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NHL Draft 25 Top Talent

NHL Draft 25 Top Talent

New Module for Sports Analytics Course on Team, Player & Game Performance

New Module for Sports Analytics Course on Team, Player & Game Performance

Preparing for the NHL 2025 Draft

Preparing for the NHL 2025 Draft

Predicting a Stanley Cup Winner

Predicting a Stanley Cup Winner

Predicting the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Finding the Perfect Model

Predicting the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Finding the Perfect Model

Introduction to Hockey Analytics for Coaches & Parents

Introduction to Hockey Analytics for Coaches & Parents

Lesson 10: Creating Your Data Story Using Video

Lesson 10: Creating Your Data Story Using Video

Lesson 9: Creating Your Data Story using Power BI

Lesson 9: Creating Your Data Story using Power BI

Lesson 8: Creating Your Data Story using Infographics

Lesson 8: Creating Your Data Story using Infographics

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course: Data Visualization

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course: Data Visualization

Lesson 7: Creating Your Data Story using Socials

Lesson 7: Creating Your Data Story using Socials

Lesson 6: Using AI for Your Content Creation

Lesson 6: Using AI for Your Content Creation

Lesson 5: Translating Data Story Outline to Content

Lesson 5: Translating Data Story Outline to Content

Lesson 4: Developing Your Data Story

Lesson 4: Developing Your Data Story

Lesson 3: Data Analysis & Modeling

Lesson 3: Data Analysis & Modeling

Lesson 2: Exploring Data for the Narrative

Lesson 2: Exploring Data for the Narrative

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course

Chart 11: Donut Chart to Visualize Shots that Lead to Goals

Chart 11: Donut Chart to Visualize Shots that Lead to Goals

Lesson 1: Introduction to Data Storytelling for Sports

Lesson 1: Introduction to Data Storytelling for Sports

Chart 10: Multi-Line Plot to Compare Players

Chart 10: Multi-Line Plot to Compare Players

Building Your First Data Pipeline for Hockey Analytics Projects

Building Your First Data Pipeline for Hockey Analytics Projects

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course

New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course

4 Free Data Sources for Your Hockey Analytics Projects

4 Free Data Sources for Your Hockey Analytics Projects

Chart 9: Correlation Plot to Predict Goals

Chart 9: Correlation Plot to Predict Goals

4 Nations Face-Off: A Comparative Team Analysis

4 Nations Face-Off: A Comparative Team Analysis

4 Nations Face-Off: Can Team USA Take it All?

4 Nations Face-Off: Can Team USA Take it All?

4 Nations Face-Off: Will Canada Beat the USA?

4 Nations Face-Off: Will Canada Beat the USA?

Introduction to Sports Analytics

Introduction to Sports Analytics

Chart 8: Density Plot for Point Production Distribution

Chart 8: Density Plot for Point Production Distribution

4 Nations Face-Off: Can Sweden Beat the Odds?

4 Nations Face-Off: Can Sweden Beat the Odds?

4 Nations Face-Off: Is Finland the Sleeper Team?

4 Nations Face-Off: Is Finland the Sleeper Team?

Early Predictions for the 4 Nations Face-Off

Early Predictions for the 4 Nations Face-Off

Data Punk Updates

Data Punk Updates

Beating Gretzky's Most Goals Record

Beating Gretzky's Most Goals Record

Chart 7: Range Plot for PPE Index

Chart 7: Range Plot for PPE Index

Brady Tkachuk: A Top Point-Producing Enforcer

Brady Tkachuk: A Top Point-Producing Enforcer

The Howes & Tkachuks: Grace vs Grit

The Howes & Tkachuks: Grace vs Grit

Chart 6: Spider Chart to Compare Player Metrics

Chart 6: Spider Chart to Compare Player Metrics

Chart 5: Creating a Heatmap to Compare the Top Rookies

Chart 5: Creating a Heatmap to Compare the Top Rookies

Chart 4: Scatter Plot to Show the Top Enforcers

Chart 4: Scatter Plot to Show the Top Enforcers

Fighting for Fame: The Top NHL Enforcers of All Time

Fighting for Fame: The Top NHL Enforcers of All Time

Chart 3: Choropleth Map for Player's Birth Cities

Chart 3: Choropleth Map for Player's Birth Cities

Four Legends, Four Eras: How Goaltending Transformed Across Generations

Four Legends, Four Eras: How Goaltending Transformed Across Generations

Interested in an Early Preview of our Sports Analytics Course?

Interested in an Early Preview of our Sports Analytics Course?

Chart 2: Column Chart for Top-Scoring Enforcers

Chart 2: Column Chart for Top-Scoring Enforcers

The NHL's Secret Weapon: Enforcers Who Score

The NHL's Secret Weapon: Enforcers Who Score

Chart 1: Line Chart for Points Percent by Era

Chart 1: Line Chart for Points Percent by Era

A Tale of Two Eras: Gretzky vs McDavid

A Tale of Two Eras: Gretzky vs McDavid

108 Years of Goals, Goons & Goalies

108 Years of Goals, Goons & Goalies

From Chalkboards to AI: 108 Years of NHL Hockey

From Chalkboards to AI: 108 Years of NHL Hockey

Bringing It All Home: Your Go-To Dashboard for DFS Fantasy Hockey Success

Bringing It All Home: Your Go-To Dashboard for DFS Fantasy Hockey Success

Predict Like a Pro: More Winning Fantasy Hockey Strategies

Predict Like a Pro: More Winning Fantasy Hockey Strategies

Build Your First Winning DFS Report using Microsoft Excel

Build Your First Winning DFS Report using Microsoft Excel

More Winning Strategies and Statistics for DFS fantasy Hockey!

More Winning Strategies and Statistics for DFS fantasy Hockey!

Winning DFS Strategies & Stats to Crush Fantasy Hockey

Winning DFS Strategies & Stats to Crush Fantasy Hockey

DFS Fantasy Hockey 101: Your Ultimate Kickoff Guide!

DFS Fantasy Hockey 101: Your Ultimate Kickoff Guide!

Predicting Wins using k-Nearest Neighbors

Predicting Wins using k-Nearest Neighbors

Optimizing your Predictive Models

Optimizing your Predictive Models

Driverless AI: Building the Perfect Predictive Model

Driverless AI: Building the Perfect Predictive Model

Predicting Wins using Support Vector Machine Models

Predicting Wins using Support Vector Machine Models

Predicting Game Wins using Logistic Regression

Predicting Game Wins using Logistic Regression

Finding the Top Snipers using K-Means Clustering

Finding the Top Snipers using K-Means Clustering

Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Final Analysis

Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Final Analysis

Preparing for the NHL Draft 2024: Team Analysis

Preparing for the NHL Draft 2024: Team Analysis

Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft

Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft

How to Create a Playoff Preview Dashboard using the PPM Score

How to Create a Playoff Preview Dashboard using the PPM Score

Creating a Playoff Preview Metric and Dashboard to Gauge Team Performance

Creating a Playoff Preview Metric and Dashboard to Gauge Team Performance

How to Create a Daily DFS Projections Report using Power BI

How to Create a Daily DFS Projections Report using Power BI

Discover Fantasy Hockey Outliers using the Average DFS Projections Score

Discover Fantasy Hockey Outliers using the Average DFS Projections Score

Unveil the Secrets Behind the Game: Data Storytelling and Hockey Analytics

Unveil the Secrets Behind the Game: Data Storytelling and Hockey Analytics

Guardians between the Pipes: The Stats Behind Hockey's Top Goalies

Guardians between the Pipes: The Stats Behind Hockey's Top Goalies

Build an Enforcer Dashboard using Power BI

Build an Enforcer Dashboard using Power BI

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NHL Draft 25 Top Talent

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New Module for Sports Analytics Course on Team, Player & Game Performance

This marks the release of the seventh lecture in our course entitled Introduction to Sports Analytics.
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Preparing for the NHL 2025 Draft

This is the first in a series of posts leading into the NHL's Draft 25. We're going to act the part of the Armchair Scout and deep dive on the incoming top 2025 prospects.
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Predicting a Stanley Cup Winner

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Predicting the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Finding the Perfect Model

In this article, we'll explore three different ways to predict the winner of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Introduction to Hockey Analytics for Coaches & Parents

In this series, we'll introduce hockey analytics to you coaches and parents out there who have rising stars. We'll show you how to apply professional hockey analytics to youth hockey.
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Lesson 10: Creating Your Data Story Using Video

In this final lesson in our Data Storytelling for Sports course, we'll cover how to turn your data story into a video.
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Lesson 9: Creating Your Data Story using Power BI

This is the ninth lesson in an email course entitled Data Storytelling for Sports, which focuses on building your data story using Power BI.
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Lesson 8: Creating Your Data Story using Infographics

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New Module for Introduction to Sports Analytics Course: Data Visualization

We've published new modules to our Introduction to Sports Analytics course.