Category: Fancy Stat Summer School

École d'été (des indiens) sur les statistiques fines: Obsession possession !

By Jean-Francois G | Oct 16th 2013 | 13 min read |

Ou, comme le chantaient si bien les immortels Hall & Oates, “it’s a case of Possession Obsession !” Non, pas ce Hall là… ...

Une statistique pas fine: l'indice +/-

By Jean-Francois G | Aug 16th 2013 | 7 min read |

Comme chacun sait, le but du hockey est… d’en marquer. Marquer des buts d’abord, et empêcher l’adversaire d’en marquer ensuite. Une victoir...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Quality of competition

By Andrew Berkshire | Aug 9th 2013 | 3 min read |

What is quality of competition? Quality of competition is a way to measure the general strength of the players a specific player is played against. It...

Pourquoi les statistiques fines se trompent-elles (parfois!)?

By Jean-Francois G | Aug 8th 2013 | 10 min read |

[Suite de l’épisode précédent…] “Les statistiques sont comme les maillots de bain: elles révèlent ce qui est suggestif… e...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Quality Starts

By Bruce Peter | Aug 8th 2013 | 11 min read |

What is a Quality Start? A Quality Start (QS) is a goaltending statistic that is awarded to a goaltender who gave his team a reasonable chance to win ...

École d'été sur les Statistiques fines: de quoi parle-ton?

By Jean-Francois G | Aug 2nd 2013 | 5 min read |

Les statistiques fines (advanced statistics, fancy stats,…) sont des instruments qui mesurent de façon plus précise que les étalons usuels (b...

Fancy Stat Summer School - PDO

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 29th 2013 | 5 min read |

What is PDO? PDO is a statistic that’s used to determine whether a player or team’s performance over a set sample is sustainable. The way ...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Risk/Reward

By Christopher Boucher | Jul 26th 2013 | 4 min read |

What is risk/reward? Risk/reward rating is a data-generated measurement I invented in order to help determine how well a player is playing. It quantif...

Fancy Stat Summer School - WOWY

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 25th 2013 | 4 min read |

What is a WOWY? A WOWY is a statistic designed to separate out linemate talent from player evaluation. For once, this statistic is an acronym, as it s...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Quiz #1

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 24th 2013 | 3 min read |

Periodically through this little project I figured that it would be smart to toss up a couple of questions to see if everyone is grasping things. The ...