I just wanted to get a quick post up about how much a couple of underlying numbers predicted what has unfolded so far in the 2016-17 SJHL season. If you’re unfamiliar with PDO, it’s a number we come up with if we add teams’ save and shooting percentages. Generally, that number gets closer to 100 […]
In recent weeks, we have really started to see the SJHL’s elite puck possession teams rise in the standings. The last time I looked at team estimated shot attempt percentages, the Battlefords North Stars and Flin Flon Bombers were the clear leaders in this regard — but were still well down the standings. In the […]
We are now four tournaments into the format introduced in 2013 when the champions of western Canada’s four Junior A leagues started getting together for the Royal Bank Cup qualifier known as the Western Canada Cup. The WCC does have its detractors because of the rumoured cost to host it and the fact it replaced […]
Some of you may have seen my tweet earlier this week about how this year’s Canalta Cup final features two of the best possession teams in recent SJHL history. I thought it would be a decent idea to go into what I’m talking about. If you’ve been following this blog in recent months, you’ll recall […]
I wasn’t going to write anything more about this year’s SJHL playoffs following my last post, but there have been some very compelling series (from a statistical viewpoint) so far — and two more great match-ups about to get underway, so here we are. Let’s look back at a couple of series from the quarterfinals. […]
Much has happened since my last post. The 2014-2015 SJHL regular season has come to a close. The NHL has embraced “enhanced statistics”, complete with a revamped stats section and shiny new names for some underlying numbers that have become quite familiar to those in the hockey analytics community. And, perhaps most importantly, I finally […]
By now, you’ve likely heard about the “advanced stats” movement that is starting to catch on in the NHL. When I started this blog over a year ago, I really wanted to explore how some of the concepts being talked about at that level could translate in the SJHL. The problem is the new stats […]
SJ Stats and Slants 