The NHL is taking another step forward in data,

analytics, and puck and player tracking.

The league has reached an agreement with

Amazon Web Services to put all its video and

data on the cloud. The hope is to provide

everyone from coaches, executives and players

to fans an integrated look at the game with the

aid of new camera angles, artificial intelligence

and machine learning.

Being able to search and sort every player’s

speed, shot velocity and more isn’t here yet, but

this is a starting point.

“Before we can get to building, let’s just say,

like a new augmented-reality app that fans

can use in arena to pull up real-time stats and

puck and player tracking feedback while they’re

sitting and watching the game, there’s a lot of

Image: Jeff Roberson

NHL TAKES BIG

STRIDE ON DATA

AND ANALYTICS

WITH AWS DEAL