3-0 comebacks

Some interesting stats on the chances of teams coming back from down 3-0....according to WhoWins.com, since 1905 in the NBA, MLB, and NHL, only three teams have ever, EVER come back from that: the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders in the NHL, and the 2004 Boston Red Sox in MLB. It has never been done in the NBA.

271 times a team went up 3-0 in a series in those three leagues in that time frame, and only three times failed to win the series - a 98.9% success rate. Overall, 175 times out of 271 (64.6%) the series ended up a sweep, and 69.4% of the time it ended up a sweep when the team leading the series 3-0 got to play game four at home.

These stats do not include the results of any leagues other than the NHL, NBA, and MLB, and obviously there will have been some 3-0 comebacks at other levels. But you'd expect to see similar statistical trends there. So those are the numbers Calgary is up against.

Also, according to the Calgary papers, the Hitmen chose not to practice during the off-day yesterday. Somebody's going to have to explain to me why that was a good idea....if you're having trouble figuring out how to score goals, wouldn't you want to practice adding a new wrinkle or two into your gameplan? Or maybe work on a powerplay that is 0-for-10 in the series? Oh well.