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The Goal Value Formula (GVF) is an original approach to statistics in the world of ice hockey.  Anyone who knows something about the game will surely be aware that some goals are more valuable than others.   If a team is ahead by a score of 6:1, for instance, the seventh goal will usually be far less significant than any goal achieved in a game where there score is more balanced.

This means that the value of each achieved goal depends not only on the final result of the game, but also the score in the game at the moment when the goal is scored.

GVF defines the value of an achieved goal by correlating the two main components therein – (R), or the final result of the game, and (S), the score at the time when the specific goal is scored.  There is also a third, ancillary co-efficient (K), which differentiates between won and lost games on the basis of the specific rules which apply.

In the Continental Hockey League (CHL), for instance, (K) applies to:

1 – a loss during the basic playing time;

2 – a loss during overtime or shootouts;

4 – a win during overtime or shootouts;

6 – a win during the basic playing time.

Of course, no formula can be impassionate in objectivity or thoroughly faultless.  The passions and emotions of sports cannot be boiled down to objective formulas.  The GVF itself is just a game.  The essence of the formula is that the highest value is awarded to a goal that is scored in a tight game in which the relevant player evens the score or moves his team slightly ahead.

Calculating the GVF in the CHL season

                                                       GVF = K / (R+S)

K:  The co-efficient of points earned during the game

K = 1 for a loss during the normal playing time; K = 2 for a loss during overtime or shootout; K = 3 for a win during overtime or shootout; K = 4 for a win during normal playing time.

R:  The goal differential at the end of the game

An absolute number. 0 = 1, a naught is always comparable to a one.

S:  The goal differential after the specific goal

An absolute number. 0 = 1, a naught is always comparable to a one.

The GVF formula for each game is calculated by rounding up or down to two digits beyond the naught.