The NHL is embedding technology into its pucks that will allow it to track movement on the ice at a rate of roughly 200 times a second, according to David Lehanski, the NHL’s senior vice president of business development and global partnerships.
The smart puck will aid in the league’s development of live data, which the NHL hopes to deploy across the league in a number of ways, ultimately enhancing the fan and broadcast experience, according to Lehanski, who spoke Monday at SAP’s inaugural North American Sports Forum.
The real-time data could be provided to coaches during games as an analytical tool, potentially embedded alongside the videos coaches currently receive on the bench via league-distributed iPads, according to Lehanski.