David Beaudoin
David is a statistics professor at Laval University in beautiful Quebec City. He is covering the NHL as a whole (sometimes more specifically the Montreal Canadiens) with a certain dose of numbers. He's a sports handicapper who likes to combine statistical models and his own knowledge to predict the outcome of games (www.professormj.com). He is also a big QMJHL fan and will be covering this league as well.
Author's Posts
A Penguins - Predators Final?
May 11th, 2017 I feel bad for Washington Capitals fans. Their team could not reach the Eastern Conference Final for the sixth time in as many tries (0-6 in second round series) since Alex Ovechkin joined the team, despite three editions where the team had won the Presidents’ Trophy, awarded to the team with the most regular-season points. They were...
One Eye on the Net: David-Alexandre Beauregard
May 11th, 2017 "The right attitude and one arm will beat the wrong attitude and two arms every time.” That great quote from “The Magic of Thinking Big” by David J. Schwartz fits the case of David-Alexandre Beauregard perfectly. On October 16, 1994, Beauregard permanently lost sight in his left eye as an 18-year-old during a QMJHL game. While on a...
Round 2 Predictions by the Numbers
April 26th, 2017 The first round of the NHL playoffs provided plenty of drama with a total of 18 of the 42 games going into overtime. In other words, 42.9% needed extra time. I don’t think many people picked the Predators to sweep the Blackhawks in four straight contests. Here is a fun fact: the number of games won by Nashville (four) was greater...
