RinkPlan
A personal NHL season concierge that imports your team's expanded 84-game schedule, syncs it to your calendar, flags European prime-time Monday games, and turns away games into bookable road trips.
die-hard NHL fans planning their season around marquee games and willing to travel for away matchups
- One-tap calendar sync filtered to your watchlist teams with timezone-aware reminders
- Travel mode that surfaces flights and hotels for any away game on your calendar
- European prime-time alert so international fans know exactly when each team plays in their local window
- Per-game streaming/broadcast link deep-linking directly to the legal carrier for the user's region
The NHL just expanded to 84 games with new Monday European matinees and rebalanced home/away splits; ESPN and Yahoo are generalist schedulers that ignore the travel-planning angle for fans who want to follow a team across cities.
Real but narrow: 'nhl schedule' hits 20K+ monthly searches and several businesses (Elite Sports Tours, BookSeats, NHL Experiences) sell NHL travel packages, but a personal concierge for the die-hard-traveling subset is a thin slice of the broader NHL fanbase.NHL releases expanded 84-game schedule for 2026-27 season ↗NHL Travel Packages | Tickets, Hotels & Flights - Elite Sports Tours ↗
Crowded: RoadRunner Hockey (App Store id 555717717, a long-standing app), GameAway.io, SportsRoadTrip.io, FanPlans.com and Elite Sports Tours all already plan multi-city NHL road trips; the 84-game + European-matinee flag is a thin differentiator on top of existing travel mapping.RoadRunner Hockey on the App Store ↗GameAway — Plan Sports Road Trips with Real Game Schedules ↗
Mixed: affiliate/commission on hotels+tickets is proven (FanPlans freemium, Elite Sports Tours and BookSeats sell packages), but a paid personal-concierge subscription for this small die-hard segment is unvalidated and likely sub-$10/mo.NHL Fan Travel | FanPlans ↗NHL Tickets & Travel Packages | BookSeats ↗
Strong structural tailwind: 84-game format is a permanent reset (first expansion since '93-94 per AP) and NHL fandom is durable, though NHL.com's official app or EA could absorb the feature.NHL Unveils Its 2026-27 Schedule, the First With 84 Games Apiece Since '93-94 ↗
High: public NHL schedule feeds, mature Google/Apple Calendar APIs, and hotel/flight affiliate SDKs (Booking, Skyscanner, Expedia) make an MVP buildable in weeks with no ML required.