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Originally Posted by RefWEB
If you count all shot attempts (i.e blocked shots, shots wide, etc), then 100 isn't an unreasonable number.
If a team gets 51 through, they've probably at least made another 50 attempts on top of that.
An actual SOG, however, is a puck does enter the net, or one that would have entered the net had the goalie not been there.
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That's what I've been told, for a shot to actually count as an SOG it had to be within the 4x6 area of the goal & had a great chance to go in if the goalie was not present.
Of course, being a junior tier III USA Hockey league, the off-ice officials are normally just the Official Scorer, timer, penalty box attendants, & PA Announcer, as goal judges are optional in the league. So if the Penalty Box attendants are having to track SOGs, their viewing angle is not the greatest to see if a shot actually qualifies as an SOG, so they just count any shot towards the goal even if not good.