There were 12 games in the NHL in 2008-09 where the home team won the game but the road team got the #1 Star. The interesting thing is that all of the games went to overtime. It happened 3 times in Colorado and twice in New Jersey (no more than once the other 7 locations).
There were 63 games during the 2008-09 season where the home team LOST but still gave one of their own the #1 Star. I was pretty surprised at the distribution - I thought there would be a few places with 2 or 3 games (maybe 4) and have it pretty evenly spread out. That wasn't the case - 26 of the 63 were from just 5 arenas. I think we've found our homers.
This one deserves a bit more detail and a special Award. Without further ado, here's the data:
| Ducks | 6 |
| Canadiens | 6 |
| Coyotes | 5 |
| Wild | 5 |
| Lightning | 5 |
| Oilers | 4 |
| Kings | 3 |
| Canucks | 3 |
| Flames | 3 |
| Senators | 3 |
| Maple Leafs | 2 |
| Blues | 2 |
| Avalanche | 2 |
| Bruins | 2 |
| Red Wings | 1 |
| Thrashers | 1 |
| Predators | 1 |
| Sharks | 1 |
| Flyers | 1 |
| Penguins | 1 |
| Stars | 1 |
| Sabres | 1 |
| Islanders | 1 |
| Devils | 1 |
| Capitals | 1 |
| Blackhawks | 1 |
You can see the good folks in Anaheim and Montreal are tied at the top with 6 times each. Since I need to break the tie to present the WAAAAHHHH!!!! award, I'm going with familiarity.
The 2008-09 WAAAAHHHHH!!! award goes to the media folks in Montreal, for awarding their guy the #1 Star even when their team lost the game. Hey - if he was really the best player on the night, wouldn't he have won the game?
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