University of British Columbia experts are catching Canucks fever as excitement mounts in Vancouver during the Stanley Cup playoffs. They are available to comment on the difficulty of predicting a win, the power of twins, sports injuries, the drag from flags, traffic issues and sports marketing.
Rick White, UBC Statistical Consulting and Research Laboratory
Email: rickw@stat.ubc.ca
Sports, probabilities and statisticians
Fans can expect reasonable guesses based on past performance more than surefire probabilities due to multiple unknown factors.
Tim Silk, Marketing, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8362 (unavailable between June 10-14)
Email: tim.silk@sauder.ubc.ca
Economic benefits from playoffs and winning for team owners; salary caps for players.
Peter Cripton, Mechanical Engineering
Email: cripton@mech.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.675.8835
Concussion, injury biomechanics, helmet, skull fracture, bone fracture, spinal cord injury, hip fracture
Kerry Jang, Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Email: kljang@bell.blackberry.net
Cell: 778 229 6569
Twins research, behavior genetics
Peter Ostafichuk, Mechanical engineering
Tel: 604.822.9614
Email: ostafichuk@mech.ubc.ca
Drag and resistance and extra fuel cost from flying Canucks flags on vehicle
Tarek Sayed, Civil Engineering
Tel: 604.822.4379
Email: tsayed@civil.ubc.ca
Urban road safety, pedestrian safety and sustainable travel during large-scale events