The Data Dangle: Hockey Analytics

Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder & CEO, Stathletes

 

Alexandra Mandrycky - Director of Hockey Strategy and Research, Seattle Kraken

 

Hilary Knight - Professional Hockey Player, US Women's National Ice Hockey Team

 

John Buccigross (moderator) - SportsCenter Anchor, ESPN

 

The amount of data available to NHL teams has exploded over the last year as player and puck tracking officially entered the rink. By some estimates, tracked players and pucks produce a total of 2,200 data points per second. Will this be data overload for a sport that has only recently embraced the use of analytics to drive on-ice value? And how do video analytics complement - or compete with - tracking data? How are expansion teams emphasizing data from day one to build a franchise? And what will it take to convince players, many of whom pushed back on the quality of pucks with tracking technology, to embrace analytics? This panel will dive into the world of hockey analytics, examining how teams are using the abundance of new information to help inform player personnel decisions, in-game coaching strategy, and scouting, amongst other things.