Action from Game 5 of the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Seattle Thunderbirds at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, ON on Tuesday May 23, 2017. Photo by Aaron Bell/CHL Images By Steve Kournianos @thedraftanalyst NASHVILLE (The Draft Analyst) –There’s no way to sugarcoat it – the 2018 [...]
So far in this article we’ve explored the history of hockey statistics as well as a crash course in how to properly use analytics to evaluate a particular situation. While correlations don’t equal causation, this month we’ll be exploring the current trends as the 2017-18 draws to a close. At time of writing, [...]
All images used on the collage are taken from Liiga.fi Welcome to my first ever Liiga report! You may have seen my previous work here providing the SHL report but I’m now officially taking over the Liiga coverage as well. If you want to see highlight clips of these players, I suggest checking my [...]
Welcome to another KHL update. It is back and better than ever, or more of the same. You decide! I am not going to cover the KHL playoffs until the next update, except a few highlights, and am going to focus on the regular season and how it finished. ************************ First [...]
With each passing mailbag, we get one step closer to one of my favourite days of the year: draft day. If you’re a long time reader of these articles, you’ll notice that the questions tend to start focusing more and more on the incoming crop of youngsters and away from the those [...]
All images used on the collage are taken from SHL.se The regular season in the SHL is now over, so it’s playoff time! This is now my second SHL report after taking over the SHL coverage with my February report. If you want to see highlight clips of these players, I suggest checking my [...]
That Frozen Four Feeling – NCAA Recap Most underrated time of the year? That would be the NCAA Conference Championships and moving forward, the Frozen Four. It’s been an exciting NCAA season, with a little less star power, but a little more parody then recent seasons. USCHO [...]
Left wing Blake McLaughlin is lighting up scoreboards at a point-per-game pace (20 G, 22 A, 44 games) for the defending champion Chicago Steel, sitting just behind USHL vet and Vegas draftee Jack Dugan (22 G, 29 A) for top point producer on the squad. Ticketed as a potential second round pick this June [...]
Daniel O'Regan heads to Buffalo after being acquired in the Evander Kane deal The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone with various sources anointing immediate winners and losers. Chances are, if you’ve found your way here though, you’re already well aware of the fact that winners and losers of the NHL Trade [...]
QMJHL Report - March Edition A peek into the future Back in October, I mentioned that it should come as no surprise if Alexis Lafreniere becomes one of the league's most prolific scorers, but no one could have expected this. The QMJHL's 2017 first-overall pick became the first 16-year-old to score 40 goals since another [...]
