Hockey APIs - New Timestamp Format

We've updated the format of certain timestamp data points in our US Ice Hockey APIs.

Going forward, timestamps will use the 2026-04-17T02:30:00+00:00 format instead of 2026-04-17T02:30:00Z.

Both formats follow the ISO 8601 standard and represent the same UTC time. However, older games or data may still include the previous format.

This update applies to the following fields:

game.scheduled — in Schedule and Game endpoints
player.updated — in Player Profile, Free Agents, and Team Profile endpoints
last_modified — in Daily Change Log and Daily Transfers endpoints

☑️ Sample Requests

Schedule (NHL) - https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/games/2025/REG/schedule.json
Schedule (NCAAMH) - https://api.sportradar.com/ncaamh/trial/v3/en/games/2025/REG/schedule.json

🔢 Versions

🔁 Endpoints Affected

Daily Schedule, Schedule, Series Schedule (scheduled)
Game Analytics, Game Boxscore, Game Faceoffs, Game Play-by-Play, Game Shot Zones, Game Summary, Game Time On Ice (scheduled)
Free Agents, Player Profile, Team Profile (updated)
Daily Change Log, Daily Transfers (last_modified)

⚙️ Return Samples

{
    "league": {
        "id": "fd560107-a85b-4388-ab0d-655ad022aff7",
        "name": "NHL",
        "alias": "NHL"
    },
    "start_time": "2026-03-05T05:00:00Z",
    "end_time": "2026-03-06T04:59:59Z",
    "players": [
        {
            "id": "02231b60-5b7d-479b-8a98-11304b1ab167",
            "full_name": "Jack Thompson",
            "last_modified": "2026-03-05T20:58:14+00:00",
            "sr_id": "sr:player:2079311",
            "reference": "8482144"
        },
        {
            "id": "06a3e45a-e4d6-494a-9757-26cc48e9ffbb",
            "full_name": "Kevin Korchinski",
            "last_modified": "2026-03-05T21:01:34+00:00",
            "sr_id": "sr:player:2322721",
            "reference": "8483466"
        },
        {
            "id": "0992487d-52ee-4ec5-ac3a-9f4d583e60ac",
            "full_name": "Curtis Lazar",
            "last_modified": "2026-03-05T06:00:14+00:00",
            "sr_id": "sr:player:606870",
            "reference": "8477508"
        },
        {
            "id": "0c672978-1e7b-486f-8ed8-d2e488b18812",
            "full_name": "Alexander Holtz",
            "last_modified": "2026-03-05T19:36:11+00:00",
            "sr_id": "sr:player:1577514",
            "reference": "8482125"
        },
        {
            "id": "112d8125-b415-44b5-99bf-718e8b999d42",
            "full_name": "Reid Schaefer",
            "last_modified": "2026-03-05T19:08:57+00:00",
            "sr_id": "sr:player:2266699",
            "reference": "8483513"
        },

<game id="dfb0ff81-5807-4db0-b3a4-ea2cf9887c55" status="closed" coverage="full" scheduled="2026-01-12T00:00:00+00:00" home_points="2" away_points="3" sr_id="sr:match:62075556" reference="20714" home_team="715a1dba-4e9f-4158-8346-3473b6e3557f" away_team="44167db4-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44">

{
    "id": "433de553-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
    "status": "IR",
    "full_name": "Sidney Crosby",
    "first_name": "Sidney",
    "last_name": "Crosby",
    "abbr_name": "S.Crosby",
    "height": 71,
    "weight": 200,
    "handedness": "L",
    "position": "F",
    "primary_position": "C",
    "jersey_number": "87",
    "experience": "20",
    "birth_place": "Cole Harbour, NS, CAN",
    "birthdate": "1987-08-07",
    "updated": "2026-02-25T15:34:42+00:00",
    "sr_id": "sr:player:31007",
    "reference": "8471675",
    "rookie_year": 2005,
    "salary": 8700000,
    "league": {
        "id": "fd560107-a85b-4388-ab0d-655ad022aff7",
        "name": "NHL",
        "alias": "NHL"
    },
    "team": {
        "id": "4417b7d7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
        "name": "Penguins",
        "market": "Pittsburgh",
        "alias": "PIT",
        "sr_id": "sr:team:3697",
        "reference": "5"
    },