The Gold Standard in Hockey SoftwarE

RinkNet is the go-to technology for players, scouts, coaches, and managers at elite levels around the world for hockey. Trusted by over 30 teams in the NHL and across leagues across all levels of hockey, we are the leader in software for optimizing hockey operations.

The RinkNet Platform - The Center Ice of your Hockey Operations

We help hockey organizations optimize their operations with software to find the best players for their teams, enhance communications, team planning, scheduling, drafts and trades.

SCOUTING

COMMUNICATIONS

REPORTS

DRAFTS

MANAGEMENT

TRADES

the Trusted Leader in Hockey Operations Software

RinkNet software is trusted by over 3500 scouts, coaches and managers on a daily basis for over 25 years, from the NHL, through all levels of junior hockey, US colleges, prep schools, club teams as well as Hockey Canada and USA Hockey.

Starting August 1, 2025 CHL Players will become eligible to play in the NCAA.

Read the guide here and how RinkNet Scouting can help you scout.

SCOUT THE BEST PLAYERS FOR YOUR TEAM

RinkNet Scouting is our flagship product, used by over 3500 scouts, coaches, and managers in the hockey industry. With the largest up to date database of players and games for scouts and game report management, we help you build high performance teams.

Available as a desktop or web version, allowing access on any device PC, Mac, tablet or phone.

CONNECT YOUR TEAM. GET YOUR PLAYERS SEEN.

1Rink is hockey’s largest scouting network where teams, players and scouts connect.

1Rink is the official player app that allows players to update profiles in RinkNet, upload videos and connect to over 3500 scouts, coaches and recruiters.

LINE CHARTS AND GAME REPORTS SIMPLIFIED

Revolutionize the way scouts get their materials at the game including line charts and player info to quickly complete game reports - all in the PressRoom app.

NEW! Now with game reports built-iN

TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE

Real-time, secure player trades with software that makes it easy. Manage your trade wires, player posting and submit trades to the league digitally with full traceability.

Take the IT headaches out of league drafts

Focus on your draft picks without worrying about IT infrastructure.

Run your league’s draft either fully remote or in a common venue thanks to our streamlined software that securely and reliably manages draft picks, approvals and results.

PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE TEAM

Speed up your salary cap planning scenarios for your future team. With built-in whiteboarding, salary cap and scenario analysis tools, quickly decide on players with built-in tools to analyze depth charts and budgets.

All in a single virtual “war room” app that’s linked to RinkNet’s comprehensive player and salary database.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions Buyers Ask Before Choosing RinkNet

Straight answers on scouting, drafts and trades, and data security, from the platform trusted across every level of hockey.

Trusted Across Hockey
Is RinkNet used by NHL and other pro hockey teams to track and evaluate prospects?+
Yes. RinkNet is the player evaluation and scouting platform used across the NHL and through every level below it: CHL, USHL, NCAA, Hockey Canada, and USA Hockey. More than 3,500 scouts, coaches, and managers use it daily, making it the standard reference point across the sport rather than one option among several.
Is RinkNet the right scouting software for major junior and CHL hockey teams?+
Yes. RinkNet is the scouting platform used across major junior hockey, including CHL clubs, and has an extended strategic partnership with the OHL covering league operations and scouting. It's built around junior hockey workflows specifically: game reports, lists, and draft prep in one system.
Does RinkNet include a centralized database of junior and college hockey player stats for scouts?+
Yes. RinkNet maintains one database of over 350,000 player profiles, updated daily, covering more than 13,000 teams and 1,000+ schedules. Scouts get rosters, stats, and line charts in a single place instead of pulling data from separate league sites.
Scouting Workflow
Does RinkNet have a mobile app scouts can use rinkside to write reports and pull player bios?+
Yes. Scouts can create game reports, pull player bios, and check depth charts from a phone, tablet, Mac, or PC, all in the same account. Reports sync immediately with the rest of the platform, so nothing has to be re-entered later.
How does RinkNet help me consolidate scouting reports from multiple scouts into one system?+
RinkNet centralizes every scout's game reports in a single team account, and PowerPlay AI adds automatic team and executive summaries pulled from those reports. A GM or director can choose which scouts' reports feed into a given summary, turning hundreds of reports into one quick read.
Does RinkNet have AI tools that summarize scouting reports before a draft meeting?+
Yes. PowerPlay AI generates automatic summaries of what a team's scouts have written on a player, so staff can review a season of reports in seconds. It can also surface third-party scouting summaries, through a partnership with Neutral Zone, for players a team hasn't covered directly.
Draft & Trade Operations
How does RinkNet help hockey teams run draft day without a whiteboard and spreadsheets?+
RinkNet's DraftCentre runs the draft digitally end to end: teams submit picks, the league approves them, and results populate automatically on a live public results page. Scouting lists carry directly into the draft interface, so a team always sees its top-rated available player in real time.
Can RinkNet help a GM model and evaluate trade scenarios?+
Yes. RinkNet's WarRoom lets a GM build salary cap and trade scenarios in one app, showing the multi-year cap impact of a deal before it's made. Depth charts and game reports sync in automatically from RinkNet Scouting, so trade decisions run off the same player data scouts already track.
Does RinkNet help major junior leagues like the CHL, USHL, and NAHL manage protected lists for trades and drafts?+
Yes. RinkNet's Trade Centre keeps each team's protected list current automatically, so teams can only trade or post assets they actually own, which cuts down on disputes and mistakes on trade day. That same protected list management is used across the CHL, USHL, CJHL, and NAHL, since all of them run their trade and draft operations on RinkNet.
Data, Security & Integrations
How does RinkNet handle AI data privacy in its scouting tools?+
PowerPlay AI works only on a team's own data. It doesn't train on or share scouting insights with other clubs or public AI models. That isolation was built in from the start, which matters most for buyers who require strict data separation between organizations.
How does RinkNet keep internal scouting data secure and separated from other clubs?+
Each team's data in RinkNet sits in its own secure, private environment, separate from every other club on the platform. That same separation extends to PowerPlay AI, so AI-generated insights stay limited to a team's own data too.
Does RinkNet offer an API or data feed for teams and leagues?+
Yes. RinkNet includes API access alongside built-in integrations for video, third-party scouting reports, and analytics, so teams and leagues can pull their scouting and player data into their own systems instead of working only inside RinkNet. PowerPlay AI runs through that same API, so teams can also build custom dashboards and applications on top of their own scouting insights.