Helper that loads multiple seasons of PWHL shootout-attempt data from the sportsdataverse-data releases either into memory or writes it into a database.
Source release tag: pwhl_shootout. File naming convention:
shootout_summary_{end_year}.rds. Note that some seasons (notably the
2024 inaugural season) do not contain any shootout games.
Usage
load_pwhl_shootout(
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 shootout data table within the database
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with one row per shootout attempt
and the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | integer | Unique game identifier. |
| round | integer | Shootout round number. |
| team_side | character | Shooting team side ("home"/"away"). |
| shooter_id | integer | Shooter player identifier. |
| shooter_first | character | Shooter first name. |
| shooter_last | character | Shooter last name. |
| goalie_id | integer | Opposing goalie identifier. |
| goalie_first | character | Opposing goalie first name. |
| goalie_last | character | Opposing goalie last name. |
| is_goal | integer | Whether the attempt scored (1/0). |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(load_pwhl_shootout(2024))
#> Warning: cannot open URL 'https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/pwhl_shootout/shootout_summary_2024.rds': HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
#> Warning: Failed to readRDS from <https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/pwhl_shootout/shootout_summary_2024.rds>
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }