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NCAA Hockey Analytics: Division 3 Production Model 1.0
We spent a lot of time last offseason and throughout the 2023-24 NCAA III hockey season talking with several coaches and a bunch of players about the lack of accessible stats and analytics available for coaches, scouts, and players to evaluate and benchmark themselves against their rivals and their peers. Upon the conclusion of the… Read more
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PWHL Analytics: Production Model 1.0
For those of you who have read my work in the past on this site, you’re aware that I like to simplify hockey as much as possible to appeal to people who aren’t data obsessed fools like myself, but if you’ve read my description in our writer profiles , you’ll know I’m absolutely obsessed with… Read more
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Memorial Cup semifinal: History and a shot at even more
On May 31st, 2024, the WHL’s champions, the Moose Jaw Warriors, were pitted against the host club, a very respectable OHL squad in the Saginaw Spirit, to clinch a duel with the London Knights in the final match in junior hockey’s most esteemed tournament. Both clubs had a lot on the line, making their first… Read more
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A Love Letter to the PWHL After Year 1
First and foremost, it is with the utmost joy and respect that I congratulate PWHL Minnesota on winning the inaugural Walter Cup Finals. Ken Klee and his squad showed tremendous resilience and determination to win both playoff series in 5 games against debatably (I have some biases) the two best goaltenders in the PWHL… Read more
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Memorial Cup round robin Game 6: Back in a familiar, but fairly long missing, place
The final game of the round robin had as high of stakes as you could get. The OHL champion London Knights were stacked up against a strong rival in the form of the hosts, the Saginaw Spirit, the only team to challenge them at all during the OHL playoffs. On the line was an automatic… Read more
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Memorial Cup round robin Game 5: A historic first and a breaking of hearts
On the surface, it seems intriguing that this game, effectively a de facto tiebreaker to see who would hold on for a semifinal spot by the skin of their teeth and who would have to go home, would be a champion-on-champion matchup. However, to varying degrees, the WHL and QMJHL champions in the form of… Read more