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They compared the goalie pad size from the mid-80's to now.
Back then, the total pad area was 11.4 square feet.
Now the total pad area takes up 14 square feet.
(Total goal opening is 24 square feet)
...a 26 % increase in pad area
Avg. goals per game in the mid-80's was 7.9
Avg. goals per game now is 5.3
...a 33 % decline
While changes to game strategy have played a big part (i.e. the trap, although I'd go out on a limb to say that the Montreal Canadiens perfected the trap in the late 70's, 15 years before teams like the Devils ressurected it), I'd really take goalies statistics today with a grain of salt, kind of like pitching statistics before they lowered the mounds from 15" to 10" in 1968.
Back then, the total pad area was 11.4 square feet.
Now the total pad area takes up 14 square feet.
(Total goal opening is 24 square feet)
...a 26 % increase in pad area
Avg. goals per game in the mid-80's was 7.9
Avg. goals per game now is 5.3
...a 33 % decline
While changes to game strategy have played a big part (i.e. the trap, although I'd go out on a limb to say that the Montreal Canadiens perfected the trap in the late 70's, 15 years before teams like the Devils ressurected it), I'd really take goalies statistics today with a grain of salt, kind of like pitching statistics before they lowered the mounds from 15" to 10" in 1968.
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