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ONTLW · 27 · 2017-18

MichaelMersch

6'2", 223 lb, shoots L, born October 2, 1992

Compare Mersch with another player
65
Games
21
Goals
28
Assists
49
Points
11
Plus/Minus

The story

Michael finished 41st of 767 in points and 73rd of 767 per game.

He takes 23% of his attempts from the slot, 164th of 711, and converted 7 of the 43 chances there (447th of 692 in high-danger shooting).

Against the league

Points · 41 of 767
49
Points per Game · 73 of 767
0.75
Goals · 43 of 767
21
Assists · 53 of 767
28
Individual Expected Goals · 5 of 711
23.87
Goals Above Expected · 627 of 711
-2.87
High-Danger Shooting % · 447 of 692
16.3%
High-Danger Share · 164 of 711
22.5%
Individual Scoring Chances · 4 of 711
102
Individual High Danger Chances · 22 of 711
43
Individual Shots · 13 of 767
191
Shooting % · 253 of 711
10.99%

Each bar is a percentile against the 767 skaters with at least 20 games. The tick is the league median. Metrics where less is better are flipped, so longer is always better.

Where he shoots

Shots taken191 shots · 24 xG
quiet1.0 xG per 5 ft

By danger

ZoneShotsGoalsSh%
High danger43716.3%
Medium59711.9%
Low8977.9%
All attempts1912110.99%

Average shot distance 29.9 ft. Danger is charted on every attempt, so this is where the shots came from, not an estimate.

Finishing

Value
Expected goals23.87
Goals above expected-2.87
Shooting %10.99%
Power play goals10
Short-handed goals0
Penalty minutes16

Goals above expected is the gap between what his chances were worth and what he actually scored.

How the goals came

ShotsGoalsSh%
Off the rush581017.2%
Off the cycle11697.8%
In a scramble17211.8%
All attempts1912111.0%

A rush is the first shot of a possession, taken inside 40 ft up the middle; the cycle is a shot after sustained pressure, or a first shot from distance or the wall; a scramble is a second attempt inside four seconds. League-wide they convert at about 17%, 8% and 23%. The feed records only shots, so these are read from the shape of the sequence, not from tracking.

Where the goals came from

Goals21
one goal, where it was scored from
Slot · inside 20 ft9/6813.2%
Mid · 20–35 ft6/669.1%
Outside · 35–50 ft4/4010.0%
Perimeter · 50 ft+2/1711.8%

In the AHL

SeasonClubGPPts
2023-24ROC6638
2022-23ROC6145
2021-22ROC6554
2020-21ROC2819
2019-20TEX6127
2018-19TEX6845
2017-18ONT6549
Career7 seasons414277

Every AHL season on file. A career total is only the AHL portion — junior, college and NHL games are not in this database.

Recent games

DateOppResultGShotsxG
04-14@ BAKL 1-5040.82
04-11@ STKL 3-6050.46
04-07@ SDL 2-3010.28
04-04@ BAKOTL 2-3020.17
03-31vs CLEW 3-5130.29
03-30vs BAKW 0-6030.26
03-24@ SJW 7-3140.67
03-23vs BAKL 4-1030.33
03-18vs SJW 4-5040.37
03-14vs CLEW 2-3020.35
03-11vs SAL 4-0040.53
03-09vs SDW 0-3040.28

Assists are absent per game: the feed names the shooter on every attempt but not the passers. Season assist totals come from the official box score and appear above.