Free Ice Hockey Scoreboard App

Before the game begins, you will see the Setup Screen with the following options:

Team Names:

• Type up to 20 characters per team
• Default names: HOME / GUEST
• Tip: Use short names (e.g., "Eagles" not "Springfield Eagles Hockey Club") for better readability on spectator screens

Team Colors:

• Choose from 12 presets: red, orange, amber, lime, green, teal, cyan, blue, purple, pink, gray, white
• Colors appear on both the admin panel and the spectator display

While you're in Setup, spectators who open the link see a waiting screen:

"Game Starting Soon — Waiting for the host to start..."

When you are ready, tap "Start Game". The board switches to LIVE status, the clock appears at 20:00, and spectators see the scoreboard in real time.

Ice hockey uses a countdown clock — each period starts at 20:00 and counts down to 0:00.

Basic Controls

• START (blue button) — starts the clock countdown
• PAUSE (yellow button) — pauses the clock

The clock runs only when you press START. In real hockey, the clock stops on every whistle — you should pause the scoreboard clock whenever play stops (goals, penalties, icing, offside) and restart it when play resumes.

Time Adjustments (available when paused)

When the clock is paused, two adjustment buttons appear:

• +1:00 / −1:00 — add or subtract 1 minute
• +0:10 / −0:10 — add or subtract 10 seconds

Use these to correct the clock if it drifts from the official game time, or to set the clock to a specific moment.

Quick Jump Buttons (available when paused)

During regular periods (1st, 2nd, 3rd), quick jump buttons appear:

• 20:00 — full period
• 10:00 — midpoint
• 5:00 — five minutes remaining
• 0:00 — period end

During overtime, the quick jump buttons change to:

• 5:00 — full OT period
• 2:00 — two minutes left
• 1:00 — one minute left
• 0:00 — OT end

These let you quickly set the clock to a known time without manually adjusting.

Ice hockey penalties are tracked with countdown timers — not just a count. This is one of the most powerful features of JudgeMate's hockey scoreboard.

Adding a Penalty

1. Choose the team — Home or Guest
2. Optionally enter a player name or number (e.g., "#17" or "Smith")
3. Select the penalty duration:
   • 2 min — Minor penalty (most common: tripping, hooking, holding, interference)
   • 5 min — Major penalty (boarding, charging, fighting)
   • 10 min — Misconduct (unsportsmanlike conduct, arguing with officials)

The penalty timer starts immediately and is synchronized with the game clock — it runs when the game clock is running and pauses when the game clock is paused.

Active Penalties Display

All active penalties are shown as a list with:

• Team color indicator — so you can see at a glance which team is penalized
• Player name/number (or just the team name if no player was specified)
• Remaining time — counting down in real time
• "Remove" button — to end a penalty early

Spectator View

Active penalties are also displayed on the spectator screen with live countdown timers. Spectators can see exactly how much penalty time remains for each team — just like on a professional arena scoreboard.

Early Penalty Removal

In real hockey, a minor penalty (2 min) ends early if the opposing team scores a power-play goal. When this happens:

1. Tap the "Remove" button next to the penalty
2. The penalty disappears from both the admin and spectator displays

Major penalties (5 min) should not be removed early — they are served in full regardless of goals scored. Use the Remove button only for minors or when a penalty was entered by mistake.

Multiple Simultaneous Penalties

The system supports any number of active penalties simultaneously. If both teams have players in the penalty box, all timers run independently and are all visible on the spectator display.

Sharing with Spectators

Tap the "Share" button in the top bar to open the share panel:

• QR Code — spectators scan it with their phone camera to open the scoreboard instantly
• Link — copy and send via WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS, email, or any app
• Native share — use your phone's built-in share sheet (iOS/Android)

The spectator link looks like: judgemate.com/{language}/scoreboard/live/ice-hockey/{boardId}

No login, no app download required. The link works on any device with a web browser — phones, tablets, laptops, Smart TVs, and projectors.

Font Size Remote Control

As the admin, you can control the text size on all spectator screens remotely:

• A− / A+ buttons — decrease or increase font size
• Range: 50% to 300% of default size

This is especially useful when the spectator display is on a big screen, projector, or jumbotron — you can scale the text up so scores are readable from a distance.

Spectators can also adjust their own local font size (range: 70%–160%) by tapping their screen, but the admin's setting takes priority for the base scale.