VHL Skater Stats

Season stats of every defenseman and forward of one season stage.

Usage

vhl_skater_stats(season, stage = "regular", return_parsed = TRUE)

Arguments

season: Season END year (2026 = 2025/26; the calendar covers 2010/11 on). With stage it is mapped to the site's tournament id, see vhl_tn().
stage: Season stage: "regular" (default) or "playoff".
return_parsed: TRUE (default) returns the parsed tibble; FALSE returns the page's parsed record (a named list, plus _request with the season, stage, tn and the ids asked for).

Value

A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per skater and team:

col_name	type	description
`season`	integer	Season END year (2026 = 2025/26).
`stage`	character	Season stage: regular or playoff.
`tn`	integer	Tournament id of the season stage (2025/26 regular season = 1374, playoffs = 1375); vhl_tn maps season + stage to it.
`position_group`	character	Position group: defense or forward.
`player_id`	integer	Player id: the `{player_id}` of `/en/players/{player_id}/`, stable across seasons and teams; also the photo id on img.khl.ru. Same numeric sequence as khl.ru player ids; whether it equals the same person's khl.ru id is unverified.
`player`	character	Player name, 'Surname Given' (Latin on /en/ pages).
`jersey`	integer	Jersey number (#; the page legend mislabels this column 'Position').
`team`	character	Team short name (Latin; the report tables' form).
`games_played`	integer	Games played (GP).
`goals`	integer	Goals (G) the player scored in the row's scope: the game in a box score, the season stage in stats and career rows.
`assists`	integer	Assists (A) credited to the player in the row's scope: the game in a box score, the season stage in stats and career rows.
`points`	integer	Points, goals + assists (PTS).
`plus_minus`	integer	Plus/minus (+/-).
`plus`	integer	Plus: on-ice goals for that count toward plus/minus (+).
`minus`	integer	Minus: on-ice goals against that count toward plus/minus (-).
`penalty_minutes`	integer	Penalty minutes (PIM).
`even_strength_goals`	integer	Even-strength goals (ESG).
`power_play_goals`	integer	Power-play goals (PPG).
`shorthanded_goals`	integer	Shorthanded goals (SHG).
`overtime_goals`	integer	Overtime goals (OTG).
`game_winning_goals`	integer	Game-winning goals (GWG).
`shootout_deciding_goals`	integer	Shootout-deciding goals (SDS; the legend says 'Shootouts deciding shots').
`shots_on_goal`	integer	Shots on goal (SOG).
`shot_pct`	numeric	Shooting percentage, goals / shots on goal x 100 (%SOG); 0-100 scale; null when the page shows '-'.
`shots_per_game`	numeric	Shots on goal per game (S/G).
`faceoffs`	integer	Faceoffs taken (FO).
`faceoffs_won`	integer	Faceoffs won (FOW).
`faceoff_pct`	numeric	Faceoff win percentage (%FO); 0-100 scale; null when the page shows '-' (no faceoffs taken).
`toi_per_game`	character	Average time on ice per game (TOI/G), 'm:ss' / 'mm:ss' string; null when the page shows '-'.
`shifts_per_game`	numeric	Average shifts per game (Sft/G); integer in a one-game report, decimal in season tables.
`hits`	integer	Body checks delivered (Hits).
`blocked_shots`	integer	Blocked shots (BLS).

With return_parsed = FALSE, the page's parsed record (a named list) instead.

Details

Source: GET https://www.vhlru.ru/en/stats/players/{season}/ (server-rendered HTML, keyless; parsed with rvest). Unofficial use of a public source; payloads are not redistributed.

Terms of use

Check the provider's terms of use before redistributing this data.

Errors

fastRhockey_no_data: the VHL has nothing for the request (a season without that stage, a game not in the season's calendar, an unknown game, player or team page).
fastRhockey_bad_request: a bad season / stage / id, a missing argument, or HTTP 400 / 422.
fastRhockey_asset_fetch: the page could not be fetched, or it is not the page asked for (another season, game or player; a missing table or header drift).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
# \donttest{
  try(vhl_skater_stats(season = 2026))
# }
}