Abstract: A system and method for determining a performance-indicating statistic for a goal based sports game, the sports game involving time, the method comprising: storing at least one sports game box score, the at least one box score representing a performance in the sports game; determining intermediate data related to the sports game from the at least one stored box score, the intermediate data comprising at least accrued time and any goal scored; calculating the performance-indicating statistic, which indicates a measure of performance of the sports game, from the intermediate data; presenting the calculated performance-indicating statistic. The at least one box score and/or the calculated performance indicating statistic can be electronically displayed on a video display or an electronic scoreboard during or after a game and/or may be communicated for display on a global communications network or a television show.

Abstract: In a converting device for converting a box score in hockey game eventually to final statistics relating to composite power play, composite penalty efficiency, two-player power-play, two-player penalty efficiency, major power play, major penalty efficiency, composite hot seat, hot seat two-player disadvantage, hot seat major disadvantage, and earned goal average, and wherein the final statistics are, in turn, obtainable from intermediate statistical data, the improvement, wherein the intermediate statistical data are identifiable by a combination of respective letters and/or numbers, and are feedable into a standard calculator or computer so as to obtain the final statistics therefrom and wherein the connecting device is composed of a longitudinal carriage adapted to having a timing chart affixed thereto, and a converting apparatus for obtaining the intermediate statistical data from the box score.