After a year's hiatus during the pandemic, I'm looking forward to covering Western Hockey League again this year. Going bigger and better than ever. Check out what you can expect to see on this account including some great content coming for Vancouver Giants fans. whlanalytics.substack.com/p/what-to-expe…

Realizing the playback on CHL TV is only available when watching replays is a huge bummer. In the meantime, while I'm watching live and waiting for the replay of the VAN-VIC game to be available, is there an analytics-related topic you'd be interested in learning more about?

Getting to work now on tracking tonight's Vancouver Giants game. Initial impressions; the 1st Line (Hall-Sourdif-Lysell) was impressive when intact, Leslie is exciting to watch on the back-end, and Vikman settled in and was solid. Game Score and Writeup will be out tomorrow.

Giants Game Report: Giants open their season on the right foot last night, beating the Royals 5-0. Notes: - Vikman posts shutout in debut - Hall-Sourdif-Lysell look good, before Sourdif ejection - Strong night for the over-agers whlanalytics.substack.com/p/game-report-…

Giants Game Report: Giants sit atop the BC Division after 2-0 Start to Season. Notes: - First-line continues to roll - Ostapchuk makes his debut - Leslie shines again on the back-end whlanalytics.substack.com/p/game-report-…

Giants Game Report for tonight vs the Blazers might be a little later than normal. Great to be back at the rink tonight!

Giants Game Report: Penalty trouble and the Giants drop their first game of the season. - Vikman continues to be a steady presence in goal, despite 5 goals allowed - Thoughts on the 1st line going forward whlanalytics.substack.com/p/game-report-…

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Giants Game Report: Another slow start as the Giants fall to .500 on the season. - Top 6 tinkering - Bottom 6 struggles without an identity - Tough one for Gurski in his debut whlanalytics.substack.com/p/game-report-…

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants play one of their best games so far this season, beating the Rockets 2-0, and improving to 3-2 on the season. - Dominant night by Vikman - Top 6 carry play and provide the scoring - McNelly makes debut for G-Men whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants defeat Rockets 7-2 on the back of their special teams. - Halaburda scores his first Western Hockey League goal - PP goes 4/5 - PK records 2 short-handed goals whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

Congratulations to the Winnipeg ICE on having such a strong start to the season that they’ve broken my projected points model… 🤦‍♂️

It rates them as a 147 Point team by 'True Talent' 🤯 which is clearly not possible, but wow. The only red flags I can see are: 🚩 Powerplay 38.6% ➡️ Only two teams since 2000 have had a PP above 30% in a full season. 🚩 PDO 107.5 ➡️ Shooting % is 5% above league average.

I'd honestly stick with their goaltending at the moment. Apart from Poulter being from Winnipeg, I don't really see why they'd do that. 🤷‍♂️ Gage Alexander (WPG): GSAA: 3.17 GSAA/60: .529 Daniel Hauser (WPG) GSAA: 4.24 GSAA/60: .606 Isaac Poulter (SC): GSAA: 1.61 GSAA/60: .229

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants fall to Rockets in OT - Questions on the back-end - Vikman allows 7 - Top-line continues to perform whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

Giants shake up their back-end. Definitely the position group that needed the most help through 7 games. In: Alex Cotton (D ‘01) Evan Toth (D ‘02) Out: Cade McNelly (D ‘01) Hunter Mcinnes (D, ‘05) 5 Draft Picks 😯

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants take the first half of back-to-back games this weekend, beating Prince George 3-1. - Big pre-game trades - Sourdif's 6th multi-point game - Gurski bounces back whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants escape with 2-points on the back of Vikman's 39 saves. - Vikman steals the show - Has Halaburda arrived - Bottom-6 struggles whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants drop first of two in Prince George. - Missing Sourdif, Ostapchuk, Lies - Cotton and Toth make debut - Gurski with a second quality start whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…

.Vancouver Giants Game Report: Giants take second-half of back-to-back games against the Cougars. - Sourdif returns to the lineup - Defence provides the offense - Special Teams make the difference whlanalytics.substack.com/p/giants-game-…