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ramnathv / nhl_skaters.R
Created February 9, 2011 04:30
Scrape Historical NHL Skaters Data
# LOAD LIBRARIES REQUIRED
library(plyr);
library(XML)
# FIGURE OUT PATTERN OF URL FOR EACH SEASON
url.b1 = 'http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/stats/byposition?pos=C,RW,LW,D';
url.b2 = '&sort=14&conference=NHL&year=season_';
url.b3 = y;
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# Author: @BrockTibert
# Purpose: Collect Historical NHL Skater Stats 1960 - 2011 (in progress)
# Date: February 2011
#
# Used: R Version 2.12.1, Windows 7 Pro, StatET Plugin for Eclipse
#
# # Copyright (c) 2011, under the Simplified BSD License.
# For more information on FreeBSD see: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
# All rights reserved.