If you hang around long enough, things start to disappear. An old buddy of mine’s Dad worked as one of the final calligraphers for the Toronto Globe & Mail—I bet that department has downsized since 1975. Hula-hoops and Super Balls and Phonics and tailfins on cars, a real five and dime, first love, the last last day of school. Someday soon, we will say goodbye to the pure defensive defenseman. I will miss you, Don Awrey. Until that time, the NHL does have defensive defensemen who can help a team win. Mark Fayne is one. (One Light Left in Heaven).

MARK FAYNE 13-14

5×5 points per 60: 0.52 (6th among regular D)

5×4 points per 60: nil

Qual Comp: 2nd toughest among regular D

Qual Team: 3rd best available among regular D

Corsi for 5×5 %: 55.3

Corsi for 5×5 % REL: +1.5

Zone Start: 47.6% (toughest among regular D)

Zone Finish: 51.3% (4th best among D)

Shots on goal/percentage: 88 shots/4.55%

Boxcars: 72GP, 4-7-11

MARK FAYNE 14-15

5×5 points per 60: 0.33 (6th among regular D)

5×4 points per 60: nil

Qual Comp: toughest among regular D

Qual Team: 3rd best available among regular D

Corsi for 5×5 %: 46.2%

Corsi for 5×5 % REL: -7.0

Zone Start: 42.9%

Zone Finish: 48.4%

Shots on goal/percentage: 78 shots/2.6%

Boxcars: 74GP, 2-6-8

MARK FAYNE 15-16

5×5 points per 60: 0.36 (5th among regular D)

5×4 points per 60: nil (in two minutes)

Corsi for 5×5 %: 49.1

Qual Comp: toughest among regular D

Qual Team: 4th best available among regular D

Corsi for 5×5 % REL: -1.2

Shots on goal/percentage: 61 shots/3.3%

Boxcars: 69GP, 2-5-7

WAR ON ICE PLAYER CHARTS

Fayne appears in a tough area of the graph via War-on-Ice, owning the most severe zone starts among sorties that begin with a faceoff. WOI suggests he faced the second-toughest opposition, where BTN tells us he faced the toughest opponents.

RE 15-16: 64GP, 3-7-10 .156

ACTUAL 15-16: 69GP, 2-5-7 .101