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In Winnipeg? Play hockey? Want to be in a Sony film?
I'm not affiliated with this, to be clear, but a Winnipeg company is casting male hockey players, aged 18-40, for -paid!- work in a feature film.
Apply here / remember me when you're famous ⤵️
On the SVA chart, the standard deviation shading disappears under the scale! Even the 14-15 Sabres managed to avoid that level of scale breaking
This may be a new level of "breaks the scale"
And the first goal of the regular season goes to William Nylander (despite the 2 hour head start for Carolina and Florida)
Zero unblocked shots will do that
Hockey is back. Just a reminder this whole thing is still just me, no ads, no paywall, completely free and supported by patrons.
If you can support, I really appreciate it. If not, sharing it goes a long way too. Thanks to everyone who keeps this going.
Happy opening day of hockey season, NHL fans! Keep up with all 1,344 regular season games with this starter pack of hockey writers.
Preseason obviously doesn't mean a thing, but holy hell did the Caps' 5v4 PP generate some offense (and the margins by which they were first in CF/60, xGF/60, SCF/60, HDCF/60). Let's hope if carries over into the regular season. Also, the elephant (not) in the room... (via @naturalstattrick.com)
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A NEW CHAPTER OF HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA 📺 Hockey Night in Canada returns December 5 with the 2026 Walter Cup Champion Montréal Victoire taking on PWHL Hamilton at 7PM ET!
An uptick in the number of key requests AND in the number of no-key scraping attempts tells me I should bump this for the start of the new season.
Behold!
The time has come for:
The TENTH ANNUAL HockeyViz Sour Candy Prediction Contest.
If you can correctly* predict the results of the upcoming NHL season, I will send you an unseemly amount of sour candy, no matter where in the world you live. Entry is free:
So far so good on preseason reports generating with no major hiccups? Think that might be a first.
Soon. Sooooooon.
Giv'r
An uptick in the number of key requests AND in the number of no-key scraping attempts tells me I should bump this for the start of the new season.
DMs are open if you have questions or candidates