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By Cam Charron What is a Corsi and what is a Fenwick, anyway?
If you're a hockey fan, you probably haven't escaped hearing the
terms "Corsi" and "Fenwick". It may be enough to make you mute
the television, or click the 'x' on the browser tab. That's been
one of the problems with hockey analytics—the confusing names
sound a little bit like acronyms, and there are few people that
explain what 'Corsi' is when bringing up to a large audience
that may not be receptive to new ideas in the game.  'Corsi' and
'Fenwick' are very similar. They measure relatively identical
things, and if you have played a small sample of games, they're
very helpful for determining how a team has played relative to
its success.  Essentially, 'Corsi' and 'Fenwick' measure shot
differential. A team's (or player's) Corsi percentage is sum of
all the shots: on net, missing the net, and blocked shots,
divided by the