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By The Numbers : Season 2009/2010 |
To say the season had its up's and down's would be an understatement. One of the best things about sports are the numbers it produces, and the stories they tell. Here's what we hope to be the first of many annual features..."By The Numbers: Season 2009/2010".
The Fury finished the season with a record of 3-9, posting wins against Wenatchee (2) and Edmonton. Whilst the 9 tallies in the loss column place the Fury last in the CMISL, two losses in overtime, two by 1 goal and two by 2 goals tell us that the season could have gone much differently with some bounces and experience. In fact, the Fury were only blown out in 3 games this season, all of them away, all against CMISL opponents (Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg).
In 12 games, the Fury scored 84 goals, on par with the higher-scoring teams in the league, whilst conceeding 97, which was the highest in the league by a long way. Leading the charge was Matt Mehrassa, who's 16 goals (and 16 assists) made him the only Fury player in the top 15 of PASL scoring. The Canadian side is very different, with Fury players dominating. Mehrassa again shines, with his 32 points being leaps and bounds ahead of anyone else in the league.
Only 6 players cracked double digit points during the 12 games. Lead by Matt Mehrassa, Sipho Sibiya finished with 20 (8+12), Jon LaFontaine scored 16 (9+7), Scott DeBianchi notched 15 (10+5), Joao Medeiros tallied 13 (8+5), and Tyler Wood scored 13 as well (6+7). The only multiple game players not to notch a point were Joe Lavoie, Cory Anderson and Ante Cirko. Penalty minutes was a closer race, with Jon Lafontaine and Joao Medeiros trading places at the top all season. Joao finished with 12, and Jon 11, however Jon served many of the team's 20 minutes in penalties, and thus wins this category.
One area that the Fury excelled in were special teams, especially, surprisingly, on the defensive side of the ball. The Fury's penalty kill percentage was 4th in the entire PASL (73.7%). Edmonton and Winnipeg posted better percentages, with Calgary just behind the Fury, and Saskatoon a woeful 47.3% on the PK. The Fury's PP was good, but below average for this league. 8 powerplay markers from 24 attempts was good enough to crack the top 15, however their 33.3% success rate was dwarfed by the league leading 52.6% from San Diego. Good news is that only Edmonton were able to post a better percentage among the Canadians, with 47.8%
Goalkeeping was clearly an issue this season, experience being the key factor. Mitchell Macfarlane was pick of the bunch for the Fury, playing 4 games, making 93 saves while conceding 31 goals. Mitchell went 2-2, with a 7.75 GAA and a .750 sv%. Behind him was Kyle Flannagan who went winless through 5 games, an 8.78 GAA and .645 sv% (80 saves, 44 GA).
Off the field, the news is positive. The Fury recorded the 2nd highest attendance in North America with 7,142 fans coming in to CN Centre, for a 6-game average of 1,190. Only San Diego (1,605 average) bested the Fury, and these numbers are a far cry from Winnipeg (364 average), Calgary (251), Saskatoon (150) and Edmonton (129). The larger venue obviously helped immensely, however to be able to beat out teams such as California, Cincinnati and Ohio is a big feat.
In terms of the broadcast, the numbers were amazing. A total of 3,541 viewers watched the broadcasts throughout the season, with the most popular game drawing 578 connections (2pm game vs Tacoma January 9th). We spent a grand total of 33 hours, 15 minutes, 31 seconds on the air over 12 games, with the longest being the overtime thriller vs Edmonton on February 14th (3 hours, 26 minutes).
Finally, web site traffic was amazing too. From January 19th (when we began tracking visitors), until this writing, 5,408 unique visitors had come to www.princegeorgefury.com. Visitors spiked on game days, with Wenatchee proving to be the biggest draw with 514 visits on Saturday January 30th. The majority of the visitors came from Prince George, however many came from Tacoma, Wenatchee and Winnipeg. Non-PASL cities also got in on the act, Australia and New Zealand registered 15 visits, South America 4, Europe 12, Thailand 2 and Norway 1. Users spent a little over 2 minutes on the site, visiting 3.11 pages per visit.
These are the numbers that tell the story. If you wish to view full on-field statistics for this season, please download the PASL's spreadsheet here. If you require more information about off-field numbers (broadcast, web site, etc) then please email
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