Soo were pioneers in the application of analytics to hockey decisions at a time when such methods were rudimentary and uncommon. Over the summer, Nill approached Rodell with the position of director of hockey analytics, and he works with hockey analytics coordinators Brad Behan and Alex LePore (who also serves as a pro scout). But the roots of his days in hockey analytics can be traced back to Sault Sainte Marie. On the analytics side of things, puck and player tracking figure to completely change the way numbers are distilled. “We’ve got the ability to quantify a lot of aspects of the game,” Rodell said.

Source: thestar December 21, 2022 22:40 UTC