title: Re-examining the home disadvantage in professional ice hockey.
abstract: Occurrence of the home disadvantage in professional ice hockey was examined by analyzing shootout data from 2005 through 2008. Results indicated that teams involved in shootouts playing at their home arenas did not lose significantly more games at home than on the road. Results did not support the hypotheses that emphasize the roles of physical contact and diffusion of responsibility in accounting for past failures to find the home disadvantage in professional ice hockey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southern Maine, Portland 04103, USA. bgayton@usm.maine.edu
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Gayton
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Loignon
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricker
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D054874:Athletic Performance; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D006688:Hockey / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012931:Social Environment