Alright folks, let’s talk about that Avon Hockey team roster deep dive I did yesterday. Wanted to figure out who’s really putting those pucks in the net these days. Started simple, you know? Pulled up the team’s roster page on my laptop while eating cereal – yeah, breakfast time hockey thoughts.
Got Pencils? Got Problems.
First thing I did? Total rookie move. Grabbed a pencil and a bunch of sticky notes. Seriously. Sat there scribbling down player names and their goal numbers one by one. Got messy real fast. Those little yellow squares ended up all over my coffee table. Think I counted Liam Miller twice? Yeah, chaos. My cat Mittens decided the sticky notes were toys, knocked half of ‘em on the floor. Bad start.
Spreadsheets to the Rescue
Alright, scrap the sticky notes. Opened up a spreadsheet – thank goodness for rows and columns, right? Started plugging in the numbers properly. Found the official season stats page, scrolled forever. Manually typed:
- Ethan Carter: 28 goals
- Liam Miller: 25 goals
- Maya Rodriguez: 24 goals
- Ben “The Wall” Wallace: 22 goals
- Chloe Dubois: 18 goals
You get the idea. Took ages. Coffee went cold. Kept cross-checking names on the roster list against the stats page, making sure I didn’t miss anyone important.
The Sorting Magic
Here’s where it got smarter. Highlighted that whole list of players and numbers in the spreadsheet. Clicked that magic “Sort Descending” button. Boom. Suddenly, the big scorers jumped right to the top, looking me in the face. No more guessing. Carter, Miller, Rodriguez – clear as day. Felt like a genius after the sticky-note fiasco. Numbers don’t lie.
So What’d We Learn?
- Carter’s leading the pack by a solid three goals. Dude’s consistent.
- Miller’s right behind him – seriously close competition there.
- Rodriguez is sneaky good, quietly sitting in third.
Felt pretty good seeing it laid out like that. All that manual typing? Painful, but worth it for the clear picture. Ended up chatting about Carter and Miller with Dave at the bar later – he bet Miller was top, I said Carter. Spreadsheet won me a beer.
Why do I even do stuff like this? Cause last Saturday over beers, the guys kept arguing “Who’s ACTUALLY scoring?”. Lots of “I think it’s…” or “Miller had that one crazy game…”. No hard facts. Annoyed me. Wanted actual answers, not guesswork. Plus, my nephew plays defense for the Avon youth league – he kept asking me who the sharp shooters were. Needed proof before I shot my mouth off. Turns out, sticky notes suck, but spreadsheets tell the truth. Simple as that.
