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Some of the most useful tools for understanding sport came from outside sport. Beyond the Metric applies them to hockey and endurance sport, then keeps only what survives real testing.
For coaches, researchers, and serious fans who have outgrown the standard analytics conversation.
The GSAx Paradox
The analytics community's preferred goaltending metric is less reliable than the one it was designed to improve. 550 consecutive-season pairs across 18 years explain why.
The GSAx Paradox
The analytics community's preferred goaltending metric is less reliable than the one it was designed to improve. 550 consecutive-season pairs across 18 years explain why.
The .930 Mirage
1,869 goalie-seasons. 18 years. The year-to-year correlation for save percentage is r = 0.33. Only 11% of the variance is real. The rest is a mirage.
The Screening Test
17 drafts. 4,006 picks. One question: how good is the screening decision?
Part 1
What Shot Entropy Actually Measures
Eight seasons. 633,318 shots. One finding survived every statistical correction. Several others collapsed.
Part 2
The Concentration Trap
Why the NHL's Most Disciplined Offenses Are Its Worst
Part 3
The Colorado Problem
What the Best Team in Hockey Tells Us About the Limits of Any Single Metric
The .930 Mirage
1,869 goalie-seasons. 18 years. The year-to-year correlation for save percentage is r = 0.33. Only 11% of the variance is real. The rest is a mirage.
The Autonomic Frontier
Biathlon’s Hidden Dimension
The Screening Test
17 drafts. 4,006 picks. One question: how good is the screening decision?
The Restoring Force
What the 180 Seconds After a Goal Against Actually Look Like
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