The wages of sin: Employment and salary effects of violence in the national hockey league

Jones, J. C. H.; Nadeau, Serge; Walsh, W. D.

doi:10.1007/bf02298385

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“…The role of violence in attendance has been examined before in the economics and sociology literature, e.g., Jones, Stewart, and Sunderman (1996) and Jones, Nadeau, and Walsh (1997). This research has found positive impacts on player salaries for violent players and a positive impact on American attendance in relation to fighting and other violent penalties.…”

Section: Variations In Nhl Attendancementioning

confidence: 93%

Variations in NHL Attendance: The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

Paul

2003

American J Econ Sociol

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In recent years the National Hockey League (NHL) has put policies in place to boost attendance. Specifically, these changes have been to curb violence, increase scoring, and move to an unbalanced schedule featuring more games against regional rivals. This research looks at variations in game‐to‐game attendance in the NHL, focusing on these policy changes. It is found that violence, specifically fighting, tends to attract fans in large numbers across the United States and Canada. Surprisingly, increases in scoring, ceteris paribus, tend to depress attendance. The change in scheduling by the NHL, however, has been a success, with divisional rivals increasing attendance in U.S. cities and additional contests against other Canadian teams increasing attendance in Canada.

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Variations in NHL Attendance: The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

Paul

2003

American J Econ Sociol

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“…In hockey, scientifically analyzing individual player performance is a challenging task because the game is so fluid. However, researchers have attempted to classify NHL players into different player types as a way to compare them and to analyze differences in salaries (Vincent and Eastman 2009;Jones et al 1997Jones et al , 1999. In this paper, we build on prior research by developing a novel classification scheme that is well suited to current NHL players.…”

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Quantifying the Contribution of NHL Player Types to Team Performance

2012

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In this paper, we use k-means clustering to define distinct player types for each of the three positions on a National Hockey League (NHL) team and then use regression to determine a quantitative relationship between team performance and the player types identified in the clustering. Using NHL regular-season data from 2005-2010, we identify four forward types, four defensemen types, and three goalie types. Goalies tend to contribute the most to team performance, followed by forwards and then defensemen. We also show that once we account for salary cap and playing-time information, the value of different player types may become similar. Lastly, we illustrate how to use the regression results to analyze trades and their impact on team performance.

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“…Two previous studies, utilizing categorical analysis (Jones et al (1999) and Jones et al (1997)), categorize players in the NHL according to their style of play and investigate the relationship between style and earnings. Using data from the 1989-1990 NHL season, both studies categorize players according to their career penalty minutes and career points per game.…”

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Defining the Style of Play in the NHL: An Application of Cluster Analysis

Vincent¹,

Eastman²

2009

Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports

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The placing of NHL players into categories such as stars, average journeyman forwards, defensive forward, etc., is a popular pastime of fans and professional sports commentators. This is usually done in an ad hoc manner, sometimes contentiously, and without reference to any detailed analysis of empirical data. This paper structures the debate and provides a statistical basis for such categorization. This is achieved through an application of cluster analysis to formally allocate players to these categories. Using variables from the earnings determination literature, we are able to define the style of play of both forwards and defensemen. In addition, there appears to be a link to external outcome measures.

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The wages of sin: Employment and salary effects of violence in the national hockey league

Cited by 23 publications

References 9 publications

Variations in NHL Attendance: The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

Variations in NHL Attendance: The Impact of Violence, Scoring, and Regional Rivalries

Quantifying the Contribution of NHL Player Types to Team Performance

Defining the Style of Play in the NHL: An Application of Cluster Analysis

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