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Podcast: The Sci-Files on Impact 89FM
Episode: Derek and Brad about Predicting NHL Player Success
Description: On this week’s The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny are joined by Cameron McClarren from Impact 89FM Sports Team to interview Derek Lasker and Brad Behan. Sports analytics is a rapidly growing industry across the world, and many pro sports teams have begun to utilize them in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage above their rivals. Statistical methods can be used to evaluate players, teams, contracts, draft prospects, and trades, as well as to optimize team strategies in different situations. The area of hockey analytics that is persistently trying to evolve is player success prediction. If a...