Hockey analysis
February 27th, 2009 | Published in off topic, other sports
by Myron Logan
With Baseball Prospectus’ introduction of their newest site, Puck Prospectus, I thought it would be a good time to talk a little hockey. Well, maybe not. I know very little about Hockey, but I think BP’s new site will be a good place to start, if you’re looking to get into analysis of the game, similar to what we see in baseball. Of course, it’s a vastly different sport, and hockey is nowhere near baseball, in terms of sophistication in analysis and research (at least, I don’t think it is). That said, it’s not like the game hasn’t been studied in-depth. And it’s not necessarily a bad thing in the first place, with many, many areas of the game yet to be explored.
Often times, when I find myself reading some hockey analysis, it’s like I’m entering the conversation midstream, and I’ve missed too much already to really follow along. Hopefully, PP will sort of start with the basics, while advancing the analysis of the sport at the same time. If their previous sites are any indication, I think it will definitely be something to keep an eye on (if you have any interest in hockey, of course). The stable of writers looks pretty impressive, though I’m admittedly not familiar with most of them. There’s some discussion at Tango’s blog, who I know has done lots of work in hockey, though I’m not sure how much of it has been released to the public.
By the way, here are a few of the other hockey analysis sites I know of:
Surely, there are many more ….
