Newsletters
Weekly Data Punk Hockey newsletters covering a variety of introductory to advanced hockey analytics topics.
We regularly publish newsletters, along with our other hockey analytics and AI content. We categorize the newsletter editions within series, which you can find below.
- Ice Breaker: Mastering the Basics of Hockey
- Hockey's Awesome...but What Exactly are the Rules?
- Knight's on Ice: The Art and Mystery of Hockey Armor
- Frozen Chess: Decoding Positions & Roles in Ice Hockey
- Hat Tricks and Math Tricks: Navigating Hockey Scoring & Stats
- Hockey Strategy & Tactics: It's Not Just About Hitting People with Sticks
- Ice, Sweat, and Tears: Surviving the NHL Season and Playoffs
- From Rink to Rank: Translating Hockey Gameplay into Numbers
For more details, visit Puck 101.
Level 100
- What is Hockey Analytics?
- What are Data Types When Analyzing Hockey Data?
- What are Good Sources of Hockey Data?
- How will AI Impact Hockey Analytics?
- What is Descriptive Analytics for Hockey?
- What is a Team Performance Report?
- What are Common Data Analysis Tools?
- What is a Player Performance Report?
- PDO: How Lucky are Ya?
- What Makes a Winning Playoff Team?
Level 200
- Who are the Top Ten Playmakers in the NHL?
- How can I create a Team Summary Dashboard in Power BI?
- Instant Hockey Analyses using ChatGPT and AI
- Creating and Designing a Player Performance Dashboard using Power BI
- Analyzing Shots and their Relationship to Goals
- Enhancing your Power BI Reports with Linear Regression Models
- Where are all the Enforcers?
- Guardians between the Pipes: The Stats Behind Hockey's Top Goalies
- Ice Breakers: Decoding the Impact of Injuries in Hockey
Level 300
- How Successful is our Power Play Strategy by Goals?
- What is the relationship between Shot Percentage and Wins?
- What is a Good Predictor for Goals?
- Can you use Winning Percentage to Predict a Team Winning?
- Are your Athletes ready for Game Day?
- More Money, More Wins?
- Using Linear Regression to Predict Goals
- Overview of Goals Versus Threshold
For more details, visit Analytics & AI Camp.
- Instant Hockey Analyses using ChatGPT and AI
- Finding the Top Snipers using K-Means Clustering
- Predicting Game Wins using Logistic Regression
- Using Linear Regression to Predict Goals
- Predicting Wins using Support Vector Machine Models
- Driverless AI: Building the Perfect Predictive Model
- Optimizing your Predictive Models
- Predicting Wins using k-Nearest Neighbors
- Unveil the Secrets Behind the Game: Data Storytelling and Hockey Analytics
- Discover Fantasy Hockey Outliers using the Average DFS Projections Score
- Matthew Knies: Dark Horse Rising
For more details, visit Data Storytelling.
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- Creating and Designing a Player Performance Dashboard using Power BI
- How can I create a Team Summary Dashboard in Power BI?
- Building an Enforcer Dashboard using Power BI
- How to Create a Daily DFS Projections Report in Power BI
- Creating a Playoff Preview Metric and Dashboard to Gauge Team Performance
- How to Create a Playoff Preview Dashboard using the PPM Score
- How to Create a No-Code Playoff Dashboard (for the 2023-2024 NHL Playoffs)
For more details, visit Dashboard Daze.
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft - Week 1
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Team Stats Data Discovery - Week 2
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Team Analysis - Week 3
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Draft Prospect Analysis - Week 4
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Top 50 Draft Prospect Analysis - Week 5
- Preparing for the NHL 2024 Draft: Final Draft Prospect Analysis and Presenting Your Recommendations - Week 6
- DFS Fantasy Hockey 101: Your Ultimate Kickoff Guide!
- Winning DFS Strategies and Stats to Crush Fantasy Hockey
- More Winning Strategies and Statistics for DFS Fantasy Hockey!
- Build Your First Winning DFS Report using Microsoft Excel
- Predict Like a Pro: More Winning Fantasy Hockey Strategies
- Bringing It All Home: Your Go-To Dashboard for DFS Fantasy Hockey Success
- From Chalkboard to AI: 108 Years of NHL Hockey
- 108 Years of Goals, Goons & Goalies
- A Tale of Two Eras: Gretzky and McDavid
- The NHL's Secret Weapon: Enforcers Who Score
- Four Legends, Four Eras: How Goaltending Transformed across Generations
- Fighting for Fame: The Top NHL Enforcers of All Time
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