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2 OVERVIEW BLADENET CONCEPT/ IN REVIEW/ UPDATE/11 WHAT YOU GET/14 ENHANCEMENTS/20

3 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

4 WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY To help you serve your volunteers and our kids BLADENET CONCEPT

5 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

6 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

7 THE OPPORTUNITY Leverage 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

8 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

9 NEW CUSTOMERS Thank you for your support in the season IN REVIEW

10 WEBSITE TRAFFIC STATISTICS Free Online Scheduling and Standings Application Only Comparison 2003 to Players 47, Players 60,000 Total February Hits AnalysisMonthly TotalTotal hits per dayUnique Visits per day ,680,243 Up 29.5% 312,408 Up 22% 12,065 Up 28.8% 20036,820,861243,6028,589 Projections All Ontario225,400 Players Scheduling and Scoring Only674,00065,800 Total Application Rollout2,247,000219,000 Total Canada520,700 Players Scheduling and Scoring Only1,556,900152,000 Total Application Rollout5,189,600507, IN REVIEW

VISION 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 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 UPDATE

12 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 UPDATE

13 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

14 TRAINING & SUPPORT WHAT YOU GET Free on-site training Help Line support BladeNET provides complete training and support with:

15 USER GUIDES Updating Schedules Guide Updating Scoring Guide WHAT YOU GET

16 SCORES AND SCHEDULES APPLICATION WHAT YOU GET

17 ADMINISTRATION CENTER WHAT YOU GET

18 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 ENHANCEMENTS

19 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: ENHANCEMENTS

20 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: ENHANCEMENTS

21 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: ENHANCEMENTS

22 InTime Notification  Notification of schedule changes for your team  Notification of game results in your league  Notification of standing changes  Notifications sent to customer selected address  Frequency of updates increase to 4 hour intervals during playoffs  Additional teams added at a reduced cost InTime Notification enhancements include: ENHANCEMENTS

23 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 ENHANCEMENTS

24 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: ENHANCEMENTS

25 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  notification of assignments and changes Referee Assignment enhancements include: ENHANCEMENTS

26 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: ENHANCEMENTS

27 HOCKEY KNOWLEDGE NETWORK Other Info Services Directory/Links, Community Billboard Service Hockey Chat Line, 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 ) Knowledge Network 24 Hr Call Centre Support ENHANCEMENTS

28 COMMUNITY WEB SITE STRATEGY The future lies in building communities of interest

29 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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