2023-24 PWHL Skaters

The data set looks at statistics from PWHL skaters during the 2023-24 regular season. If possible, give a brief summary of the sports problem and statistical situation.

Motivation

The Professional Woman’s Hockey League (PWHL) began in 2023 in the United States and Canada. The league contains six franchises and contains players from 11 different countries. Analyzing the results of the skaters gives exposure to the new league and insights into the athletes that competed in the inaugural season.

Data

The data set contains 147 rows of 16 variables. Each row representing a player during the 2023-24 PWHL season.

pwhl_23-24.csv

Variable	Description
Rk	League ranking for number of total points
Name	First and last name of the player
Age	Age in years of the player
Pos	Position of the player, either Goalie (G), Defense (D) or Forward (F)
GP	Number of games played by the player
G	Number of goals by the player
A	Number of assists by the player
P	Number of points by the player (Goals + Assists)
PIM	Penalty minutes accumulated by the player
Plus_Minus	Plus/Minus rating for the player
PPG	Points per game for the player
SHG	Number of short-handed goals for the player
GWG	Number of game winning goals for the player
G_Per_GP	Number of goals per games played
A_Per_GP	Number of assists per games played
P_Per_GP	Number of points per games played

Questions

• Explore the relationship between goals per game played and position.
• Use dplyr to create some new variables and explain what they do.
• Describe shape, skew, and noting any outliers of visualizations displaying the data.

References

Quant Hockey

https://www.quanthockey.com/pwhl/en/seasons/pwhl-players-stats.html