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Matt Pfeffer elaborates on his role with the Canadiens

The newly-hired data analyst had some interesting things to say this morning at the Rochester hockey analytics conference.

The Rochester hockey analytics conference is underway, following in the footsteps of other hockey analytics conferences that have taken place in Pittsburgh, Ottawa, and Washington D.C.

Matt Pfeffer, the Canadiens' data analyst, took part in the first panel, and gave us an interesting, albeit brief, view on how his work with the team takes place.

To start it all off, Pfeffer dismissed the notion that the Habs' coaching staff is against the use of analytics.

"I've had great success working with the [Canadiens'] coaching staff.