Research
Hockey research, studies, and analytics resources.
A central hub for NBI Hockey research projects and a curated library of hockey analytics papers, PDFs, articles, and methodology resources from around the sport.
NBI Hockey Research
Research Library
Favourite hockey analytics resources
A curated collection of public hockey analytics research, PDFs, articles, methodology posts, and useful resources from other analysts, writers, and researchers.
How can Hockey’s ‘GameScore’ be Adapted for General Audiences?
Nick Lacoste
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The Importance and Value of Hockey Simulations
Luke Perrett
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Total Hockey Rating (THoR): A comprehensive statistical rating of National Hockey League forwards and defensemen based upon all on-ice events
Michael Schuckers, James Curro
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The Hot Hand: A New Approach to an Old “Fallacy”
Andrew Bocskocsky, John Ezekowitz, Carolyn Stein
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Assessing the offensive productivity of NHL players using in-game win probabilities
Stephen Pettigrew
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How Much Do Coaches Matter
Christopher Berry, Anthony Fowler
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Choke or Shine? Quantifying Soccer Players' Abilities to Perform Under Mental Pressure
Lotte Bransen, Pieter Robberechts, Jan Van Haaren, Jesse Davis
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Playing Fast Not Loose: Evaluating team-level pace of play in ice hockey using spatio-temporal possession data
David Yu, Christopher Boucher, Luke Bornn, Mehrsan Javan
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Winning Isn’t Everything – A contextual analysis of hockey face-offs
Nick Czuzoj-Shulman, David Yu, Christopher Boucher, Luke Bornn, Mehrsan Javan
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PFF WAR: Modeling Player Value in American Football
Eric Eager, George Chahrouri
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Player Chemistry: Striving for a Perfectly Balanced Soccer Team
Lotte Bransen, Jan Van Haaren
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The right place at the right time: Advanced off-ball metrics for exploiting an opponent’s spatial weakenesses in soccer
Sergio Llana, Pau Madrero, Javier Fernández
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Extracting Player Tracking Data from Video Using Non-Stationary Cameras and a Combination of Computer Vision Techniques
Neil Johnson
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Making Offensive Play Predictable - Using a Graph Convolutional Network to Understand Defensive Performance in Soccer
Michael Stöckl, Thomas Seidl, Daniel Marley, Paul Power
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Understanding why shooters shoot - An AI-powered engine for basketball performance profiling
Alejandro Rodriguez Pascal, Ishan Mehta, Muhammad Khan, Rose Yu, Frank Rodriz
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Beyond action valuation: A deep reinforcement learning framework for optimizing player decisions in soccer
Pegah Rahimian, Jan Van Haaren, Togzhan Abzhanova, Laszlo Toka
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Estimating Positional Plus-Minus in the NBA
Hua Gong, Su Chen
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Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Multidimensional Perspective
Levi Bognar, Scott A. Brave, R. Andrew Butters, Kevin A. Roberts
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Player Pressure Map - A Novel Representation of Pressure in Soccer for Evaluating Player Performance in Different Game Contexts
Chaoyi Gu, Jaming Na, Yisheng Pei, Varuna De Silva
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How Much Do Faceoffs Matter? Translating Faceoffs to Goals, Wins, and Championships in Hockey
Tad Berkery, Chase Seibold, Max Stevens, Justin Nam, Anton Dahbura
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Building A Bayesian Prediction Model For NCAA Hockey
Ryan Skies
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How often does the Best Team Win?
JLikens
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A Bayesian Approach to Estimating a National Hockey League Draft Value Pick Chart with Bounds
Yufei Zou and Michael Schuckers
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Quantifying Scouting Language in the NHL Draft
Elliott Kervin
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Optimus Reim: A Sequence-Aware Expected Threat Framework for Player Evaluation in Professional Hockey
Elliott Kervin
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Examining the Impact of Traffic on Shot Attempts in Ice Hockey: NHL Regular Season and Playoffs
Miles Pitassi, Tim Brecht, Evan Iaboni, Fauzan Lodhi
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Puck Possession and Net Traffic Metrics in Ice Hockey
Miles Pitassi
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NHL Pythagorean Expectation
Emily Fehr
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Using Data Science to Assist Player Development
Emily Fehr
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How Sabermetrics Can Transform Hockey Analytics
Emily Fehr
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Using Biomechanics for Hockey Player Development
Emily Fehr
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Which Microstats Drive Production in the NHL?
Emily Fehr
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