The value of hockey analytics remains under debate. Former NHL coach Bruce Boudreau was speaking at a hockey coaching clinic when the subject of analytics was broached by one of the coaches in the audience. Boudreau opted to go to the video. “Here’s why we never would do well in those Corsi stats,” Boudreau said, queuing up an old montage of one of his former teams in action. “We give up possession, but we don’t allow the shot to get through.” The question about whether analytics have a place in hockey is no longer in debate. They most certainly do.…
Will The Hockey Analytics Movement Be Its Own Undoing?
Will The Hockey Analytics Movement Be Its Own Undoing?
