Hockey: The Math of the Game

by Shane Frederick

Overview

How do you calculate a players points? Whats the difference between a goalies save percentage and his goals against average? How much water is needed to cover an ice rink? Fight for the puck and learn about the math that goes into the sport of hockey!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429673211
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Series:	Sports Math Series
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	517,200
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	IG1000L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Shane Frederick has been writing about sports since he worked for his high school newspaper in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. While covering college hockey and other sports for The Free Press newspaper in Mankato, Minnesota, he has won awards for his stories from the
Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Minnesota Newspaper Association.
He is also the author of several sports books, including "The Best of Everything Hockey Book" and
"The Ultimate Guide to Pro Hockey Teams." Shane is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas He and his wife, Sara, have three children and live in Mankato.

Table of Contents

Order in the chaos — The basics — Offense — Defense — Applying the math.

Editorial Reviews

Relevance is an important aspect of learning and an interested student will be able to link math skills and sports in these Sports Illustrated Kids books. For example, baseball data is used to figure batting averages, the Pythagorean Theorem is used to figure angles in hockey, basic statistics are calculated using football statistics, and geometry is explored by figuring the area of various parts of the basketball court. Each book is visually appealing and reflects the high energy level of these athletic activities using popular athletes and exciting action shots. The publisher’s portal leads to websites for more information related to the book. A student that is interested in athletics will be able to relate to the math principles that are a part of these various sports. Recommended.

Library Media Connection

Gr 5–9—These books delve deep into the statistics of favorite pastimes. They are not written for novices; acronyms and terms are used freely and not always defined. For example, readers learn how to calculate OPS in baseball, but what does OPS stand for? What is "the lane" in basketball? The math gets complicated and in a couple of places a diagram would have been helpful. The full-color photographs depict well-known sports figures. The spreads are busy with stats, graphs, tables, and interesting sidebars. Each book discusses the field or court, the basics of the game, the offensive and defensive stats, and how to make projections of performance for teams and individual players. Overall these books will appeal to serious sports fans who want to learn more about the numbers of the game.

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