Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis has always been an advocate of analytics. He’s a man who made his money around business and embraces analytical data. It should come as no surprise Leonsis’ teams do as well.
The Capitals already employ some data analysts, but they’re taking their game to the next level. They have reportedly hired Hockey Data Inc., a hockey analytics company, to do statistical analysis for them.
“We’re a data tracking and analysis company,” Garret Hohl, chief technical officer of HockeyData, said, via DailyHive. “Depending on who we’re working with, we can do a lot.