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Ed Jovanovski Phoenix Coyotes 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Playing defenseman and wearing number 55, Ed Jovanovski played for the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2010/2011 NHL season. He reportedly had a salary of $6,000,000. The total team salary for the Phoenix Coyotes was reportedly $48,212,500, so his salary represented 12.4% of that total team payroll. The average salary for a player on the Phoenix Coyotes was $1,928,500. The median salary was $1,300,000. He played a total of 50 games that season, with 5 goals and 9 assists - a total of 14 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $120,000.00 per game. Ed Jovanovski had a plus/minus of 4, 39 PIM (penalties in minutes), 1 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 73 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 6.80%. We can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists), if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly on offense. His salary per goal scored was $1,200,000 and his salary per point was $428,571.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $6,000,000 he can expect to pay around $2,075,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 255 median high school teachers, 290 median police officers, or 411 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $3,924,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.