Features

Everything below already exists in the app and serves a minor hockey team during the beta.

Schedule and attendance

Events grouped by day: games, practices and other events, with the arrival time in bold, the rink and directions (Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps).
In or out by swiping the card right or left, or with buttons.
More than one child on the team? One answer for the ones you pick, and for yourself when you also coach.
Event details: who is in, who hasn’t answered and who is out, player by player.
Add to your phone’s calendar, or subscribe to the team schedule.
A reminder the day before to those who haven’t answered; the manager or a coach can nudge them with one tap.

The manager and coaches see at a glance who will be there, and can answer for anyone if needed.
An answer that changes less than 24 hours before is flagged to the staff.
Colour-blind friendly: in is blue, out is orange.

Not just games and practices: a team dinner, a bowling outing or the end-of-season party go on the schedule like any other event, with the venue and directions.
The manager can ask how many guests are coming: each family says how many people are coming with them (parents, brothers and sisters).
The total adds up on its own, players, staff and guests: handy for booking a table or ordering pizza.

One thread for the whole team, in real time.
Private threads about one or more players: their parents have access, even those who join later.
Reactions (👍 ❤️ 😂 😮 🎉 🏒) and “Seen by…”, like Messenger.
A private thread is read only by its members, the manager included.
A message written with no signal is sent when the signal comes back, with no duplicates.

A touch rink: swipe from where the shot starts to the net; a tap on the blue line or behind the goal line records an offside or an icing.
Goals and assists with our players’ numbers and first names; the opponent by number only.
Minor, double minor and major penalties, with the countdown and the power play.
Stop-time, running time or no clock; adjustable periods (U11: 14, 14 and 10 minutes) and overtime.
Game summary: goals and shots by period, goalies and save percentage, power plays, shot map.
Season stats by player: goals, assists, points and penalty minutes.
For families: a “Live” banner, the score in real time and a notification for each goal.
Share the final score and the summary as an image.
Free game, no account: everything stays on the phone, nothing is sent to a server.

The app installs on the home screen (iPhone and Android) and opens even in airplane mode.
Schedule, attendance and messages stay available; answers and messages are sent when the signal comes back.
App updates arrive on their own when you come back to the app.

The manager imports the calendar file (.ics) exported from the league’s or a tournament’s platform.
Preview before applying: new games, changed games (before and after) and games missing from the file.
Nothing is ever deleted on its own, and importing the same file again changes nothing.
A time or rink change is flagged to families.
A central bank of rinks and associations (names, addresses, logos, colours and other ways of writing their names) recognizes opponents and rinks on import; game cards take on the opponent’s colours.
Two names that look alike? The app asks you to check instead of guessing, and remembers your choice.

A Tournament tab for the length of the tournament: hotel, group code to copy, booking deadline and “I booked” for each family.
Tournament venues, the day-by-day schedule and useful information.
Games linked to the tournament, with the round (preliminary, quarter-final, semi-final, final), and the tournament record built from the scores.

Quick entry of several events at once, and event duplication.
Players, parents’ emails and staff; player import from a CSV file.
Clear roles: parent, supporter (grandparents), coach, manager. Access rules are enforced by the database, not just the app.
Access screen: who has signed in and who has turned on notifications.
Edit the schedule without notifying the team while you tidy up.
Data export (CSV or JSON) for a backup.

New messages, reactions to my messages, schedule changes, a reminder the day before, live games and, for staff, attendance changes less than 24 hours before.
Each kind can be turned off in the profile.
A number on the app icon: unread messages and answers to give (iPhone and computer).

Sur le banc is in beta. Write to us: a team manager will answer.