ignore it, or tell the player to shut up or next time he gets a major. Easy. Alot of the calls in TB last nigth were ticky tacky calls that were let go in previous games. Call a tight game, fine--but call it equally on both ends of the ice.— ena1977 - The bench penalty and the one for abusing officials are certainly undisciplined ones. Otherwise, I am wondering what explanatory power statistics such as these might have when you are only concentrating on the Flyers' side of things. To evaluate the numbers satisfactorily, you would have to compare the amount of penalties given to the Flyers to the total of penalties they have drawn. If there is not much difference between these two figures, I don't think the Flyers have a problem in terms of discipline.— flyerdommo
