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Within-series momentum in hockey: No returns for running up the score

Kevin M. Kniffin and Vince Mihalek

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 3, 400-402

Abstract: Drawing on data from 916 Division 1 men’s college hockey games played during a recent six-year period in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), we find evidence that positive momentum within 458 two-game series does not exist when controlling for team quality. We find that neither victory nor the margin of victory in Game 1 of a two-game series is predictive of the outcome of Game 2. We suggest that loss aversion should be considered in relation to questions of momentum.

Keywords: Momentum; Hot hand; Sports; Loss aversion; Risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J3 J4 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.12.033

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