Shinny hockey software for arenas
HockeyFiller gives your rink its own shinny booking site. Players reserve and pay you directly, unreserve before your cutoff, and scan in at the front desk — while you do nothing.
The empty-spot problem
Spreadsheets, e-transfers and "reply-all if you're in" leave money on the boards. No-shows don't pay, last-minute drop-outs never get replaced, and new players can't find you. Run the numbers for your rink:
How it works
Add a weekly schedule — "Tuesdays 9:30 PM, 20 skaters, 2 goalies, $15, cancel up to 24h before." One click generates the next weeks.
Players sign up on your rink's own site, reserve and pay (card, wallet or at the rink), and can unreserve until your cutoff. The waitlist fills any gaps.
At the rink, players hold their phone to your webcam kiosk. Card payments were captured at the cutoff and are already in your Stripe account.
Everything shinny needs
Players pay when they reserve — by card, from a prepaid wallet, or (on Arena) at the rink. Card money lands straight in your own Stripe account.
Set how many hours before puck-drop players can still unreserve. Cards are only authorized until then, so a cancellation costs nobody a fee. At the cutoff it's charged.
Separate goalie spots and rates — free by default. Set 2 goalies and 20 skaters, or any n and n you like.
Players hold their phone up to the front-desk webcam. Green flash, name on screen, done. No app download, no clipboard.
Parents add kids to their account and print a QR card — or the kid just types a 6-character code at the kiosk.
Every arena gets its own booking site at hockeyfiller.com/your-rink — your name, your schedule, your players — installable as an app on their phones.
Someone drops out? The next player on the waitlist is auto-booked from their wallet and notified. Full ice, zero phone calls.
Every session gets its own chat for rides, jersey colours and “who's got the extra stick”. Arena staff can moderate.
Both the player app and the arena app are PWAs — add to home screen, works on any phone, tablet or front-desk PC.
Front-desk kiosk
Turn any webcam into a check-in station. Players show the QR in their HockeyFiller pass; kids type a 6-character code or carry a printed card. Your roster updates live, so you know exactly who's on the ice.
For players
Every arena gets its own booking site and installable app — times, spots left, goalie openings, price. Players reserve in two taps, unreserve before the cutoff, show a QR at the desk and chat with the locker room. Playing at more than one HockeyFiller rink? One linked login works at both.
Pricing
A 20-skater shinny at $15 grosses $300 — paid straight into your Stripe account. You set every player rate and time; we take a small application fee. Prices in USD.
Start filling ice tonight. You pay nothing until players pay you.
+ 5% per paid booking
For rinks that run shinny every week and want every spot sold.
+ 1% per paid booking · billed annually
For municipalities and multi-pad complexes that run it all.
No platform fee · billed annually
Booking fee applies to card and wallet payments through your Stripe account. Stripe's own processing fees are charged by Stripe — or passed on to players if you choose. No fee on pay-at-rink or free goalie spots.
You connect your own Stripe account and players pay you directly — per session by card, or from a prepaid wallet if you offer one. On the Arena plan you can also let players reserve now and pay at the rink. HockeyFiller only takes a small application fee on card payments.
Before your cutoff (say, 24 hours before puck-drop) the card authorization or wallet hold is released and the spot goes to the waitlist. After the cutoff the spot is paid — no refunds unless you choose to remove them.
Only if you want them to. Every session has separate goalie spots and a goalie rate, which defaults to free.
Any laptop, tablet or PC with a webcam and a browser. Open the kiosk screen, and players scan their phone's QR. Kids can type a code or use a printed card.
With you. Players sign up on your arena's own site and they're your players. If someone also plays at another HockeyFiller arena, they can link the two accounts so one login works at both.
No app store required. The player and arena apps are installable web apps (PWAs) that work on iPhone, Android and desktop.
Always. You set skater price, goalie price, roster sizes, cancellation window and the schedule — one-off sessions or a recurring weekly template.
Directly. Card and wallet payments go into your own Stripe account and Stripe pays out to your bank on your schedule. HockeyFiller never holds your money — we just take the application fee for your plan.
Talk to a human
We'll set up your first month of shinny with you, print your kiosk poster, and show your staff the check-in screen. Or skip the call and start free right now.
Want to see it working first? Try the demo arena: open the arena app, or see the demo arena's player site.
