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Focusing on a hockey player tracking system I created to quantify player performance
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Markov Outplaying Subban at Even-strength
Early numbers for the Habs top-2 d-menThrough the first 3 games of the Montreal Canadiens 2013-14 season, Andrei Markov has been the Habs top defenseman. Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Successful and Unsuccessful Defensive-touches Per-minute Played
Markov and Eller off to great startsThis post will focus on each Montreal Canadiens player's ability to make successful plays while attempting to remove... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2013 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Carey Price and Ray Emery
From the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on October 5th, 2013.Ray Emery's ability to allow no rebounds on initial shots carried his... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Successful and Unsuccessful Offensive-touches Per-minute Played
Markov, Pacioretty and Desharnais lead their respective positionsNumbers from 4-3 opening-night loss to the Toronto Maple LeafsThis post will focus on each... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Carey Price and James Reimer
From the season-opener between the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 1st, 20134-3 Leafs win.James Reimer's ability to keep rebounds out... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 SPORTS -
QUICK HIT: Numbers from Season Opening Loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs
EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATINGSSUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE-TOUCHES / MPUNSUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE-TOUCHES / MP EVEN-STRENGTH SCORING CHANCES... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Successful Offensive and Defensive-touches
Eller and Bournival with strong numbers This post will focus on the number of successful puck-possession plays each Montreal Canadiens player contributed... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2013 SPORTS -
Ratios and Rating for Habs Defensemen "on the Bubble"
This post contains the ratios and ratings for Habs defensemen still in camp, and (outside of Murray) have no guarantee of making this year's team. Read more
Posted on 22 September 2013 SPORTS -
Ratios and Rating for Habs Forwards "on the Bubble"
This post contains the ratios and ratings for Habs forwards still in camp, and (as far as we know) have no guarantee of making this year's team. Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Even-strength Risk/reward Ratings Through 2 Preseason Games
These graphs reflect each Habs players even-strength risk/reward rating through the team's first 2 preseason games. Risk/reward ratings represent how many more... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Successful Offensive and Defensive-touches (Defensemen)
Gorges leading the packThis post will focus on the number of successful puck-possession plays each Montreal Canadiens defenseman has contributed through the... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Obstruction Penalties-drawn Per-minute Played
Using even-strength data from the 2013 NHL regular season, this post will focus on the number of obstruction penalties drawn per-minute of even-strength... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Scoring Chances for and Against
This post will focus on each Montreal Canadiens player's ability to help create scoring chances for their team, as well as their propensity to give up scoring... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2013 SPORTS -
HABS: Even-strength Points Per-minute Played
Rookies leading the pack This post will focus on the number of even-strength points per-minute of ES ice-time each Montreal Canadiens player contributed during... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2013 SPORTS -
Number of Successful Plays Produced by Each Habs Player (broken Down by Zone)
Subban, Eller, and Pacioretty tops at their positionThis post will focus on successful plays by zone. Included within the graphs are Montreal Canadiens players... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2013 SPORTS -
Another Look at Each Montreal Player's Offensive-contribution in 2013
Subban, Eller and Pacioretty lead their respective positions in successful offensive-touches This post will focus on successful offensive and defensive-touches... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 SPORTS -
White and Dumont Competing for the Same Roster Spot
The signing of George Parros over the summer clears up the identity of the Montreal Canadiens thirteenth forward heading into the 2013-14 season. What still... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2013 SPORTS -
BOUCHER SCOUTING: New Offensive-zone Events to Be Tracked in 2013-14
Every year I try to increase the number of events I track. The goal in adding events is to provide more and more data-generated information about players'... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2013 SPORTS -
Montreal Canadiens Players' Scoring-chance Plus/minus Ratings
Subban impressive once againMuch like traditional plus/minus, scoring chance plus/minus is a simple stat. It credits a player with a minus for a scoring chance... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 SPORTS -
Halpern Should Be Signed
Jeff Halpern is 37 years-old. Jeff Halpern scored only 1 goal and added only 1 assist in 16 games with the Montreal Canadiens last season, and had a... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2013 SPORTS
