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North American draft compendium: My personal top 10 NA skaters, as well as some miscellaneous names worth spending a later selection on
As mentioned on Sunday’s pod, I deliberately avoided doing anything like this for a while because I wanted to wait until the Memorial Cup had come to a close so I could have basically a full season across the major dev leagues to make my assessments based off of. Now that it’s effectively all come… Read more
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NCAA III Men’s Ice Hockey: Goalie Analytics 1.0
Welcome back for another round of NCAA III analytics. In contrast to the production model standards for skaters, we have used the Goals Saved Above the Average metric to rate goalie performances over the 2023-24 season in conjunction with traditional save percentage statistics. GSAA is a statistic that is derived from SV% and GA, similar… Read more
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Spirited: A strong squad that were often overlooked make their mark on the most coveted junior hockey trophy at home
The two clear best teams in the CHL came to know each other very well this season. Combined between the OHL’s regular season, postseason, and the Memorial Cup’s round robin, the Memorial Cup final marked their 12th matchup against one another in 2023-24. There were no surprises to be had, so it simply had to… Read more
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Memorial Cup finals preview: Goliath vs. less big, less storied Goliath
London Knights vs. Saginaw Spirit matchup by the numbers and head-to-head comparison: Regular season records: London: 50W-14L-1OTL-3SOL, 104 points, 48 ROW, +125 goal differential Hamilton Spectator Trophy as OHL regular season champions, Holody Trophy as Midwest division champions, first seed in the Western Conference Saginaw: 50W-16L-1OTL-1SOL, 102 points, 50 ROW, +88 goal differential Bumbacco Trophy… Read more
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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