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NHL Draft 2016: Drafting is educated guesswork
Jun 23, 2016
On the heels of the NHL draft, research from SFU Beedie School of Business professor Peter Tingling suggests that the draft tactics of NHL teams are often no better than randomly assigning players across the entire draft.More...
Beedie prof. Kim Trottier examines art of decision-making
Sep 30, 2013
Study by Kim Trottier shows making choices under pressure is critical in business as well as sport. Growing up in the northern Ontario community of Kapuskasing, Beedie School of Business assistant professor Kim Trottier was naturally drawn to the sport of hockey at an early age. She was at one point the only girl on an all-boys hockey team – drawing attention to herself as the fastest skater in her age group. She eventually gave […]More...
The perfect petri dish
Aug 16, 2013
Peter Tingling on the importance of researching business in sports. Professional sport is undeniably big business. Player contracts and sponsorship deals amount to tens of millions of dollars, with ticket sales, television rights and merchandising totaling billions. One could surmise, therefore, that sport commands a lot of attention in the way of academic research. However, Beedie School of Business associate professor Peter Tingling’s motivation for researching sport is a little less obvious. Rather than the […]More...
Intuition vs. Analysis: NHL coaches and the fine art of decision-making
Aug 13, 2013
Study by Kim Trottier shows making choices under pressure is critical in business as well as sport. Growing up in the northern Ontario community of Kapuskasing, Beedie School of Business assistant professor Kim Trottier was naturally drawn to the sport of hockey at an early age. She was at one point the only girl on an all-boys hockey team – drawing attention to herself as the fastest skater in her age group. She eventually gave […]More...
NHL draft: ‘It’s all guesswork,’ professor says
Jul 2, 2013
The following article was published by Toronto Star on June 29, 2013. Peter Tingling, a business professor at Simon Fraser University who has analyzed years of NHL drafts, says the notion that some teams are particularly good at making draft decisions is a myth. NEWARK, N.J.—This is the day NHL general managers will boast that they can’t believe a certain player was still around. This is the day that will give rise to those backstories down […]More...