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Dan Ellis Anaheim Ducks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Dan Ellis played goaltender for the Anaheim Ducks, wearing number 38. He reportedly earned $1,500,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Anaheim Ducks was reportedly $53,977,500, so his salary was about 2.8% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Anaheim Ducks was $1,275,000. The average salary was $2,076,057. During the 44 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 1 assist - a total of 1 point. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $34,090.91 per game played. Dan Ellis had a plus/minus of 0, 0 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 0 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%. His goaltending statistics include 2408 min, 1089 SA (shots against), 111 GA (goals against), 2.77 GAA (goals against average), 89.80% save percent, and a record of 21-10-7, including 2 shutouts. If we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly as a goaltender, we can divide his salary by the number of shots against. His salary per shot against was $1,377.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $1,500,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $500,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 61 median high school teachers, 70 median police officers, or 99 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $999,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.