C A N A D A ’ S O N L I N E A M A T E U R H O C K E Y C O M M U N I T Y

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OVERVIEWBLADENET CONCEPT/32002-2003 IN REVIEW/92003-2004 UPDATE/11WHAT YOU GET/14ENHANCEMENTS/20

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ABOUT BLADENET• Founded in May 1999• BLADENET develops the Amateur Hockey

Knowledge Network: an Internet-driven community of interest that brings together amateur hockey players in Canada

• The Management team has a proven commitment to amateur sports with over 100 years of experience in minor sports.

• The BLADENET Solution automates many of today’s administrative functions.

BLADENET CONCEPT

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WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY

To help you serve your volunteers and our kids

BLADENET CONCEPT

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CURRENT SITUATION Volunteers;

– Are over-burdened and stretched for time– Are difficult to find– High turnover– little knowledge transfer– technology skill levels typically are low

Current processes for managing teams, leagues and local associations are labor and paper intensive (non-standard forms for carded and house league registrations)

BLADENET CONCEPT

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CURRENT SITUATION Lack of defined standards for basic

functions like registration, scheduling, player and team statistics

No single comprehensive national registration system and central registry database history on players

Disparate systems and database throughout the country

BLADENET CONCEPT

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THE OPPORTUNITYLeverage the power of technology and the internet to ...

– Develop a suite of added value applications that meet the needs of Amateur Hockey Communities in Canada

– Create a central registry database of all amateur hockey players in Canada

– Create a Hockey Knowledge Network that will be the standard for hockey in Canada

– Create the link between Amateur Hockey and the Business Community

– Create a solution for Amateur Hockey that can be leveraged in any Amateur Sports Community

BLADENET CONCEPT

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CURRENT HOCKEY APPLICATIONS

350+ operating application programs 150 database table files 13,000 player records 38,000 history records back to 1992 7,000 players on over 400 teams 8 Associations/Clubs Completely automated at all levels for

17 years

BLADENET CONCEPT

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NEW CUSTOMERS

Thank you for your support in the 2003-2004 season

2003-2004 IN REVIEW

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WEBSITE TRAFFIC STATISTICSFree Online Scheduling and Standings Application Only

Comparison 2003 to 20042003 Players 47,000 2004 Players 60,000

Total February Hits Analysis Monthly Total Total hits per day Unique Visits per day

20049,680,243 Up 29.5%

312,408Up 22%

12,065Up 28.8%

2003 6,820,861 243,602 8,589

Projections

All Ontario 225,400 Players

Scheduling and Scoring Only 674,000 65,800

Total Application Rollout 2,247,000 219,000

Total Canada 520,700 Players

Scheduling and Scoring Only 1,556,900 152,000

Total Application Rollout 5,189,600 507,000

2003-2004 IN REVIEW

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2003-2004 VISION

INTERNET INTERNET

Player• Updates his profile• Checks stats• Checks games• Knowledge Centre updates

Newspapers• Print schedules

Arenas• Post schedules• Print game sheets

Parents• Check game schedule• E-mail notifications

Referee• Check game assignments

Coach• Posts team stats.• Posts player stats.• Post exhibition games• Checks tournament

results

Tournament Organizers• Manage tournaments

League Administrators• Scheduling• Standings• Statistics• Tournaments

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NEW INTEREST

Rugby Inline Hockey Ball Hockey Men’s Hockey Women’s Hockey Soccer (Canada and Europe) Canadian Baseball Association Men's Slow pitch Football

We have received requests from many leagues and associations representing a wide range of amateur sport throughout North America and Europe

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WHAT YOU GET

Free Association Website for BLADENET Applications

Administration Center Access to the latest BLADENET updates User Guidance Training & Support

BLADENET’s Amateur Hockey Knowledge Network is a not-for-profit corporation that offers you:

WHAT YOU GET

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TRAINING & SUPPORT WHAT YOU GET

• Free on-site training

• Help Line

• E-mail support

BladeNET provides complete training and support with:

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USER GUIDES

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BLADENET ENHANCEMENTS

Team Event Management– Practice Scheduling– Tournament Scheduling

Automatic Schedule Generation

For the upcoming season:

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BLADENET ENHANCEMENTS

Team Event Management– Practice Scheduling– Tournament Scheduling

Automatic Schedule Generation

For the upcoming season:

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Enter Game ScoresStep 4a:

Enter score for home and away teams in empty fields. When finished clickSubmit

Next, learn how to edit scores

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Enter Game ScoresStep 4a:

Enter score for home and away teams in empty fields. When finished clickSubmit

Next, learn how to edit scores

•Updating Schedules Guide

•Updating Scoring Guide

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SCORES AND SCHEDULES APPLICATION WHAT YOU

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ADMINISTRATION CENTERWHAT YOU GET

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ENHANCEMENTS Automatic Schedule generation Automatically generate schedules for Rep and house

leagues Team Blackout dates

– Enter tournament or other exemption dates for teams requesting exemption from the schedule

Game Conflict Analysis– Interactively notify scheduler about teams with;

• Two games in the same day• More than “n” (user controlled) games in a week• No games scheduled in the week• Games scheduled during Blackout period• Schedule exemptions and display reason on the schedule

Standard Schedule Import facility

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PLAYOFF MANAGEMENT

Automatic seeding of final standings into Playoff schedule and:– Manage elimination rounds– Manage Round Robins– Manage Semis through championships

Four Standard playoff formats, including OHF provincial championship format

Playoff Management enhancements include:

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TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT

Automatic seeding of into schedule and:– Manage elimination rounds– Manage Round Robins– Manage Semi-finals through championships

Standard formats including:– OHF provincial championship format– Bell Challenge Cup format– Marlie Invitational format– Single and double elimination format– Initiation Program format– others

Seed the tournament automatic, manually, or a combination of the two.

Tournament Management enhancements include:

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TEAM MANAGEMENT

Ability to manage team specific games Enter Exhibition and Tournament Games into Team specific

schedule Enter Practice Schedules Post scores and stats for Exhibition and Tournament games View league schedule or combined schedule of:

– League games– Tournament games– Exhibition games– Practices

View Combined team Statistics Allow Clubs or Teams to enter Sponsor names for Standings

Team Management enhancements include:

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InTime Email Notification

Notification of schedule changes for your team Notification of game results in your league Notification of standing changes Notifications sent to customer selected email address Frequency of updates increase to 4 hour intervals during

playoffs Additional teams added at a reduced cost

InTime Email Notification enhancements include:

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QUICK ENROLLMENT RELATIONSHIP Discussions with Terrance Tam about the possible

integration of BladeNET and Quick Enrolment Potential combined opportunities include:

– Player statistics– Electronic Game Sheet Generation– On Line pre-registration– Team Official facility pass generation– Suspension capture

• Players from QE and Game result penalties from BladeNET scores entry module

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PLAYER STATISTICS

Ability to enter player statistics Coach will have access to enter against the final score:

– Goals– Assists– Penalties– Shutouts

Coach and Team parents control public access to statistics

Standard reporting formats will be available on the screen or printer

Player Statistics enhancements include:

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REFEREE ASSIGNMENT

Ability to assign Referees to games based on defined criteria such as:

– Referee category– Proximity to arena– Level of games allowed to referee or line

Assignment based on postal code of facility and referee using Global Positioning System

Referee can enter available dates and what postal code he is near each day of the week

Potential to put dates in a queue for tournaments in adjacent leagues where there might be shortages

Email notification of assignments and changes

Referee Assignment enhancements include:

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COMING SOON

Electronic Game Sheet Generation that:– Shows players– Shows Affiliates– Shows Suspensions

Facility Entry Pass system for team officials On-line advance registration system that:

– Allows on line pre-registration– Collects fees– Imports to local registration system

Initiation Program scheduling management

The following enhancements will soon be available to the BLADENET community:

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HOCKEY KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

Other Info Services• Directory/Links, Community Billboard Service

• Hockey Chat Line, E-Mail Service• Central Database, Plus, Plus

Future Advisory Services

• Team Administration Advisory Service• League Administration Advisory Service• Coach Administration Advisory Service• Sports Medicine Advisory Service• Education/Skills Development

(Expert Panel, Interactive Q&A,Info )

KnowledgeNetwork

24 Hr Call Centre

Support

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COMMUNITY WEB SITE STRATEGY

The future lies in buildingcommunities of interest

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OUR MISSION

Leveraging the power of the Internet to address the needs of the Amateur Hockey Community

Creating a direct link between the business community and amateur sports that benefits all stakeholders

Creating a value added network of products and services for our sponsors and the Amateur Sports Community

To position Canada as the leader in launching the largest and most effective community of interest for Amateur Sports by;

To create the best Knowledge Network for Amateur Hockey in the World

OUR COMMITMENT

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Q U E S T I O N SF o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n, g o t o:

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