Get ESPN MCH Game Play Personnel (core-v2)

Get ESPN MCH Game Play Personnel (core-v2)

Usage

espn_mch_game_play_personnel(event_id, cid = event_id, play_id, ...)

Arguments

event_id

ESPN event (game) identifier.

cid

Competition identifier. Defaults to event_id.

play_id

ESPN play identifier.

...

Reserved for forward compatibility.

Value

A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per (competitor, athlete) pair on the play. For MCH this endpoint is typically sparse: the competitor block is present but the entries array is empty, yielding one row per team with NA athlete fields. Returns an empty data.frame() if the endpoint is not available.

col_name	types	description
event_id	character	ESPN event id (echoed from arg).
cid	character	Competition id (echoed from arg).
play_id	character	ESPN play id (echoed from arg).
competitor_id	character	ESPN team/competitor id for this personnel block.
competitor_ref	character	$ref URL for the competitor object.
athlete_ref	character	$ref URL for the athlete (NA if entries are empty).
athlete_id	character	Athlete id parsed from the $ref (NA if entries empty).

Details

League slug mens-college-hockey; season is the END year (2026 = 2025-26). Same ESPN helper as espn_nhl_game_play_personnel() (columns inherited); a collection may be empty.

See also

Other ESPN MCH Functions: espn_mch_award(), espn_mch_awards(), espn_mch_calendar(), espn_mch_coach(), espn_mch_coach_record(), espn_mch_coach_season(), espn_mch_conferences(), espn_mch_draft(), espn_mch_fpi(), espn_mch_franchise(), espn_mch_franchises(), espn_mch_game(), espn_mch_game_broadcasts(), espn_mch_game_competition(), espn_mch_game_leaders(), espn_mch_game_odds(), espn_mch_game_official_detail(), espn_mch_game_officials(), espn_mch_game_play(), espn_mch_game_plays(), espn_mch_game_powerindex(), espn_mch_game_predictor(), espn_mch_game_probabilities(), espn_mch_game_propbets(), espn_mch_game_scoringplays(), espn_mch_game_situation(), espn_mch_game_status(), espn_mch_game_team(), espn_mch_game_team_leaders(), espn_mch_game_team_linescores(), espn_mch_game_team_record(), espn_mch_game_team_roster(), espn_mch_game_team_statistics(), espn_mch_game_teams(), espn_mch_games(), espn_mch_injuries(), espn_mch_leaders(), espn_mch_leaders_core(), espn_mch_league_notes(), espn_mch_league_root(), espn_mch_news(), espn_mch_player_awards(), espn_mch_player_bio(), espn_mch_player_career_stats(), espn_mch_player_contracts(), espn_mch_player_core(), espn_mch_player_eventlog(), espn_mch_player_gamelog(), espn_mch_player_info(), espn_mch_player_injuries(), espn_mch_player_news(), espn_mch_player_notes(), espn_mch_player_overview(), espn_mch_player_records(), espn_mch_player_seasons(), espn_mch_player_splits(), espn_mch_player_statisticslog(), espn_mch_player_stats(), espn_mch_player_vs_player(), espn_mch_players_index(), espn_mch_position(), espn_mch_positions(), espn_mch_rankings(), espn_mch_recruiting_players(), espn_mch_recruiting_rankings(), espn_mch_recruiting_years(), espn_mch_scoreboard(), espn_mch_season_awards(), espn_mch_season_coaches(), espn_mch_season_draft(), espn_mch_season_draft_round_picks(), espn_mch_season_freeagents(), espn_mch_season_futures(), espn_mch_season_group(), espn_mch_season_group_children(), espn_mch_season_group_teams(), espn_mch_season_groups(), espn_mch_season_info(), espn_mch_season_players(), espn_mch_season_pointer(), espn_mch_season_powerindex(), espn_mch_season_powerindex_leaders(), espn_mch_season_recruits(), espn_mch_season_team(), espn_mch_season_teams(), espn_mch_season_type(), espn_mch_season_type_corrections(), espn_mch_season_type_leaders(), espn_mch_season_types(), espn_mch_season_week(), espn_mch_season_week_games(), espn_mch_season_week_powerindex(), espn_mch_season_week_rankings(), espn_mch_season_weeks(), espn_mch_seasons(), espn_mch_standings(), espn_mch_standings_core(), espn_mch_statistics_league(), espn_mch_summary(), espn_mch_talentpicks(), espn_mch_team(), espn_mch_team_core(), espn_mch_team_depthcharts(), espn_mch_team_history(), espn_mch_team_injuries(), espn_mch_team_leaders(), espn_mch_team_news(), espn_mch_team_record(), espn_mch_team_roster(), espn_mch_team_schedule(), espn_mch_team_transactions(), espn_mch_teams_core(), espn_mch_teams_site(), espn_mch_tournaments(), espn_mch_transactions(), espn_mch_venue(), espn_mch_venues()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  try({
    sb  <- espn_mch_scoreboard(dates = "20250110")
    eid <- sb$game_id[1]
    pls <- espn_mch_game_plays(event_id = eid)
    espn_mch_game_play_personnel(event_id = eid, play_id = pls$id[1])
  })
#> ! 2026-10-13 01:52:10.291743: No plays returned for event 401715296.
#> ✖ 2026-10-13 01:52:10.323776: 
#> ✖ Args: league = "mens-college-hockey", event_id = "401715296", cid = "401715296", play_id = NULL
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }