RetM

Returning Goaltender Minutes

This indicator, like the rest, is obviously blind to the injuries and suspensions that might cause talented players to lose playing time, but we don’t lose much sleep over it. For one thing, there’s nothing we can do about it. But for another, a history of injuries or academic eligibility problems may correlate with a likelihood of future problems, and this article is all about predicting what is likely to happen, not what should happen, in a perfect world.

RetM, the percentage of goaltender minutes played last season for returning goalies divided by those of all goalies, is about the best indicator you’re going to see for experience in net. Note that virtually every team in the ECAC returns its principal netminders:

 

Team

Ret Mins

 Total Mins RetM

Brown

 760 1695 .448
Clarkson 2092 2093 1.000
Colgate 343 2119 .162
Cornell 1951 1951 1.000
Dartmouth 1398 1832 .763
Harvard 328 1796 .183
Princeton 1508 1809 .834
RPI 4 2238 .002
St. Lawrence 887 2362 .376
Union 1989 1989 1.000
Vermont 1034 1034 1.000
Yale 921 1816 .507