SEATTLE -
today announces it has hired Dani Chu as Quantitative Analyst to its Hockey Operations research and development team. Dani will begin work with NHL Seattle in January 2020.
Chu will graduate from Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC) with a Masters of Science in Statistics in December 2019, under the supervision of Dr. Tim Swartz. While in school for his Bachelors (earned April 2018) and Masters, he conducted research across numerous sports, including football, basketball, soccer, and rowing. In the Summer of 2019 Chu interned at the NBA as part of their Basketball Strategy & Analytics department. Additionally, he was part of a team that took first place in the Student Division of the 2018 NFL Big Data Bowl for their project regarding Route Identification in the NFL.
NHL Seattle Hires Award Winning Quantitative Analyst
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