Psychological Momentum in Hockey: Does fighting affect outcome? Change in behaviour resulting from an event or series of events. Affects either perceptions of competitors, or quality of performance and outcome of competition. Positive Momentum: everything goes right Negative Momentum: everything goes wrong
Momentum Shifts Momentum gained by: Momentum measured by: Scoring Great saves Killing a penalty Big hits Winning a fight Momentum measured by: Winning the game
Is fighting a rewarded tactic?
Visualization Questions Following a fight, who benefits? Leading vs. trailing team Home vs. away Fight winner vs. loser What else matters? Remaining time Size of score differential Particular fighters or teams