Conference Program

Link to program

Talks and panels in room 'Ada Lovelace'.

Company exhibition and refreshments in room 'Ljusgården'. (close to 'Ada Lovelace')

Company hands-on session and refreshments at evening June 3 at Scandic Frimurarehotellet, room Pelarsalen.

Lunches at 'Universitetsklubben'.

Moderator

Confirmed speakers and panelists

(excluding research and communities track, as well as student competition)

Program

June 2 "Academic Day"

11:30-13:00 Registration and lunch, set up for companies

13:00-13:15 Welcome

13:15-14:15 Talk Brendan Kumagai (Teamworks)
New Frontiers in Hockey Analytics with Player Tracking Data

14:15-14:55 Research talks (1) (session chair: Mikael Svarén)

  • 14:15-14:35 David Radke, Troy Mulholland
    Non-Transitivity in the National Hockey League: Ranking Teams, Lines, and Players using Game Theory
    preliminary version of paper
  • 14:35-14:55 Miikka Palvalin
    Validating Expected Possession Value Against Expert Coach Assessments of Passing Intelligence in Elite Youth Ice Hockey
    preliminary version of paper

14:55-15:25 break

15:25-17:25 Research talks (2) (session chairs: Timo Seppa and Tim Brecht)

  • 15:25-15:45 Yufei Zou, Elliot Kervin, Michael Schuckers
    A Bayesian Approach to Estimating a National Hockey League Draft Value Pick Chart with Bounds
    preliminary version of paper
  • 15:45-16:05 Saif Al-Din Ali, Hanan Mohamed
    Closing the Gap: A Longitudinal, Covariate-Adjusted Analysis of NHL Goalie Pull Timing
    preliminary version of paper
  • 16:05-16:25 Elizabeth J. Goldstein, Jessica A. Pearson
    Multi-Horizon Career Longevity Prediction for NHL Skaters: Landmark Logistic Regression Reveals Stage-Specific Risk Factors
    preliminary version of paper
  • 16:25-16:45 Nick Riccardi, Tim Campbell Jr., Rodney J. Paul
    NHL Home-Ice Offensive and the Power Play: Exploring Differences Among Game Contexts
    preliminary version of paper
  • 16:45-17:05 Rodney J. Paul, Nick Riccardi, Gina Pauline, Andrew Weinbach
    Why Hockey Thrives in Cold States and Survives in Warm Ones: Climate and Income Effects on U.S. Hockey Participation
    preliminary version of paper
  • 17:05-17:25 Quinton J. Krueger
    Who's In by Game 15? Multi-Model Per-Game Forecasting of NHL Playoff Qualification
    preliminary version of paper

17:25-17:40 break

17:40-18:10 Short papers and community notes (session chair: Niklas Carlsson)

  • 17:40-17:50 Michele Sezgin, Tyler Quinn
    Introducing a Gaussian Rink Control-Based Expected Threat Framework to Hockey
    preliminary version of paper
  • 17:50-18:00 Quinton Krueger, Toby Velte, Doug Plocki, Nick Carone
    Net Man-Games Lost as a Coaching and GM Evaluation Metric in the NHL
    preliminary version of paper
  • 18:00-18:10 Louis Boulet
    Defining Physicality and Skaters’ Ability to Play Through It
    preliminary version of paper

18:10-18:15 break

18:15-18:55 Student competition

  • 18:15-18:25 Andreas Arrestam and Emma Bertmar
    From Sequences to Styles: A Data-Driven Analysis of SHL Powerplay Efficiency
    preliminary version of paper
  • 18:25-18:35 Duo Man, Xin Li, Wenlin Fan
    From Zone Entry to Danger: Immediate Post-Entry Sequences and High-Danger Chances in Ice Hockey
    preliminary version of paper
  • 18:35-18:45 Vincent Riemenschneider
    From Puck Recovery to Offensive Zone Entry: Identifying Patterns of Successful Power-Play Re-Entries using Machine Learning
    preliminary version of paper
  • 18:45-18:55 Kiran Roye
    Predicting Shot Surface Distributions from Zone Entry Characteristics
    preliminary version of paper

June 3 "Hockey Day 1"

10:00-10:30 Talk: Veronica Eriksson (Swedish Ice Hockey Federation)
'Coach's challenge' : Own your data. Control your AI 

10:30-11:00 Talk: Erik Wilderoth (Färjestad BK)
Raise the floor, Learnings from Data-Driven Player Development

11:00-11:15 break

11:15-12:00 Talk: Felix Dahlin (Swedish Ice Hockey Federation and MODO Hockey)
Behavior-driven development - Fueled by analytics

12:00-12:30 Talk: Andreas Hänni (49ing)
Data use beyond analytics

12:30-12:40 Caroline Jonsson (EHC)

12:40-13:30 lunch

13:30-14:00 Talk: David Cook and Morgan Zeba (Spiideo)
From Capture to Decision: Building the Modern Sports Intelligence Stack

14:00-14:30 Talk: Stefan Lavén (Data Talks)
From followers to revenue - what most hockey organisations get wrong about their fans

14:30-15:00 Talk: Timo Seppa (Hockey Data Show on NHL Network Radio and Quinnipiac Bobcats)
Garbage in, garbage out: What's in your analytics?

15:00-15:15 break

15:15-16:15 Talk: Ray Lalonde (Ray Lalonde Sports+)
From Competitive Edge to Core Infrastructure: The Global Rise of Sports Analytics

16:15-16:30 break

16:30-17:00 Talk: David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks)
What Can Hockey Analytics Learn from AI?

17:00-18:30 8 min talks and panel: Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo), Matt Hamann (Nashville Predators), Miranda McMillan (Montreal Canadiens), David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks), Campbell Weaver (Boston Bruins)
Analyzing NHL data and workflow

19:30-22:00 Reception at Scandic Frimurarehotellet
An NHL play-offs update with Mike Kelly

June 4 ”Hockey Day 2”

09:45-10:15 Talk: Erik Lignell (HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA)
Successful analysis is about communication - Not Location 

10:15-11:15 8 min talks and panel: Miika Arponen (Tampere Ilves) , Jan Morkes (Rytíři Kladno and Czech Ice Hockey Federation), Jaroslav Bezdek (Sparta Prague), Erik Lignell (HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA), Karl Malmquist (Linköping Hockey Club)
Analytics workflows in European teams

11:15-11:30 break

11:30-12:00 Talk: Ola Lidmark Eriksson (Playmaker AI)
Closing the Gap: 10 Years of Football Analytics Meets Hockey

12:00-13:00 lunch

13:00-13:30 Talk: Andreas Hänni (49ing) and Thierry Paterlini (SCL Tigers)
From Goalie-Driven Wins to System Stability: A Data-Led Defensive Reset in the National League

13:30-14:00 Talk: Henric Larsson and Almen Bibic (TV4 Sweden)
The use of analytics in broadcasts

14:00-14:30 break

14:30-15:00 Talk: Mattias Sjöholm (Swedish national team/Hammarby bandy) and Per Gullbrand (Linköping University and Gullbrand Education)
The Hidden Map to Gold: Measuring and Building the Winning Machine Behind the Success

15:00-15:30 Talk: Oscar Nordfjell (d-fine) (and Adam Almqvist Andersson (Swedish Ice Hockey Federation))
Skating from Raw Data to Clear Insights

15:30-16:00 Talk: Neil Lane (Stathletes)
The next frontier of hockey analytics

16:15 Closing including announcement winners of Best research paper and Student competition.