WOMENS OLYMPIC HOCKEY PRIMER – TIPS ON HOW TO WIN GOLD
What to do | Odds of success | Math odds |
Pretend you’re losing until three minutes from the end | 1:93 | .010 |
Wait until it’s hopeless and pull your goalie | 1:51 | .019 |
Let the other team shoot the puck at your open net and hope they miss | 1:458 | .002 |
Tie the score with one minute left | 1:54 | .018 |
Take a cheap penalty to ensure you lose | 1:29 | .034 |
Hope the opponent gets a penalty | 1:37 | .027 |
When they do, get a breakaway and fall down | 1:24 | .041 |
Hope the opponent gets another penalty | 1:16 | .062 |
Only now do you score on the ensuing penalty | 1:57 | .017 |
Combined odds of winning | 2.75 quadrillion to 1 |
Yet, like life itself, sometimes the improbable does occur!