Alvin Wong, the second coming of Jesus!

Welcome back to another edition of Under the radar! This weeks player spotlight is a special one as we highlight one of the SHLs rising stars that has flown under everyone's radar quite frankly. Being a rookie on a powerhouse team like the Edmonton Blizzard will have that effect, especially in a year that the team went all the way and won the Challenger Cup. In this article we will go through some of the underlying numbers that show why Wong is a star in the making and will not be under the radar for much longer on this Blizzard roster, or in the league as a whole.

Now a lot of analysts just go by the simple metrics of Points, +/-, or Corsi. However, at Under the radar we really like to focus on a different metric, not points per game, but specifically points per minute (ice time), this gives us a real impact of a player as there are some gems that produce even with limited minutes, and they tend to fly under the radar as they are buried in the lineup but can show signs of stardom if given the opportunity.

The perfect example of this is Wong in Edmonton. As a rookie, he lead all rookies in PPM metric with 0.063 or 1 point in every 15.8 minutes of play. Compared to other top rookies, Tony Soprano (PHI) 1 point every 16.6 minutes, and William Tree (TOR) 1 point every 19 minutes. If Wong had the same amount of icetime as William Tree, Wong would be sitting at 86 points compared to Tree's 72. On the Edmonton Blizzard, you can compare Wong's numbers to Eggward Elric, a solid 2nd line forward who with increased ice-time is clocking in the same 0.063 points per minute. 

If Wong continues to improve his game on top of these current metrics, he will definitely turn some heads in the league and people will start to take notice and maybe even shift their strategies on how they play him. It is this blogs own opinion that we think Wong should be a sure fire rookie of the year for his performance in season 73. 

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