What's New

TL;DR

• Tighter handling of malformed links and search input on public pages.
• The support contact form now accepts longer descriptions.
• Coaching reports now ignore drills that were set to 0 minutes, and older reports can be refreshed with a new Recompute button.
• Fixed saving edits to team lineups that had no name.

Improvements

• Knowledge Base - malformed article links and unusual search text now show a clean "not found" or "no results" page
• Shared Playbooks - invalid share links return a clean "not found" page
• Support - descriptions can now be up to 3,000 characters, and the form's limit and counter match what is accepted
• Plans - added Recompute to coaching reports to refresh stats and the AI summary from current plan data
• Teams - lineup names are now required when creating a lineup
• System - improved the reliability of daily operational reporting

Bug Fixes

• Plans - coaching report totals no longer count 0-minute drills as 10 minutes
• Teams - fixed lineup edits not saving when the lineup had no name
• Teams - lineup error messages are now always visible

TL;DR

• Club Hub images can now be resized and aligned to fit your page.
• Scouting can now turn a pasted email into a player profile with AI, with a review step before anything is saved.

New Features

• Club Hub - choose Small, Medium, Large or Full width for image blocks, and align them left, center or right
• Scouting - added Smart Entry: paste a prospective-player email and the player, team, contacts and links are filled in for you to review, then created or merged into an existing player

Improvements

• Club Hub - full-width images now load at a web-friendly size, so pages open faster
• Scouting - CSV import and Smart Entry now share one duplicate-player check

TL;DR

• Team Share from your Vault now works for drills and playbooks.
• Club Hub pages get a cleaner, more professional look with customizable colors, plus a friendlier page editor.
• Association Drills and Plans filters now work immediately for members of a single association.
• Gift code redemption now works, Premium gifts can be for different lengths of time, and the gift email shows the length and expiry.
• Roster CSV import is much more forgiving about column names and values.

New Features

• Club Hub - association admins can choose a color scheme for every Club Hub page
• Club Hub - new Cards and Table blocks, plus banner, quote and highlight-panel styles
• Club Hub - preview a page before saving, add blocks anywhere, pick a page icon, and move pages

Improvements

• Club Hub - cleaner page layout with a contents list on longer pages
• Club Hub - warnings before losing unsaved changes, undo for deleted blocks, and a heads-up when someone else edited the same page
• Account - gift codes now apply the length of Premium the gift was created for
• Account - the gift email shows the gift length and the code's expiry date
• Account - the Premium Gifts card (redeem or gift Premium) now shows on the Free plan view of My Subscription
• Teams - roster import now understands values like "Lefty", "Left", "LH", "Goalie" and "Defence" for Shoots and Position
• Teams - roster import automatically matches common column names (First Name, Surname, Jersey #, DOB, etc.) and supports a single Name column
• Teams - unrecognised Shoots/Position values no longer stop the import; they're flagged in the preview and left blank
• Teams - clearer error messages when a CSV can't be read

Bug Fixes

• Vault - fixed Team Share on drills and playbooks, and removed the Team Share option from item types that can't be team-shared
• Club Hub - fixed some list and video blocks being removed when a page was re-saved
• Drills - the member filter on Association Drills is now available as soon as the page loads
• Plans - the member filter on Association Plans is now available right away, and filters apply without a full page reload
• Account - fixed gift code redemption rejecting valid codes

TL;DR

• Old HockeyShare links and bookmarks now land on the right page, and links in emails and shared pages always use the main HockeyShare address.
• HockeyShare is now much easier for search engines and AI assistants to find and understand, while shared and private pages stay out of search results.
• Shared practice plan links now stay active through the whole day they expire, and Team Share works for practice plans saved in your Vault.

Improvements

• Drills - removed the "Beta" label from the new diagrammer
• Drills - links to drills from the previous site now open the matching drill
• Drills - the drills page shows the free drill library when you are not signed in
• Drills - every page of the free drill library can now be found individually in search
• General - older links to the blog, videos, help and legal pages now redirect to their new locations, and links using the previous web address redirect to the main site in a single step
• General - added a sitemap and a site guide for search engines and AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, covering drills, help articles and public pages
• General - pages now include descriptions, link-preview details, breadcrumbs and site verification for search engines and social sharing
• General - links shared with teams (plans, playbooks, vault items, schedules, itineraries) and team pages are no longer eligible to appear in search results
• General - email links and footers now use the main HockeyShare address; removed an outdated "v1 Website" button from access-denied pages
• General - search engine files are now served faster
• Search - search result pages are no longer listed by search engines; more resilient paging
• Support - help articles now include search-friendly page details
• Blog - improved page details for search engines
• Teams - invite links always use the main HockeyShare address
• Teams - shared itinerary links that are expired or invalid now show a proper "not found" response
• Plans - share links always use the main HockeyShare address
• Plans - clip playlist play button now follows your plan font size setting
• Pricing - clearer page title and description; plan prices and common questions are now readable by search engines and AI assistants
• Videos - clearer page titles and a proper page heading; training video pages now include details that help them appear in video search; a video that no longer exists now shows a proper "not found" page

Bug Fixes

• Teams - the email sent when a video clip is shared with your team now opens the team's video page
• Plans - a shared plan link set to expire on a given date now works until the end of that day in Eastern time, instead of stopping in the evening
• Vault - fixed Team Share failing on practice plans, including recently created ones

TL;DR

• Set jersey numbers faster: in bulk, right in the player list, or from a single player's menu.
• Behind-the-scenes prep for moving HockeyShare to www.hockeyshare.com.

New Features

• Scouting - set jersey numbers for many selected players at once
• Scouting - new "Edit #s" mode lets you type jersey numbers directly in the Players list
• Scouting - quick "Set jersey #" action on each player row

Improvements

• Blog - page links, RSS feed and sitemap now follow the site's address
• Home - the 10K Pucks link now opens 10K Pucks in the app
• Emails - footer and button links follow the site's address

TL;DR

• Scouting players can now have a jersey number, shown right in the player list.
• Pages now pick up the latest app updates immediately after a release.

New Features

• Scouting - add a jersey number to each team in a player's Playing History
• Scouting - the current team's jersey number now appears before the player's name on the Players list, profile and print sheets
• Scouting - jersey numbers can be entered in Add Player and Quick Add, and imported from CSV or a team roster

Bug Fixes

• Site-wide - fixed an issue where the first page load after an update could still use the previous version

TL;DR

• Practice plans can now be viewed on a calendar.
• Deleting vault items from an out-of-date page now fails gracefully.

New Features

• Plans - added an optional Calendar view to My Plans, with a List/Calendar toggle that remembers your choice and follows your search and filters

Bug Fixes

• Vault - deleting an item that was already removed now shows a clear "no longer exists" message instead of an error

TL;DR

• Internal monitoring improvements and cleanup.
• Behind-the-scenes billing work to keep long-time subscribers' renewals running smoothly as we move to the new app.

Improvements

• System - clearer, production-focused error reporting for internal monitoring
• Account - groundwork so renewals, cancellations and receipts for long-time subscribers continue to work on the new app
• Account - new email lets you know when your subscription has ended

TL;DR

• Phones get a major layout overhaul: My Plans, My Drills, plan and drill pages, the plan builder, drill create/edit, settings and pop-ups all fit and work properly on small screens.
• Association admins can now see how often their members use HockeyShare.
• Fixed emails failing for names with apostrophes, plan copying for view-only shares, and playbook errors for team members.

New Features

• Associations - added a Usage tab for association admins showing each member's recent activity, active days and content created, with CSV export

Improvements

• Plans - My Plans: compact header, "Filters" button, a pinned selection bar with "Select all", and one "…" button per plan on phones
• Drills - My Drills and Free Drills: compact header, "Filters" button, pinned selection bar, one "…" button per drill, and two cards per row on phones
• Plans - plan page: compact action buttons, full-width tap-to-enlarge drill diagrams, and no wasted side space on phones
• Plans - clip player: Previous / Next buttons stay side by side on phones
• Plans - mobile share link: roomier layout on small phones
• Plans - Inbox: plan names and actions are easier to read and tap on phones
• Plans - plan setup: forms use the full screen width, tabs are labelled, and the main button comes first on phones
• Plans - Lines & Games: jersey color and game date fields are easy to fill in on phones
• Plans - plan builder: Save and Finish stay at the bottom of the screen; tap a drill's name to preview it; the drill library opens as a slide-up panel on tablets too
• Plans - a confirmation appears when you add a drill from the library
• Plans - Trash: pinned selection bar with "Select all" and a compact header on phones
• Plans - coaching reports and the Practice Plans chart fit phone screens
• Plans - line and jersey colour settings sit on one tidy row on tablets and desktops
• Drills - drill page: all actions fit on one row and diagrams no longer leave a big gap on phones
• Drills - Association Drills: filters fold into a "Filters" button on phones
• Drills - create/edit: full-width fields, visible progress steps, neater diagram controls, easier-to-drag thumbnails, and a toolbar and buttons that stay in reach on phones
• Drills - create/edit: a heads-up on phones that the classic diagrammer works best on a larger screen, with a quick way to switch to the new one
• Drills - categories are easier to reorder and delete on phones; dashboard stats and category bars are easier to read
• Drills / Plans - settings: Save and Reset stay at the bottom of the screen on phones
• Collections - easier to reorder items and read collection titles on phones
• Pricing - smoother checkout experience tracking to help us improve upgrade flows
• Teams - season filter lays out cleanly on wider screens
• Vault - bulk tag pop-up buttons size to fit their labels
• 10K - tidier landing page header on desktop
• Notifications - notifications are easier to read on phones
• General - larger tap targets, long button labels wrap, pop-ups use the full phone width, and tabs scroll sideways instead of running off the screen
• General - toasts no longer cover the top bar, and borders and shadows show their intended colours
• General - removed duplicate and unused styling code, and buttons respect the "reduce motion" accessibility setting

Bug Fixes

• Email - fixed notifications not being delivered to recipients with names like O'Brien
• Plans - fixed "Make a Copy" failing on plans shared with view-only access, and copies no longer pick up the original owner's tags or folders
• Playbooks - fixed an error when team members opened a playbook shared with their team
• Playbooks - fixed saving a shared playbook its owner had moved to the trash (it no longer appears in your shared list)
• Playbooks - drill diagrams on shared playbooks now fit phone screens
• Plans - tapping a drill in the plan builder's drill library adds it to your plan again
• Plans - plan page: the Share button is no longer cut off on phones
• Plans - plan setup: the autosave spinner no longer spins when nothing is saving
• Plans - Trash: search icon no longer overlaps the search text
• Plans / Drills - Trash: "select all" shows as fully checked when every item is selected; the Delete button is no longer cut off on phones
• Drills - My Drills no longer scrolls sideways on small phones
• Drills - Association Drills: the clear-filters button only shows when filters are active
• Drills - drill page: the Email window no longer hides behind the top bar
• Drills / Plans - folder pop-up no longer hides behind the top bar on phones
• Drills / Plans - settings: buttons no longer run off the screen on phones
• Collections - long collection titles no longer disappear behind the action buttons on phones
• Teams - public team pages now explain why a password was rejected
• Notifications - panel no longer runs off the left edge of small screens
• Navigation - mobile menu fits the screen and the page behind it no longer scrolls
• General - pop-ups fit within the visible screen on iPhone

TL;DR

• Drill diagram previews now appear reliably right after you save a new diagram.
• Drill pages in the free library show richer previews and are easier to find in search engines.
• Behind-the-scenes improvements to AI-generated summaries.

Improvements

• Drills - drill pages in the free library now show richer previews and can be found more easily in search engines
• AI Summaries - reduced the chance of a summary being cut off mid-sentence
• AI Summaries - error digest no longer wastes a retry on a call that can't succeed

Bug Fixes

• Drills - fixed new diagram previews sometimes not showing on My Drills and the drill page
• Plans - diagrams in plan views and prints now load more reliably
• Collections - drill thumbnails now load more reliably