Stat Shot: A Fans Guide to Hockey Analytics

ISBN: 1770414126

Author: Vollman, Rob

Condition: New

With every passing season, statistical analysis is playing an ever-increasing role in how hockey is played and covered. Knowledge of the underlying numbers can help fans stretch their enjoyment of the game. Acting as an invaluable supplement to traditional analysis, Stat Shot: A Fans Guide to Hockey Analytics can be used to test the validity of conventional wisdom and to gain insight into what teams are doing behind the scenes - or maybe what they should be doing! Inspired by Bill Jamess Baseball Abstract, Rob Vollman has written a timeless reference of the mainstream applications and limitations of hockey analytics. With over 300 pages of fresh analysis, it includes a guide to the basics, how to place stats into context, how to translate data from one league to another, the most comprehensive glossary of hockey statistics, and more. Whether A Fans Guide to Hockey Analytics is used as a primer for todays new statistics, as a reference for leading edge research and hard-to-find statistical data, or read for its passionate and engaging storytelling, it belongs on every serious fans bookshelf. A Fans Guide to Hockey Analytics makes advanced stats simple, practical, and fun.