Get ESPN NHL Player Core (core-v2)
Value
A one-row fastRhockey_data tibble with athlete metadata:
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete id (echoed from arg). |
| uid | character | Athlete uid string. |
| guid | character | Athlete global unique identifier. |
| type | character | Sport type (e.g. "hockey"). |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| full_name | character | Full display name. |
| display_name | character | Display name. |
| short_name | character | Short name (e.g. "P. Laine"). |
| weight | numeric | Weight in pounds. |
| display_weight | character | Formatted weight string. |
| height | numeric | Height in inches. |
| display_height | character | Formatted height string. |
| age | integer | Current age. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth (ISO 8601). |
| debut_year | integer | Year of NHL debut. |
| birth_city | character | Birth city. |
| birth_country | character | Birth country abbreviation. |
| slug | character | URL slug. |
| jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| hand | character | Handedness (e.g. "L" or "R"). |
| active | logical | Whether athlete is currently active. |
| position_ref | character | $ref URL for the position object. |
| team_ref | character | $ref URL for the current team object. |
| statistics_ref | character | $ref URL for career statistics. |
| contracts_ref | character | $ref URL for contracts. |
| statisticslog_ref | character | $ref URL for the statistics log. |
| athlete_ref | character | $ref URL for this athlete object. |
See also
Other ESPN NHL Functions:
espn_nhl_athletes_index(),
espn_nhl_award(),
espn_nhl_awards(),
espn_nhl_calendar(),
espn_nhl_calendar_offseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_ondays(),
espn_nhl_calendar_postseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_regular_season(),
espn_nhl_coach(),
espn_nhl_coach_record(),
espn_nhl_coach_season(),
espn_nhl_coaches(),
espn_nhl_conferences(),
espn_nhl_countries(),
espn_nhl_draft(),
espn_nhl_franchise(),
espn_nhl_franchises(),
espn_nhl_game(),
espn_nhl_game_all(),
espn_nhl_game_broadcasts(),
espn_nhl_game_competition(),
espn_nhl_game_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_odds(),
espn_nhl_game_official_detail(),
espn_nhl_game_officials(),
espn_nhl_game_play(),
espn_nhl_game_play_personnel(),
espn_nhl_game_plays(),
espn_nhl_game_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_game_predictor(),
espn_nhl_game_probabilities(),
espn_nhl_game_propbets(),
espn_nhl_game_scoringplays(),
espn_nhl_game_situation(),
espn_nhl_game_status(),
espn_nhl_game_team(),
espn_nhl_game_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_team_linescores(),
espn_nhl_game_team_record(),
espn_nhl_game_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_game_team_statistics(),
espn_nhl_game_teams(),
espn_nhl_games(),
espn_nhl_injuries(),
espn_nhl_leaders(),
espn_nhl_leaders_core(),
espn_nhl_league_notes(),
espn_nhl_league_root(),
espn_nhl_news(),
espn_nhl_pbp(),
espn_nhl_player_awards(),
espn_nhl_player_bio(),
espn_nhl_player_box(),
espn_nhl_player_career_stats(),
espn_nhl_player_contracts(),
espn_nhl_player_eventlog(),
espn_nhl_player_gamelog(),
espn_nhl_player_info(),
espn_nhl_player_injuries(),
espn_nhl_player_news(),
espn_nhl_player_notes(),
espn_nhl_player_overview(),
espn_nhl_player_records(),
espn_nhl_player_seasons(),
espn_nhl_player_splits(),
espn_nhl_player_statistics(),
espn_nhl_player_statisticslog(),
espn_nhl_player_stats_v3(),
espn_nhl_player_vs_player(),
espn_nhl_players_index(),
espn_nhl_position(),
espn_nhl_positions(),
espn_nhl_providers(),
espn_nhl_schedule(),
espn_nhl_scoreboard(),
espn_nhl_season_athletes(),
espn_nhl_season_awards(),
espn_nhl_season_coaches(),
espn_nhl_season_draft(),
espn_nhl_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_nhl_season_freeagents(),
espn_nhl_season_futures(),
espn_nhl_season_group(),
espn_nhl_season_group_children(),
espn_nhl_season_group_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_groups(),
espn_nhl_season_info(),
espn_nhl_season_players(),
espn_nhl_season_pointer(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_team(),
espn_nhl_season_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_type(),
espn_nhl_season_type_corrections(),
espn_nhl_season_type_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_types(),
espn_nhl_season_week(),
espn_nhl_season_week_games(),
espn_nhl_season_weeks(),
espn_nhl_seasons(),
espn_nhl_standings(),
espn_nhl_standings_core(),
espn_nhl_statistics_league(),
espn_nhl_summary(),
espn_nhl_talentpicks(),
espn_nhl_team(),
espn_nhl_team_box(),
espn_nhl_team_core(),
espn_nhl_team_depthcharts(),
espn_nhl_team_history(),
espn_nhl_team_injuries(),
espn_nhl_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_team_news(),
espn_nhl_team_record(),
espn_nhl_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_team_schedule(),
espn_nhl_team_transactions(),
espn_nhl_teams_core(),
espn_nhl_teams_site(),
espn_nhl_tournaments(),
espn_nhl_transactions(),
espn_nhl_venue(),
espn_nhl_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_nhl_player_core(athlete_id = "4024820"))
#> ── NHL Player Core data from ESPN core-v2 ───────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:46 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 28
#> athlete_id uid guid type first_name last_name full_name display_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 4024820 s:70~l:90~… b065… hock… Patrik Laine Patrik L… Patrik Laine
#> # ℹ 20 more variables: short_name <chr>, weight <dbl>, display_weight <chr>,
#> # height <dbl>, display_height <chr>, age <int>, date_of_birth <chr>,
#> # debut_year <int>, birth_city <chr>, birth_country <chr>, slug <chr>,
#> # jersey <chr>, hand <chr>, active <lgl>, position_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>,
#> # statistics_ref <chr>, contracts_ref <chr>, statisticslog_ref <chr>,
#> # athlete_ref <chr>
# }