As originally reported by Jason Mackey of the Trib, the Pittsburgh Penguins have hired Sam Ventura as a Consultant responsible for analytics.
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Ventura, who can be found on twitter at @Stat_Sam, is best known for being one of the creators of the popular hockey analytics website war-on-ice.com. War On ice has been a pioneer in the world of hockey analytics and has helped boost the popularity of using advanced stats in analyzing player and team performance for NHL writers and bloggers. A lot of the underlying numbers and statistical data that you read here stems from the amazing work that he does.