If you’re a fan of hockey at the NHL level you’ve most certainly noticed the “fancy stats” trend over the past few seasons. While advanced hockey metrics have been around for years, the stats have become increasingly more mainstream over the past year or two.

I’m far from an expert on the subject, but I’ve been very curious to see how we can use these stats with college hockey. Thanks in part to College Hockey News, we’ve been able to formulate some advanced statistics that aren’t normally available to the public.

CHN has made available shot attempts for every game played in college hockey. That allows us to figure out things like Corsi. What is Corsi, exactly?

Penn State leads the league with a 56.37 Corsi for percentage. Some may argue that number is skewed by the fact Penn State shoots the puck from anywhere and everywhere. Regardless, the number is an impressive one.

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