Clustering NHL Players by Usage
by: Nathan de Lara Introduction Burke’s Law is an autobiography by Brian Burke about his career in hockey and he describes a very interesting breakdown
Category: Player Evaluation
Introducing Relational Plus Minus
Summary Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus (RAPM) underpins many of the advanced analytics that are publicly available for player evaluation in the NBA. RAPM itself is
Player Similarity Ratings
Intro Every year at the NHL draft, hundreds of player comparisons are made between draftees and current NHL players. Beyond that, once players establish themselves
Estimating Players’ and Goalie’s Impact on Rebound Shots
When it comes to hockey, I’ve been playing goalie since 2012. While throughout my career I may have had a subpar save percentage and an
RITSAC Slides: xPG
Below are the slides from my RITSAC (Rochester Institute of Technology Sports Analytics Conference) presentation. My presentation was part of the data competition they hosted
An Analytical Look at this Summer’s RFA’s
Since the 2004 lockout the NHL has only seen eight offer sheets signed over the last twenty years and of them only one of them
Introducing Pass Value
Introduction Currently the quantitative methods for evaluating a players passing are xG build up, xG chains and Passing Progression Value Added. The issue with the
Creating an expected passes model in soccer
If you’ve read about hockey or soccer analytics lately, you’ve no doubt come across a metric called expected goals (xG). If you haven’t, here’s a