Latest Data Punk Hockey Posts

16
Nov

Chart 5: Creating a Heatmap to Compare the Top Rookies

This premium tutorial walks through how to create a heatmap to compare the top rookies in the NHL across a set of calculated production metrics.
5 min read
16
Nov

Matthew Knies: Dark Horse Rising

This week's newsletter compares a sampling of young players new to the NHL and focuses on a dark horse rising amongst this cohort: Matthew Knies.
8 min read
10
Nov

Chart 4: Scatter Plot to Show the Top Enforcers

This is the fourth tutorial in our 50 Charts premium series. In this tutorial, you'll have access to curated datasets with code and how-to instructions on creating a scatter plot in Datawrapper.
5 min read
10
Nov

Fighting for Fame: The Top NHL Enforcers of All Time

This is the sixth and final week in our Vintage Hockey series. In this week, we'll explore the top enforcer of all time.
6 min read
02
Nov

Chart 3: Choropleth Map for Player's Birth Cities

This tutorial walks through how to create a choropleth map that plots the total count of players from different cities in North America.
6 min read
02
Nov

Four Legends, Four Eras: How Goaltending Transformed Across Generations

This is the fifth newsletter in our Vintage Hockey series, which explores the evolution of goaltending through the game of four goalies from different eras.
9 min read
29
Oct

Interested in an Early Preview of our Sports Analytics Course?

We're working on an online course entitled Introduction to Sports Analytics. We're offering community members an opportunity to get early preview access to the course.
1 min read
27
Oct

Chart 2: Column Chart for Top-Scoring Enforcers

This is the second tutorial in our premium content series: Fifty Charts. In this week's tutorial, we'll walk through how to create a Column chart in Datawrapper that shows the top-scoring enforcers.
7 min read
26
Oct

The NHL's Secret Weapon: Enforcers Who Score

This is the fourth newsletter in our Vintage NHL series, where we explore 108 years of hockey history. In this issue, we discover who are the top five point-producing enforcers in the history of the NHL.
8 min read
20
Oct

Chart 1: Line Chart for Points Percent by Era

This is the first tutorial in our premium content series: Fifty Charts. In this series, we'll create different charts in each tutorial with live or sample data to show you how you can answer different hockey/sports analytics questions using visualizations.
5 min read