LB-Hockey
In-Depth Hockey Analytics, Made Stylish
Articles
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Why (else) is Ottawa’s data not matching their results?
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Unearthing reasons behind Ottawa’s underwhelming season outside of the obvious, and why their strategy when attacking in transition could be the root of disconnect between results & data-driven expectations
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2026 Olympic Guide: Which Snubs Should be Going to Milan?
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Diving into the Finnish, Swedish, American, and Canadian Olympic men’s hockey rosters to determine which snubbed players deserve to skate in Milan
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Capturing Playing Styles & Contributions in the Modern NHL
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How we built a model that blends publicly available hockey analytics data to obtain eye-test-sturdy playing styles and contributions in the form of standings points
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How Ottawa’s 2025 additions will look to contribute in the upcoming season
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Walking through each of this year’s new Senators and analyzing what they should bring to the roster in 2025-26, supplemented with plenty of clips, visualizations, & metrics
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Summer 2025 Patch Notes
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From a new SPAR model, to plenty of additions in the player cards, and tons of more content, we cover all the changes & improvements here at LB-Hockey over the last few months in our Summer 2025 edition of Patch Notes.
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Defining Physicality and Skaters’ Ability To Play Through It
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Showcasing players’ willingness to engage in high-contact areas and succeed when pressured, along with how it correlates to team success and player development
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The Areas That Will Define Every Round 2 Series
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Using our new Matchup Engine to find the potential inflexion points that could flip every series either side within this year’s second round
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Norris – Cozens Swap Analysis
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Two core pieces on complex trajectories swap places in a surprising & creative move between Atlantic division rivals
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Rantanen & Necas Blockbuster – Quick Analysis
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An overview of the high-profile pieces involved in this massive three-way trade, and how it sets up the Avalanche & Hurricanes heading into this year’s trade deadline.
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Using Calculus to Quantify Consistency in the NHL
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Defining a new way to measure player consistency from game-to-game through integral calculus and decayed averages