Puckhog Pools
Puckhog Pools works on the principle that all pool users have a unique login and password.
Currently, the only way to participate in a pool, is to have a valid e-mail address which
is used for the pool login. I Do Not use or distribute these e-mail
these e-mail addresses. It is simply a good way of enforcing unique user names within a
multi-user system such as this, it also means there's one less thing for you to remember
and passwords can be e-mailed if forgotten.
Pool administrators can manually add as many users (teams) as needed. For administrators who conduct drafts,
all teams can be manually entered and then can be passed off to other people (users) after the
pool is set up. Once logged in, you can change your password, pool display name and e-mail address for
logging in.
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Scoring & Points
Scoring for Puckhogpools is currently hard-coded within the system. All skaters accumulate points as in
the leaque with 1 point for a goal and 1 point for an assist. You have the option of including goalies in
your pool. Goalies receive 1 point for every win and 1 additional point for a shutout. Puckhog pools
carries many other player statistics but because they are not paid for, the points are based on the most
reliable and easily obtained stats. The savings are passed directly to you, the user ... ie. it's free.
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Pool Features
Team Lists
- View the summarized stats for your team and the other teams within your pool
Smack Talk
- Send personal words of encouragement to other participants in your pool or the
entire list
Injury Tracking
- Monitor the injuries on your team and the other teams within your pool
Monthly 'Interim' Stats
- Check out who had the best and worst month, week or day
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Administrator Features
Pool Lock/Unlock
- Control when users can modify teams or add themselves to the pool
Manual Users
- Manually add users who are unable to login or for those administrators who want more control
Payment Warnings
- Enable payment reminders for participants who haven't paid into the pool
User Control
- Enable/Disable participants or even delete them from the pool
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Go Here for more information on starting your own hockey pool.
History
PuckHog Pools was started in 2001 out of necessity. The group I had been participating
in pools with for many years had slowly become scattered around the country and it was
becoming difficult to keep pools going. I was also too cheap to pay someone to keep stats
for us. The typical rate at the time was about $20 per pool and with 8 - 10 participants
, this was cutting into the pool winnings ... Hence, Puckhogpools.com was born.
Technical Details
Puckhog Pools was an ideal canidate for a Linux System and Open Source software.
The backbone of the system is the MySQL relational database which stores all pool, user and player
data. The front-end for the system is all done using PHP and is running on an Apache server.
The statistics are automatically retreived from various web sources and loaded into
the statistics database using Perl scripting. Scheduled Perl scripting is also used to
calculate all of the Pool Totals.
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