Category: Fancy Stat Summer School

Fancy Stat Summer School - Relative statistics

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 23rd 2013 | 5 min read |

What are relative statistics? Relative statistics are a way to separate team talent from player talent. They’re used both in possession metrics,...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Zone Starts

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 18th 2013 | 6 min read |

What is a zone start? A zone start is simply what zone a player begins his shift in on shifts that begin with faceoffs. Unlike the statistics that we&...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Fenwick

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 17th 2013 | 7 min read |

What is Fenwick? Like Corsi, Fenwick is a shot derived statistic, but unlike Corsi, it does not include blocked shots. These means that fewer events o...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Corsi

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 16th 2013 | 5 min read |

What is Corsi? Corsi is an inherently simple concept. The number is derived by shot attempts; meaning goals, shots on goal, shots that miss the net, a...

Fancy Stat Summer School

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 16th 2013 | 1 min read |

We’ve had our several weeks of a break from hockey. Players are begrudgingly heading back to the gym, GMs are down to tinkering after the rush o...

Fancy Stat Summer School - Introduction

By Andrew Berkshire | Jul 15th 2013 | 3 min read |

We have a lot of new readers on Eyes on the Prize this year, approximately four times more than we’ve ever had before. The rapid expansion of th...