On Saturday in San Jose, the tech capital of the world united with the world of hockey for the first time publicly in the form of player and puck tracking.
All kinds of information flooded the screen for those tuned into the NBC website stream, including labels for the players, ice time clocks, speed, distance skated, a faint trail on the puck reminiscent of the infamous Fox “GlowPuck,” and more.
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It might have been a bit much for the average fan, but that wasn’t the point.