​HockeyTech introduces groundbreaking analytics system – Powered by Quuppa

HockeyTech, the worldwide leader in hockey-related technologies, analytics and information services, announced today the launch of HockeyTech Analytics, a revolutionary technology that introduces advanced analytics to the game of hockey like never before. The groundbreaking system uses Quuppa technology for tracking all players, on-ice officials, and the puck in real time.

"As a serial technology entrepreneur, I was amazed when I became CEO of the Florida Panthers in 2009 that we were making multi-million dollar hockey operations decisions almost exclusively with subjective information from our scouts and video coaches", said HockeyTech CEO Stu Siegel. "When I sold my interest in the team, I decided to focus finding ways to help arm teams with more objective data and tools to take analytics to a new level."

"My dream was to be able to track every event that takes place on the ice and convert that to digitized actionable data”, adds Siegel. “I discovered a small company in Finland that had developed incredible technology that would enable us to create a system that was accurate and fast enough to keep up with hockey players and pucks."

"We are on a verge of a new era in sports: having access to real-time, accurate, reliable, and automatically digitized data has the potential to significantly enrich the way today's sports are either enjoyed by fans or understood by professionals", says Kimmo Kalliola, CEO of Quuppa. "With this respect, Quuppa is the cutting edge technology provider of what is also known as the Internet of Sports. HockeyTech's mission in hockey is a natural complement to Quuppa's vision, and we feel thrilled and privileged to be partnering with such forward-looking company. Working together with HockeyTech is perfectly in line with our motto 'Do More With Location' – or in this case: 'Do More With Hockey'."

For further information visit www.quuppa.com and www.hockeytech.com or contact:

Quuppa: Kimmo Kalliola, CEO: kimmo.kalliola@quuppa.com, +358 50 483 7226

QUUPPA provides reliable real-time sub-meter positioning for location-based solutions and services. Quuppa systems have been successfully applied across various industries including healthcare, industrial internet, retail, security and sports. Quuppa is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). EIT ICT Labs supports innovative SMEs in their international growth.

HockeyTech is the worldwide leader in providing hockey-related technologies, analytics and information services. HockeyTech was founded in 2013 by Stu Siegel, serial technology entrepreneur and former Florida Panthers Managing Partner/CEO, to address the lack of technology tools available to the hockey world. The company has grown rapidly, and has made five company acquisitions to date. While HockeyTech is a new corporate identity, it has been providing cutting-edge solutions to the hockey world since 1998.