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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
They had 3 players in the top 20 in scoring last year and were the 4th highest scoring team in the conference.
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Throwing out those numbers doesn't mean too much without any context. Those stats are for 12 team Hockey East conference only. The Friars had 3 guys in the top 20 in scoring. Let's put that into some sort of context.
BU had 5 guys in the top 20, Notre Dame had 3 in the top 20, New Hampshire had 3 etc. When you only are comparing 12 teams and a schedule hovering around 40 games you're going to get a glut of players in that group. Saying the Friars had 3 guys in the top twenty doesn't mean diddly squat.
They were 4th in their conference in scoring, out of 12 teams. That's not exactly great. Why? Context.
The top two teams in Hockey East scoring were UMass Lowell and BU. Boston University had 3.85 goals per game and UMass had 3.44. After that was a significant drop off to teams like Notre Damn, Providence, New Hampshire and Northeastern, all hovering at or just below three goals per game.
They were a middling offensive team that got by and won on good team defense and opportunistic scoring.
Jankowski didn't have much to work with last year. Guys like Maurermann, Shane Luke, Acari get by on being good players that are 2-4 years older then Jankowski. Kind of like how an overage player in the WHL puts up more points. Good utility players but not good offensive stars. Watching a good amount of Friar games last year it was evident there was a significant amount of plays that died once Jankowski handed off the puck.