For Tuesday’s paper, I wrote this story about how college hockey stats are kept and the intense focus on accuracy from UND’s crew.

Check that out if you haven’t yet.

Also, I figured I would pass five things to know about stats that fans may not know.

I asked UND’s stats crew for common misconceptions from fans — or items many just don’t know.

Here’s what they helped me come up with:

1. On a major power play, the number of power-play chances increases after each goal is scored. As you may know, when a team has a major, five-minute power play, the power play does not end after a goal is scored. It continues until the five minutes are up. But if you score twice on that power play, you’re not 2-for-1 on the power play. After each goal is scored, a new power-play chance begins. So, if UND scores on a major power play, right after the goal, the second chance immediately starts at the next faceoff. If UND scores again, a third power-play opportunity begins at the next faceoff. If you score four power-play goals on a five-minute major, you will have gone 4-for-5. It is impossible to go perfect on a major power play, because the next chance starts the moment you score, even if there’s only one second left.