Stanley Cup Playoff Rosters
As I impatiently wait for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, I often take a look at some hockey data. Yes, I know, it’s a ridiculous pastime of mine but the heart wants what the heart wants. Here are some of the things I’ve been looking at over the weekend. Nationality I started actively looking at […]
The Getting Hot Narrative
‘Getting hot at the right time’ is a phrase you will hear hockey analysts say a lot over this final week of the regular season. The narrative is that a team that gets hot going into the playoffs, will stay hot in the playoffs. But is that true? It’s a claim I’ve always challenged since […]
WHL Attendance
With the WHL playoffs shifting to the lower seed’s arena for games 3 and 4, I figured it was a good time to look at the WHL attendance to see how the league is drawing at the gate. League Wide For the third year in a row, WHL Attendance is down ~1% across the league, […]
SeaHAC Expansion Exercise
Over the weekend, Seattle hosted the Seattle Hockey Analytics Conference (SeaHAC) on the University of Washington Campus. One of the agenda items was to simulate the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft. Rosters, contracts, and protected list will all change between now and the summer of 2021 when Seattle will participate in the Expansion Draft but it […]
US Born Players in the NHL
With the kick off Hockey Week in America, I thought it would be a great time to look at some player country origin data across the league. Nationality in the NHL The trend of US players in the league has been increasing since the 1980s. Events like the Miracle on Ice, Gretzky playing for the […]
RMHC Hockey Challenge 2019
For the last 15 years, this time of year I am part of something that is bigger than hockey. On Saturday, February 23rd, I will be taking the ice to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Western Washington & Alaska in their annual RMHC Hockey Challenge. This has been an important […]
NHL Attendance Mid-Season Report
As we head into the homestretch of the NHL Season, I thought I would take another look into the attendance figures across the NHL. Attendance alone should not be the only metric used when evaluating the financial success or health of a sports franchise. Ticket prices, sponsorships, and TV agreements can greatly offset any perceived […]
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