Load fastRhockey NHL scratches — load_nhl

Helper that loads multiple seasons of NHL healthy scratch data from the sportsdataverse-data releases.

Usage

load_nhl_scratches(
  seasons = most_recent_nhl_season(),
  ...,
  dbConnection = NULL,
  tablename = NULL
)

Arguments

seasons: A vector of 4-digit years (the end year of the NHL season; e.g., 2026 for the 2025-26 season). Min: 2011.
...: Additional arguments passed to an underlying function.
dbConnection: A DBIConnection object, as returned by DBI::dbConnect()
tablename: The name of the data table within the database

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with one row per scratched player per game and the following columns:

col_name	types	description
id	integer	Unique player identifier.
firstName	character	Player first name.
lastName	character	Player last name.
game_id	integer	Unique game identifier.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(load_nhl_scratches(2026))
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 9,395 × 4
#>         id firstName lastName      game_id
#>      <int> <chr>     <chr>           <int>
#>  1 8478881 Brett     Seney      2025020001
#>  2 8478981 Cavan     Fitzgerald 2025020001
#>  3 8481568 Alex      Vlasic     2025020001
#>  4 8481806 Louis     Crevier    2025020001
#>  5 8482117 Lukas     Reichel    2025020001
#>  6 8483611 Mitchell  Weeks      2025020001
#>  7 8479393 Noah      Gregor     2025020001
#>  8 8481655 Cole      Schwindt   2025020001
#>  9 8484304 Uvis      Balinskis  2025020001
#> 10 8476856 Mathew    Dumba      2025020002
#> # ℹ 9,385 more rows
# }