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NHLNumbers in Academia 9 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
If you've been following my few posts here you will know that I am studying Machine Learning for my masters in Computer Science and I am using those techniques and applying them to hockey analyt...
Western Conference Rolling Team Corsi 8 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
INTRODUCTION Whether it's on a per-game basis or season-to-season, we spend an awful lot of time looking at shot differentials to get a better feel for the strength of a hockey team. Unfortunat...
Theoretical Predictions in Machine Learning for the NHL: Part II 6 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Introduction In my last article I was looking at prediction limits for machine learning and sports. More specifically I answered the question of how much of the standings are because of luck (...
Eastern Conference Defensemen: Pairing/Tier vs. Team Production 6 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Cheer up, Alfie; who needs Erik Karlsson when you have Patrick Wiercioch and Andre Benoit, right?. Image via Jean Levac/Ottawa Citizen. Introduction If you've been following along with us here at N...
Western Conference Defensemen: Pairing/Tier vs. Team Production 5 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Johnny Oduya and Niklas Hjalmarsson probably aren't the 1st Blackhawks defensemen that come to mind, but their stellar play warrants recognition. Image via Getty Images/Harry How. Introduction On T...
Winning a Fight Has Impact on Future Outcomes 4 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
INTRODUCTION Back in July of 2009, Gabriel Desjardins at PuckProspectus tried to identify whether or not winning a hockey fight could be the impetus behind a boost in team scoring. He found vir...
Eastern Conference: Line/Tier vs. Team Production 2 Aug 2013 | 09:22 pm
INTRODUCTION On Thursday, I took a look at how individual tiers for each Western Conference team performed relative to their team's overall production through even-strength adjusted Corsi. Today, ...
Western Conference: Line/Tier v. Team Production 1 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
INTRODUCTION One of the elements of hockey analytics that I think is understudied is the midpoint between individual and team-level data. Line combinations change an awful lot over the course o...
Machine Learning and Hockey: Is there a theoretical limit on predictions? 1 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm
Graph from Arctic Ice Hockey Intro In my previous work I was working on predictions in hockey, at the micro level of a single game, to determine who will win and who will lose. I was using Machine ....
Reviewing the NHL Entry Draft - 2000 to 2008 1 Aug 2013 | 09:44 am
This is the third in a series of articles looking at the history of the NHL Entry Draft from 1979 to 2008. I have tabulated every pick made by every team during that time, selecting out the players wh...
