because I do not post on a regular basis. When I first started this blog, I thought I would be posting at least once a month. But in reality I was doing it about once in a while. And over time I found myself doing more and more hockey related viz.
Consequently, I have been asked to post a weekly column for St. Louis Game Time (a fan run St. Louis Blues hockey blog). This opportunity has created additional opportunities related to hockey data visualization.
I have also been asked to contribute data viz for my organization's website!
So if you are interested in continuing to follow my work, please check out my posts at St. Louis Game Time and keep your eye on the front page of USGBC.org every third and fourth week of the month.
I hope to be back here posting on a semi-regular basis again after the hockey season ends.
Thank you all for reading!
Showing posts with label St. Louis Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Louis Blues. Show all posts
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Player Nationalities for Hockey Day Across America
Yesterday, the NHL participated in USA Hockey's Hockey Weekend Across America with their own Hockey Day Across America activities. For hockey fans, such as myself, it is great to see the sport of hockey being promoted in the United States. The day featured some great games on national television, and had special events around the country to encourage kids and families to try out hockey for the first time.
The television line up featured three great games: St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres, and the Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks. There was only one disappointment however -- the Red Wings dominated the airwaves yesterday. (Full disclosure: I am a St. Louis Blues fan which means I am very much biased against the Red Wings.) In fact, Laura (@hildymac), from the blog Thrashing the Blues, and I had a Twitter conversation about this most disturbing aspect of HDAA. As an out-of-town Blues fan, it is rare that we get to see them on national TV. After all, the Blues/Blackhawks rivalry is a great rivalry, and as Laura duly noted there were quite a few US born players on both the Blackhawks and Blues teams. So why not give the Blues/Blackhawks game more national coverage instead of giving it mainly regional coverage?
This got me to thinking...
The television line up featured three great games: St. Louis Blues vs Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres, and the Detroit Red Wings vs. San Jose Sharks. There was only one disappointment however -- the Red Wings dominated the airwaves yesterday. (Full disclosure: I am a St. Louis Blues fan which means I am very much biased against the Red Wings.) In fact, Laura (@hildymac), from the blog Thrashing the Blues, and I had a Twitter conversation about this most disturbing aspect of HDAA. As an out-of-town Blues fan, it is rare that we get to see them on national TV. After all, the Blues/Blackhawks rivalry is a great rivalry, and as Laura duly noted there were quite a few US born players on both the Blackhawks and Blues teams. So why not give the Blues/Blackhawks game more national coverage instead of giving it mainly regional coverage?
This got me to thinking...
Friday, February 3, 2012
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
I love that quote from Wayne Gretzky even though it is obvious and has become a bit cliche'.
The St. Louis Blues had a little bit of extra time off after the All-Star game. Tonight is their first game since the break. I wanted to publish one more data viz before they started back up again. After that, I will probably wait till the end of the season to publish any additional hockey data visualizations.
This visualization is taking a look at their goal scoring (or as many Blues' fans would say -- their lack of goal scoring). They need to score more goals if they want to remain competitive for the remainder of the season and (hopefully) the playoffs. So I put together something that shows who has the best goal percentage, goals per game, which players need to improve their goal scoring ability, and which players need to shoot the puck more!
The St. Louis Blues had a little bit of extra time off after the All-Star game. Tonight is their first game since the break. I wanted to publish one more data viz before they started back up again. After that, I will probably wait till the end of the season to publish any additional hockey data visualizations.
This visualization is taking a look at their goal scoring (or as many Blues' fans would say -- their lack of goal scoring). They need to score more goals if they want to remain competitive for the remainder of the season and (hopefully) the playoffs. So I put together something that shows who has the best goal percentage, goals per game, which players need to improve their goal scoring ability, and which players need to shoot the puck more!
Monday, January 30, 2012
St. Louis Blues Players Performance at the All-Star Break
The NHL All-Star break is the perfect time to get caught up on player stats and to take a look at their performance during the first half of the season. I haven't published anything for a while and I've been dying to do a hockey viz. So I took advantage of the empty schedule, scraped the data, and here are the results.
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