Clever Marketing and Fanhood COLLIDE!
May 7, 2008 NHL
I am now the proud ’sponsor’ of Derek Roy. Sports-Reference.com recently started up a hockey site to go with their baseball, basketball and football offerings, and it’s paid for by the ability to ’sponsor’ teams, players, coaches, and so on. It looks like a good place to go to answer some of the stat-related inquiries you have (I wonder who scored the most goals at age 18? How many goals did Lemieux score from 25-28?).
Injuries VS Wins
Apr 28, 2008 NHL
Behind the Net has a great article about something many of us wonder about: How many wins do you lose when that top line player gets injured? Here’s the basics of the methodology:
For the last five seasons, I looked at forwards who averaged 19 minutes or more per game and defensemen who averaged 21 minutes or more - and who played between 52 and 74 games with a single team. This roughly corresponds to a team’s top two forwards and top two defensemen. I compared their team’s record with them in the lineup to its record with them out of the lineup.
From this, Hawerchuk determined that a top-tier forward (the guys that get 19min+ of icetime) can cost you about 1.5 wins, whereas a top defenseman (21min+) costs as much as 4 wins.
Tags: behind the net, Hockey, NHL, stats
Behind the Net - Stathead’s Dream
Feb 11, 2008 NHL
I was recently pointed to Behind the Net, which is a very cool site for NHL statheads. Ever wonder how much better the chances are to score with the goalie pulled? Or wondering how good your team’s goalie is on the PK? Or how many penalties a player draws and takes? You can find out that and much more there. I especially like the ‘Quality of Competition’ ratings for players, so you can get a feel for why a certain player is able to do what they do (ie, if they are always facing other teams’ third or fourth lines). Neat stuff.
