The Leafs: A Statistical Analysis James Tanner | December 27, 2014 It’s almost New Years and the NHL is about to resume play after a three-day Christmas break, which makes this the perfect time to look beyond the win/loss record and…
Team Canada Goalies: In Argument of Comrie Joshua Weissbock | December 26, 2014 When Hockey Canada announced their roster for the IIHF World Under-20 Championships (also known as the World Juniors) they had only named two goalies: incumbent Zachary Fucale and challenger Eric…
Calgary Flames: Commence Project Regression Dustin Nelson | December 22, 2014 The Calgary Flames have been a favorite topic for the analytics community this season. Or, maybe more accurately, the Calgary Flames’ regression prospects have been a favorite battlefield between the…
Joe Thornton Making a Case for His Second Hart Andrew Bensch | December 20, 2014 Hart = Most Valuable Unless one has a negative bias towards one of the following players based off ridiculous stereotypes, the following are the best centers in the National Hockey…
Will Frederik Gauthier Make the Final Team Canada Cut? Joshua Weissbock | December 19, 2014 Top Prospect Frederik Gauthier is one of the last 15 forwards left on the Team Canada Men’s World Juniors National Hockey Team roster. As the team needs to cut down…
The Risks and Rewards of Viktor Stalberg Dustin Nelson | December 18, 2014 Former 20-goal scorer and Stanley Cup champion Viktor Stalberg was placed on waivers by the Nashville Predators on Thursday for the purpose of being assigned to the AHL for conditioning.…
Questions For The Leafs Analytics Team Adam R | December 17, 2014 There was big news in Toronto this summer when the Maple Leafs brought on board a young assistant General Manager, Kyle Dubas, and then subsequently brought in a team of…
How Can the Wings Get Zetterberg Flying Again? Prashanth Iyer | December 16, 2014 In the 2014-2015 season, Henrik Zetterberg has played 31 games, scoring five goals and 21 assists. Those numbers don’t necessarily sound like a guy who needs to be jump-started, but…
Maybe Mike Brown and John Scott Aren’t So Bad After All Kenneth Laws | December 16, 2014 I have to admit it. I was critical of these two. Very critical. But, it turns out, the two most goon-like players in San Jose are their biggest good luck charms.…
Current NHL Situational and Open-Play Corsi Joshua Weissbock | December 16, 2014 Last week I had reviewed previous work on open-play corsi and looking at the league averages within specific faceoff situations. The idea with open-play corsi is that winning or loosing…
The Issue with the Sens Wasn’t the Coaching Joshua Weissbock | December 15, 2014 While haters are going to hate, hate hate, hate, hate, the Ottawa Senators have fired their head coach Paul McLean in a somewhat unsurprising move earlier last week. A poor…
Cooking With Corsi: A Stanley Cup Recipe Andrew Wilson | December 14, 2014 “Do advanced stats Lead to Playoff Success?” This is the question that so many people love to argue about. Regardless of your opinion on the advanced stats “revolution” odds are…
