Underlying Metrics Are Stupid... Stupid Easy

By garrethohl | Feb 28th 2019 | 6 min read |

There are those that communicate with members of Arctic Ice Hockey often but openly mention that they do not understand shot metrics. Usually, they ci...

#BlameBuff: The uncontrolability of on-ice save percentage

By garrethohl | Feb 27th 2019 | 7 min read |

Earlier this month we discussed how a defenseman's largest contribution in improving a team's chance at winning is in how they affect their ...

Realistic expectations and the truth about randomness

By garrethohl | Feb 27th 2019 | 5 min read |

There are some criticisms to Winnipeg Jets winger Evander Kane and his game that are legitimately founded. He is not a perfect player by any means and...

AIH Article References: An introduction to some statistical work

By garrethohl | Feb 27th 2019 | 9 min read |

In Further to The Big Mistake, I opened with stating I read a lot, and large chunk of my reading includes research articles conducted by the blogging ...

Further to The Big Mistake

By garrethohl | Feb 27th 2019 | 7 min read |

I like to read, a lot. With years of solid research and opinion articles available, the advance hockey statistics blogosphere has consistently fed my ...

Why Plus/Minus is the Worst Statistic in Hockey

By DanielLipson | Feb 27th 2019 | 10 min read |

Alexander Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals‘ superstar forward, led the NHL with 51 goals this season. It wasn’t even close, either. The n...

Limits of Corsi: What can and can't it do?

By garrethohl | Feb 26th 2019 | 6 min read |

Every few days, a person of some public renown mentions Corsi, which is closely followed by the entire hockey Twitterverse exploding into a brouhaha. ...

The Importance and Misconceptions of Advance Hockey Analytics

By garrethohl | Feb 25th 2019 | 11 min read |

Everything has already said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. – Andre Gide It is common ...

Percentages and Probabilities: Does luck exist and how do you factor for it?

By garrethohl | Feb 24th 2019 | 9 min read |

There are a few related topics that have been tossed around involving statistics and their predictive abilities, predominately in the area of percenta...

Comparing the Winnipeg Jets to Stanley Cup Winners between 2007-2012

By garrethohl | Feb 24th 2019 | 12 min read |

Goals Versus Threshold (or GVT for short) is an imperfect stat, like all stats when used alone and without context. It has its uses and its faults. Th...