Pro Hockey Players’ Entrepreneurial Power Play

Pro Hockey Players’ Entrepreneurial Power Play

Original Article: Pro Hockey Players’ Entrepreneurial Power Play

Check your preconceived notions about professional hockey players into the boards. The NHL is slowly emerging in the professional sports world as the premiere league for entrepreneurship.

From the ubiquitous Tim Horton’s franchise to the scenic Runaway Hill Club, the NHL has produced some of the most successful athlete-entrepreneurs to date. And that tradition continues to grow.

According to recent statistics, more than 78 percent of NFL players and 60 percent of NBA players file for bankruptcy within five years after retirement. While MLB players fare slightly better, professional baseball players still file for bankruptcy […]

FORMER NHL PLAYER DEVELOPS FIRST HOCKEY ANALYTICS SOFTWARE EMPOWERING TEAMS AT ALL LEVELS WITH GAME-CHANGING INTELLIGENCE

(Toronto) – Combining the best in hockey knowledge, statistics, and leading technology, StatsTrack is the first hockey analytics software that easily tracks, and quickly manages and measures game performance in real-time for teams at all levels.

“Data-centric technology will be one of hockey’s greatest game-changers, but a simple, cost-effective solution has yet to be introduced… until now,” says StatsTrack Founder, Drake Berehowsky, a former NHL player and professional coach.

Early in his coaching career, Berehowsky identified challenges that still exist today, including: i) accurately tracking a game as fast as hockey using manual inputting of data on paper; ii) […]