Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"National Hockey League"”.
-
Investigating Player Salaries and Performance in the National Hockey League
… as predictors of team performance in the National Hockey League (NHL). Additionally, an analysis of goalie statistics is completed in order to determine what, if any, performance measures relate to salary. Data in this research were collected from the 2005-06 season up to the 2010-11 …
-
Examination of efficient roster design in the National Hockey League (NHL)
… their current composition of players. A team’s hockey operations department can use the findings to evaluate their roster composition and identify positions with the greatest marginal benefit from player acquisitions.
-
Life after hockey : an examination of athletic career transition and the National Hockey League's career transition program
… study set out to examine the transitions of National Hockey League (NHL; ice hockey) alumni, as well as the effect ~and effectiveness of their respective career transition program, the Life After Hockey program. Interviews with 17 NHL/program alumni revealed that quality of transition (to …
-
Effect of Rule Changes Occurring Between 2003 and 2016 on Head Impact Frequency and Brain Strain Magnitude In North American Professional Ice Hockey
… al., 2018). Over the past two decades alone the National Hockey League (NHL) has made several rule changes to the game (Marek, 2015; National Hockey League Official Rules 2010–11, 2010; National Hockey League Official Rules 2011–12, 2011; National Hockey League Official Rules 2014-15, 2014). …
-
Reflective Punch: A graphic design examination of the representation of the violence in the 226 hockey fights that took place in the NHL Regular Season of 2018-19
The number of hockey fights has declined in the National Hockey League (NHL) in recent years but still occupies a cultural and physical space in the game. Medical research and studies have revealed the possible severity of repeated hits to the head on athletes brains in the long-term. It begs the …
-
The Ottawa Senators Twitter Activity and the Effect on Their Followers
… Twitter activity of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League, and their followers’. The first paper, using content analysis, analyzed the Senators’ tweets and resulting follower activity level. Focus group research aimed to uncover what specific Senators’ Twitter activity influenced …
-
A Struggle Against the Odds: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Players
… was to examine the experiences of Canadian Hockey League (CHL) players using a Foucauldian theory-based analysis. Specifically, this thesis contends that power relations between players and CHL hockey authorities need to be critically assessed. The CHL is the world’s leading developmental …
-
Twitter usage by professional sports teams: A content analysis
… framework, this study examines how teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) communicate with fans on Twitter. The study used a content analysis and coded 815 team tweets into one of five content themes based on the fan gratification being met. Findings revealed that teams are most likely to meet …
-
The Application of a Genetic Algorithm to a Scheduling Problem
… The problem selected was the design of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1992-1993 playing schedule. The NHL playing schedule was selected because: it is easily modeled as a DCTSP, the data necessary to formulate the problem was readily available, and the existing solution could act as a …
-
Beyond individual flow: distributed flow in ice hockey, its antecedents and consequences to performance
… theory and bring metacognition research to ice hockey as this sport has not been studied specifically with either of these nor have these elements been studied in a similar environment with such a fast-paced nature heavily dependent on team mates and requiring constant interaction. It was …