Hockey Tournament Softwarefor Saskatchewan

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.

GOVERNING BODY
Saskatchewan Hockey Association
SEASON
Roughly September through March
SETUP TIME
Under 10 minutes

HOCKEY IN SASKATCHEWAN

What a hockey weekend looks like in Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association oversees a membership spread across a large number of small rural rinks in addition to the Saskatoon and Regina associations. A Saskatchewan tournament often means a single-sheet community rink hosting a full weekend, with one volunteer at the scorer's table handling every division that comes through the building.

Saskatchewan splits along the Saskatoon–Regina axis, with a long tail of small rural associations that field one or two teams each and travel in to a host centre for the weekend.

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 Saskatchewan 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

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 Saskatchewan

Can TrakScore run a hockey tournament in Saskatchewan?

Yes. TrakScore is built for exactly this job: a director running a weekend hockey event with teams from across Saskatchewan. 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 the Saskatchewan Hockey Association — 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 Saskatchewan 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 Saskatchewan 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. Rural entries make a published, always-current schedule unusually valuable in Saskatchewan — a family driving two hours to a Sunday morning game needs to know the night before whether that game still exists.

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 Saskatchewan 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 the Saskatchewan Hockey Association actually call them.

READY TO RUN YOUR TOURNAMENT?

Your next Saskatchewan 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