The Automated ScoreBook For Ice Hockey

What's New For 2007

Version 3.9.0 (available June 2007)

• Access to all updates from June 2007 through May 2008 (i.e., versions 3.9.1 - 3.9.xx)
• Live XML activation through July 2008
• New style game reports:
  boxscore
  game summary
  play by play
• Game Viewer - allow for "http" access to game, season, and career XML files via the internet

Versions 3.8.1 - 3.8.14 (updates made from June 2006 - May 2007)

• Use player uniform number in season HTML files/links for individual game-by-game outputs to allow for more predictable file names (for example, to create links from player bio pages)
• Change season reports to calculate goals-against-average based on rules settings to allow for different number of periods/minutes
• Option to mark stats for a player from another team/school (to exclude from season & career leaders)
• Install updated NCAA team code list (ncaacode.rpi)
• Game Viewer - implement method to automatically resize viewer window at startup
• Various fixes and other minor enhancements

What's New 1999-2006

2006 (Version 3.8.0)

• Access to all updates from June 2006 through May 2007 (i.e., versions 3.8.1 - 3.8.xx)
• Live XML activation through July 2007
• New “stylesheet” format for live HTML stats with TAS Live
• Career summary all-time, single-season rankings
• Career all-time records vs opponents
• Roster name format functions (upper,mixed,first,last)
• Import games list sort by date
• Table-style format for post-game web pages
• Scoring for concurrent major and game misconduct/DQ
• Prompt for originating penalty on penalty shot
• Referee signature in box score
• Career category ordinal rankings (1., 2., etc.)
• Career categories for GWG and save pct
• Prompt team name spelling on roster import
• Conference career category for save pct
• Various fixes and minor enhancements

2005 (Version 3.7)

• Access to all updates from June 2005 through May 2006 (i.e., versions 3.7.1 - 3.7.xx)
• Live XML activation through July 2006
• Career reports: game results are now included in the Season | Summary report and Summary HTML outputs
• Career reports: new "All-time results" report shows game results for each season
• Career reports: new "All-time vs team" report shows game results against a selected opponent
• Career reports: career capture automatically extracts game results; Edit | All-time results function to enter results for prior seasons
• Easier setup for transmit of report files to Sports Systems
• Add penalty shot info to the box score reports and game XML output
• Improve listing of officials titles in venues with 2 referees and 1 assistant referee (such as DIII and HS)
• Add "did not play" info to the media box score, box score summary, and XML output reports
• Remove warning when entering a play for for a uniform number currently in the penalty box (to avoid inconvenience requiring scorer to clear a warning message that can occur in the case after a goal is scored when a different player is returned to the ice by the officials than is expected by the software
• In-game scoring: after a goal is scored on a power play, and the shorthanded team is more than one player down, prompt for which player returns from the penalty box (instead of automatically returning the first player)
• In-game and manual entry: Increase maximum penalty list size from 50 to 70 penalties
• Post shutout to goalkeeper instead of Team if the only goalie were empty net situations
• Include latest version of NCAA team code list (to support Edit RPI codes function)

2004 (Version 3.6)

• All maintenance updates from June 2004 through May 2005
• Live XML activation through July 2005
• New conduct reports
• New Control Panel feature to access software downloads online
• Prompt for uni # of shot block (defense) in-game
• Add field for manual entry of blocked shots
• Add option to include blocked shots in game/season reports
• Season reports - Add <All players> option for generating Individual game-by-game
• Career stats - Improve format for Edit season | Summary report
• Career stats - Add function to generate season summary HTML file for a historical season (Edit season | HTML summary)
• Extend XML activation for 'Copy to file' function to support Game Viewers
• Add option Season reports | Report settings | Hide inactive players option
• To indicate an inactive player, use Utilities | Roster maintenance | Edit team rosters; enter a pseudo-uniform number of "9A", "9B", ... "9Z" for
  inactive players.
• Add Season reports | Special | Conduct fouls report for NCAA conduct fouls study
• Add to penalty pick list: contact to the head, clipping, shooting after the whistle
• Game Viewer: Improve the resizing method used for enlarge/shrink window (+/-) functions; in particular for the play-by-play view

2003 (Version 3.5)

• Add breakouts for conference-only career statistics
• Add breakouts for career statistics vs specific opponents
• Add individual game-by-game statistics to html output
• Add HK Game Viewer feature
• Add file transmit function for FTP to a report server
• Add live internet XML output option
• Html "preview" function
• Alerts for possible data discrepancies for NCAA reporting (click HERE for more info)
• Improved NCAA team code lookup functions
• Add option for 'blocked shots' statistic to team and conference reports

2002 (Version 3.4)

• supports XML game box score reporting (for collegehockeystats)
• auto-calculate goals, penalties added to manual entry
• added season assists to box score scoring summary
• goalie changes added to "Summary" box score
• new penalty codes added
• improved performance in scoring window under Windows 2000/XP
• new "include games" options (season reports): home only, away only, wins only, losses only
• add plus/minus category to career/historical stats
• ability to display team rankings in game reports, game results
• expanded NCAA team code lookup lists
• electronic NCAA (XML) reporting via the internet
• new report showing individual season overall and career overall in one report
• increase the size of the "as of date" field in reports
• improvements in player name reconciliation (during importing)

2001 (Version 3.3)

• Starting lines can now be entered
• Unassisted goals are now listed on the Indiv Stats & Indiv Game-by-game reports
• Goalie minutes minimums can be specified to control goalie reporting
• Option to create a packed "HPK" file that can sent via e-mail, etc.
• Ability to configure top & bottom sections of HTML pages (for logos, links, etc.)
• Ability to tailor colors on TASLIVE (live internet stats)
• New option in Career/Historical reports to generate summaries for "all years"
• New "Control Panel" for Windows to make it easier to launch STAT CREW programs

2000 (Version 3.2)

• New! - Hockey Career/Historical Reports for Windows:
  Automatic HTML generation for career, season and single-game records
  Manual entry as well as automatic "capture" functions
  Individual career summaries (for active players)
  Individual career, single-season, and single-game records
  Team single-season and single-game records
  Team and individual year-by-year leaders
• Include RPI team codes in the NCAA Finals Statistics form
• Method to enter foreits into the game results
• Show match start times for scheduled matches in Match Results
• Quick access between Windows Reports programs via menu selection
• Move game notes to page 1 of media summary
• Add 3 stars to newspaper box, NCAA box
• Use "Asst Ref" instead of "Linesmen" for officials
• Show statstics for PP shots, SH shots in Individual Statistics
• Add manual entry of penalty history (for display in box score)
• Add goalie WLT record to box score
• Add "Disqualification" and "Hit after whistle" penalty codes
• Add PP/SH shots matrix game-by-game report
• Add Penalty-Minutes matrix game-by-game report
• Show goalie games started
• Add HTML copy to disk function to Windows Game Reports
• Change "Match-by-Match" to "Game-by-Game" in individual game summary reports
• Show start time for scheduled game in Game Results
• Show text "EMPTY NET" instead of "TEAM" in goalie statistics
• Add Settings | Select period function for in-game reports (Windows Game Reports)
• Show power play opportunity in the period when the power play ended
• Display penalty history info in Windows Game Reports | Newspaper Box Score
• Allow for enter of forfeit into Game Results
• Automatically calculate team/individual goalie shutouts
• Add RPI lookup function to schedule listing in NCAA Final Stats Report
• New! - Scoreboard interface (Requires Electronic Scoreboard Interface For Hockey)
• Conference: Automatic lookup of team codes for the NCAA RPI Questionnaire
• Conference Generate "all" individual summary to show specific class (FR,SO,JR,SR)
• Live internet stats: simpler setup (Requires TasLive)

1999 (Version 3.1)

• Windows Game and Season Reports:
  New! - Display and print reports on the Windows desktop (1998)
  New! - Tab-stops for word processing included in Windows reports (1998)
  Add HTML copy to disk function to Windows Game Reports
  Add Settings | Select period for Windows Game Reports
• New! - NCAA (West) style box score summary
• Option to display participation in columns on Box Score Summary (East)
• Media Summary: don't display shootouts, move game notes to first page, college referee titles
• Allow manual entry of penalty history to support penalty summary section of game reports
• Display goalie won-loss record in game box scores
• Add penalty codes for hitting after whistle, game DQ, obstruction (holding, hooking, slashing)
• Allow game notes to be added to the game box scores (1998)
• Display "EX" for extra attacker, "EN" for empty net as goal types in the scoring summary (1998)
• Add command to specify "resumed" power-play (in-game scoring) (1998)
• Option to display Shots-Goals-Assists instead of Shots-by-period in Media report (1998)
• New! - Power-play/Short-handed shots "at-a-glance" game-by-game summary
• New! - Faceoff Statistics "at-a-glance" game-by-game summary
• New! - Penalties-Minutes "at-a-glance" game-by-game summary
• Add faceoff statistics to Team and Individual statistics reports
• Allow display of individual power-play and short-handed shots totals
• Display games started for goalkeepers in Individual Statistics
• Specify the number of entries to display in Team/Individual game high reports
• Show start time for scheduled games in the Game Results report
• Display "Empty Net" instead of "Team" in goalie statistics
• Specify game starters in box scores and season statistics (1998)
• Display shot totals in Overall/Conference statistics report (1998)
• Option to include shots-per-period and saves-per-period in Team Statistics report (1998)
• Improve minimums for PPG, SHG, GWG entries in Category Leaders report (1998)

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