NOHA Unifies Hockey Management with Full Spordle Ecosystem

We are excited to announce that the Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) has expanded its partnership with Spordle to adopt the full Spordle ecosystem. This expansion includes Spordle Play, Spordle Page, and the Spordle App, in addition to the Hockey Canada Registry (HCR), which many of our members are already familiar with.

This initiative is designed to create a seamless, unified experience for all administrators, coaches, volunteers, and parents, reducing administrative burden and making it easier to focus on the game rather than the paperwork.

Using Spordle for TOC Tournaments

This season, NOHA is using Spordle Play for all Tournament of Championships (TOC) tournaments. Associations, coaches, and parents can follow along with schedules, scores, and updates in real-time through the Spordle platform. This is a great opportunity to see firsthand how the system works and how it can simplify competition management.

Follow along here: Spordle Play – NOHA TOC

As noted by Jason Marchand, Executive Director of the NOHA:

“We recognized that our volunteers were often overwhelmed by using multiple, disconnected apps to manage their teams and associations. By providing the full Spordle ecosystem, we are unifying our operations. Since our registration is already powered by Spordle through the HCR, adding Spordle Play (the competition management tool) and the Spordle App creates a seamless experience that allows our hockey community to focus on the game, not the paperwork.”

For your reference, here is the full announcement from Spordle regarding this expanded partnership:

MONTREAL, QC – Spordle is proud to announce a deepened relationship with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA). As a valued member of the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) and Hockey Canada, the NOHA has officially expanded its collaboration with us to encompass the full Spordle ecosystem.

Because NOHA members are part of the Hockey Canada family, they are already familiar with the Hockey Canada Registry (HCR), which we are privileged to power. This new agreement builds upon that foundation. By adopting Spordle Page, Spordle App, and Spordle Play, the NOHA is generously investing in a unified experience for their community, ensuring that administrators, coaches, and parents can manage their season within a single, connected digital environment.

Supporting Our Volunteers

We understand that volunteers are the heartbeat of the hockey community. The primary goal of this expansion is to simplify their workload.

"The decision to move to the Spordle Ecosystem was driven by our commitment to our members," says Jason Marchand, Executive Director, NOHA. "We recognized that our volunteers were often overwhelmed by using multiple, disconnected apps to manage their teams and associations. By providing the full Spordle ecosystem, we are unifying our operations. Since our registration is already powered by Spordle through the HCR, adding Spordle Play (the competition management tool) and the Spordle App creates a seamless experience that allows our hockey community to focus on the game, not the paperwork."

Michael Sawicz, National Technical Account Manager at Spordle, shares this sentiment: "We are thrilled to welcome the NOHA into the full Spordle family. Our goal is to ensure that data flows seamlessly from the registry to the ice. By adopting the full Spordle ecosystem, NOHA volunteers will finally have a 'single sign-on' experience that simplifies everything from licensing to scheduling and team communication."

Serving the Hockey Community

The NOHA joins a growing community of provincial and regional bodies across Canada that are striving to make the digital side of amateur sport easier. We are committed to providing the NOHA with a supportive "one-stop" experience, including:

• The Registry: Continued seamless integration with the HCR for real-time eligibility and manage registrations, memberships, payments, governance, certifications and roster management.

• Spordle Play: Simplified tools for scheduling, assigning, live scoring, and tournament logistics.

• Spordle Page: A professional, centralized digital content hub for the association.

• Spordle App: Direct communication for parents and real-time team management to keep everyone connected.

  
  

Spordle is dedicated to serving the sports community through technology. As the official technology partner of Hockey Canada, we are humbled to power the Hockey Canada Registry (HCR) and strive to provide a digital ecosystem that simplifies the lives of sports administrators, coaches, and families nationwide.

The Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA) is the governing body for amateur hockey in Northern Ontario. As a member of the OHF and Hockey Canada, they are dedicated to fostering the growth and development of the sport and the players who love it.

ABOUT SPORDLE

Spordle is a trusted technology partner dedicated to simplifying sports management for some of the largest organizations in Canada. As an all-in-one platform, it connects the entire sports ecosystem, from national bodies, regional associations, leagues, clubs, teams, into a single, seamless system. Spordle provides integrated tools for registration, team management, intelligent scheduling, seamless communication, and real-time performance tracking, allowing organizations to focus on what matters most: the game, not the paperwork. More than just a software provider, Spordle acts as a true operational advisor and success partner to its clients.

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