NHL Draft Game Analysis

From 2005/06 to 2014/15, the National Hockey League’s (NHL) revenue has grown from $2.27 billion US to $3.98 billion US. A large portion of this is due to the fact that the world of hockey is constantly changing in many aspects. The way it is played, the way we watch, the way it is coached, and the way players are scouted and traded. Almost everything on the operations, media, player, and fan experience side have gone through changes and alterations because of technology. Technology has opened up

Analytics is the next step in the evolution and advancement of the sports industry. Every organization in the big four of North American sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL) use the data to gain some type of competitive advantage. These sports teams use analytics to help with a number of different decisions. Team use analytics to scout potential draft picks, the price to pay a free agent, and whether certain players will fit on a team. Organizations also use analytics to help determine fan tendencies. Analytics

Brooke Konstance Sociology 101 NHL LOCKOUT The 2012 NHL lockout began on September 15th, 2012 because of an ongoing labor dispute on the expiration of the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement. The lockout began less than a month earlier to the scheduled beginning of the 2012–13 NHL season. The owners confirmed a lockout of the members of the National Hockey League Players ' Association after a new agreement could not be met before their deadline. The NHL 2012-13 is the 96th season. It was scheduled

players to draft, positions to place players in, as well as many other parts of the game. Analytics has been a large part of not only game play, but also for the business aspects

An article written by Horace Mitchell called, “Students Are Not Professional Athletes”, caught my attention the moment I read the title. In the article, Mitchell said “Collegiate sports is not a career or profession. It is the students ' vehicle to a higher education degree.” Meaning that you only play college sport for four year, if that. You are at college to get an education and to get a job after and start your life. There are only a select number of collegiate athletes that will go to the professionals

ESPN is a network devoted to providing the public with an outlet to sporting news, information, analysis, as well as, current and past coverage of sports. This network is also known as the overwhelming leader within the sporting news and entertainment industry. ESPN helps provide content through television, internet, radio, as well as print. Throughout time, media and sports go hand in hand, from the score of the 1908 World Series in the Chicago Tribune, to the 2007 NBA finals on Sportscenter. Sportscenter

Every organization, be it a booming corporation, a start up non-profit, or even a national football league team, is comprised of a plethora of data. Although data has always been important to an organization, now more than ever it has become a critical part of their performance. With continuously advancing technology becoming available for companies to use, the amount of data accessible can seem almost endless. Figuring out how to manage this data, along with what to do with it can be a daunting

Managing sponsorship deals with athletes, teams or organizations who are involved in the event. 3 Examples of these types: In 1984, Kodak decided to sponsor a TV broadcast despite that the official sponsor of the 1984 games was Fuji. Moreover, in 1992, Nike sponsored a news conference starring Michael Jordan who hid his Reebok uniform logo. In 1996, Puma who provided him with contact lenses having the big Puma logo on them despite that Reebok was the official sponsor

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would give this source credibility because Trent Frayne was a legendary sports writer whose career stretched over 60 years. In “The Ultimate Goal: The Almighty Buck” Frayne writes about different athletes ranging from the MLB player Ruben Sierra to NHL player Kevin Lowe and their different annual salaries. He writes about