This repository makes available the files compiled by the Yahoo Group Hockey Databank.
In addition to the files I've created a sqlite
directory that has an archive file
that contains the schema and backup file for my sqlite database. In the future I will
support PostgreSQL and possibly MongoDB. I hope you enjoy the data and if you find any
issues please open up an issue.
Hockey Database version 13.0, July 10, 2018
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Contents
1.0 Leagues
1.1 References and acknowledgements
1.2 Revision history
2.0 Tables
2.1 Master table
2.2 Scoring table
2.3 ScoringSC table
2.4 ScoringShootout table
2.5 Goalies table
2.6 GoaliesSC table
2.7 GoaliesShootout table
2.8 AwardsPlayers table
2.9 AwardsCoaches table
2.10 AwardsMisc table
2.11 Coaches table
2.12 Teams table
2.13 TeamsPost table
2.14 TeamsSC table
2.15 TeamsHalf table
2.16 TeamSplits table
2.17 TeamVsTeam table
2.18 SeriesPost table
2.19 CombinedShutouts table
2.20 HOF table
3.0 NHL data availability
This database includes the following leagues, generally recognized as "major":
- National Hockey Association (NHA), 1909-10 - 1916-17
- National Hockey League (NHL), 1917-18 through present
- Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), 1911-12 - 1923-24
- Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), 1921-22 - 1925-26
- World Hockey Association (WHA), 1972-73 through 1978-79
The WCHL was renamed the Western Hockey League for the 1925-26 season. However, the league is identified as WCHL throughout the database for all seasons.
A variety of sources were consulted while constructing this database. These are listed below in no particular order.
Books:
- National Hockey League Guide (various years)
- National Hockey League Official Record Book (1982-83 and 1983-84)
- National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book (1984-85 to present)
- The Stanley Cup Records and Statistics (various years)
- World Hockey Association Media Guide (various years)
- WHA Schedule & Statistics (1974-75)
- The Sporting News Hockey Guide (various years)
- Official NHL Record Book 1917-64
- The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association 1972-1979, by Scott Surgent; Xaler Press (7th edition, 2004; 8th edition, 2008)
- Total Hockey; Total Sports Publishing (1st edition, 1998; 2nd edition, 2000)
- The Encyclopedia of Hockey, by Robert A. Styer; A.S. Barnes (2nd edition, 1973)
- The Hockey Encyclopedia, by Stan Fischler and Shirley Walton Fischler; Macmillan (1983)
- The Trail of the Stanley Cup (Vol. 1, 2, and 3), by Charles L. Coleman
Periodicals:
- The Sporting News
On-line sources:
- ESPN.com
- Find A Grave
- The Goaltender Home Page (Doug Norris)
- History Of NHL Trades
- Hockey Research Association
- Hockey-Reference.com (Justin Kubatko)
- Hockey Summary Project
- http://hsp.flyershistory.com (previously at http://www.shrpsports.com/hsp)
- Internet Hockey Database (Ralph Slate)
- Legends of Hockey.net (Hockey Hall of Fame)
- LostHockey.com
- National Hockey League
- NHL Hockey Shootout Statistics
- NHL Shootouts
- North American Pro Hockey
- Puckerings
- Society for International Hockey Research
- The Sports Network
- USA Today hockey stats archive http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/archive.htm
- Yahoo Sports
Thanks to the following individuals:
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Ralph Dinger (NHL Publishing / Dan Diamond and Associates) has confirmed a number of corrections to errors found in the NHL's official statistics. Thanks also to Justin Kubatko of hockey-reference.com for a number of discussions in this area.
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Morey Holzman provided information on Lloyd Cook's 1921-22 goaltending appearance.
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Stu McMurray provided correct 1917-18 scoring statistics, including GWG.
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Doug Norris provided corrected 1984-85 statistics for Rick St. Croix.
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Paul Reeths created the Hall of Fame table, provided updates for the Coaches table, and various other updates and corrections
Other contributors include Roger Brewer, Mike Burton, Eric Hornick, and Claude Paradis.
An acknowledgement is also given to the team led by Sean Forman and Sean Lahman that has developed and maintained the Lahman baseball database. This database follows the same general design.
- 1.0 Jan. 4, 2007 Initial release
- 1.1 Feb. 1, 2007 Major revisions to early NHL data; separate tables for early Stanley Cup finals, three separate awards tables; added TeamsHalf table; expanded WHA stats
- 1.11 Feb. 5, 2007 Bug fix
- 2.0 Jun. 11, 2007 2006-07 update; added NHA, PCHA, and WCHL; added TeamSplits and TeamVsTeam tables
- 2.01 Jun. 15, 2007 Added 2006-07 award winners
- 2.1 Oct. 10, 2007 Added PPA/SHA/GTG; SeriesPost and CombinedShutouts tables; many corrections
- 2.2 Jan. 16, 2008 Added GoaliesShootout and ScoringShootout
- 3.0 Jun. 14, 2008 2007-08 update; expanded Master table
- 3.1 Jan. 15, 2009 Statistical corrections
- 4.0 Jun. 18, 2009 2008-09 update
- 5.0 Jun. 24, 2010 2009-10 update
- 6.0 Jun. 26, 2011 2010-11 update
- 7.0 Jun. 23, 2012 2011-12 update
- 8.0 Jul. 7, 2013 2012-13 update
- 9.0 Aug. 24, 2014 2013-14 update
- 10.0 Aug. 24, 2015 2014-15 update
- 11.0 Aug. 15, 2016 2015-16 update; eliminated ScoringSup table
- 12.0 Jul. 8, 2017 2016-17 update
- 13.0 Jul. 10, 2018 2017-18 update
Table | Description |
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Master | Names and biographical information |
Scoring | Scoring statistics |
ScoringSC | Scoring for Stanley Cup finals, 1917-18 through 1925-26 |
ScoringShootout | Scoring statistics for shootouts |
Goalies | Goaltending statistics |
GoaliesSC | Goaltending for Stanley Cup finals, 1917-18 through 1925-26 |
GoaliesShootout | Goaltending statistics for shootouts |
AwardsPlayers | Player awards, trophies, postseason all-star teams |
AwardsCoaches | Coaches awards, trophies, postseason all-star teams |
AwardsMisc | Miscellaneous awards |
Coaches | Coaching statistics |
Teams | Team regular season statistics |
TeamsPost | Team postseason statistics |
TeamsSC | Team Stanley Cup finals statistics, 1917-18 through 1925-26 |
TeamsHalf | First half / second half standings, 1917-18 through 1920-21 |
TeamSplits | Team home/road and monthly splits |
TeamVsTeam | Team vs. team results |
SeriesPost | Postseason series |
CombinedShutouts | List of combined shutouts |
abbrev | Abbreviations used in Teams and SeriesPost tables |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
coachID | Coach ID |
hofID | Hall of Fame ID |
firstName | First name |
lastName | Last name |
nameNote | Note about player's name |
nameGiven | Given name |
nameNick | Nickname (multiple entries separated by "/") |
height | Height in inches |
weight | Weight in pounds |
shootCatch | Shooting hand (catching hand for goalies) |
legendsID | ID at Legends Of Hockey (www.legendsofhockey.net) |
ihdbID | ID at the Internet Hockey Database |
hrefID | ID at Hockey-Reference.com |
firstNHL | First NHL season (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lastNHL | Last NHL season (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
firstWHA | First WHA season (1975-76 listed as "1975") |
lastWHA | Last WHA season (1975-76 listed as "1975") |
pos | Position |
birthYear | Year of birth |
birthMon | Month of birth |
birthDay | Day of birth |
birthCountry | Country of birth |
birthState | State or province of birth |
birthCity | City of birth |
deathYear | Year of death (9999 indicates "deceased", with no specific information known) |
deathMon | Month of death |
deathDay | Day of death |
deathCountry | Country of death |
deathState | State or province of death |
deathCity | City of death |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
stint | Stint (order of appearance in a season) |
tmID | Team ID |
lgID | League ID |
pos | Position |
GP | Games played |
G | Goals |
A | Assists |
Pts | Points |
PIM | Penalty minutes |
+/- | Plus / minus |
PPG | Power play goals |
PPA | Power play assists |
SHG | Shorthanded goals |
SHA | Shorthanded assists |
GWG | Game-winning goals |
GTG | Game-tying goals |
SOG | Shots on goal |
PostGP | Postseason games played |
PostG | Postseason goals |
PostA | Postseason assists |
PostPts | Postseason points |
PostPIM | Postseason penalty minutes |
Post+/- | Postseason plus / minus |
PostPPG | Postseason power play goals |
PostPPA | Postseason power play assists |
PostSHG | Postseason shorthanded goals |
PostSHA | Postseason shorthanded assists |
PostGWG | Postseason game-winning goals |
PostSOG | Postseason shots on goal |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (1920-21 listed as "1920") |
tmID | Team ID |
lgID | League ID |
pos | Position |
GP | Games played |
G | Goals |
A | Assists |
Pts | Points |
PIM | Penalty minutes |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
stint | Stint (order of appearance in a season) |
tmID | Team ID |
S | Shots |
G | Goals |
GDG | Game-deciding goals |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
stint | Stint (order of appearance in a season) |
tmID | Team ID |
lgID | League ID |
GP | Games played |
Min | Minutes |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T/OL | Ties / overtime losses |
ENG | Empty net goals |
SHO | Shutouts |
GA | Goals against |
SA | Shots against |
PostGP | Postseason games played |
PostMin | Postseason minutes |
PostW | Postseason wins |
PostL | Postseason losses |
PostT | Postseason ties |
PostENG | Postseason empty net goals |
PostSHO | Postseason shutouts |
PostGA | Postseason goals against |
PostSA | Postseason shots against |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
stint | Stint (order of appearance in a season) |
tmID | Team ID |
lgID | League ID |
GP | Games played |
Min | Minutes |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
SHO | Shutouts |
GA | Goals against |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
stint | Stint (order of appearance in a season) |
tmID | Team ID |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
SA | Shots against |
GA | Goals against |
Column | Description |
---|---|
playerID | Player ID |
award | Name of award or trophy |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
note | "shared" indicates an award shared with a teammate "tie" indicates a tie with another player |
pos | Position (for all-star teams) |
Column | Description |
---|---|
coachID | Coach ID |
award | Name of award or trophy |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
note | "tie" indicates a tie with another coach |
Column | Description |
---|---|
name | Name of recipient |
ID | Player ID, coach ID, or Hall of Fame ID, where available |
award | Name of award or trophy |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
note | Miscellaneous comments |
Column | Description |
---|---|
coachID | Coach ID |
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
tmID | Team ID |
lgID | League ID |
stint | Coaching order (1 for first coach, 2 for second, etc.) |
notes | Miscellaneous comments |
G | Games |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
OTL | Overtime losses |
PostG | Postseason games |
PostW | Postseason wins |
PostL | Postseason losses |
PostT | Postseason ties |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
franchID | Franchise ID |
confID | Conference ID (see abbrev.csv for details) |
divID | Division ID (see abbrev.csv for details) |
rank | Final standing |
playoff | Playoff result (see abbrev.csv for details) |
G | Games |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
OTL | Overtime losses |
Pts | Points |
SoW | Shootout wins |
SoL | Shootout losses |
GF | Goals for |
GA | Goals against |
name | Full team name |
PIM | Penalty minutes |
BenchMinor | Bench minors (minutes) |
PPG | Power play goals |
PPC | Power play chances |
SHA | Shorthanded goals against |
PKG | Power play goals against |
PKC | Penalty kill chances |
SHF | Shorthanded goals for |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
G | Games |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
GF | Goals for |
GA | Goals against |
PIM | Penalty minutes |
BenchMinor | Bench minors (minutes) |
PPG | Power play goals |
PPC | Power play chances |
SHA | Shorthanded goals against |
PKG | Power play goals against |
PKC | Penalty kill chances |
SHF | Shorthanded goals for |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
G | Games |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
GF | Goals for |
GA | Goals against |
PIM | Penalty minutes |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
half | First or second half of season |
rank | Final standing for the half |
G | Games |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
GF | Goals for |
GA | Goals against |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
hW | Home wins |
hL | Home losses |
hT | Home ties |
hOTL | Home overtime losses |
rW | Road wins |
rL | Road losses |
rT | Road ties |
rOTL | Road overtime losses |
SepW | September wins |
SepL | September losses |
SepT | September ties |
SepOL | September overtime losses |
OctW | October wins |
OctL | October losses |
OctT | October ties |
OctOL | October overtime losses |
NovW | November wins |
NovL | November losses |
NovT | November ties |
NovOL | November overtime losses |
DecW | December wins |
DecL | December losses |
DecT | December ties |
DecOL | December overtime losses |
JanW | January wins |
JanL | January losses |
JanT | January ties |
JanOL | January overtime losses |
FebW | February wins |
FebL | February losses |
FebT | February ties |
FebOL | February overtime losses |
MarW | March wins |
MarL | March losses |
MarT | March ties |
MarOL | March overtime losses |
AprW | April wins |
AprL | April losses |
AprT | April ties |
AprOL | April overtime losses |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (2005-06 listed as "2005") |
lgID | League ID |
tmID | Team ID |
oppID | Opponent ID |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
OTL | Overtime losses |
Column | Description |
---|---|
year | Year (1920-21 listed as "1920") |
round | Round (see abbrev.csv for details) |
series | Series - used for the NHL designations (e.g., Series "A") |
tmIDWinner | Team ID of winner |
lgIDWinner | League ID of winner |
tmIDLoser | Team ID of loser |
lgIDLoser | League ID of loser |
W | Wins for winner |
L | Losses for winner |
T | Ties |
GoalsWinner | Goals for winner |
GoalsLoser | Goals for loser |
note | Note: EX = exhibition, ND = no decision, TG = total-goals series |
Column | Description |
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year | Year (actual calendar year, not a season ID) |
month | Month |
date | Date |
tmID | Team ID |
oppID | Team ID of opponent |
R/P | "R" for regular season, or "P" for postseason |
IDgoalie1 | ID of first goalie |
IDgoalie2 | ID of second goalie |
2.20 HOF table
Column | Description |
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year | Year elected |
hofID | Hall of Fame ID |
name | Name |
category | Category (Player, Builder, Referee/Linesman) |
3.0 NHL data availability
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Regular season +/- was published in the NHL Guide starting for 1982-83. Total Hockey has regular season +/- starting for 1967-68. Postseason +/- was published in the NHL Guide starting for 1983-84.
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PPG, SHG, GWG, and GTG were published in NHL Guide for the regular season starting for 1963-64, and in Total Hockey starting for 1967-68. Postseason values for PPG, SHG, and GWG are available in Total Hockey starting for 1967-68, but were not published in the NHL Guide until the 1976-77 season. Postseason game summaries indicating PPG and SHG were published in Stanley Cup Records and Statistics (1975-76 season and earlier).
Also note that for 1983-84 and earlier, a GTG was credited to each team in tie games. Starting in 1984-85, only one GTG was credited in tie games.
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Shots on goal for the regular season were published in the NHL Guide starting for 1967-68, and for the postseason starting for 1983-84.
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Goalies' shots against for the regular season were published in the NHL Guide starting for 1982-83, and for the postseason starting for 1983-84.
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ENG were recorded starting in 1963-64. The 2nd edition of Total Hockey incorporates research on ENG from 1955-56 to 1962-63, and subtracted these goals from individual GA totals. These revised values are NOT incorporated in this database.
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Team bench minors were first tabulated in the NHL Guide for the 1969-70 season.
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Postseason special teams statistics published in the NHL Guide for 1987-88 and 1988-89 do not include SHGF or SHGA.
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Postseason power play / penalty killing team statistics published in Stanley Cup Records & Statistics do not indicate the number of power play or penalty kill opportunities. However, the game summaries in the 1976 and 1977 editions include "ADV", and these have been tabulated in this database.