Sherwood Park Minor Hockey

Problem

Running hockey tryouts every year for 1,300 athletes posed a challenging task for Sherwood Park Minor Hockey. From entering scores into spreadsheets, sorting data, ranking players, and organizing them into groups for their next skate—this process was extremely time-consuming and admin-heavy.

Solution

Sherwood Park Minor Hockey started using SkillShark last fall to streamline their hockey evaluations. By leveraging an athlete evaluation app, they were able to:

• Create player lists to segment athletes by age and division.

• Score players on any mobile device.

• Instantly access player reports after evaluations.

• Rank players based on custom evaluation criteria.

• Draft players to the next skate (or teams) in minutes.

Results

SkillShark helped Sherwood Park Minor Hockey streamline one of the most challenging parts of their season— tryouts. By reducing data entry, delivering consistent scoring, and generating instant reports, coaches made confident drafting decisions in a matter of hours (not days).

A large volume of athletes no longer meant that tryouts were a tedious and stressful task. With a platform that does all the heavy-lifting, coaches and volunteers at Sherwood Park felt supported throughout the tryout process.