Our iPhone app is live! What's the goal?

Hi all,

It's been a couple months now that we have been working on our iPhone App. Part of our mission to make hockey accessible is to connect you to players, rinks and your team anywhere you are. We wanted to tell you more about the different goals behind the app! Oh and If you're not an iPhone owner, don't leave! An Android app is coming as well... 

We focused on 4 main areas for the first release of our hockey iPhone app:

• 1. Rink schedules: we built a software for rink managers so they can upload their schedules and ice times which feed directly to our iPhone App and a dedicated mobile site. QR Code posters are also provided to the rinks, making it easier for players access HC. Planet Ice has 5 locations using our technology in BC.
   
• 2. Social Discovery: Teams can request an extra player or goalie at any time and players in the area will be informed about this new opportunity. Our goalie finder tool will help organizers find a goaltender in a record time. In a city like Vancouver, we have more than 170 goalies signed up.
  
  In each of our 8800+ facilities across more than 60 countries you will be able to know where local teams are playing and when future games are scheduled.
   
• 3. Reputation: We think players should be able to build their hockey reputation, we created a number of badges rewarding the players based on how much they play and contribute to the community.  It helps to give the player credibility so others will see that this player is reliable. 
   
• 4. Team pages: a place where you can discuss with your teammates easily.

Every section is enhanced by smart algorithms that suggest teammates or potential players based on your previous games. Our fastest growing countries are Canada, USA, Sweden and Belgium. 

We look forward to hearing your feedback, we know we still have a lot of needs to cover. Ask us anything as long as it's make hockey more accessible! 

Learn more: http://hockey-community.com/iphone
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