Faceoff Percentage 97-02

A quick back and forth with Dennis King yesterday got me thinking about faceoff percentages. As any fan of the current Edmonton Oilers knows, faceoffs are damned important and own zone faceoffs are teaching every Oiler fan a lesson about their value in 10-11 (and before). Since we do have some information available to us going back about 15 years, I thought it might be an idea to write it down so we could have a starting point. I'm going to pay close attention centermen until they're age 27; after that we can assume they're either 50% or better, of were moved to the wing. Perhaps we can get some insight into the current group of young C's and their development in this very important and under-reported area of the game. 1997-98Jason Arnott (22) 51.8% 577 sorties (traded)Todd Marchant (24) 49.6% 220 sortiesMats Lindgren (22) 49.0% 1377 sortiesTony Hrkac (31) 48.3% in 482 sortiesDoug Weight (26) 47.6% in 1481 sortiesRem Murray (24) 40.2% in 629 sortiesBoyd Devereaux (19...