Armchair Analyst

Armchair Analyst

This is a series of posts that are targeted for the Armchair Hockey Analyst, who is more of a hobbyist or enthusiast for hockey analytics.
09
Feb

Building Your First Data Pipeline for Hockey Analytics Projects

This week, we go under the covers to guide you how to build your first data pipeline using the NHL API.
11 min read
02
Feb

4 Free Data Sources for Your Hockey Analytics Projects

In this newsletter, we outline four hockey data sources that are free for you to use!
9 min read
05
May

What Makes a Winning Playoff Team?

This article walks through different factors that make up a winning playoff team and introduces different ways to measure them.
10 min read
02
Dec

NHL Team Summary Report

This is a report that provides a comprehensive view of key hockey statistics. Using this visualization, you can compare where
23
Aug

What is a Player Performance Report?

In this Edition * What is a Player Performance Report? * How can we use Frequency Distributions to Understand Player Performance? * What
9 min read
20
Aug

What are Common Data Analysis Tools?

In this Edition * Common Data Analysis Tools & Skills Profiles * Microsoft Excel * Microsoft Power BI * R & RStudio * Python &
9 min read
13
Aug

What is a Team Performance Report?

In this Edition * What is a Team Performance Report? * How are Team Performance Reports Used? * Walkthrough: Exploring Team Performance using
10 min read
05
Aug

What is Descriptive Analytics for Hockey?

In this Edition * What is Descriptive Analytics? * What is the Process to Create a Descriptive Analysis? * What are Common Statistics
11 min read
26
Jul

What are Good Sources of Hockey Data?

In this Edition * Where can I Source Hockey Data for Free? * Who is our Preferred Hockey Data Provider? * Where are
7 min read
19
Jul

How will AI Impact Hockey Analytics?

In this Edition * How will AI Reshape the Analyst Role in Sports? * What is the Impact of AI on Hockey
10 min read