Our goal for the 2024 Big Data Cup is to both identify and provide opportunity for burgeoning analysts in the hockey analytics field while also pushing forward women’s hockey and research in the broader sphere.
Good luck to all the Big Data Cup-ers!
The data sets available for use have been crafted specifically for the Big Data Cup. They are not in original format but are intended to be a small portion of Stathletes’ data that is translated for public consumption. They focus on a rich event feed from recent tournament style games.
Women’s hockey play by play: (labeled "2024 BDC")
We have provided access to data from the game being played at its highest level and we hope participants work with this robust data set from international tournaments.
Please identify in the title which area you are focusing on:
Access the data here.
NOTE: As noted on the legal agreement, this data cannot be re-sold and is intended to be used for research purposes only.
Anyone interested is encouraged to apply and data will be provided publicly to advance hockey research.
There will be 2 categories for participants:
Teams can be 1-4 participants.
Finalists will be selected* on will have the opportunity to present their findings to our panel of sport executives at our reception at Rotman on April 19th.
Prizes will be awarded to top qualifiers.
Participation in Big Data Cup competition is open any individual regardless of background, experience, previous analysis, or public work.
*Evaluation criteria includes, but is not limited to: a demonstrated ability to creating actionable insights for a general manager or head coach working in hockey and not just research); generating creative ideas, which may mean borrowing and applying ideas from other sports, leveraging domain knowledge, and/or filling gaps created by limitations of public data; a performative understanding of how to work with large data sets.
Maximum 6 pages, including figures (size limit 10GB on submission).
Submissions can be emailed to: bigdatacup@stathletes.com with subject line: Big Data Cup 2024.
Please note that email size is limited to 25MB, to send larger submissions (up to 10GB), use Dropbox, Google Drive or other file-sharing services and include the link in your submission email.
Please note that email size is limited to 25MB, to send larger submissions (up to 10GB), use Dropbox, Google Drive or other file-sharing services and include the link in your submission email.