"Earlier this week, Hawks6 in the comments section asked about the fastest skaters on the Blackhawks right now. Which was a question I had floating around in the back of my brain for a while, but the question sparked me digging in as we got to the NHL's Olympic break. Using NHL EDGE data, I did some digging on the Blackhawks' team speed. The Blackhawks' youngsters possess impressive speed. But who's using it, and how frequently, was interesting."
"As a team, the Blackhawks have 53 speed bursts of at least 22 mph. Before the final two game nights of the NHL schedule, Chicago ranked 16th. Then the Hawks played in Columbus... and everyone else had games. The Blackhawks' team total didn't change - not a surprise after watching the effort. But their league rank fell two spots to 18th in the league."
Using NHL EDGE data, the Blackhawks have produced 53 speed bursts of at least 22 mph, placing the team mid-league; a recent game stretch left the total unchanged while the league rank fell to 18th. Frank Nazar leads the club with 11 such bursts and a top speed of 23.76 mph (99th percentile, ninth-fastest in the NHL). Ilya Mikheyev has seven bursts and a 23.54 mph top speed; Oliver Moore and Connor Bedard each have six bursts. Wyatt Kaiser has three 22+ mph bursts and ranks in the 90th percentile among defensemen. The defense corps are tied for seventh in the league with 11 22+ mph bursts.
Read at Bleacher Nation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]