Creating a Spordle Account

Navigate to HCR - Hockey Canada Registry and click ‘Login’ from the top right-hand corner.

Open

To create a new account, you must first enter your email to confirm if an account exists with that email. If no account is found, click Sign up to create your login.

Open

Enter your first and last name and a password - your password must contain an Uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number, and a symbol and must be at least 8 characters long, then click Next.

Enter your phone number and address, then click Sign up

A 6-digit code will be sent to your email (check junk mail if you do not receive the code). Enter the code to verify your account.

Click I agree on the terms and conditions

Access HCR

Log on to HCR - register.hockeycanada.ca. From the top right menu, click on Login.

Next, select My Account.

In the Dashboard menu, in the Spordle ID section, click Manage to access the HCR.

Creating the Team

Each year you will need to create new teams for that season. To create a team, select the teams' menu located under Manage / Teams.

First, confirm that you are in the correct season. Next, click on +Add a team.

There are three ways to create a team:

• Rollover - You can rollover a team from the previous years.

• Create a Team - You can create a new team from scratch.

• Create Multiple Teams - You can create multiple teams from scratch.

Rollover

When you are using the rollover method, select the following information:

• Previous season - using the dropdown, select the season you want to copy from

• Organization - the organization you are copying from

• Divisions - Select HCSA

• Category - is optional

Your teams from the previous season will be displayed, you must select the desired teams by adding the check mark to the right of the team. You can also click on the arrow and click on All.

Once you have selected, click Next at the bottom of the page.

The team Review page will appear. If you need to make a change, you can click on Previous at the bottom of the page. You also have the option to add a new team that is not listed in your previous season's teams by clicking on Add a Team.

Enter the Team name and the Short name for the team. Enter the Category - HCSA.

When you are finished, click Submit, your teams will now be added to your active season.

Create a Team

When creating a new team from scratch, you will need to enter the following information:

• Team name

• Short name

• Category

• Address and address type

Team Contact

If you enter team contact information, you need to complete all the mandatory fields, or you can click on Skip this step. The mandatory fields are:

• First name

• Last name

• Role

• Phone number and phone number type

The last step is to review. If any changes are needed to be made, click on the Edit button at the top right of each section. When you are done, click on Create.

Create Multiple Teams

Then you can create your teams in batches, the following information is mandatory:

• Name of the team

• Short name

• Category

Once you enter the information for the first team, you can either duplicate it and update it or click on Add a Team to create the next team.

Once you are finished, click on Submit.

Roster You Team

Open the team profile to add players and bench staff to your roster.

Expand the Active Roster to add players and the Team Officials to add bench staff.

Click +Add

From the Add Players Page, You must select the tab Search in branch. Enter the First and Last name, then click Search. Once you find your player or staff, put a checkmark in the box and click Next.

In the first dropdown, select a position; in the second dropdown, select share. Then click Add.

Define a player's primary team

If a player is only registered on a Skills Académie team, his team will be defined as his primary team.

If a player is registered in two teams (Skills Académie and Other than Skills Académie), the player's primary team will be the one where the player was first registered.

When the player is registered with the 2nd team, a checkbox will be added to the position and transfer type selection window, allowing you to identify whether this is the primary team.

If the primary team was not identified when the player joined the team, it is possible to change the primary team in the member profile from the Team tab.

The primary team will be identified with a star, so select the non-primary team to open the side panel, click on Action, and select Set as primary team.

Creating New Members

To add a new member, go to the Menu - Manage / Members, and from the right side of the page, click on the blue + Add Member

Enter the name and date of birth, the system will search for all existing members. If the system finds a match, click Go to Profile to confirm the member’s information. If a match is not found, click on Create New Member.

Enter all the mandatory fields, then click Next

• Date of birth

• Gender Identity

• Primary Language

• Citizenship

• Email

• Birth Country

• Identify as Indigenous

• Ethnicity

• Address, Address Type, Move in Year

Select Confirm members, then click Submit.

Roster New Member

Once you create a new member, return to the Team’s menu, and open the team you want to roster the player to.

Expand the Active Roster section, and click + Add.

You can select the tab - Search by name for new members you have created.
Put a checkmark beside their name and click next
Select the position for the player and click add

Roster Complete

Remember, once your roster is complete, you do not need to submit your rosters for approval.

Please email Drew McLaughlin at dmclaughlin@hockeycanada.ca with written confirmation of roster completion.

Recording

Here are the procedures described above in a video.