The National Hockey League is holding its annual entry draft June 30. Peter Tingling, an SFU Beedie School of Business professor who researches how decisions are made, will be in New Jersey for the event. He has studied previous NHL entry drafts and says choosing players successfully is less about science and more about guessing right. “The general advice that we give is to keep track of which scouts have historically made good recommendations (which surprisingly few organizations do), continue to make individual assessments, and to look deeper in the draft,” says Tingling. “Our research shows that even teams that pick late can have a great draft.”
 
Peter Tingling, SFU Beedie, tingling@sfu.ca, Skype: peter.tingling
(E-mail is the best way to reach Peter. He is in Vancouver today and Wednesday, then flies out to New Jersey on Thursday.)