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Flyers Rookie Camp Part I

Flyers rookie/prospect camp opened over the weekend in Voorhees NJ. Hundreds of fans flocked to the Flyers’ Skate Zone to observe the future of the team hit the ice for drills, workouts and some scrimmaging. Although, 2nd overall pick Nolan Patrick could not participate, he was on hand to meet fans, the media and of course observe his future team mates as well. Patrick spoke with the media, "This will be the first time in a while that I will be completely healthy," Patrick said. "My injury was b
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Flyers Draft pick, Nolan Patrick.

Happy Fourth of July everyone! As Canada’s neighbors from the south celebrate our independence over the next few days, plenty of the NHL’s elite are celebrating new contracts and new places that they will call home. In the last 24 hours alone, the Dallas Stars have signed Alexander Rudulox to a 5 year contract, Joe Thorton re-upped to the Sharks for one more year and former Shark Patrick Marleau was able to ink a 3 year deal in Toronto. There are plenty of fan bases celebrating the offseason so
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On carrying Momentum...

Original post.   Frequently, the importance of carrying momentum over an intermission can be heard being talked about. I thought it were possible to measure this harmony with algebra, so I tried to do that. I choose to analyze a very specific question: If the regulation of a game ends in a tie, other than 0-0, how frequently would the team that tied the game with the last regulation goal win in overtime. We would define the team that tied the game as the one having the momentum. We wou
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On the NHL Scoring System - Part III

It looks like I've forgotten to translate a couple of entries. Correcting that.   Original post.   Part IPart IIOnce again, driven by idea that if you want to encourage goal scoring, you need to reward the goal scoring in standings directly, not indirectly through winning. Then, based on the idea of a fellow hockey fan and blogger, a new suggestion was born in my mind.Not so long ago I was involved in another discussion on the subject on Twitter, where an interesting alt
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On Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger coefficients - Part II

Original post. 2. The Sonneborn-Berger coefficient.This stranger beast is a metric extensively used for tie-breaks in chess-round robins and as an auxiliary tie-break tool to the Buchholz coefficient in non-round robins. Let's start with the definition.   SB = Σn=1N f(Rn,Pn)   where Rn is the result against the n-th opponent, and Pn is the opponent's points score.The function  f(Rn, Pn) is defined as:f(Win, Pn)  = Pnf(Tie, Pn)  = Pn/2f(Loss, Pn) = 0The result value evaluates w
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On Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger coefficients

Original post.   The practice of chess tournaments provides two traditional metrics that are used to rank participants beyond their mere scoring. Their names are the Buchholz coefficient and the Sonneborn-Berger coefficient (often called just Berger). They are frequently used as tie-breakers in chess events, however I arrived to completely different application for them for the National Hockey League seasons.1. The Buchholz coefficientThe Buchholz coefficient is simply the sum of the p
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The Play It Forward Foundation

Vernon Township High School Goalie Wins Play It Forward Award

Play It Forward is very happy to announce that Matt Bennett, a goalie for the Vernon Township High School ice hockey team, will be awarded a Play It Forward Award on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Skylands Ice World.     Over the past two years, Matt has volunteered as an on-ice coach for the Monarchs Special Hockey program.  The Monarchs is a program that gives people with physical and developmental disabilities the chance to play the sport of ice hockey in a
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The New Adidas Jerseys: The Hype, The Speculation, And What We Know So Far.

Lets travel back to 2007 for a few moments. The NHL was undergoing a serious makeover retooling their look for their official uniforms. That was a time when many NHL teams have taken the opportunity to re-brand their image to fans and establish team identity. Teams weren’t given the option to introduce alternate sweaters so they had to have one home and one road jersey. Many teams took a deep dive into the trend. Speculation and hype ensued for much of the summer of 2007. When the season started
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The Play It Forward Foundation

2nd Annual Play It Forward Casino Night

Join the Play It Forward Foundation for its Second Annual casino night on May 13, 2017 at 7 PM.  Proceeds from this event will support our continued efforts to provide assistance to youth hockey athletes and their families who are struggling to overcome a significant hardship.     In furtherance of those efforts, we will also be awarding the Second Annual Play It Forward Award to the person that exemplifies the ideals of playing it forward and supporting his or her local community thro
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THE RICH CULTURE BEHIND THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS OUTDOOR SWEATERS

The Pittsburgh Penguins have experienced a plethora of highs and lows since the tale of the club first began in 1967. The Penguins are a team of destiny. When they were down and ready to fold as a franchise, a superstar was there to save them. Mario Lemieux led the Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup victories in the early 1990’s after a miserable decade in the 1980’s. Same scenario played out in the early 2000’s when the franchise was playing terrible on the ice plus it was on the verge of ban
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THE HISTORIC COMPILATION OF THE DETROIT RED WINGS OUTDOOR JERSEY

The Detroit Red Wings are an iconic franchise with a terrific history. For 25 consecutive years, the Wings have made the playoffs and during that time, they have vaulted an already outstanding legacy to a brand new height of glory in the 1990’s and 2000’s. During their incredible playoff streak, the Wings have won 4 Stanley Cups and have participated in 4 outdoor games. The Wings have made appearances in 2009, 2014, 2016 and 2017 and have accumulated a 2-0-2 record in those games with both overt
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LEGACY OF THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS OUTDOOR UNIFORM…SO FAR

The Chicago Blackhawks have participated in the most NHL outdoor games with five appearances including it’s 4th straight in as many years. The Blackhawks showcased two very bold black jerseys in their first 2 appearances in 2009 and 2014. For the last 3 outdoor showings, the Hawks have featured sleek white jerseys in 2015, 2016 and 2017. If you’re a Hawks fan that loves collecting all their jerseys, this post is dedicated for you! Chicago Blackhawks 2009 Winter Classic Worn o
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THE 2016/17 NHL OUTDOOR JERSEY CLASS – ALL ABOUT LEGACY

The 2016/17 NHL season has seen the unveiling of 8 NHL outdoor jerseys that were worn in-game by NHL players for their respective NHL teams. Most of the jerseys unveiled were inspired by past designs and colours used in the ‘good ole days’. There have been some interesting classic themed jerseys used this year and most of which are supposed to commemorate team history. Since this is the 100th NHL season, the ‘blast from the past’ route for the Winter Classic and Heritage Classic games made the m
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TOP 10 - NHL's Most Remarkable Personalities - Volume 2

#5 – Matthew Barnaby The master at getting under peoples’ skin. If Matthew Barnaby could fight with his lips, he would be heavyweight champion of the world. He’s quite a bit like Sean Avery except that he has the gift of gab, but not in a positive way. Matthew was famous for his constant chirping against any opponent no matter if it’s tough guys like Tie Domi, Donald Brashear and even Zdeno Chara. The man can certainly talk the talk but can also walk the walk as he would always st
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TOP 10 – NHL's Most Remarkable Personalities - Volume 1

There’s an expectation that all NHL players have to live to their performance on the ice. Then there is some who go the extra mile by building rapport with fans, media and sometimes other players. They are the guys who are perceived to be the masters of charisma; full of antics, charm, grace, flow and style. Each of these players that are listed below are unique in their own way. Some are loud, some are bombastic, they say what they think and they say what they feel. It doesn’t matter how skille
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Faceoff statistics

I read about this idea on HFBoards and finally got to implement it.   Faceoff stats and Elo ratings.   The available views are: * career/specific season * per zone/per stick first   Here's a sample table: By stick first on the ice, 2016 season. FW - First Stick Wins, FL - First Stick Losses, FP - First Stick Win % LW - Last Stick Wins, LL - Last Stick Losses, LP - Last Stick Win % TW - Total Faceoff Wins, TL - Total Faceoff Losses, TP - Tota
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Another rule change suggestion

Original post.   Better less, but better V.I. Lenin I've got another rule change suggestion, this one even simpler:Allow teams to decline penalty shot awards in favor of a regular power-play.I think it adds more tactical variety to the game and discourages penalties on breakaways that are worse in penalty shooting.As a side matter, I think: a player who is charged with the offense after which the penalty shot is awarded should still be added a minor penalty (2 minutes) in the s
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On Leads Changes and Swings

Original post.     Wild thing, you make my heart sing You make everything groovy, wild thing   Also inspired by Twitter, and because I can, I decided to gather statistics on games with most lead changes* most lead swings** Here, for the 2016/17 season: By most lead swings: AWAY    HOME   Date        Sco LC LS CHI  vs DAL  on 2017/02/04: 5-3 7 3
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On goalposts statistics

Why does the cat lick his balls? Because it can.   Recently I saw a request on a stats of goal posts / crossbars hit per game. While I do have that statistic per player, I haven't one for games, so - since I can - why shouldn't I produce one? About half an hour of Perl-ing created the following summary:   Irons altogether, top: AWAY    HOME                P C T OTT  vs BUF  on 2011/12/31: 8 0 8 VAN  vs FLA  on 2010/02/11: 7 0 7
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On streaks and breaks

Original post.   So after remembering the Botwinnik's quote, and after publishing the stats how the teams actually play after different breaks, a new idea came to me - check whether the teams on streaks are affected positively or negatively by breaks.For the sake of the analysis, I assumed the following: A break is a period of three days at least between games. A streak is a sequence of at least three wins in a row, or at least seven points in four games. So we check
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A rule change suggestion

whoops, got the title wrong Original post. A rule change suggestion   There's no irreplaceable people. I.V. Stalin   Rushing this one up, because this idea already came to my mind before, but I forgot about it. The age is taking its toll. Anyways. Everyone is talking these days about rule changes. I've already expressed a few thoughts on the scoring systems, but I am not original there. Now, however, I want to make a suggestion I haven'
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On A Hockey Website

Original post.   Just to not let the month of January slip away without another post, I got sentimental and decided to tell a small story about how my website came to life.There was a void. A lot of time people on hockey boards would wonder if specific statistics of players and teams were available, and they wouldn't, although the raw data seemed to be there. Then, there was the fantasy hockey world, with its pizzazz, and asking for a predictive tool, - and again, the raw data seemed t
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