By Michael Mauboussin
Appendix A: 2011 Season - Canadian Players with 10 or More Shots
Attack
| School | Player | Goals | Shots | SoG | Shooting % | SoG % |
|---|
| Bellarmine | Wong | 5 | 13 | 8 | 38.5% | 61.5% |
| | Acton | 16 | 37 | 26 | 43.2% | 70.3% |
| Canisius | Giourmetakis | 22 | 43 | 35 | 51.2% | 81.4% |
| Colgate | Thomas | 7 | 10 | 8 | 70.0% | 80.0% |
| Cornell | Bremner | 9 | 17 | 12 | 52.9% | 70.6% |
| Denver | Matthews | 46 | 131 | 79 | 35.1% | 60.3% |
| | Noble | 18 | 44 | 34 | 40.9% | 77.3% |
| Detroit | Adams | 35 | 91 | 58 | 38.5% | 63.7% |
| Drexel | Church | 27 | 82 | 49 | 32.9% | 59.8% |
| Georgetown | Comeau | 30 | 64 | 51 | 46.9% | 79.7% |
| Hartford | Genik | 23 | 50 | 38 | 46.0% | 76.0% |
| | Bender | 35 | 80 | 59 | 43.8% | 73.8% |
| Hofstra | Lincoln | 29 | 73 | 44 | 39.7% | 60.3% |
| | Card | 29 | 88 | 57 | 33.0% | 64.8% |
| Johns Hopkins | Palmer | 22 | 48 | 35 | 45.8% | 72.9% |
| Ohio State | Schuss | 32 | 114 | 77 | 28.1% | 67.5% |
| Presbyterian | Melnyk | 25 | 70 | 41 | 35.7% | 58.6% |
| | Pelletier | 5 | 14 | 10 | 35.7% | 71.4% |
| Quinnipiac | Emms | 11 | 28 | 16 | 39.3% | 57.1% |
| Robert Morris | Tao-Brambleby | 25 | 66 | 51 | 37.9% | 77.3% |
| | Moore | 50 | 114 | 86 | 43.9% | 75.4% |
| | Digby | 7 | 19 | 13 | 36.8% | 68.4% |
| | Hayes | 16 | 21 | 20 | 76.2% | 95.2% |
| Sacred Heart | Mawdsley | 28 | 76 | 48 | 36.8% | 63.2% |
| Stony Brook | McBride | 41 | 94 | 61 | 43.6% | 64.9% |
| Syracuse | Keough | 33 | 94 | 61 | 35.1% | 64.9% |
| UMBC | Jones | 23 | 60 | 41 | 38.3% | 68.3% |
| Virginia | Cockerton | 13 | 35 | 25 | 37.1% | 71.4% |
| Yale | Dempster | 13 | 22 | 17 | 59.1% | 77.3% |
| | | 675 | 1698 | 1160 | | |
| | Average | | | | 39.8% | 68.3% |
Midfield
| School | Player | Goals | Shots | SoG | Shooting % | SoG % |
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| Bellarmine | Gardner | 18 | 53 | 31 | 34.0% | 58.5% |
| | Leung | 10 | 62 | 37 | 16.1% | 59.7% |
| | Clark | 12 | 48 | 32 | 25.0% | 66.7% |
| | McLaren | 11 | 32 | 23 | 34.4% | 71.9% |
| Cornell | McMichael | 7 | 19 | 7 | 36.8% | 36.8% |
| Denver | Flint | 27 | 92 | 52 | 29.3% | 56.5% |
| Drexel | McIntosh | 4 | 15 | 12 | 26.7% | 80.0% |
| | Bergman | 19 | 46 | 35 | 41.3% | 76.1% |
| Jacksonville | Mann | 18 | 55 | 33 | 32.7% | 60.0% |
| Ohio State | Pires | 6 | 23 | 13 | 26.1% | 56.5% |
| Quinnipiac | Webster | 14 | 33 | 21 | 42.4% | 63.6% |
| Robert Morris | Brownell | 11 | 31 | 23 | 35.5% | 74.2% |
| | Matisz | 16 | 52 | 33 | 30.8% | 63.5% |
| | Buchanan | 20 | 52 | 33 | 38.5% | 63.5% |
| Stony Brook | Crowley | 30 | 102 | 53 | 29.4% | 52.0% |
| | Campbell | 17 | 50 | 32 | 34.0% | 64.0% |
| | | 240 | 765 | 470 | | |
| | Average | | | | 31.4% | 61.4% |
Weighted Canadian average: 37.1%
NCAA team average: 28.2% (std. dev. = 3.5%)
Versus the rest of the Division I players, the Canadians have a shooting percentage of 37 percent versus the average of 27 percent. Their 10 percentage point efficiency advantage comes from having two percentage points fewer of their shots saved (29 percent versus 31 percent) and having eight percentage points fewer of their shots go wide (34 percent versus 42 percent).
| | Shooting % | Saved % | Wide % | Total |
|---|
| Canadian Players | 37% | 29% | 34% | 100% |
| Rest of Division I | 27% | 31% | 42% | 100% |
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Endnotes can be found at the bottom of Part 5. Appendix A appears in Part 6, and Appendices B and C are presented in Part 7.
Michael Mauboussin works an as investment strategist. He is a lacrosse fan, youth coach, and retired player. For more, see www.michaelmauboussin.com.
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