Get ESPN NHL Season Group Children (core-v2) — espn_nhl_season_group_children • fastRhockey

Get ESPN NHL Season Group Children (core-v2)

Usage

espn_nhl_season_group_children(
  season = most_recent_nhl_season(),
  season_type = 2,
  group_id,
  ...
)

Arguments

season: Season end-year (e.g. 2026). Defaults to most_recent_nhl_season().
season_type: Season type code: 1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=post-season. Defaults to 2.
group_id: ESPN group identifier (integer or character). Pass a conference-level group_id from espn_nhl_season_groups() to retrieve its child divisions.
...: Reserved for forward compatibility.

Value

A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per child group (division under a conference). Conference-level groups typically have 2 division children each:

col_name	types	description
ref	character	`$ref` URL for the child group object.
child_group_id	character	Child group id parsed from the `$ref` URL.
season	integer	Season year (echoed from arg).
season_type	integer	Season type code (echoed from arg).
group_id	integer	Parent group id (echoed from arg).
count	integer	Total children in the collection.
page_count	integer	Total pages in the collection.

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_core(), 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_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()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  try({
    grps <- espn_nhl_season_groups(season = 2026, season_type = 2)
    espn_nhl_season_group_children(season = 2026, season_type = 2,
                                    group_id = grps$group_id[1])
  })
#> ── NHL Season Group Children data from ESPN core-v2 ─────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:18:03 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2 × 7
#>   ref                child_group_id season season_type group_id count page_count
#>   <chr>              <chr>           <int>       <int>    <int> <int>      <int>
#> 1 http://sports.cor… 32               2026           2        7     2          1
#> 2 http://sports.cor… 33               2026           2        7     2          1
# }