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Re: Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Robb Makes me ponder if there would be any interesting information that could be gleaned from creating a metric for each individual player of "probability that the player will NOT turn the puck over." It's a bit like the Moneyball philosophy - the probability of NOT getting an out. Since the idea seems to be that possessing the puck for longer stretches leads to goals (or perhaps evenby css228 - Hockey
Re: Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Swampy This is a great thread. It's so wonderful to have such knowledgeable posters. I have two questions: What about line changes? Dumping is often used to allow line changes, so a team that changes more frequently dumps more often. How does this fit into the analysis. Doesn't puck control require schemes for getting through neutral ice? In turn, this requires practice, and a coach can greby css228 - Hockey
Re: Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Trotsky That is a fantastic summary, thank you. It would be great for folks (with time, and knowledge, and the willingness to work for beer...) to take a shot at evaluating the tape of the Yale game re: where we did (or did not) put these principles into practice, and whether there was anything more we could have done given who we have to work with. In your opinion do you think Cornell takesby css228 - Hockey
Re: Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 css228 Trotsky css228Apologize for the long post, but I figure it was useless without some context.Don't apologize, this is great stuff. Thank you for taking the time to write it out clearly. I haven't followed the other links (I will), but the first thing that I wondered was is there any reason to believe puck possession is causal of success, as opposed to being simply correby css228 - Hockey
Re: Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Trotsky css228Apologize for the long post, but I figure it was useless without some context.Don't apologize, this is great stuff. Thank you for taking the time to write it out clearly. I haven't followed the other links (I will), but the first thing that I wondered was is there any reason to believe puck possession is causal of success, as opposed to being simply correlated because both puckby css228 - Hockey
Hockey Analytics: What Does It Mean For Cornell? - 10 years ago
Since I've been on the advanced stats thing a lot recently, I just want to bring up a graphic from SB Nation Blog Eyes on the Prize that shows why puck possession matters, exactly how good a proxy these advanced stats are for possession, and how strongly possession correlates to winning. I've mostly talked Corsi here because it is easier for me to estimate with the less detailed stats that are keby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
cbuckser Yikes. I tried to write the post on my phone and posted prematurely. I'll try again from the beginning. I am fairly, but not intimately, familiar with the hockey analytics you're writing about, and I want to raise a couple of caveats. First, shot attempts are merely a proxy for puck possession. We use it because that's the most freely available data. Shot attempts are a good proxyby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
cbuckser css228 Swampy css228 dag14 You are right. We were outshot 31-29. What other facet of the game did we not control? Time of possession? Hits? PP? PK? Not only was this our best game so far this season, this was the best game I have seen a Lynah since I can't remember when. Gives one hope for the rest of the season. Well the shots weren't really the problem. You're going to give upby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
Swampy css228 Swampy css228 dag14 You are right. We were outshot 31-29. What other facet of the game did we not control? Time of possession? Hits? PP? PK? Not only was this our best game so far this season, this was the best game I have seen a Lynah since I can't remember when. Gives one hope for the rest of the season. Well the shots weren't really the problem. You're going to give up shby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
Swampy css228 dag14 You are right. We were outshot 31-29. What other facet of the game did we not control? Time of possession? Hits? PP? PK? Not only was this our best game so far this season, this was the best game I have seen a Lynah since I can't remember when. Gives one hope for the rest of the season. Well the shots weren't really the problem. You're going to give up shots when you'rby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
dag14 You are right. We were outshot 31-29. What other facet of the game did we not control? Time of possession? Hits? PP? PK? Not only was this our best game so far this season, this was the best game I have seen a Lynah since I can't remember when. Gives one hope for the rest of the season. Well the shots weren't really the problem. You're going to give up shots when you're leading theby css228 - Hockey
Re: Yale 11/23 - 10 years ago
dag14 I am going to disagree with Bearlover regarding the crowd. I thought it was pretty dead except at obvious times like when we scored a goal or Andy made a save. This was the defending national champions, for crying out loud. Cornell dominated every facet of the game and the place was silent. The band was presumably missing the football component so was a little rag-tag. The group thatby css228 - Hockey
Re: The End of Ivy Hockey Competitiveness? - 10 years ago
Kyle Rose There are surely more than enough good hockey players from poor and middle class families. You say that, but the pay to play model is increasingly pricing out middle class families. Not advocating scholarships for the wealthy or anything, just saying that when it comes to hockey financial aid may not be as helpful as we think.by css228 - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros - November 2013 - 10 years ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 jeff '84 jeff '84 jeff '84 nyc94 Quick was sent home for medical evaluation. Scrivens should start tonight at the Islanders. The Kings called up Martin Jones from Manchester. .... And makes 23 saves in Kings 3-2 win. .... And another 26 saves in 2-0 shutout of the Devils! .... And another 37 in a 1-0 shutout of the Rangers. Wow. It's the system. Well they have been oneby css228 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson 11/15 - 10 years ago
So expectations for the weekend? I say something along these linesby css228 - Hockey
Re: Alumni in the Pros - November 2013 - 10 years ago
cbuckser We have better alumni news tonight. Sean Collins got his first NHL point tonight in Washington. In addition, Jonathan Quick left tonight's Kings game with a lower-body injury. If the injury is significant, Ben Scrivens will get a lot of playing time. And America will suffer in the Olympics. So here's to a quick recovery for the best American goalie.by css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
Cornell95 well in the past we only had the reputation of the program as an end of season contender to prop us up in the polls but now that we have 3-4 real rabid Chicken Little's flooding the message boards with calls for the coach to be sacked, the team identity to be inverted, and predictions of the end of the world (we might as well just quit now, maybe make some space for Title IX complianby css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
KeithK css228 marty Jim Hyla Trotsky BearLoverHow many times are we going to fall for the effort being the problem? At this point it has to be something else.Not sure what you are referring to. Talent? There are 7 NHL draft picks on the roster. Coaching ability? Schafer is the most successful active ECAC coach. Inflexibility? That seems to be the gist of a lot of the comments for the lastby css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
marty Jim Hyla Trotsky BearLoverHow many times are we going to fall for the effort being the problem? At this point it has to be something else.Not sure what you are referring to. Talent? There are 7 NHL draft picks on the roster. Coaching ability? Schafer is the most successful active ECAC coach. Inflexibility? That seems to be the gist of a lot of the comments for the last few seasons.by css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
CowbellGuy It's a good team that's very thin up the middle, and Bardreau being out really throws a wrench in the works. When RPI runs away with the regular season at least, that tie will look a bit more impressive. The Union game, however, was a mess, and hopefully not the start of a trend. Good teams don't get outshot as badly as we do even strength. Unless they get super lucky like the Maple Leby css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
BearLover Does anyone actually think this team is good? I most definitely don'tby css228 - Hockey
Re: 11/9 Union - 10 years ago
Just want to point out, we're a miracle comeback away from getting swept. Looks like both my hockey teams are going to suck again this year.by css228 - Hockey
Re: Princeton - 10 years ago
Trotsky KenPMy only real question to the team and coaches is are the players in as good shape as they can / should be? I remember hearing about the extra conditioning the team did in 2003-4, and not coincidentally those teams were strong for all 6+ periods they played each weekend. Am I simply being nostalgic or is this a valid perception -- how fit is the team?The impression they've given is tby css228 - Hockey
Re: Princeton - 10 years ago
Tom Lento Kyle Rose I think the early-00 squads were simply playing against older-style offenses not coached to specifically counter The System. I suspect the success of The System was a window that has closed, at least temporarily, as a result of changes to other systems. I don't know, this makes The System sound like it deserves the capital letters. Cornell plays pretty basic defensive hockeyby css228 - Hockey
Re: UNO - 10 years ago
Scersk '97 css228 Scersk '97 Scoff if you want, but most of the UNO shots were from far out—the kind of stuff I expect Iles to nearly always handle. Reminded me of old timey games against Clarkson during the Mark Morris years. Push 'em outside and let them shoot all they want. Which leads me to this gem. Simply put, getting out shot by 20 shots on goal a night is NOT conducive to winning a lot inby css228 - Hockey
Re: UNO - 10 years ago
Scersk '97 css228 Cop at Lynah Shots on goal were not indicative of the territorial advantage Cornell enjoyed. Thanks Maple Leafs coaching staff... Scoff if you want, but most of the UNO shots were from far out—the kind of stuff I expect Iles to nearly always handle. Reminded me of old timey games against Clarkson during the Mark Morris years. Push 'em outside and let them shoot all they want.by css228 - Hockey
Re: UNO - 10 years ago
Cop at Lynah Shots on goal were not indicative of the territorial advantage Cornell enjoyed. Thanks Maple Leafs coaching staff...by css228 - Hockey
Re: Red Wrestler Noted in SI - 10 years ago
Trotsky Mark Not hockey, but a pretty impressive honor: This is interesting: Even better are her credentials in the classroom—Shealy has a 4.0 GPA as a business administration student, won the Elite 89 award, given annually to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at each of the NCAA championship sites, and is the first UNC athlete to earn a Robertson scholarsby css228 - Other Sports
Re: Men's Track Rises to #19 Ranking - 11 years ago
nyc94 Women win Outdoor Heps. Men finish second to Princeton. I don't watch much track but if the women win with 145 points, what does it say about Yale that they managed only 10 in finishing last? Yale men also last by a good margin. Like usual it means that there are a few teams are really stacked and the rest of the league isn't very good, especially on the Men's side where in track it haby css228 - Other Sports
Re: Men's Track Rises to #19 Ranking - 11 years ago
Jordan 04 So coaches vote on the rankings? Shouldn't ranking of track teams be completely objective? Presumably everyone runs/participates in the same events. You have the times, distances, heights, etc. Should be pretty straightforward, relative to team sports. I'm pretty sure coaches only vote in Cross Country. As I said, I'm pretty sure that Track Rankings are computerized based on the cuby css228 - Other Sports