Saturday, June 25, 2011

How often does the Best Team Win?

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This year’s Stanley Cup Final concluded with a somewhat surprising outcome. The Vancouver Canucks – who were widely regarded as the league...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Predicting Playoff Success - Part Two

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Rob Vollman raised an interesting question in the comments section of my last post , that being whether my findings precluded the possibil...
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Predicting Playoff Success

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It's often said that the playoffs are a different ball game as compared to the regular season - that some teams are built for the playof...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

More on Team EV Shooting Ability

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About a week ago, I put up a post on team even strength shooting percentage, which included a chart showing what the underlying talent distr...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Stanley Cup Finals 1011 Playoff Probabilities and Predictions

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It all comes down to this. The best team in the West against the best team in the East.* For the 6th straight year, the Western representati...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Team Even Strength Shooting Talent

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A while back, I received a comment relating to how my playoff probability model accounts for teams that are outliers with respect to shootin...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

3rd Round 1011 Playoff Probabilities and Predictions

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VAN - S.J Another extremely even matchup. The relevant facts, as I see them: S.J probably has the better powerplay - they generate a ridicu...
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