D3COD1NG Hockey: Does Home Ice Advantage Exist? - Episode 2

Author: Coach Rox

Posted on: August 14, 2025

Video Description

Does playing at home give you a measurable advantage? In all situations?

Watch as D3COD1NG Hockey unpacks home advantage, and see how you can use it to your advantage.

This video was produced for a university assignment. Footage is sourced and remains property of the various broadcasters of the NHL. Statistics were sourced from https://www.puckbase.com/ and the following academic sources:

Conceptual Framework https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640410400021542

Crowd Effects https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1995-03795-001

Facility Familiarity https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1612197X.2003.9671718

Travel and the NHL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322771/

Travel and Sports https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20013039474

Regulation, Overtime, and Shootout Performance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308598549-Examining-the-home-advantage-in-the-National-Hockey-League-Comparisons-among-regulation-overtime-and-the-shootout

Scenario Specific Performance in Shootouts https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257591972-With-the-Game-on-His-Stick-The-home-disadvantage-in-National-Hockey-League-shootouts

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