Alexandra Mandrycky

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Alexandra Mandrycky
Born1991 (age 32–33)
OccupationAssistant General Manager
OrganizationSeattle Kraken

Alexandra Mandrycky (born 1991) is a data scientist and current Assistant General Manager for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League.[1]

Career[edit]

Mandrycky has a degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, where she became a hockey fan watching Atlanta Thrashers games.[2] After graduating, she spent two years working for War-On-Ice, a public hockey analytics site.[3] In 2015, she was hired as a data analyst for the NHL's Minnesota Wild.[4]

In June 2019, she left the Wild to join the Seattle expansion franchise as Director of Hockey Administration.[5] As director of the Seattle franchise, she was charged with analysing potential candidates for the role of general manager, the position eventually going to former NHL player Ron Francis.[6]

She was named one of the 25 most powerful women in hockey by Sportsnet in 2020 and has been named as a potential future NHL general manager by The Hockey News.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NHL Seattle analytics guru Alexandra Mandrycky details advanced statistics for the average fan | The Seattle Times". 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ Prewitt, Alex. "Seattle's Data-Driven Approach to Building an NHL Team". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ^ Pinchevsky, Tal (January 14, 2017). "New Path to the N.H.L.: Crunching Numbers, Not Opponents (Published 2017)". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Schram, Carol. "Alexandra Mandrycky Sets The Stage For NHL Seattle's First-Ever Scouting Meetings". Forbes.
  5. ^ "No new GM yet, but a key hockey operations pickup by NHL Seattle should help make that call | The Seattle Times". 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ Clark, Ryan S. "You may not know NHL Seattle's Alexandra Mandrycky, but those who know hockey do". The Athletic.
  7. ^ "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Hockey - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  8. ^ Campbell, Ken (13 November 2020). "Ten Women Who Have What it Takes to Become Hockey's Kim Ng". The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated.