Team getting older? The math doesn't agree

[Raider Believer]

;) I've read on a number of threads that the Raider team is supposedly older than last year. That we have gone from a young team to an old team. So out of curiousity, and because I have too much time on my hands, I checked this out, and I invite you to do the same. Last year's team at the end of the regular season, excluding McNeil because he only played 4 games (if you want to include him then include MacKenzie from this year who played the same number of games and is almost a year younger) was an average age of 18.04 years. I didn't include goaltenders for either year. Nearing the end of this year's regular season, the average team age is 18.19 years, showing very little difference between the two years. Last year's 2 main goalies averaged 18.5 years and this year the average is 19 years of age. I'm not sure what the average age is across the league for players, but I'm guessing that it might be very similar to what we have, I'd be interested to know. Of course a team's age can change more significantly from year to year, but in the case of PA, it didn't! :eek:

[Dwight Schrute]

3 20s
7 19s
8 18s
3 17s
2 16s

[lordstanley]

P.A has struck me as the oldest team in the league all season long

[Raider Believer]

P.A has struck me as the oldest team in the league all season long

According to the Elite Prospects website this would not be accurate:

1 Brandon Wheat Kings 183.78 cm 85.04 kg 18.61 yrs
2 Calgary Hitmen 185.00 cm 82.08 kg 18.58 yrs
3 Chilliwack Bruins 182.22 cm 82.00 kg 18.09 yrs
4 Edmonton Oil Kings 181.96 cm 78.80 kg 17.76 yrs
5 Everett Silvertips 181.35 cm 82.83 kg 18.30 yrs
6 Kamloops Blazers 182.41 cm 80.77 kg 17.86 yrs
7 Kelowna Rockets 182.79 cm 83.21 kg 18.00 yrs
8 Kootenay Ice 184.38 cm 83.19 kg 18.48 yrs
9 Lethbridge Hurricanes 183.48 cm 81.70 kg 17.91 yrs
10 Medicine Hat Tigers 181.04 cm 79.87 kg 18.48 yrs
11 Moose Jaw Warriors 182.83 cm 81.63 kg 18.29 yrs
12 Portland Winterhawks 189.00 cm 85.91 kg 18.04 yrs
13 Prince Albert Raiders 183.04 cm 81.83 kg 18.43 yrs
14 Prince George Cougars 183.65 cm 81.58 kg 18.12 yrs
15 Red Deer Rebels 184.83 cm 82.25 kg 18.25 yrs
16 Regina Pats 183.79 cm 83.04 kg 18.29 yrs
17 Saskatoon Blades 185.44 cm 85.16 kg 18.20 yrs
18 Seattle Thunderbirds 183.65 cm 84.13 kg 17.91 yrs
19 Spokane Chiefs 182.64 cm 82.50 kg 18.41 yrs
20 Swift Current Broncos 182.70 cm 80.61 kg 18.13 yrs
21 Tri-City Americans 182.13 cm 82.58 kg 18.58 yrs
22 Vancouver Giants 183.63 cm 84.13 kg 18.08 yrs

These guys actually count the number of days. :p

[tuffguy]

5th oldest team the league.....

Had to rub my eyes last night. McNeill on the first unit of a PP, and they scored 15 secs into the PP.

Tough night as a whole, and SC wins to boot.

[tuffguy]

Tied for third oldest with Saskatoon. Calgary and Brandon are older.


Total Avg Ht Avg Wt AvgAge Rook. Imp 08-09
Goals Career
Goals Career
GP 16's 17's 18's 19's 20's
Career PLF GP

Brandon Wheat Kings 24 72.5 189.0 18.50 5 2 253 441 2157 0 5 5 11 3
216

Calgary Hitmen 24 73.2 190.2 18.38 5 1 251 452 2407 2 4 4 11 3
320

Chilliwack Bruins 22 72.2 181.6 17.95 10 2 110 172 1409 2 8 4 5 3
85

Edmonton Oil Kings 24 71.6 176.4 17.75 9 2 83 115 1361 4 7 7 3 3
107

Everett Silvertips 23 71.7 186.4 18.09 7 2 151 250 1833 2 6 6 6 3
138

Kamloops Blazers 22 72.2 185.1 17.64 8 2 80 122 1425 4 7 7 1 3
95

Kelowna Rockets 24 71.9 183.9 17.92 12 0 133 290 1810 3 7 6 5 3
255

Kootenay Ice 22 72.8 187.8 17.91 6 1 127 234 1806 2 7 6 5 2 145

Lethbridge Hurricanes 24 72.3 185.3 17.83 10 2 64 116 1533 2 9 7 3 3 188

Medicine Hat Tigers 23 72.0 184.2 18.17 7 2 122 196 1523 3 4 5 8 3 139

Moose Jaw Warriors 24 72.6 187.5 18.08 6 2 121 233 2114 1 8 6 6 3
95

Portland Winter Hawks 22 74.0 193.7 17.91 9 2 109 171 1404 3 7 4 5 3
62

Prince Albert Raiders 23 72.1 185.0 18.26 5 2 180 255 1843 2 3 8 7 3
35

Prince George Cougars 25 72.7 187.0 18.00 13 2 98 146 1324 1 10 5 6 3
63

Red Deer Rebels 24 73.0 185.3 18.00 9 2 128 191 1572 3 6 6 6 3
81

Regina Pats 26 72.4 187.5 18.04 8 2 219 369 2091 2 6 10 5 3
155

Saskatoon Blades 22 73.3 193.4 18.26 4 2 230 394 2508 3 3 5 9 3 165

Seattle Thunderbirds 23 72.4 187.1 17.57 8 1 89 163 1651 4 9 6 1 3
164

Spokane Chiefs 24 72.2 187.2 18.09 6 2 161 352 2162 3 4 7 6 3
340

Swift Current Broncos 23 72.2 181.2 18.00 7 1 170 285 1933 3 5 7 5 3
188

Tri-City Americans 25 71.4 184.8 18.20 7 2 149 289 2442 2 6 5 9 3
307

Vancouver Giants 23 72.4 188.5 17.91 10 2 142 251 1599 4 6 4 6 3
192


Last update: January 10

[In The Crease]

From the above stats, Portland, improving as they are, should be a force to be contended with.

[Raider Believer]

From the above stats, Portland, improving as they are, should be a force to be contended with.

Big and young!
My concern is that for the most part the older teams are leading their divisions and are comfortably in a playoff spot. Hmmmm.... doesn't look so good for PA. My guess is that being old and out of contention is not a good thing. Lets hope things turn around in the next 3 or 4 weeks!

[Dwight Schrute]

3 20s
7 19s
8 18s
3 17s
2 16s in 09/10

in 08/09
3 20s
5 19s
6 18s
5 17s
2 16s