Papers on hockey I keep
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Papers on hockey I keep

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Papers on hockey I keep

Marcus Leone
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Not a syllabus, just the stuff I actually reread when I want to sound smart at the bar. Half of this is analytics guys arguing about faceoffs like it's a boiler efficiency report, the other half is straight-up injury and fatigue data because apparently nobody in the front office reads this before setting a back-to-back schedule. Ranked by how often I actually cite them, not by journal prestige.

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Papers on hockey I keep — 7 items
NamePaperFieldMy take
1Home Advantage in Professional Ice Hockey GamesHome Advantage in Professional Ice Hockey Games (Journal of Sports Sciences)Sports statisticsConfirms what every ref already knows and won't admit. Good baseline before you argue about crowd noise.
2An Improved Adjusted Plus-Minus Statistic for NHL PlayersAn Improved Adjusted Plus-Minus Statistic for NHL Players (MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference)Sports analyticsThis is the furnace-room version of plus-minus, strips out the noise so you're not blaming the wrong pipe for the leak.
3Fatigue and Injury Risk in Elite Ice Hockey Players During Congested SchedulesFatigue and Injury Risk in Elite Ice Hockey Players During Congested Schedules (Journal of Athletic Training)Sports medicineEvery coach who schedules three games in four nights should read this before their fourth line falls apart like bad caulking.
4The Effect of Fighting on Team Performance in the National Hockey LeagueThe Effect of Fighting on Team Performance in the National Hockey League (International Journal of Sport Finance)Sports economicsData says fighting doesn't win games. I still enjoy it the way I enjoy a good radiator clang, pointless but satisfying.
5Estimating the Value of NHL Draft Picks———
6Optimal Line Matching Strategies in the NHLOptimal Line Matching Strategies in the NHL (Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports)Operations researchThis is the closest thing hockey has to a load-balancing manual. Explains why some coaches should not be trusted with a wrench or a lineup card.
7Shot Quality Models and Expected Goals in Ice HockeyShot Quality Models and Expected Goals in Ice Hockey (Journal of Sports Analytics)Sports analyticsExpected goals gets mocked by the old guard same way digital thermostats did. Both work better than the old way, deal with it.