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Focusing on a hockey player tracking system I created to quantify player performance
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Habs 2011-12 Final Player Events Per Minute of Ice-time
The below graph is a visual representation of the total number of events per minute for each Canadiens player. Simply put, the higher the number the more... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Player Events Per Zone
The below graph is a visual representation of each Montreal Canadiens player's events per-minute in each zone. The higher the number, the more involved in the... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Puck-battle Winning Percentages (by Zone)
The below graph is a visual representation of each Montreal Canadiens player's success-rate when engaging in puck-battles. A puck-battle occurs when two... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Loose-puck Recovery Totals
The graph below is a visual representation of the average number of loose-pucks each Montreal Canadiens player recovers every minute they are on the ice. The... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Puck-possession Success-rates
The graph below is a visual representation of how successful each Montreal Canadiens player is at maintaining puck-possession for his team. Events involved in... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Powerplay Risk/reward Ratings and Ratios
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's POWERPLAY risk/reward rating. POWERPLAY risk/reward ratings are an indication of how many... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Short-handed Risk/reward Ratings and Ratios
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's SHORT-HANDED risk/reward rating. SHORT-HANDED risk/reward ratings are an indication of... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Even-strength Neutral-zone Risk/reward Ratings
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's even-strength NEUTRAL-ZONE risk/reward rating. NEUTRAL-ZONE risk/reward ratings are an... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Even-strength Defensive-zone Risk/reward Ratings
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's even-strength DEFENSIVE-ZONE risk/reward rating. DEFENSIVE-ZONE risk/reward ratings are... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Even-strength Offensive-zone Risk/reward Ratings
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's even-strength OFFENSIVE-ZONE risk/reward rating.OFFENSIVE-ZONE risk/reward ratings are an... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Even-strength Risk/reward Ratings
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's EVEN-STRENGTH risk/reward rating. EVEN-STRENGTH risk/reward ratings are an indication of... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Final Overall Risk/reward Ratings
The below graph is a visual representation of every Montreal player's overall risk/reward rating. Overall risk/reward ratings are an indication of how many... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs 2011-12 Overall Grades
Markov with top overall gradeA player's overall grade is calculated by dividing the number of postive puck-possession events a player performs during a game by... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 SPORTS -
2012 NHL Entry Draft: One-game Scouting Report for Andrei Vasilevski
From a WJHC preliminary round game between Russia and Sweden on December 31st, 2011. Andrei Vasilevski is a 6'3", 204 lbs left-handed shooting goalie. He is... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2012 SPORTS -
Another 1-game Scouting-report for Roberto Luongo and Jonathan Quick (Game 2)
From game 2 of the 2012 opening-round series between the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles KingsJonathan Quick's save-percentage while short-handed was the... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2012 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Martin Brodeur and Jose Theodore
Goaltending ratings from Game 1 of the opening round series between the Florida Panthers and the New Jersey DevilsDespite some short-handed goaltending by Jose... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2012 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Jaroslav Halak and Antti Niemi
From game 1 of the 2012 opening-round series between the St. Louis Blues and San Jose SharksAny game that goes into a second overtime must contain some solid... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2012 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Roberto Luongo and Jonathan Quick
From game 1 of the 2012 opening-round series between the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles KingsDespite some strong even-strength goaltending by Roberto... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2012 SPORTS -
One-game Scouting Report for Senators' Goalie Craig Anderson
Craig Anderson became a member of the Ottawa Senators during a trade on February 18th, 2011. The Senators sent goalie Brian Elliott to the Colorado Avalanche... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 SPORTS -
Habs: Final Defensive-ratings
Individual success-rates when attempting to remove or obtain puck-possession from the oppositionAt its simplest form, the goal of any skater in a... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2012 SPORTS