Biography:Alexandra Mandrycky

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Short description: American sports executive
Alexandra Mandrycky
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

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

  1. "NHL Seattle analytics guru Alexandra Mandrycky details advanced statistics for the average fan | The Seattle Times". 25 October 2019. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl-seattle-analytics-guru-alexandra-mandrycky-details-advanced-statistics-for-the-average-fan/. 
  2. Prewitt, Alex. "Seattle's Data-Driven Approach to Building an NHL Team". Sports Illustrated. https://www.si.com/nhl/2019/11/14/seattle-hockey-team-analytics-alexandra-mandrycky-ron-francis. 
  3. Pinchevsky, Tal (January 14, 2017). "New Path to the N.H.L.: Crunching Numbers, Not Opponents (Published 2017)". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/sports/hockey/new-path-to-the-nhl-crunching-numbers-not-opponents.html. 
  4. Schram, Carol. "Alexandra Mandrycky Sets The Stage For NHL Seattle's First-Ever Scouting Meetings". https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolschram/2020/01/27/alexandra-mandrycky-sets-the-stage-for-nhl-seattles-first-ever-scouting-meetings/. 
  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. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/no-new-gm-yet-but-a-key-hockey-operations-pickup-by-nhl-seattle-should-help-make-that-call/. 
  6. Clark, Ryan S.. "You may not know NHL Seattle's Alexandra Mandrycky, but those who know hockey do". https://theathletic.com/1748932/2020/04/23/you-may-not-know-nhl-seattles-alexandra-mandrycky-but-those-who-know-hockey-do/. 
  7. "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Hockey - Sportsnet.ca". https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/25-powerful-women-hockey/. 
  8. Campbell, Ken (13 November 2020). "Ten Women Who Have What it Takes to Become Hockey's Kim Ng". https://www.si.com/hockey/news/ten-women-who-have-what-it-takes-to-become-hockeys-kim-ng.