How Advanced Analytics Are Changing Professional Hockey

About this episode

Tyrel Stokes discusses the impact of advanced analytics on professional hockey and other sports.

Tyrel Stokes, Senior Manager of Hockey Analytics at Teamworks and a statistician specializing in causal inference, joins the team to break down the Stanley Cup Playoffs, explain how NHL teams use analytics and tracking data for player evaluation and strategy, and explore how emerging technologies like Hawkeye and AI could transform hockey analysis, while the hosts also examine tennis betting odds, MLB home run milestones, and the role of probability across sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Tyrel Stokes

Topics covered

• hockey analytics
• Stanley Cup Playoffs
• player evaluation
• emerging technologies
• sports betting
• MLB milestones

Keywords

• hockey
• analytics
• Stanley Cup
• AI
• Hawkeye
• player evaluation
• sports betting
• MLB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Teamworks, Hawkeye, AI, MLB

Places: NHL

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