There was a WHL game where Codey Burki scored in the first shift of the 2nd period that got taken back when the refs remembered they'd given him a penalty at the end of the 1st

NHL Draft model v2. Wrote a rough draft about what I think was going wrong the first go. Not there yet. drydan.github.io/posts-hockey...

Saw a goal with a great water bottle pop tonight. I miss those.

We're talking football! Well kinda. @centralwinger.com asked if anyone was interested in explaining The Zoo model, so I figured I'd give it a go. thebucketless.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/e...

It’s hard to put into words what building and scaling the DynastyProcess shiny app has meant to me, but I took a crack at it in this talk and shared some of the lessons it taught me along the way! #rstats

"Ottawa leads the PWHL in time spent on the penalty kill" Well they did name their team after a penalty

me, writing code: I am so smart me, trying to run the code I just wrote: I am such an idiot

Hey y'all its a shot-plotter.netlify.app update! This one features the addition of: - football/soccer net (IFAB/NCAA) - indoor lacrosse (NLL, customizable) and: - ice hockey (IIHF) is now customizable All additions were suggestions from people, so let me know if you have thoughts of things to add!

Just hit Ctrl+C on one computer and Ctrl+V on another. It, uh, didn't work.

New version of hockey rink with this, a new wavy_arrow plotting function, and some example notebooks github.com/the-bucketle...

Tried out the NHL's ice image with the hockey-rink package. Might have to include that as an option.

I uploaded all the goal tracking data for 2023/24 to GitHub (across multiple files). I also included a csv of issues I've found that I may update as I play around some more. github.com/the-bucketle...

Had to look up at least one

The 8581 goals last year amounts to a little over 13M rows. For reference, BDB this year is almost 60M. Fewest frames: 89 Most frames: 123 3 goals show the puck recorded as having moved less than 10 ft total. The one in the QT is at 2:31 of the 2nd from 2023020040.

The 8581 goals last year amounts to a little over 13M rows. For reference, BDB this year is almost 60M. Fewest frames: 89 Most frames: 123 3 goals show the puck recorded as having moved less than 10 ft total. The one in the QT is at 2:31 of the 2nd from 2023020040.

Seems fitting that I'm doing this within a day of BDB data being released

Thanks to @nguyenank.bsky.social for the SVG size (2400x1020)

Threw together a quick Python Shiny app to do head-to-head comparisons for last season using this thebucketless.shinyapps.io/nhl-bayesian...

Threw together a quick Python Shiny app to do head-to-head comparisons for last season using this thebucketless.shinyapps.io/nhl-bayesian...

For a bit of fun, I tried out some Bayesian RAPM

New version of the rink package is up. Improved the binning code and fixed an issue with hexbin. github.com/the-bucketle...

New version of the rink package is up. Improved the binning code and fixed an issue with hexbin. github.com/the-bucketle...

Based on Sportlogiq data, middle entries in the PWHPA were more likely to lead to shots, but not necessarily goals thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/07/19/p...

Smoothed out some RAPM numbers while focusing on Mo Seider thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/06/26/r...

Smoothed out some RAPM numbers while focusing on Mo Seider thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/06/26/r...

Turnovers at the top of the ozone are around twice as likely to result in shots against as pucks that make it to the neutral zone (using Sportlogiq PWHPA data) thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/06/06/t...

Turnovers at the top of the ozone are around twice as likely to result in shots against as pucks that make it to the neutral zone (using Sportlogiq PWHPA data) thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/06/06/t...

I used the Sportlogiq PWHPA data to see how valuable pre-shot movement from passes was to an xG model thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/e...

More PWHPA powerplay work using Sportlogiq data. This time looking at ozone play. thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/05/05/p...

More PWHPA powerplay work using Sportlogiq data. This time looking at ozone play. thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/05/05/p...

I used Sportlogiq data to cluster some powerplay breakout patterns thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/04/24/p...

Quick post comparing Platt scaling, isotonic regression, and Venn-ABERS for calibrating an xG model thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/04/12/c...

Quick post comparing Platt scaling, isotonic regression, and Venn-ABERS for calibrating an xG model thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/04/12/c...

I compared shot data from @gdignard.bsky.social to the PWHL's to see whose numbers might be getting exaggerated thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/p...

I compared shot data from @gdignard.bsky.social to the PWHL's to see whose numbers might be getting exaggerated thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/p...

Once again trying to find where the camera's pointed thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/t...

Once again trying to find where the camera's pointed thebucketless.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/t...

Very much a fan of the PWHL adopting every fun rule change the NHL is too scared to try

Very much a fan of the PWHL adopting every fun rule change the NHL is too scared to try

Feel like I should put some PWHL fun here as well, so here's goal locations by team

Feel like I should put some PWHL fun here as well, so here's goal locations by team

Take a look at PREDATOR our Big Data Bowl project.

Trick to speeding up neural network training: have the model output all NaNs

Why do models keep doing what I train them to do instead of what I want them to do

Not what I was looking for, but ghosts on the field are fun too (the sky really needs some videos/gifs)

Time for my new annual hobby: finding plays in the BDB data that track the wrong ball

Playing around a bit with the data from the new NHL API. I built a model for last season's shooting/goalie talent and the list of the worst shooters includes a couple 30 goal scorers, a former 40 goal scorer, and a couple other fun names.

The pbp in the new NHL API has timestamped shots-on-goal going back into the 90s and goals/penalties going back to 1917/18

When using the rink package with larger figures, you can set linewidth to 0 to get a little finer detail on the rink