What's New

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and updates to HockeyShare.

v2.4.7 July 13, 2026

TL;DR

  • Introducing the AI Practice Assistant (Beta) — describe your practice constraints and get a complete, ready-to-edit practice plan built from your own drill library in under a minute
  • The AI Practice Assistant got its first round of polish: smarter drill matching, drill diagram previews, a feedback button, and a listing on our pricing page
  • Generated plans now arrive in under a minute, right when you click Generate
  • The new light "ink-saver" print template now shows up in the Plan Builder with its own preview, plus a few navigation and layout tidy-ups

New Features

  • Plans - AI Practice Assistant (Beta, Premium): generate a full practice plan from your real drills based on ice format, practice length, age level, roster size, stations, and focus
  • Plans - choose your drill sources per generation: your drills, the free HockeyShare drill library, and drills shared by your association
  • Plans - review and fine-tune every generated plan (adjust times, notes, remove items) before saving it as a regular practice plan — drill diagrams included automatically
  • Plans - AI Practice Assistant results show drill diagram previews before you save
  • Plans - rate any generated plan with a thumbs up/down and tell us what was off — your feedback shapes the beta
  • Plans - "+ New Plan" shortcut added to the top of the Plans navigation menu
  • Pricing - AI Practice Assistant (Beta) now listed with Premium plans

Improvements

  • Plans - AI Practice Assistant plans now generate immediately instead of waiting in a queue
  • Plans - interrupted generations automatically resume when you return to the page
  • Plans - AI Practice Assistant is clearly marked as Beta while we tune it
  • Plans - HockeyShare public drills are now opt-in when generating a plan
  • Plans - Custom Logos links in the Drills and Plans menus now open the unified logos page

Bug Fixes

  • Plans - fixed "No drills matched" errors for coaches with large drill libraries
  • Plans - fixed AI Assistant page formatting (checkboxes, buttons, stray messages)
  • Plans - the "Default Template (Light)" print template now appears in the template picker and gallery with its own preview image
  • Plans - fixed cramped search filter checkboxes in the Plan Builder
v2.4.0 July 13, 2026

TL;DR

  • Team Sharing is now a full player dashboard — invite players by email or link, share playbooks & vault content, view practice plans on a calendar, and customize the whole page
  • New Coaching Reports turn your practice plans into a shareable, AI-written season summary with PDF export
  • Playbooks now support color-coded tags, just like drills, plans, and vault content
  • The practice plan builder adds scoped drill search (My / Association / Public) and one-click drill descriptions
  • New members now choose their role at sign-up and get a personalized welcome email
  • Major mobile usability improvements — touch drag-and-drop, no more iOS zoom-on-focus, and bigger tap targets
  • The account menu now links straight to Team Sharing

New Features

  • Teams - lineup editor supports touch drag-and-drop on phones and tablets
  • Plans - practice plan drills can be reordered by touch in the plan builder
  • Support - articles now include a table of contents that follows along as you read
  • Support - Knowledge Base articles can include Streamable videos alongside YouTube and Vimeo
  • Account - choose your role (coach, director, player, or parent) during sign-up
  • Account - personalized welcome email after registration, tailored to your role
  • Onboarding - new getting-started guides at /new-coach and /new-association
  • Plans - drill search source filters in the plan builder: My Drills, Association Drills, and Public Drills, with your selection remembered
  • Plans - search results show where each drill came from (Mine / Assoc / Public)
  • Playbooks - tag your playbooks from the editor; tags appear on list and detail pages and on your account tag pages
  • Vault - playbooks display their tags, can be tag-filtered, and are included in bulk tag actions
  • Search - playbook search results now match your tag names
  • Team Sharing - Member access mode: invite players by email or a shareable link; they sign in with their own free account and can be removed anytime
  • Team Sharing - share playbooks and vault items/folders to your team page alongside drills and plans
  • Team Sharing - practice plans display on a monthly calendar with today highlighted
  • Team Sharing - customize your page: rename, reorder, or hide sections, add text/image/video blocks, and pick a custom logo
  • Plans - "Add drill description" button copies a drill's stored description into your plan notes
  • Plans - "Include descriptions" option auto-fills notes with the drill description when adding drills
  • Plans - new "Default Template (Light)" ink-saving print template
  • Plans - Coaching Reports: turn selected plans into a saved season report with category breakdowns, top drills, tag insights, and a practice-emphasis timeline
  • Plans - AI-written season summary included with each report
  • Plans - report customization with six color themes and your custom logo, plus PDF export
  • Plans - saved reports appear on the Plans home page for quick access
  • Associations - self-serve join links enroll coaches instantly (respects the self-serve toggle)
  • Vault - bulk Team Share / Team Un-Share for selected items and folders, on every content type
  • Playbooks - bulk Team Share / Team Un-Share from the Sharing menu

Improvements

  • All sections - form inputs no longer trigger iOS zoom-on-focus, and touch targets are larger on mobile
  • Support - redesigned Knowledge Base with a search-first home page, color-coded topic tiles, and improved readability
  • Support - video embeds now display full-width and responsive on all screen sizes
  • Plans - more reliable drill search with a smarter backup search path
  • Playbooks - duplicating one of your own playbooks now carries its tags over
  • Playbooks - new "Share with Team" option on playbook menus
  • Vault - new "Share with Team" option on item and folder menus
  • Plans - Template #4 redesigned to match the classic layout (diagram left, Notes and Description alongside)
  • Plans - drill descriptions with legacy formatting now print as clean text everywhere
  • Plans - My Plans bulk actions now include an Insights section
  • Pricing - one-time membership purchases now add time on top of your remaining days instead of starting over
  • Account - "Extend membership" option on the subscription page for non-renewing members
  • Associations - invites and shareable links now respect the paid member seat limit, with clear messaging when full
  • Plans - Coaching Reports show how many you've used and are limited to 5 per month
  • Pricing - Coaching Reports added to the plan feature comparison
  • Drills, Plans, Playbooks, Vault - consistent "Team Share" / "Team Un-Share" wording and icons across all sharing menus
  • Account - the account menu now links to Team Sharing (replacing Profile) on desktop and mobile

Bug Fixes

  • Perform - leaderboard and results tables now display correctly on mobile
  • Teams - lineup chart no longer overflows small screens
  • Support - removed an empty banner at the top of Knowledge Base pages and fixed missing icons on embedded support pages
  • Support - fixed video embeds losing their fullscreen option in articles
  • Teams - fixed lineup editor drag-and-drop not working with a mouse on desktop
  • Plans - plan builder search no longer returns unrelated drills from other users
  • Team Sharing - fixed drill preview images not loading on the team view page for some drills
  • Pricing - members with a non-renewing membership can now purchase again
  • Account - removed a non-working "Reactivate" button that appeared for one-time purchases
  • Associations - copyable shareable invite links now work instead of showing "Invitation unavailable"
  • Playbooks - editing a public playbook no longer resets it to private on auto-save, and saving a tag-less playbook works reliably
  • Vault - fixed the folder/content action menu appearing as a floating box between cards on mobile
  • Account - Premium badge on the Team Share settings page is now legible
  • Teams - shared team-view drill previews now show the full diagram without cropping, and today's date on the shared calendar is readable
  • Plans - fixed custom logos not appearing in the Create Coaching Report window
v2.3.264 July 9, 2026

TL;DR

  • Import your classic HockeyShare teams into the new Teams section — roster, schedule, game results, player/goalie stats, and announcements — with live progress, automatic resume, and a read-only Legacy Archive for older content.
  • Saved email lists now work everywhere: build a recipient list once and reuse it across Drills, Plans, Playbooks, Vault, team messages, and 10k Pucks — all managed from a new Account page, with one-click import from the classic site.
  • A major polish and security pass on the Coaching Vault: site-wide visual design, undo-friendly deletes, keyboard-accessible shared pages, plan-accurate upload limits, and hardened sharing.
  • Shared practice plan pages now offer working Print and PDF links for visitors.
  • Numerous fixes across team stats, dark-mode display, and Vault bulk tagging.

New Features

  • Teams - import your classic HockeyShare teams from the legacy platform, including roster, schedule, game results, player/goalie stats, and announcements
  • Teams - new Legacy Archive view preserves historical content from the old platform (custom pages, links, penalty logs, detailed stat lines) in read-only form
  • Teams - added a prompt on the Teams page to import your classic HockeyShare teams (shown only when you have teams left to migrate)
  • Account - new Email Lists page to create, edit, and manage reusable recipient lists
  • Account - one-click import of your email lists from the classic HockeyShare site
  • Vault - email vault items (single or multi-select) directly to recipients with automatic share links
  • Playbooks - email a playbook's share link to any recipients or saved list
  • 10K - coaches can email team invites to players from a saved list or manual entry
  • Drills - email drills to multiple recipients and saved lists (previously one recipient at a time)
  • Plans - shared plan pages now offer a PDF download to anyone with the link (available on plans owned by Premium+ members)

Improvements

  • Teams - imported per-game stats automatically roll up into season totals, with legacy TOI/SOG/PPG preserved as custom stats
  • Teams - legacy team imports now show live progress while they run
  • Teams - imports pick up where they left off if you leave the page and come back
  • Teams - only one import runs at a time per account, preventing conflicting imports
  • Teams - team mailing lists and personal email lists are now one unified system shared across the whole app
  • Plans - the email recipient picker is faster and consistent with every other section
  • Plans - friendlier message when a PDF download isn't available for a shared plan
  • Vault - refreshed the entire section to match the site-wide design language (colors, buttons, badges, icons)
  • Vault - deleting content now shows an "Undo" option instead of pop-up confirmation dialogs; trash actions use a single clear confirmation
  • Vault - shared folder pages can now be fully navigated with a keyboard, with visible focus indicators
  • Vault - upload size limits shown in the add/edit forms now accurately reflect your subscription plan
  • Vault - faster, more consistent behavior across the add, edit, detail, and trash pages
  • Vault - making a folder private now immediately disables its share link
  • Vault - clearer warning when sharing a folder that everything inside becomes visible
  • Vault - public share pages no longer include internal account identifiers
  • Vault - clearer error responses when a bulk tag request contains invalid items
  • 10K - team invite links are now always built from the official app address

Bug Fixes

  • Teams - fixed players with no position set being missing from the team statistics page (they now appear as skaters)
  • Teams - fixed an error that could prevent legacy team imports from completing
  • Teams - fixed an issue where larger legacy team imports could stall and eventually fail
  • Teams - fixed a case where retrying a failed import could create a duplicate team
  • Teams - fixed the "Import Legacy Teams" notice displaying dark text on a dark background for dark-mode users
  • Teams - sending a message no longer requires roster email addresses; saved lists and manual entry work on any team
  • Plans - saved lists selected in the email picker now always deliver correctly
  • Plans - Print and PDF buttons on shared plan pages no longer redirect visitors to a login page
  • Plans - removed the redundant Share button from shared plan pages
  • Vault - failed bulk file imports no longer expose internal error details
  • Vault - bulk privacy changes on folders now properly create and revoke share links
  • Vault - folder-delete and trash messaging now accurately describes what happens to your content
  • Vault - fixed maximum file-size labels that displayed blank on the add-content form
  • Vault - fixed an error that prevented the bulk tag manager from loading for selected items
  • Vault - fixed the bulk tag window not appearing after clicking the Tags action
v2.3.253 July 8, 2026

TL;DR

  • Your older practice plan folders now carry over cleanly into the new folder system, with a clear one-click prompt on My Plans if anything still needs to move.

New Features

  • Plans - added a clear "Migrate My Folders" prompt on My Plans for anyone whose older folders haven't moved to the new folder system yet

Improvements

  • Plans - folder migration now runs safely and can't create duplicate folders; already-migrated accounts are recognized automatically

Bug Fixes

  • Plans - the RPE filter dropdowns on My Plans now correctly show the selected value
v2.3.252 July 6, 2026

TL;DR

  • If a subscription payment fails, you can now fix it yourself in one click — no more waiting on support for a payment link.

New Features

  • Account - failed subscription payments now show a "Complete payment" button on your subscription page that takes you straight to a secure checkout
  • Account - the payment-failed email now links directly to that same secure checkout

Improvements

  • Account - clearer options while a payment is past due, including updating your payment method

Bug Fixes

  • Account - the subscription page now correctly shows your past-due status instead of displaying the Free plan
  • Pricing - payment-retry links now reliably open the checkout window
v2.3.250 July 4, 2026

TL;DR

  • Major My Drills upgrade for large libraries: rebuilt responsive drill list, sorting, RPE filtering, "select all matching" bulk actions, and faster scrolling
  • Major My Plans upgrade to match: sorting, RPE filtering, removable filter chips, select-all bulk actions, and infinite scrolling
  • The new d6 diagrammer is now the default for new drills, with one-click legacy migration (backup + recovery) and a bigger, mobile-friendly editor
  • Anyone can try the diagrammer via a public live demo, and the homepage was redesigned around the new 3D diagrammer
  • Large practice plan PDF exports now generate in the background and are delivered by email
  • Search indexing is faster and more reliable, and plan tag changes now reach search immediately
  • Performance: new database indexes and query optimizations, precompiled CSS for faster page rendering, cached shared-plan counts, and faster atomic bulk tag actions
  • Refreshed core UI styling — clearer boxed inputs, tinted status panels, calmer buttons, and consistent card styling across Drills and Plans
  • Internal reliability work: scheduled-task monitoring and coverage tooling, performance telemetry, and documentation reorganization

New Features

  • Drills - new drills open in the new d6 diagrammer by default, with an easy option to use the classic diagrammer instead
  • Drills - "Migrate to D6 Diagrammer" on legacy drills with a preview-and-confirm flow, one-click backup, and "Recover original legacy version"
  • Drills - sort your drill library by name, last modified, date created, or RPE (ascending or descending)
  • Drills - "Select all N matching" lets bulk actions apply to every drill matching your search/filters, with live progress for large batches
  • Plans - sort your plan library by practice date, title, created/modified date, or RPE
  • Plans - filter plans by RPE (intensity) range
  • Plans - active filters now display as removable chips
  • Plans - "Select all N matching" lets bulk actions cover every plan matching your current filters
  • Plans - infinite scrolling replaces page-by-page navigation on the plans list
  • Home - new homepage highlighting the diagrammer's 3D views, animation, and AI-assisted setup, with coach testimonials and a pricing overview
  • Home - public "Try the live demo" diagrammer page — no account needed (saving and AI disabled in the demo)

Improvements

  • Drills - drill list rebuilt with a single responsive layout (roughly half the page size), with faster scrolling and lazy-loaded preview images
  • Drills - unified drill create/edit flow; your diagrammer choice is remembered per drill
  • Drills - the d6 diagram editor is bigger on desktop, has a full-screen Expand button, and sizes correctly on mobile
  • Drills - deleting or moving drills updates the list instantly; the bulk-actions bar stays visible while scrolling; one-click clear for empty search results
  • Plans - large PDF exports (many diagrams) generate in the background and arrive by email; smaller plans still download instantly
  • Plans - faster loading of shared plans and the Shared with Me list, with more efficient collaborator access handling
  • Plans - bulk tag add/replace/remove is significantly faster and now applies all-or-nothing
  • Plans - rate limiting added to the collaboration API, public shared-plan pages, PDF export, and plan write actions
  • Plans - notes are sanitized with the app's standard HTML-sanitization library
  • Plans - plan cards, badges, and the bulk-actions menu now use the unified design system; clearer empty state with a one-click clear-filters action
  • Search - background index syncing is non-blocking and chunked, with configurable, bounded re-syncs
  • Design System - redesigned boxed text inputs with clearer focus/validation states, tinted status panels, and simplified button/card styling
  • Account - added a "Sign up free" button to the site header for logged-out visitors
  • 10k - a team name is now required when creating or editing a team
  • System - new database indexes and query optimizations for faster page loads; precompiled CSS for faster rendering and scrolling on long-list pages
  • System - improved monitoring and coverage of scheduled background jobs, plus performance telemetry for diagnosing slow pages

Bug Fixes

  • Drills - fixed search sometimes showing "No Drills Found" even when matching drills exist
  • Drills - fixed drills assigned to a since-deleted category not appearing under Uncategorized
  • Drills - fixed unreadable titles/dates and overflowing bulk buttons on mobile
  • Drills - editing an existing drill now reliably opens the diagrammer it was created with
  • Drills - fixed the Migrate to D6 preview flicker, accepting a migration no longer discards the drill, and legacy diagram recovery works again
  • Drills - the RPE filter shows the value you selected, "Clear search & filters" clears every filter, and category loading is reliable
  • Plans - tag changes made via bulk actions now sync to search immediately
  • Plans - fixed tag suggestions occasionally returning incorrect results
  • Search - fixed content occasionally being marked synced when indexing had actually failed
  • 10k - the search index sync check no longer reports false failures when the index is healthy
v2.3.51 June 30, 2026

TL;DR

  • Club Hub images now reliably serve the optimized WebP version
  • An uploaded image's URL is locked so it stays in sync

Improvements

  • Associations - uploaded Club Hub images now serve the optimized WebP with an automatic fallback while it finishes processing
  • Associations - an uploaded image's URL field is now locked to prevent it getting out of sync (re-upload to replace)

Bug Fixes

  • Associations - fixed Club Hub images intermittently serving the unoptimized version instead of the optimized WebP
v2.3.50 June 30, 2026

TL;DR

  • The Drills section is now open to every signed-in user
  • Club Hub pages are easier to organize with drag-and-drop section reordering
  • Club Hub image blocks now serve faster, optimized WebP images
  • Uploaded images and logos are now fully removed from storage when deleted — no orphaned files left behind
  • Fixed nested bullet/numbered lists collapsing to a single level in rich-text content

New Features

  • Drills - opened the full Drills library to all signed-in users
  • Home - the homepage now links straight into Drills instead of a "coming soon" teaser
  • Club Hub - image blocks now serve optimized WebP versions for faster page loads

Improvements

  • Club Hub - drag-and-drop reordering of content blocks in the page editor (up/down arrows still available as a fallback)
  • Club Hub - uploaded images and files are reliably removed from storage when their block or page is deleted
  • Drills - deleting a drill now removes its diagram images from storage
  • Files - account logos are removed from storage when deleted, and images reused in more than one place are kept until the last reference is gone

Bug Fixes

  • Club Hub - sub-bullet and nested lists now keep their indentation when saved and displayed
  • Club Hub - fixed a case where removing another member's uploaded image could leave the original file behind
v2.3.45 June 23, 2026

TL;DR

  • Embed your saved Vault content (links, notes, files, images, videos, team documents) directly into playbooks — browsed by folder, rendered inline, and kept in sync with the source
  • Export any playbook to PDF (owners and collaborators)
  • New playbook Trash — deleted playbooks are restorable for 30 days instead of being removed permanently
  • Start a new playbook from a ready-made template instead of a blank page
  • New Line Combinations block for forward lines, defense pairs, and goalies, displayed in hockey's standard lineup format with drag-and-drop reordering
  • Drill diagrams on playbook pages now render as large, full-width hero images
  • Hardened the public Playbooks share experience and editor ahead of a wider rollout, plus numerous editor and embed reliability fixes

New Features

  • Playbooks — Vault content embeds: browse your Vault by folder and embed links, notes, files, images, videos, and team documents into a playbook; items render inline by type and stay in sync when the source item changes, with an optional per-block toggle to show the item's description
  • Playbooks — PDF export: download a playbook as a PDF (available to owners and collaborators)
  • Playbooks — Trash & restore: deleted playbooks now move to a Trash and can be restored for 30 days, with a Trash view offering Restore and Delete Forever
  • Playbooks — Start from a template: create a new playbook by cloning a ready-made template, then customize it
  • Playbooks — Line Combinations block: add forward lines, defense pairs, and goalies as separate entries; pick players from an attached team's roster or type names free-hand; drag-and-drop reordering

Improvements

  • Playbooks — drill diagrams now render as large, full-width hero images so they stand out as the main content
  • Playbooks — line combinations display in hockey's standard lineup format (positions across the top, names beneath; forwards, then defense with goalies alongside), with uniform column alignment, "Defense" and "Goalies" headings, and reordering scoped to each position group
  • Playbooks — practice plan picker now sorts newest-first and shows each plan's date beside its name
  • Playbooks — strengthened protection on password-protected share links and improved editor content handling, reliability, and bulk-action feedback
  • Playbooks — presentation mode controls and text are now easier to use on mobile
  • Playbooks — trashing a playbook frees up your plan's playbook slot
  • Playbooks — more reliable auto-save and smoother editing across multiple tabs
  • Vault — folder content lists now refresh immediately after adding or removing items

Bug Fixes

  • Playbooks — drill diagrams no longer load outdated styling due to browser caching
  • Playbooks — Practice Plan blocks now always save their duration, segment count, and a working "View Practice Plan" link, even when saved immediately after selecting a plan
  • Playbooks — the "View Practice Plan" button is now legible (white text on red) instead of red-on-red
  • Playbooks — file attachment blocks now show the name and type on separate lines with a clear, legible Download button
  • Playbooks — deleted sections (images, callouts, and embeds) no longer reappear after auto-save, including a section deleted right before leaving the page
  • Playbooks — lineups and other items saved to a vault folder now appear in the vault item picker without waiting for the cache to clear
  • Vault — the "edit" action on an embedded playbook now opens the correct editor
  • Billing — $0 trial transactions are no longer recorded as duplicate paid receipts
v2.3.5 June 20, 2026

TL;DR

  • Drill diagrams now display cleanly in playbooks and load correctly everywhere, no matter where the image is stored
  • Playbooks Live Diagram blocks now load animations correctly, and the picker only shows drills that have one
  • Editing a playbook no longer breaks drill diagrams, and previously-affected playbooks are repaired automatically
  • Drill titles with quotes and special characters now display correctly on playbook pages

Improvements

  • Playbooks - drill diagrams now show as a large, clear landscape preview
  • Playbooks - the Live Diagram drill picker now only lists drills that have an animation
  • Playbooks - drill diagram previews in the editor now resolve correctly across all image sources

Bug Fixes

  • Playbooks - fixed drill diagrams showing tiny and squished with large empty space
  • Playbooks - fixed drill images failing to load in the detail, shared, and presentation views
  • Playbooks - fixed drill images not appearing in the editor's drill picker and preview
  • Vault - fixed drill images failing to load for some drills
  • Playbooks - fixed an error that prevented animation options from loading when adding a Live Diagram
  • Playbooks - editing a playbook no longer breaks a hockey drill's diagram image
  • Playbooks - drill diagrams now render correctly on the shared playbook view after edits
  • Playbooks - previously-affected playbook drill blocks are repaired automatically
  • Playbooks - drill titles containing quotes now display correctly instead of showing raw characters
  • Playbooks - the drill picker and section editor now display drill names with special characters consistently