FAQ & How To - The Sports Dashboard

How to Create a Team

1 Navigate to Your Teams or Manage Teams

From your dashboard, look for the "Your Teams" section or go to "Manage Teams". You'll see buttons to create or add a new team.

Option 1: Click "CREATE TEAM" from Your Teams

Option 2: Click "ADD NEW TEAM" from Manage Teams

2 Fill Out the Team Form

After clicking the button, a form will appear. Enter your team's information including:

Team Name
Season/Year (e.g., 2025-2026)
Any additional team details

3 Submit Your Team

Scroll to the bottom of the form and click the "Submit" button to create your team. Your new team will then appear in your teams list.

Tip: Make sure to select the correct season year from the dropdown before creating your team. This helps organize your teams by playing season.

Create Your Roster

1 Navigate to Your Team Home

Now that you've created your team, click on your team to navigate to the team home. From here you'll see options to manage your roster, game data, and schedule.

Team Home with Manage options including Edit Roster

2 Click Edit Roster

Under the "Manage" section, click on "Edit Roster" to add or remove players and assign positions. If you haven't added any players yet, you'll see "No Roster Found."

Click "ADD NEW PLAYER" to start building your roster

3 Fill Out Player Information

Click "ADD NEW PLAYER" to open the player form. Fill out the required information:

First Name (use initials only to protect minors)
Last Name
Position (F, D, G, etc.)
Jersey Number
Email (optional)
Season Year

Player Info form - fill in the details for each player

4 Continue Adding Players

Repeat the process to add each player on your team. Continue until your entire roster is added.

Privacy Note: To protect minors, only use initials for first names when adding players to your roster (e.g., "J. Smith" instead of "John Smith").

Schedule a Game

1 Navigate to Team Home

Make sure you're on the team home page. Use the hamburger navigation menu in the top left corner to return to team home if needed.

Team Home with navigation options including Manage Schedule

2 Select Manage Schedule

Under the "Manage" section, click on "Manage Schedule" to view and add games to your schedule. If you haven't added any games yet, you'll see "No Schedule Found."

Click "CREATE NEW GAME" to add a game to your schedule

3 Add Your Game Details

Click "CREATE NEW GAME" to open the game form. Fill out the game information:

Home Team
Away Team
Event Type (Regular Season, Playoff, etc.)
Date and Time
Home Facility (location)

Fill in your game details and click Submit

Tip: To add opponent team names, click the "CREATE" buttons beside the team dropdowns. This lets you add new teams that aren't already in your list.

How to Enter Events

1 Navigate to Your Game

Once you've navigated to your game (clicking the game text on the ManageGameData page), you can now start entering game events. The ice rink interface will be displayed with the team names and score at the top.

The game tracking interface with the ice rink

2 Click on the Rink to Add an Event

To enter an event, click on the rink location where the event occurred. A modal will appear asking you to select the event type.

Select the event type (Scoring, Face Offs, or Other)

3 Select the Player

After selecting the event type, choose the player involved. For goals, you'll be asked for player assists. For Goals Against (GA) and Shots Against (SA) there will not be a player selection.

Select the player for this event

4 View Events on the Rink

After entering events, they will appear as markers on the ice rink showing where each event occurred during the game.

Events displayed as markers on the rink

5 Use the Main Menu

Select the main menu (3 bar hamburger) in the top left corner to navigate back to the team home page, change periods, select the goalie, review stats, and save the data to the server.

Main Menu with navigation and save options

Important: The data will be saved locally to your browser on the device used to enter the events. Use the main menu to save your data to the server when you're finished.

View Game Sheet

1 Navigate to Manage Game Data

Once the game events have been saved to the server, navigate back to the Manage Game Data page. You'll see your games listed under "In Process" or "Completed" sections.

The Manage Game Data page showing your games

2 Open the Game Sheet

Click the "GS" button next to the game to open the Game Sheet. The Game Sheet has 4 sections: game summary, player stats, event locations, and shot locations.

Game Sheet showing summary, player stats, and event locations

3 View Shot Locations

The shot locations section shows where shots on net were taken, displayed on the goal view. This helps analyze shooting patterns and tendencies.

Shot locations displayed on the net