After spending our time figuring out how to calculate an APBA hockey card not once, but twice, we’ll move onto the final installment, the goalie. Just like the relief pitcher in baseball, they can be unstoppable one day and a disaster the next, and finding a good one long term is next to impossible. So […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 2
In the previous post, I discussed how to create the non-play number portion of a hockey card. In this article, we move on to the actual play numbers. Unlike the familiar baseball card, this is somewhat straight forward and transparent. And like the previous post, this is not perfect, there will be some deviance as […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 1
In my previous article, I tried to figure out the method APBA uses to calculate the penalty numbers on the hockey cards. I then wanted to tackle the passing numbers (10-15), but I noticed a pattern. Basically, when it came to passing numbers, there was no pattern. Well, initially there was no pattern. Once I […]