Very useless spreadsheet I made on which side of the bench each team is on in their home arena from the TV cameras

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  1. It’s honestly pretty fascinating that there isn’t a preferred side at all

  2. And Montreal, Carolina and the Islanders have opposing teams back up goalie isolated from their teams right?

  3. Can’t wait for the broadcasters to start incorporating this data into their random stats they feed us.

    Yes, 97% of away teams trailing by 4 going into the third on Tuesday afternoons end up losing, BUT WHAT ABOUT JUST THE ONES PLAYING ON LEFT CAMERA BENCH?!!?!

    I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE AND I NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!!

  4. Anyone remember watching games where the camera faced the penalty boxes? That was weird, but also funny

  5. Ha, my mom was just noticing that Edmonton is opposite of ours and was curious about other teams. Now I can show her this spreadsheet!

  6. I’m gonna throw this in here. I don’t want Dallas to go to the finals because the TV camera angle is awful. How do you put up with that Dallas Fans?

  7. Wouldn’t it be easier to defend if your bench was on goalie side 2 out of 3 periods? And opposite

  8. Thank you for this.

    I was wanting to do this when I saw Edmonton shots on the right twice. However, you beat me to it.

  9. This isn’t useless. Now, I’m an idiot so I can’t do it. I’m sure there’s someone here smart enough to break down all the numbers and find out which side is advantageous

  10. He’s got. ……..

    TO MUCH WONDER, I’VE GOT TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS
    ITS TICKING AWAY WITH MY SANITY
    I’VE GOT TO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS…..

    Lyrics and music by: Tommy Shaw
    Performed by STYX

  11. The only possible advantage this could give is if your team had more talent on a given wing, or possibly a liability on a given wing.

    The side of the rink that has the player benches would technically be more cluttered with players changing, so breaking out on that side could be more difficult.

    I’d like to see a spreadsheet based on bench size and whether the locker room can be accessed directly or not.

    Back in the day I recall Bowman having the visitor’s bench be actually smaller to make things more congested.

  12. Been watching hockey for almost 40 years and never realized it was different lol

  13. You’re right it is useless and doesn’t matter because their goalie is on the same side as the bench.

    Home team “shoots twice” at the furthest net from their bench.

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