Hockey fatheads end up in the penalty box more often: study

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Beware Of The Big Headed Player
Published 8/21/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... in the prestigious Proceedings of the Royal Society, concluded of the six Canadian-based NHL teams, the faces of the Ottawa Senators are dead giveaways when it comes to predicting how much time players spend in the penalty box. “We’re not saying that Ottawa is more aggressive than any other team. But each individual player’s face predicts how much time he had in the box,” said Brock University neuroscience researcher Justin Carre. continued

Are You a Fathead?
Published 8/21/2008 by Kyle at IllegalCurve.com
... The Proceedings of the Royal Society, a prestigious research institute, has concluded that hockey players with fat, round heads take the most penalties. ...

If your head is fat, you’re a jerk
Published 8/21/2008 by twolinepass at The Two-Line Pass
... I don’t know who funds things like this, but a recent study at Brock University in St. Catherine’s, Ontario found that NHL players with “fat heads” spend more time in the penalty box than their pin-headed counterparts. ...

Study: NHL Players with Bigger Heads Spend More Time in the Penalty Box [NHL]
Published 8/21/2008 by Clay Travis at Deadspin
... Honestly, this is a study. Thanks to the the fine people at Brock University in St. Catherine's, Ontario we know that NHL players with fat heads spend more time in the penalty box. How? Evidently head width runs the gamut from the skinny (1.6) to the unusually wide (2.3). By studying the profile pictures of NHL players, the study was able to predict which players had the most penalty minutes based on their head size. ...

Puck Headlines: The bigger the noggin, the nastier the player
Published 8/21/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... "Apparently goalies were not studied in this, but the lack of a real melon on Patrick Roy's kid throws this whole thing out, doesn't it?" [Leader Post, via ...

Study: Bigger Heads = More Aggression
Published 8/22/2008 by Jes Gőlbez (noreply@blogger.com) at Hockey Rants
by Jes The term "fathead" is often used in describing someone who is rather dull, stupid, and has a temper. Thus, when our buddy Wayne forwarded me a story with the headline "Hockey fatheads end up in the penalty box more often", I was pretty much like "D'uh, Big Moose!" It terms out that the "fatheads", in this case, refer to the actual size of the player's head, and is not just a cute expression. From the Regina Leader Post: Results of the study published Wednesday in the prestigious Proceedings of the Royal ...