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Re: College Hockey Demographics
I enjoyed this.
I enjoyed this.
Here is <a href="http://stateofhockeyrants.blogspot.com/2014/12/part-2-look-at-college-hockey_19.html">Part II</a>
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Interesting stuff.
On the break down of heights, weights, and age by position, you have used the HEA list of schools for the ECAC.
Does anyone know who the players from DC, Maryland, and Virginia are? I know Jay Williams is from (and listed as being from) McLean, VA, but I'm curious about the others. An interesting case regarding Virginia and the point of where players grew up vs. what they're listed as on the roster was Brendan Woods. His freshman year, he was listed as being from Fairfax, VA, because his father, Bob Woods, was an assistant coach for the Capitals. The next year, he was listed as being from southern California, as his family moved there because Bob Woods became an assistant coach for the Ducks. If I recall correctly, he's really from Manitoba.
Does anyone know who the players from DC, Maryland, and Virginia are? I know Jay Williams is from (and listed as being from) McLean, VA, but I'm curious about the others. An interesting case regarding Virginia and the point of where players grew up vs. what they're listed as on the roster was Brendan Woods. His freshman year, he was listed as being from Fairfax, VA, because his father, Bob Woods, was an assistant coach for the Capitals. The next year, he was listed as being from southern California, as his family moved there because Bob Woods became an assistant coach for the Ducks. If I recall correctly, he's really from Manitoba.
RPI's Jake Soffer is from Potomac, MD.
As I wrote to mnstateOfhockey earlier, he is really best of using a single sourse like collegehcokeysttats. Otherwise he is opening up Pandora's box. There are certainly cases like what you mention, but if he changes one without the almost impossible task of looking into all of the player's histories, he is tampering with the stats. JMHO.
Bonin21 made a good point about money. At least on the surface, it appears the higher income suburbs of major metro areas are strongly represented. Have you given any thought to examining the standard of living as it relates to the players?
Bonin21 made a good point about money. At least on the surface, it appears the higher income suburbs of major metro areas are strongly represented. Have you given any thought to examining the standard of living as it relates to the players?
One thing we would likely see is that a higher percentage of players coming out of non-traditional markets came from wealthier areas, on average, than those from the traditional hotbeds. Leagues in general are more expensive to play in, but that difference gets way more significant when you look at leagues that actually give a kid a chance to reach the NAHL or USHL (or get invited to a NTDP tryout).
I put together some demographics for college hockey this season that I thought people might be interested in. Took a look at which countries, states/provinces, and cities college hockey players this season come from. Also took a look at where a majority of the points this season have come from. Keep in mind, stats are as of last week.
In the next part I plan to break the points down among just the top X number of players from each country/state/province to see if anything noticeable comes from that, and touch on some recruiting trends and a few other things that have jumped out at me.
If anyone has any requests on things you'd like me to cover or look at, let me know. Have the data loaded, just need to build the queries.
Enjoy!
<a href="http://stateofhockeyrants.blogspot.com/2014/12/part-1-look-at-college-hockey.html">2014-15 College Hockey Demographics Part I</A>
<a href="http://stateofhockeyrants.blogspot.com/2014/12/part-2-look-at-college-hockey_19.html">2014-15 College Hockey Demographics Part II</a>
I put together some demographics for college hockey this season that I thought people might be interested in. Took a look at which countries, states/provinces, and cities college hockey players this season come from. Also took a look at where a majority of the points this season have come from. Keep in mind, stats are as of last week.
In the next part I plan to break the points down among just the top X number of players from each country/state/province to see if anything noticeable comes from that, and touch on some recruiting trends and a few other things that have jumped out at me.
If anyone has any requests on things you'd like me to cover or look at, let me know. Have the data loaded, just need to build the queries.
Enjoy!
<a href="http://stateofhockeyrants.blogspot.com/2014/12/part-1-look-at-college-hockey.html">2014-15 College Hockey Demographics Part I</A>
<a href="http://stateofhockeyrants.blogspot.com/2014/12/part-2-look-at-college-hockey_19.html">2014-15 College Hockey Demographics Part II</a>