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NEWARK, NJ – JANUARY 30: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins waits for a face-off against the New Jersey Devils during the third period at the Prudential Center on January 30, 2015 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

Score Effects: NHL teams play worse with the lead, improve while trailing

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The great equalizer in modern NHL games is the scoreboard—but not in the way you might think. Of all the new advanced metrics and ideas to come about, the most consistent is score effects; that is, trailing teams outshoot and out-possess teams in the lead. The discrepancy is massive and, to a certain extent, counter-intuitive. Usually, the […]

LAKE PLACID, NY – FEBRUARY 22: The puck flies past the United States goal during the Olympic hockey game against the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York. The United States won 4-3. (Photo by: Steve Powell/Getty Images)

Lessons from the Red Army – 30 for 30’s Of Miracles And Men

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Sunday, February 8 at 9:00 Eastern, ESPN will air only its second hockey-related 30 for 30, Of Miracles and Men. Awful Announcing reviewed it here and had great things to say about the film. Sports fans in general will appreciate the story, but hockey fans in particular will find lessons in the telling of the Soviet Union’s […]

WINNIPEG, CANADA – NOVEMBER 10: Play-by-play announcer Dennis Beyak in the TSN booth before the Winnipeg Jets take on the Florida Panthers in NHL action at the MTS Centre on November 10, 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Marianne Helm/Getty Images)

The future of play-by-play broadcasting in the NHL

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I grew up wanting to be an NHL play-by-play man. The speed of it, the excitement of trying to describe everything, allured me. My main method of practicing was to announce NHL video games as my friends played. It was perfect: my friends appreciated getting a break from the rote, mechanical phrases of the game’s […]

GLENDALE, AZ – APRIL 04: Head coach Dallas Eakins of the Edmonton Oilers talks to his team during the NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena on April 4, 2014 in Glendale, Arizona. The Oilers defeated the Coyotes 3-2 in an overtime shoot-out. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Dallas Eakins opens up on analytics

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On Saturday, the TSN Hockey Analytics show interviewed former Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Marlies Head Coach Dallas Eakins. The focus was supposed to be on the Oilers’ acceptance of advanced stats like Corsi and how they incorporated that information into their approach. Perhaps predictably, the words that drew the most attention were about the hiring of famed blogger […]

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