The NHL is actively testing Sportlogiq to provide the optical half of its planned puck-and-player tracking system. The league began installing dedicated cameras in four arenas two months ago to collect trial data. That collection process will continue during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
At a demonstration in Las Vegas in January, the NHL announced that JogMo will provide the location-tracking ultra-wideband sensors in the puck and on the players’ pads. The company is a spinoff based on technologies developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.
David Lehanski, the NHL’s SVP of business development, has said the combination of optical and sensor systems is the “optimal solution” and described Sportlogiq as the “leading contender” to be that optical vendor.