Global Hockey FAQs

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Coverage

What leagues or tournaments do you cover for hockey?

You can find all the leagues we cover, as well as a breakdown of data offered, at our Coverage Matrix.

How do I find out the coverage for a particular match?

Find the node for coverage within the Summaries and Timeline endpoints. Coverage nodes have two types: season level and sport_event level.

The season level describes data coverage you can expect for matches involved in that given season.

The sport_event level describes the data depth of a specific match within the group and season.

Note: There are occasions when the sport_event coverage can vary from the anticipated season coverage. This node exists to highlight that instance and assist in handling any discrepancies.

Why do different groups have coverage information for a tournament?

The notion of “groups” is versatile and is used to distinguish between playoffs, and our competition structures and is therefore necessary to describe coverage at a group level for consistency. Generally, however, within a competition in Ice Hockey, there will be no difference between competition coverage between conferences.

How are “Live” endpoints handled in the API?

Sport Events appear in the feed 10 minutes before the scheduled start time and are removed 10 minutes after the Sport Event is ended. Live endpoints include: Live Summaries, Live Timelines, and Live Timelines Delta.

How will a sport event behave when it is not covered with live scores?

When a sport_event is not covered live, the status and match_status will remain as not_started until results are entered post-match.

<sport_event_status status="not_started" match_status="not_started"/>

What level of coverage is offered for friendly competitions?

Friendly competitions are handled uniquely, with coverage being set on a case-by-case basis. Selected matches will be scouted and will therefore have live coverage. We would suggest checking sport_event_properties within each sport_event to understand the coverage set for a particular match.

Integration

How can I find the values for various enum data points within the API?

Many enum values are listed in the FAQ below. For the most up-to-date values, please see the Schema
section of the OpenAPI specification here: here.

What format are date fields presented in?

Date values are presented in the ISO 8601 standard format.

Timestamp fields are in UTC. These could include scheduled start times or play-by-play event timestamps. Examples: scheduled="2024-02-11T23:30:00+00:00", created_at="2024-02-11T23:43:20+00:00"

Date-only fields reflect local league convention and are not UTC-adjusted. These could include season start dates and birth dates. Examples: start_date="2024-08-16", date_of_birth="1984-09-22"

How do I locate the TTL (Time to Live)/cache on an API endpoint?

The cache (in seconds) can be accessed in the returned header information on each RESTful API call, under cache-control.

ex. cache-control: max-age=1, public, s-maxage=1 or
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=120

Sport Event Statuses

What are the valid sport event status (sport_event_status – status) values?

• not_started – The match is scheduled to be played
• started – The match has begun
• postponed – The match has been postponed to a future date
• suspended – The match has been suspended
• cancelled – The match has been cancelled and will not be played
• delayed – The match has been temporarily delayed and will be continued
• live – The match is currently in progress
• interrupted - The match began, but coverage has stopped for a short time. Note that match scores may not be updated during this period, the last recorded match score will be displayed instead
• ended – The match is over
• closed – The match results have been confirmed

What are the valid match status (sport_event_status – match_status) values?

• not_started – The match is scheduled to be played
• 1st_period – The match is in the first period
• 2nd_period – The match is in the second period
• 3rd_period – The match is in the third period
• started - The match has begun
• abandoned – The match has been abandoned
• aet – The match is after extra time
• ap – The match is in after penalties
• ended – The match is over
• postponed – The match has been postponed to a future date
• cancelled – The match has been cancelled and will not be played
• overtime – The match is in overtime
• penalties – Penalties are ongoing
• 1st_pause – The match is in a break after period 1
• 2nd_pause – The match is in a break after period 2
• awaiting_extra – Waiting on referee to announce extra time
• awaiting_penalties – Waiting for announcement of penalties
• interrupted – The match has been interrupted
• pause – The match is paused
• start_delayed – The match has been temporarily delayed and will be continued
• awaiting_extra_time – Waiting on referee to announce extra time

What are the possible values for break_name?

• 1st_pause
• 2nd_pause
• awaiting_extra
• awaiting_penalties

Event Types

What are the possible event types logged?

• match_started
• period_started
• period_score
• score_change (goal_scorer, primary_assist, secondary_assist)
• suspension
• break_start
• match_ended

Player Positions

What are the possible player positions in the feeds?

• F - Forward
• D - Defenseman
• G – Goalie
• F-D – Forward/Defenseman
• LW – Left Wing
• RW – Right Wing
• C - Center

What are the possible values for player type?

• scorer
• assist
• secondary_assist

Why does starter always list as true in the Lineups endpoints?

We do not currently differentiate between starter and played in the Global Ice Hockey API.

Pagination

How can I tell if an endpoint is paginated?

To determine if a RESTful API endpoint uses pagination, visit the endpoint's page on our developer portal, its OpenAPI specification, or check the X-Result and X-Max-Results headers in the API response.

• X-Result: This header indicates the number of items returned for this request.
• X-Max-Results: This header specifies the total number of items available for a specified request.

If both headers are present and the response data is truncated (i.e., X-Result value is less than X-Max-Results), you can infer that pagination is in use. To fetch the remaining data, make use of the limit and start query string parameters.

In the below Season Summary response, the header specifies 100 sports events are returned (x-result), but 381 sport events are available (x-max-results). Make an additional API request – such as appending &start=100 to the end of your call – to obtain additional events.

Response Header Sample
< HTTP/2 200 
< content-type: application/json
< content-length: 1725369
< date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:06:18 GMT
< x-amzn-requestid: c10fe405-ce81-46fb-a3db-38d153dd2a6c
< x-offset: 0
< x-amz-apigw-id: BNAvVGCUliAEKJA=
< cache-control: max-age=300, public, s-maxage=300
< x-result: 100
< etag: "341dc78002bc578c62a6878519ba0404"
< x-max-results: 381
< link: <https://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/soccer/v4/schemas/season_summaries.json#>; rel="describedBy"
< x-amzn-trace-id: Root=1-673514c8-7a887f81636af0110ecce2d3
< x-amzn-remapped-date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:06:17 GMT
< vary: Accept-Encoding
< x-cache: Hit from cloudfront
< via: 1.1 f2f0cb8191da3bf07a9ca31ece94ab68.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
< x-amz-cf-pop: IAD61-P4
< x-amz-cf-id: 1cyji-XQZuBlAUsR8QoHdNLWD-jn1HvBC-ShaCMhXl5mMDiFTDRVyQ==
< age: 16

Why can't I find a particular match in the Daily Summaries, Season Summaries or Sport Events Updated endpoints?

These endpoints support pagination and return a select number of results by default. To return more matches, include an additional query string parameter. Visit an endpoint page for minimum and maximum result values.

Probabilities

What is the probabilities package?

The probabilities package is an add-on set of feeds that are an extension of the Season Probabilities feed in the main package (which already provides pre-match probabilities for the sport event winner market).

The main features of the Probabilities extension are: Live Probabilities that update throughout game, Season Outright Probabilities for the Tournament Winner market, and Live Probabilities Coverage indicator for the next 24 hours.

What are markets and what are the different markets?

Markets are something you can bet on, for which we provide probabilities. Over time we intend to provide more and more markets in the API.

Currently we provide 3-way (home win, away win, or draw) and Next Goal (which team will score the next goal) markets.

What are the valid outcomes for probabilities?

• home_team_winner
• away_team_winner
• draw
• none

Is there Live Probability coverage for every game you cover in the Global Ice Hockey API?

Live Probability coverage depends on a number of factors and we can’t guarantee that every game will be covered for any given league, however, Sportradar aims to cover close to 100% of games from the following Tier 1 league: National Hockey League (NHL) – USA

Can I utilize the Probabilities extension if I license the Sportradar NHL API?

If you have a license for our NHL API you can also integrate Live Probabilities by utilizing the ID Mapping feeds available in Global Ice Hockey v2 to connect games between the two products.

Past Season Data

How do I access past seasons results and stats?

Use the Competition Seasons endpoint to locate the season_id for the season you want to access. Use that season_id to interrogate the various seasons endpoints.

Standings / Tournaments

What are the possible standings types I can observe in the Standings endpoint?

• total
• home
• away
• first_half_total
• first_half_home
• first_half_away
• second_half_total
• second_half_home
• second_half_away

What are the possible values for cup_round – state in the Season Links feed?

Listed below are the values and definitions for cup_round - state. These can be leveraged to determine the status of a cup round.

• empty - A matchup has been created but neither the match details nor the competitors are known.
• unseeded_fixture - Match details are known but competitors are unknown.
• partial_seeded - One competitor is known.
• partial_seeded_fixture - Match details and one competitor are known.
• seeded - Both competitors are known.
• seeded_fixture - Match details and both competitors are known.
• unstarted - Match(es) have been added.
• on_going - The first match has started.
• decided - The last match has ended.
• winner - The winner is known.
• cancelled – The matchup has been cancelled.

How are group IDs delivered in the stage array with the various types?

With the type of "league" they will have a sr:league prefix.
With the type of "cup" they will have a sr:cup prefix.

Statistics

Why are the shots_on_target incorrect for Finland Liiga?

At this time, the league does not provide shots on target (for Finland Liiga only). Instead, we provide this data point as a total number of shots.