Introducing Game View: See Your Game Come to Life on the Rink Board
Game View auto-positions players at their standard positions based on shift status, with live stats, penalty box tracking, and goalie crease placement.
The rink board just got a major upgrade. Game View is a new one-click mode that transforms the rink board from a static play designer into a live game visualization tool. Instead of manually placing players on the rink, Game View reads your shift tracker data and automatically positions everyone where they belong.
What Game View Does
When you activate Game View, every player on your roster is placed on the rink based on their current status:
- On-ice skaters appear at their standard position (C at center, LW and RW on the wings, LD and RD on the blue line) with a green ring indicating they are active.
- Off-ice skaters appear on their team's bench area above the rink.
- Active goalies appear in their crease with a larger icon.
- Penalized players appear inside the correct penalty box.
Every player displays the same stats regardless of where they are: goals, assists, points, total ice time, and current shift length. Goalies show saves and save percentage instead.
How It Works With the Period Clock
Shift tracking is now tied to the period clock. When you pause the clock (intermission, timeout, stoppage), every active shift pauses too. TOI only accumulates during live play. You will see a yellow indicator and a pause symbol on any player whose shift is paused.
When you log a penalty, the penalized player's shift ends automatically. They move from their on-ice position into the penalty box on the canvas. When their penalty time expires, they return to the bench. No manual intervention needed.
Where to Find the Button
Game View is accessible from three places so you can activate it quickly no matter what panel you have open:
- The GAME VIEW button in the toolbar (Row 2, next to the panel buttons)
- The Game View button in the scoreboard header
- The Game View button in the shift tracker section of the Scorekeeping panel
All three buttons stay in sync. When Game View is active, the buttons turn red.
Built for Collaboration
Game View state syncs automatically to anyone connected via the collaboration feature. Spectators see the same live visualization. Collaborators can toggle it on or off. This makes it useful for remote coaching, live game tracking for parents watching from home, or team film review sessions.
The Scorekeeping Panel
Alongside Game View, we split the game logging features into a dedicated Scorekeeping panel. The Scoreboard now focuses on what it does best: scores, period clock, penalty timers, and shots on goal. The Scorekeeping panel (clipboard icon) holds the penalty log, scoring log, shift tracker, and faceoff tracker. This gives you more room on screen and a cleaner workflow during games.
Shift Tracker Overhaul
The shift tracker now shows both teams side-by-side in a two-column layout. You can start and end shifts for individual players or full lines per team. Click any player's shift count to expand their individual shift history, where you can edit durations, delete shifts, or add manual entries. Players on ice for more than 90 seconds get a red highlight as a long-shift warning.
Try It
Open the Rink Board, set up your rosters, assign an active goalie, start the period clock, put some players on shift, and click Game View. Everything updates in real time.