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FREQUENLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Do I have to register?

A: Most people will NOT have to register to use the site this year.    There is one exception.  If you want to be able to change your email settings and turn off game and/or practice reminder emails, you will need to register so that you can set them as you wish.  This is the only feature that requires registration right now.

Q: How do I see my son's/daughter's schedule?
A: From the home page, move your mouse over the Team menu link at the top of the page.
- Click on Schedule
- Select the appropriate Age Group
- Select the appropriate Team

Q: How do I see the schedules for all of my kids?
A: From the home page, move your mouse over the Team menu link at the top of the page.
- Click on Multi- Schedule
- Click on the appropriate Schedule Type, depending on whether you'd like to view or download the schedule
- Check off the teams which your kids are on
- Click on the Submit button

Q: How do I download the schedule into my electronic calendar?
A: If you use Outlook, Google Calendar or some other electronic calendar that can accept calendar data in iCal format as an RSS feed, do the following:
From the Team Schedule page:
- Click on this link: Subscribe to iCal Feed
- (For Microsoft Outlook) In response to the dialog box which asks 'Add this Internet Calendar to Outlook and subscribe to updates?' Click on the Yes button.

From the Multi-Schedule page:
- Select the 'Download for iCal compatible calendaring programs' radio button.
- Choose the teams you'd like to download
- (For Microsoft Outlook) In response to the dialog box which asks 'Do  you want to open or save this file?' Click on the Open button.

- A new calendar, NYHL Events, appears in Outlook.
- Option 1: If you don't sync to a PDA and only use Outlook, you can click on the left arrow on the NYHL Events Calendar which will overlay hockey events with your regular schedule.  Your new NYHL Events Calendar is automatically updated with changes from the website.
- Option 2: If you do sync to a PDA and use Outlook, you need to copy hockey events into your regular schedule so they will be sync'd to your PDA:
  • On the left hand side of the screen, uncheck Calendar
  • Click View menu (at the top of the screen), then Current View, then Active Appointments
  • Click Ctrl-A to select all events, or select the events you'd like to copy over
  • Click Ctrl-C to copy
  • On the left hand side of the screen select Calendar
  • Click Ctrl-V to paste previously copied events into your calendar
With this option, your new NYHL Events Calendar is automatically updated with changes from the website, but these updates will not automatically copy over to your regular calendar.  You need to manually copy additions and updates to your regular (using the steps outlined above).


If you use an electronic calendar that is capable of importing data in csv format, do the following:
- Click on the Download to CSV link
- Click on Save
- Save the file to the location of your choice (for example, Desktop)
- Import this file according the import process for your calendar

Q: How do I see the list of my son's/daughter's teammates?
A: From the home page, click on the Rosters menu link at the top of the page.
- Select the appropriate Age Group
- Select the appropriate Team
- Enter your email address and the password sent to you via email
If you need the password, contact
Q: How do I email the team?
A: Follow the steps in the How do I see the list of my son's/daughter's teammates? question above.
- Click on the Email the team link
- Fill in your name in the 'From' field
- Fill in your email address in the 'Reply To' field
- Enter the subject and body of the email
- Click Submit button; Note: your email has NOT yet been sent!  You need to enter a confirmation key before it will be sent.  Keep this browser window up.
- You will receive an email from the website with a confirmation key
- Go back to the website and enter the key. The site will confirm that your email has been sent (hopefully).

Q: How do I email one person on the team?
A: Follow the steps in the How do I see the list of my son's/daughter's teammates? question above.
- Click on the person you'd like to email
- Click on the email address
- Email your message

Q: How do I turn off the email reminders regarding practices and games?
A: Send an email to  and We'll turn them off for you.

Q: How can I get NYHL announcements (posted on the home page) sent to me automatically?
A: Click on the orange icon next to 'Headlines'
- Click on the 'Subscribe to this feed' link
- Click on the Subscribe button
- You should see this message: You've successfully subscribed to this feed!
- Each new announcement will be sent to your RSS reader.  In Microsoft Outlook, you will see an RSS Feeds folder in which there will be a Newburyport Youth Hockey League folder.  Each announcement will appear as a message in this folder.  You may delete or keep these messages at your discretion.


Q: Admin: How can I send an email to all players?
A: Login as an admin with your name and the admin password
- On the left hand side of the page, hover over Messaging and click on Email Members
- Click on Bantam 1 team in the teams list
- Then, hold Ctrl key and click on all other teams to which you like to send the email.
(Note: in order to see who the email will go to, you can change the Report Type to Directory Listing. This will show information about who is on the teams selected.  Then you can go back and choose a Report Type of Send Email.)
- Fill in your name in the 'From' field
- Fill in your email address in the 'Reply To' field
- Enter the subject and body of the email
- Click Submit button.  As an admin, the email is sent immediately.
- In order to check the status of an email, you can hover over 'Miscellaneous' on the left hand side and click on Email Log.  This will let you know if the email was sent successfully.