Downloads and parses game data files from NHL.com.

From git:

$ git clone https://github.com/gnumast/nhl
$ cd nhl
$ composer install

$ php bin/nhl.php --help

Download all play by play files for the 2015-2016 season

$ nhl --download-only --files /home/alex/nhl/files --season 20152016

Parse the all play by play data files and print out a complete game log for each game:

$ nhl --parse-only --files /home/alex/nhl/files --season 20152016 --verbose

Sample output:

Processing /home/alex/nhl/files/20152016/PL020001.HTM
001 [P1: 0:00] Start of Period at 7:20 EDT local time
002 [P1: 0:00] MTL won faceoff in Neu. Zone - #14 PLEKANEC (MTL) vs #42 BOZAK (TOR)
003 [P1: 0:14] Stop: HAND PASS
004 [P1: 0:14] MTL won faceoff in Neu. Zone - #14 PLEKANEC (MTL) vs #42 BOZAK (TOR)
005 [P1: 0:40] #11 GALLAGHER (MTL) hit #2 HUNWICK (TOR) in Off. Zone
006 [P1: 0:51] Wrist shot ONGOAL by #28 BOYES (TOR) from Off. Zone (35 ft.)
007 [P1: 0:58] Giveaway: #74 EMELIN (MTL) in Def. Zone
008 [P1: 1:05] Snap shot ONGOAL by #43 KADRI (TOR) from Off. Zone (11 ft.)
...
022 [P1: 2:45] Giveaway: #21 SMITH-PELLY (MTL) in Def. Zone
023 [P1: 3:09] Goal (Wrist) by #67 PACIORETTY (MTL) from 38 ft. in Off. Zone. Assists: #76 SUBBAN (MTL)
...
038 [P1: 5:11] #47 KOMAROV (TOR) 2 minutes for Boarding in Off. Zone drawn by #76 SUBBAN (MTL)
039 [P1: 5:11] #21 SMITH-PELLY (MTL) 2 minutes for Roughing in Def. Zone drawn by #47 KOMAROV (TOR)
...
113 [P1: 19:25] Slap shot ONGOAL by #36 HARRINGTON (TOR) from Off. Zone (62 ft.)
114 [P1: 20:00] End of Period at 8:00 EDT local time
115 [P2: 0:00] Start of Period at 8:19 EDT local time
116 [P2: 0:00] TOR won faceoff in Neu. Zone - #14 PLEKANEC (MTL) vs #42 BOZAK (TOR)
...
325 [P3: 19:29] TOR won faceoff in Neu. Zone - #14 PLEKANEC (MTL) vs #24 HOLLAND (TOR)
326 [P3: 20:00] End of Period at 9:56 EDT local time
327 [P3: 20:00] End of Game at 9:56 EDT local time

Most of the configuration can be done in config.ini.

Below is a list of available command line arguments. Use --help to display a complete listing.

• --download-only: Download the play by play files without parsing them
• --parse-only: Parses the files in the path set with --files) if any exist
• --files <folder>: Location of the play by play files. Subdirectories are seasons (ie. /my/folder/20152016/*.HTM)
• --force: Download the files even if they are found in the download path (set with --files)
• --quick: Disable pauses during download (normally the downloader takes a short break every 10 files)
• --verbose: Will output different notices/messages during the process.
• --list <type>: Lists all the available implementations for a given type (see --list exporters)

All command line arguments will overwrite the configuration file.

• Store the last parsed file somewhere so we have a way to only parse new files. This is useful if the downloader runs daily to grab new game data and we want to parse only that day's files.

The next step is to implement the output interface that will allow to write the data to different format (SQL, CSV mostly). I'm looking for a database of every team and roster from the past couple of years that I could use to go with this (something similar to Lahman's baseball database), if I can't find anything I might build it myself.

• CSV is partially working. To use, set exporter->export setting in config.ini to "csv" and run the tool.

The command line tool needs work.

Pull requests welcomed! If you have anything question, I'm @Hamburghost on Twitter.