Get ESPN MCH Play-by-Play
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble, one row per play:
| col_name | type | description |
| id | character | ESPN play identifier. |
| sequence_number | character | Play sequence number. |
| type_id | character | Play type identifier. |
| type_text | character | Play type display text. |
| text | character | Play description text. |
| away_score | integer | Away team score at time of play. |
| home_score | integer | Home team score at time of play. |
| scoring_play | logical | Whether the play resulted in a goal. |
| score_value | integer | Goal value (1 for regulation/OT goals). |
| shooting_play | logical | Whether the play was a shot attempt. |
| wallclock | character | Wall-clock timestamp (ISO 8601). |
| period_number | integer | Period number (1-3 regulation, 4+ OT/SO). |
| period_display_value | character | Period display label (e.g. "1st Period"). |
| clock_display_value | character | Game clock display string (e.g. "14:32"). |
| team_id | character | ESPN team identifier for the acting team. |
| coordinate_x | numeric | X coordinate of play location. |
| coordinate_y | numeric | Y coordinate of play location. |
| strength_id | character | Strength situation identifier. |
| strength_text | character | Strength situation text (e.g. "Even Strength"). |
| shot_info_id | character | Shot type identifier. |
| shot_info_text | character | Shot type text (e.g. "Wrist Shot"). |
| athlete_id_1 | character | Primary participant athlete identifier. |
| athlete_id_2 | character | Secondary participant athlete identifier. |
| athlete_id_3 | character | Tertiary participant athlete identifier. |
| home_team_id | character | Home team ESPN identifier. |
| home_team_name | character | Home team name. |
| home_team_location | character | Home team city/location. |
| home_team_abbrev | character | Home team abbreviation. |
| home_team_display_name | character | Home team display name. |
| home_team_color | character | Home team primary color hex. |
| home_team_alternate_color | character | Home team alternate color hex. |
| home_team_logo | character | Home team logo URL. |
| home_team_score | character | Home team final score. |
| home_team_winner | logical | Whether the home team won. |
| away_team_id | character | Away team ESPN identifier. |
| away_team_name | character | Away team name. |
| away_team_location | character | Away team city/location. |
| away_team_abbrev | character | Away team abbreviation. |
| away_team_display_name | character | Away team display name. |
| away_team_color | character | Away team primary color hex. |
| away_team_alternate_color | character | Away team alternate color hex. |
| away_team_logo | character | Away team logo URL. |
| away_team_score | character | Away team final score. |
| away_team_winner | logical | Whether the away team won. |
| game_id | character | ESPN event identifier (echoed from arg). |
| season | integer | Season end-year. |
| season_type | integer | Season type code. |
| game_date | character | Game date-time (ISO 8601). |
Details
League slug mens-college-hockey. Parsed from the site-v2 summary payload by the same
helper as espn_nhl_pbp(); columns verified against a captured mch summary body.
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_play_personnel(),
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_box(),
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_box(),
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()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_mch_pbp(game_id = "401717648"))
#> ── MENS-COLLEGE-HOCKEY Play-by-Play data from ESPN.com ──── fastRhockey 1.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-02 03:46:06 UTC
#> # A tibble: 12 × 48
#> id sequence_number type_id type_text text away_score home_score
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int>
#> 1 40171764804386 1 505 Goal Even … 0 1
#> 2 40171764804387 2 505 Goal Even … 1 1
#> 3 40171764804388 1 509 Penalty Penal… 0 0
#> 4 40171764804389 3 505 Goal Even … 1 2
#> 5 40171764804390 4 505 Goal Even … 1 3
#> 6 40171764804391 2 509 Penalty Penal… 0 0
#> 7 40171764804392 5 505 Goal Power… 2 3
#> 8 40171764804393 3 509 Penalty Penal… 0 0
#> 9 40171764804394 4 509 Penalty Penal… 0 0
#> 10 40171764804395 6 505 Goal Even … 2 4
#> 11 40171764804396 7 505 Goal Even … 2 5
#> 12 40171764804397 8 505 Goal Empty… 2 6
#> # ℹ 41 more variables: scoring_play <lgl>, score_value <int>,
#> # shooting_play <lgl>, wallclock <chr>, period_number <int>,
#> # period_display_value <chr>, clock_display_value <chr>, team_id <chr>,
#> # coordinate_x <dbl>, coordinate_y <dbl>, strength_id <chr>,
#> # strength_text <chr>, shot_info_id <chr>, shot_info_text <chr>,
#> # athlete_id_1 <chr>, athlete_id_2 <chr>, athlete_id_3 <chr>,
#> # home_team_id <chr>, home_team_name <chr>, home_team_location <chr>, …
# }