Hockey Tournament Softwarefor Manitoba
Live brackets, standings that calculate themselves, and a public display board every family at the rink can follow from their phone. Built for the director running the event — not for an IT department.
HOCKEY IN MANITOBA
What a hockey weekend looks like in Manitoba
Hockey Manitoba's membership is anchored in Winnipeg, where multi-pad complexes make it practical to run several divisions simultaneously under one roof, with Brandon serving the Westman region. Running four divisions across four sheets in the same building is a scheduling problem that a printed bracket taped to a lobby wall handles badly.
More than half of Manitoba's population lives in Winnipeg, so the province runs an unusually centralised tournament calendar — most weekend events are hosted at Winnipeg multiplexes, with Brandon as the main second centre.
BUILT FOR HOCKEY
Hockey, not generic sport
How the draw works
Minor hockey tournaments are almost always run as round-robin pool play feeding a short playoff, because associations need to guarantee visiting teams three or four games for the entry fee. Tie-breaking is where these events get complicated: pool standings typically resolve on points, then head-to-head, then goal differential, and getting that wrong in front of a lobby full of parents is the classic tournament-weekend disaster.
Where TrakScore fits
TrakScore tracks goals for and against per game, applies the tiebreakers consistently, and pushes the updated standings to the display board the moment a score is saved — so the seeding for the Sunday semifinals is settled by the software, not by an argument at the scorer's table.
Divisions
U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18, each usually split into A, BB and AA tiers.
Season
Roughly September through March, with tournament weekends clustered between November and February.
Vocabulary
Venues are rinks, fixtures are games, and standings track GF and GA.
FORMATS
Every format a hockey draw needs
Single elimination
One loss and you are out. The fastest way to settle a small draw.
Double elimination
Every team gets a second life through the losers bracket.
Round robin
Everyone plays everyone; the standings table decides it.
Pool play into playoffs
Groups on the Saturday, knockout on the Sunday.
Best-of series
BO3, BO5 or BO7, set independently per round, with automatic clinching.
HOW IT WORKS
Up and running in minutes
01
Create the tournament
Name it, pick a format and set your division. Takes about a minute.
02
Add teams and schedule
Seed your entries and lay out every game across your rinks and dates.
03
Go live
Publish, and share the display board link with every Manitoba club in the draw.
04
Manage in real time
Scores go in, the bracket advances itself, and the standings update on every screen at once.
PRICING
Pay per event. Or run the whole season.
Start free. Unlock one weekend at a time — or go all-in for the year. No monthly subscriptions.
FREE
$0
forever free
- 1 tournament per season
- Up to 16 teams
- All bracket formats
- Live display board + embed
- Per-game scorekeeper links
EVENT PASS
$79
per event · one-time · no subscription
- $79 up to 32 teams · $149 up to 64 · $249 up to 128
- Unlimited scorekeepers and co-managers
- Custom branding
- Archived forever after the event
SEASON PASS
$290
per year · Pro — Elite $790/yr
- Run events all year
- Pro: 5 active + 25 archived, 32 teams
- Elite: 10 active + 50 archived, 128 teams
- Priority support on Elite
First event on us if it doesn’t deliver — every Event Pass comes with a full money-back guarantee.
FAQ
Hockey tournaments in Manitoba
Can TrakScore run a hockey tournament in Manitoba?
Yes. TrakScore is built for exactly this job: a director running a weekend hockey event with teams from across Manitoba. You set the format, add your teams, generate the schedule and publish a public display board. Nothing about the platform is tied to a particular league or to Hockey Manitoba — you run your own event on your own terms.
Which hockey tournament formats are supported?
All five formats hockey organisers actually use: single elimination, double elimination, round robin, pool play feeding a playoff, and best-of series. Hockey events in Manitoba most often use pool play into a playoff round, and TrakScore advances winners into the bracket automatically as each game goes final.
How do parents in Manitoba follow the scores?
Every tournament gets a public display board at its own URL — no app, no account, no login. Put it on a screen at the rink and share the same link with families. Multi-venue Winnipeg complexes mean several divisions often run simultaneously in the same building, which makes a single shared display board more useful here than a per-surface whiteboard.
Do my scorekeepers need accounts?
No. You can email a one-tap scoring link for any individual game, and the volunteer at the rink opens it and enters the score — no download, no signup. That works on every plan including Free. Standing scorekeeper seats, for someone covering a whole weekend, come with Pro and above.
What does it cost to run a Manitoba hockey tournament?
Free covers one tournament per season with up to 16 teams, which is enough for a small hockey draw. It is one tournament per organization, not per login. Beyond that an Event Pass is a one-time $79 for up to 32 teams, $149 up to 64 or $249 up to 128 — no subscription, and the event stays archived and publicly readable afterwards. If you run several hockey events a year — a division per weekend, say — the annual Season Pass works out cheaper.
Does TrakScore use the right terminology for hockey?
Yes — the product speaks hockey, not generic sport. Venues are labelled “Rink”, fixtures are “Games”, and the standings table tracks GF and GA rather than a one-size-fits-all column. Age divisions in hockey run U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18, each usually split into A, BB and AA tiers, and you can name yours whatever your event and Hockey Manitoba actually call them.
READY TO RUN YOUR TOURNAMENT?
Your next Manitoba hockey event starts here
Set up your bracket in minutes. The display board goes live the moment you publish — no tech skills required.
CREATE YOUR TOURNAMENT FREE