Welcome to Stats' Sheet
A New Era of BU Hockey Stats Begins...
What is BU Hockey Stats?
“BU Hockey Stats” started off as a summer project in 2022 when I was thinking about odd, highly specific stats that pop up during broadcasts such as “this team is 3-0 on Tuesdays in March vs. this other team,” and I realized that I could generate those sorts of odd stats for BU Hockey. Originally, this project was just going to be for fun for me to bug friends with, but it grew into a Twitter account, BUHockeyStats, where I would share these odd things with Terrier Nation. That soon expanded to a now-defunct Twitter bot, “BUHockeyStatsBot,” that would allow others to look up their own wild stats. In the summer of 2023, that transformed into BUHockeyStats.com, giving more visual and user-friendly access to the data.
Why are you making a newsletter?
There is only so much that can be said in 280 characters on Twitter. Stats’ Sheet will be a way to add more context and explanation to analytics and charts. It is also an opportunity to weave in a historical context to what is being presented and talk about historical notes and stories that I have found interesting but don’t come across as well in short form.
What can we expect?
The hope is to present longer-form previews and recaps weekly with a stats-focus angle. Additionally, I plan to include some historical posts diving into the history book to bring interesting stories from the past that are hard to tell in a tweet. Also, the plan is to have some more general Hockey East analysis mixed in. This medium also allows for more interactive charts like the ones below, for example.
What’s your favorite BU Hockey Stat?
The fact that legendary BU Head Coach Jack Parker and legendary BC Head Coach Jerry York faced off as players in high school at rival schools—whose colors also coincidentally matched those of their future colleges—as well as during their college careers and later as coaches of their respective alma maters is likely at the top of the list. A close second being that from 1962 to 1972, BU and BC both had head coaches named John Kelley. BU's Kelley was known as “Jack,” while BC's was known as “Snooks” and their birthdays were a day apart, with Jack's being on July 10th and Snooks' being on July 11th.
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Thank you in advance for your support! It brings us so much joy to share notes, stats, and graphs with Terrier Nation and the greater college hockey community. Go BU!