One of the conundrums of listening to Dodgers games in the years before complete season TV coverage (the Tommy LaSorda, Fernandomania, Kirk Gibson era) was the announcing crew. While national treasure Vin Scully would regale you with baseball legends, Ross Porter would clobber you over the head with every conceivable statistic. And baseball, of all sports, has stats.
Hockey moves too fast for stat ridden broadcasts, but that doesn't mean the stats aren't there. Former NHL player-coach-manager Mike Smith now he has a company that analyzes hockey statistics and advises clubs. Some of his stats are surprising, as are his results and the sport's resistance.
Audio: NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, June 6th.
Host: Blackhawk's fan Scott Simon.
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