Saturday, October 20, 2012

What is Boucher Scouting?

BOUCHER SCOUTING has already been contacted by two NHL teams regarding this system, and is currently accepting client submissions for the 2013-14 season. 

BOUCHER SCOUTING produces and provides exclusive player tracking data. Every puck-possession event is tracked. This provides data-driven information about players' strengths, weaknesses, tendencies, performance trends, and more.


We are player data specialists, and provide DATA-DRIVEN results that will allow teams to:
  • Compare each player's ability to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the offensive, defensive, or neutral-zones (separated by stick-check, body check, blocked pass, blocked shot, etc.)
  • Compare each player's ability to maintain puck-possession for their team in the offensive, defensive, or neutral-zone
  • Compare each player's ability to get shots though to the net
  • Compare each player's ability to successfully pass the puck to a teammate in the offensive, defensive, or neutral-zone
  • Compare each player's ability to successfully beat a player 1on1 (deke) in the offensive, defensive, or neutral-zone
  • Compare each player's ability to successfully dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone 
  • Compare each player's ability to successfully dump the puck out of the defensive-zone
  • Compare each player's ability to recover loose-pucks in the offensive, defensive, or neutral-zone
  • Quantify and compare how many times each player is able to remove puck-possession from the opposition per-minute of ice-time
  • Quantify and compare how many times each player loses possession of the puck per-minute of ice-time
This list goes on.

Imagine having this data for not just every player on your team, but also every player in your organization.

Better yet, Every player in the league.

It's more than possible. The system already exists, and compiling the data would require a relatively minimal investment.

BOUCHER SCOUTING already provides exclusive player tracking data to the USHL's Tri-City Storm. 

The best decisions are always the most informed decisions. Detailed, data-driven information is what this system provides.



Boucher Scouting is an attempt to quantify players' performances. Boucher Scouting uses a player tracking system conceived, created and published by Christopher Boucher. It uses video to track every puck-possession event that occurs during a game.  Here, we attempt to go beyond the arbitrary, and move toward tangible and reliable scouting reports.

DAILY PLAYER REPORTS CAN BE PROVIDED TO COACHES AND MANAGEMENT JUST HOURS AFTER A GAME.

AN EXAMPLE OF A DAILY PLAYER REPORT AT EVEN-STRENGTH:





 





These reports can be communicated to players, or used simply as an evaluation tool. The data can easily be broken down into events per-minute played, and tailored to each organization's needs.




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