Today I sit down with former NHL video coach, JP Buckley. Our conversation talks about JP's journey to the NHL through a non-traditional route. While looking for a work/study program at Boston University, he found himself becoming a huge part of the coaching staff at one of the most historic programs in the country under the most historic coach in college hockey history. Excelling at his craft he was able to reach a childhood dream of being in the NHL. Only he wasn't on the ice, he was behind the bench. The semantics do not matter to JP when you talk to him. It might not have been exactly what he envisioned while playing in the driveway as a kid, but it was just as amazing.  

In the episode we cover the use of video in the NHL and how you can apply the same practices to the game, where analytics in the NHL began/are/going and how you can leverage math or computer science to reach the professional ranks. 

PAA's 2 main takeaway's from this episode are: 

1. Analytics and technology isn't going anywhere, embrace it!

2. Find your comparable, analyze your shifts and identify what works/what doesn't.