At the end of many hockey tournaments, their directorate or organizing committee usually awards prizes to the best goalkeeper, defender, striker and top scorer. The latter is determined by the number of goals scored in all games or by the sum of the effective points - the same goals plus assists.
What is a scorer
There are two definitions of this word. The first was used in the Russian tsarist army as the military rank of an artilleryman, equivalent to a corporal (senior soldier). The second, modern and sporty, means a very effective sportsman-gamer, able to score goals and give accurate passes (passes). It is used not only in hockey, but also in football, handball, less often in basketball and volleyball.
The term "scorer" is sometimes replaced by "sniper". It is taken again from the military arsenal and denotes the hockey player who scored the most goals without taking into account the exact passes.
Hockey requires an account
Scorers in any game are determined on the basis of only its protocol, the data for which are prepared by the referees. These are either those who directly judged the match on the field (football), or the secretary referee keeping the protocol (hockey, basketball). In the hockey protocol there are special columns in which the number of the player who scored the puck and the numbers of one or two assistants who made assists are entered.
The scorers in the tournament are counted in two ways. The first is usually used in small and short-term competitions. After their completion, the chief judge or his deputy collects all the protocols. They also calculate statistics on the sum of all games, determining those who have thrown more pucks and scored the maximum number of points according to the "goal + pass" system.
The first place among the scorers of the 2014 KHL regular championship was taken by Metallurg Magnitogorsk striker Sergei Mozyakin. In 54 games, he scored 73 points (34 + 39).
The second method is used in long tournaments. For example, in the KHL (Continental Hockey League) championship. A special group of hockey statisticians is engaged in the counting of pucks and transfers in it, studying not only the received protocols, but also the video recordings of the games. She even has the right to change the data if the score for performance is not awarded to the one who actually scored it. There is also a group of people who have chosen the calculation of the statistical achievements of the scorers, as well as the search for errors and "blank spots" in the protocols and reference books, as a hobby.
Washer club
The popularity of the work of statisticians was clearly added by the creation of symbolic clubs. One of the most famous among others is the "100 Scorers Club". It includes Soviet and Russian hockey players who have scored more than a hundred goals in the national championships.
Topping this honorary list, and many statisticians believe that for life, the famous forwards Mikhailov (428), Starshinov (407) and Guryshev (379). By comparison, NHL top scorer Wayne Gretzky has scored 894 goals. By the way, our defenders also have their own scorer club. It bears the name of Vyacheslav Fetisov, the leader with 153 goals.
Another similar club is named after Vsevolod Bobrov and unites scorers who also distinguished themselves in fights for national teams, in European cups and international tournaments. The three leaders in it are Mikhailov (705), Petrov (615) and Starshinov (588). Fetisov with 282 washers takes 30th place.
There are scorer records for the attacking links as well. In domestic hockey, one of those is the achievement of the CSKA troika consisting of Mikhailov, Petrov and Kharlamov, who scored 124 goals in the 1969/70 season.
What's more important?
Many professional hockey players, especially assists such as Russian national team center Pavel Datsyuk, often say that they are equal to abandoned goals. Like, it doesn't matter who scored, as long as a red light came on outside the opponents' goal. Statisticians think a little differently, and if the points are equal, the advantage is always given to those who have scored more goals or played fewer matches.
