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Riley Cote Philadelphia Flyers 2008-2009 NHL statistics
During the 2008/2009 NHL season, Riley Cote played left winger for the Philadelphia Flyers, wearing number 32. His salary for the season was reportedly $525,000. The total team salary for the Philadelphia Flyers was reportedly $60,472,500, so his salary was about 0.9% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Philadelphia Flyers was $1,950,000, while the average salary was $2,748,750. During the 63 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 3 assists - a total of 3 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $8,333.33 per game. Riley Cote had a plus/minus of -7, 174 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 24 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2008/2009 season of 0.00%.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with an annual U.S.-based salary of $525,000 he can expect to pay around $159,439 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 20 median high school teachers, 22 median police officers, or 32 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $365,561 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.
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