Helper that loads multiple seasons of PWHL game-officials data (referees, linespersons, scorekeepers) from the sportsdataverse-data releases either into memory or writes it into a database.
Source release tag: pwhl_officials. File naming convention:
officials_{end_year}.rds.
Usage
load_pwhl_officials(
seasons = most_recent_pwhl_season(),
...,
dbConnection = NULL,
tablename = NULL
)Arguments
- seasons
A vector of 4-digit years associated with given PWHL seasons. (Min: 2024)
- ...
Additional arguments (currently unused; kept for API symmetry).
- dbConnection
A
DBIConnectionobject, as returned byDBI::dbConnect()- tablename
The name of the officials data table within the database
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | integer | Unique game identifier. |
| role | character | Grouped official role (Referee/Linesperson). |
| first_name | character | Official's first name. |
| last_name | character | Official's last name. |
| jersey_number | integer | Official's jersey number. |
| official_role | character | Official's specific role. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(load_pwhl_officials(2024))
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 340 × 6
#> game_id role first_name last_name jersey_number official_role
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr>
#> 1 2 Referee Jake Kamrass 0 Referee
#> 2 2 Referee Lacey Senuk 0 Referee
#> 3 2 Linesperson Antoine Bujold-Roux 72 Linesperson
#> 4 2 Linesperson Erin Zach 60 Linesperson
#> 5 3 Referee Elizabeth Mantha 15 Referee
#> 6 3 Referee Liam Maaskant 0 Referee
#> 7 3 Linesperson Jessica Chartrand 26 Linesperson
#> 8 3 Linesperson Anthony Lapointe 78 Linesperson
#> 9 4 Referee Kelly Cooke 29 Referee
#> 10 4 Referee Jordan Deckard 0 Referee
#> # ℹ 330 more rows
# }