Conference Program

The conference will start each day (June 6-8, 2022) at 3pm Linköping time.

June 6, June 7, June 8


Panel moderator

Mike Helber
Mike Helber

June 6, 2022

15:00-15:15 Welcome

15:15-16:00 INVITED TALK

Simon Fraser University
Oliver Schulte, professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada:
Valuing Actions and Ranking Hockey Players With Machine Learning

SESSION Analytics for teams - analysts

16:00-17:30 Panel - Team analysts
Leksands IF
Petter Carnbro, Leksands IF
Växjö Lakers
Patrik Hall, Växjö Lakers
Frölunda HC
Erik Lignell, Frölunda Hockey Club
Sportlogiq
Sean Tierney, Sportlogiq
Färjestad BK
Erik Wilderoth, Färjestad BK

17:30-17:45 BREAK

SESSION Analytics for teams - goalkeepers

17:45-18:45 Discussion - Hockey Analytics for Goalkeepers

Linköping University
Justin Goldman
Linköping University
Jonas Gustavsson
Linköping University
Thomas Magnusson
Linköping University
Mikael Vernblom

18:45-19:30 BREAK

SESSION Industry – 1

19:30-20:00 invited talk, Sean Tierney, State of the Hockey Analytics Industry

20:00-22:00 industry talks

  • PwC
  • Spiideo
  • Sportcontract
  • Sportlogiq
  • Sportradar
  • Stretch On Sense AB
  • Stathletes
  • Wisehockey

22:00-23:00 breakout rooms industry


June 7, 2022

15:00-15:45 INVITED TALK

University of Waterloo
Tim Brecht, professor, University of Waterloo, Canada:
Player and Puck Tracking Data: Opportunities and Challenges

15:45-16:30 Discussion with:

German Ice Hockey Federation
Karl Schwarzenbrunner, director of science and education, German Ice Hockey Federation

16:30-16:45 BREAK

SESSION Women's hockey

16:45-17:15 INVITED TALK

Carnegie Mellon University
Carleen Markey, Carnegie Mellon University, USA:
Keeping Count: Archiving Women's Hockey Analytics for Accessibility

17:15-18:45 Panel - Women's hockey:

Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Adam Albelin, Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Stathletes
Meghan Chayka, Stathletes
Stathletes
Erika Holst, Frölunda Hockey Club
Carnegie Mellon University
Carleen Markey, Carnegie Mellon University, USA:

18:45-19:30 BREAK

SESSION Industry – 2

19:30-21:00 Panel – industry

Sportcontract
Thorsten Apel, Sportcontract
OYM
Martin Rumo, OYM
Sportlogiq
Sean Tierney, Sportlogiq
Spiideo
Morgan Zeba, Spiideo

SESSION Student Competition

21:00-21:30 5-minute presentations by the student competition finalists

David Norell, Oscar Kröger, Oscar Melin, Mina Abd Nikooie Pour, Ying Li:
Pattern Extraction from Controlled Exits in Ice Hockey

Chayan Shrang Raj:
Temporal activity outcome prediction of players in Ice Hockey

Ethan Parliament:
The Effect Of Shot Location On Rebound Quality

Md Fahim Sikder:
Sequential Ice Hockey Events Generation using Generative Adversarial Network

21:30-22:30 breakout rooms: meet the student competition finalists


June 8, 2022

15:00-15:45 Talk

Linköping University Linköping University
Patrick Lambrix and Niklas Carlsson, professors, Linköping University, Sweden:
A Goal-based Performance Measure using Goal Importance

SESSION research papers

15:45:16:05: Kanav Vats, Mehrnaz Fani, David A. Clausi, John S. Zelek:
Evaluating deep tracking models for player tracking in broadcast ice hockey video

16:05-16:25: Noah Chaikof, Katia Clément-Heydra, Carleen Markey, Mikael Nahabedian, Adam Pilotte, Mairead Shaw:
Scouting Automated Ratings Analyzing Habits (SARAH): A Statistical Methodology for Scouting and Player Development

16:25-16:45 BREAK

16:45-17:05 Ulf Johansson, Erik Wilderoth, Arsalan Sattari:
How Analytics is Changing Ice Hockey

17:05-17:25: Erik Wilderoth, Ulf Johansson, Arsalan Sattari:
Where not to lose the puck

17:25-17:45: Brendan Kumagai, Ryker Moreau, Kimberly Kroetch:
Predicting the NHL Draft with Rank-Ordered Logit Models

17:45-18:05: Cédric Ramqaj and Thibaud Chatel:
Score and Venue Adjustment on Transition Data in Hockey

18:05-18:25: David Radke, Tim Brecht, Daniel Radke:
Identifying Completed Pass Types and Improving Passing Lane Models

18:25-19:10 BREAK

SESSION Entertainment Industry

19:10-20:40 Panel – Entertainment Industry

NHL Network
Mike Kelly, NHL Network
ROOT Sports NW
Alison Lukan, ROOT Sports NW
CMORE
Björn Oldeen, CMORE
NENT
Håkan Södergren, Viaplay

SESSION National teams and coaching perspective

20:40-21:40: Discussion - Hockey Analytics for the Swedish National Teams

Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Adam Albelin, Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Adam Almqvist Andersson, Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Mikael Vernblom, Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Swedish Ice Hockey Federation
Matheus Vieweg, Swedish Ice Hockey Federation

21:40-22:10 Talk - Hockey Analytics from a coach perspective

EV Zug
Dan Tangnes, head coach, EV Zug (NL)

22:10-22:30: CLOSING (including announcement winner best research paper and winner student competition)