Accuracy from the slot: Evaluating draft selections in the National Hockey League

L Farah, J Baker - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The National Hockey League (NHL) entry draft is a process wherein teams make sequential
selections from a pool of eligible players. Given the young age of prospects, drafting …

Prediction of tiers in the ranking of ice hockey players

T Lehmus Persson, H Kozlica, N Carlsson… - Machine Learning and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Many teams in the NHL utilize data analysis and employ data analysts. An important
question for these analysts is to identify attributes and skills that may help predict the …

Model trees for identifying exceptional players in the NHL and NBA drafts

Y Liu, O Schulte, C Li - Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports …, 2019‏ - Springer
Drafting players is crucial for a team's success. We describe a data-driven interpretable
approach for assessing prospects in the National Hockey League and National Basketball …

Rough draft: The accuracy of athlete selection in North American professional sports

L Farah, J Baker - Talent identification and development in sport, 2020‏ - taylorfrancis.com
In this chapter, we provide a brief overview of the athlete selection process in the four major
North American professional sports leagues (National Basketball Association, National …
Although analytics is being used in, eg, the evaluation of players and scouting, it is still
challenging to quantify skills and playing styles of players. Such information is important for …