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The evaluation of pace of play in hockey
This paper explores new definitions for pace of play in ice hockey. Using detailed event data from the 2015-2016 regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), the distance of puck movement with possession is the proposed criterion in determining the pace of a game. Although intuitive, this notion of pace does not correlate positively and strongly with expected and familiar quantities such as goals scored and shots taken.
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| Notations: | technical and natural sciences sport games |
| Tagging: | Big Data NHL |
| Published in: | Journal of Sports Analytics |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3233/JSA-170192 |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 145-151 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |