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Roman Hamrlik Montreal Canadiens 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Roman Hamrlik wore number 44 while playing defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens in the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $5,500,000. The total team salary for the Montreal Canadiens was reportedly $63,245,833, so his salary represented 8.7% of that total team payroll. The average salary for a player on the Montreal Canadiens was $2,432,532. The median salary was $1,425,000. He played a total of 79 games that season, with 5 goals and 29 assists - a total of 34 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $69,620.25 per game. Roman Hamrlik had a plus/minus of 6, 81 PIM (penalties in minutes), 2 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 129 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 3.90%. 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 $1,100,000 and his salary per point was $161,765.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $5,500,000 he can expect to pay around $1,900,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 233 median high school teachers, 266 median police officers, or 377 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $3,599,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.