As we kick off the new NHL season, we’re thrilled to introduce a suite of updates to our Hockey APIs, designed to enrich your experience, whether you’re tracking player progress, analyzing game performance, or engaging with fans. Here’s a concise guide to what’s new and how you can leverage these updates to elevate fan interaction.
Our play-by-play events now deliver year-to-date values for goals and assists, along with indicators for critical moments like game-winning, tying, and go-ahead goals. These metrics are also integrated into game and seasonal statistics. This enables you to create dynamic content that highlights a player’s impact throughout the season, fueling engaging discussions among fans and analysts.
We’ve expanded our coverage to include team-level statistics by period, aligning them with the player-level details we already provide. This granularity gives a clearer picture of a team’s performance dynamics and allows fans to engage in more in-depth analysis of game strategies.
The new references array now connects a consistent profile ID for each player across all hockey leagues. This means you can effortlessly track a player’s journey from college days through to their NHL careers. Fans love a good backstory, and this functionality allows them to follow every skate and stick tap of their favorite players on their rise to the top.
With base salary information now accessible for NHL players, you can add an extra layer to your analysis and reporting. Salary discussions are always a hot topic among fans, and this data can spark debates and increase engagement on social media platforms by giving insights into the financial side of the sport.
Our daily schedules have been enhanced with a season-type data point, helping you quickly identify the season each game belongs to. This update eliminates confusion, making it easier for fans to follow along with the progression of the season.
We’ve made subtle yet impactful changes to improve readability in substitution event descriptions by adding spaces after commas. This ensures smoother reads and better comprehension for users diving into detailed play-by-play analyses.
In instances where a player suits up for multiple teams in a season, our API now prioritizes returning the most recent team first in the player profile endpoint. This approach helps maintain clarity in player histories as fans and stat junkies track player movements.
While you might not see them, we’ve also enhanced our backend systems to improve data accuracy, enhance stability, and accelerate delivery. Our reliable and speedy hockey data ensures you can provide fans with current and accurate information at all times.
These updates open a world of possibilities for engaging storytelling and insightful analysis, enhancing the way you interact with your audience. Dive into our enriched Hockey API today and redefine the way fans experience the NHL season.
