In ice hockey, a goal is almost never just the shooter. The pass into stride, the shot from the blue line, the view through the middle — professional score sheets therefore credit up to two assists next to every scorer. The live ticker can do that now too.

How it works

On goal events, the editor shows an “Assist” field below the scorer — optional, up to two. The picker searches the squad by name or jersey number, exactly like the scorer field. The scorer himself is excluded, so a player can never assist his own goal.
Free text still works: if you type a name that is not on the roster, it is simply stored as text. When a roster match does exist, the assist is linked to that player automatically.

What reaches the ticker

  • In the timeline, the assist appears under the scorer: “Assist: #16 Cam Wright, #17 Sean Malone”.
  • Goal pushes name the groundwork: “#3 Alec McCrea (assist: #16 Cam Wright)”.
  • Templates output assists individually or as a ready-made line, labelled through a translatable caption.
  • Match pages in the archive keep the record of who was involved in the goal.

Why it matters

A game lives in the plays before the finish. If you only see the scorer but not who set him up, half the story is missing. For the editor, the extra field costs nothing: a couple of taps during a fast stretch. And for fans, a score with credits narrates the match — a score without credits only lists goals.

State instead of delta

Landed along with it in the default templates: instead of a “+1” above the score, entries now show a “score” caption with the state after the goal — clearer for readers who drop in mid-game.
The scorer finishes the goal. The assist makes it a play.

Try it

  1. Create a goal event in the live ticker editor.
  2. After the scorer, pick up to two assists from the squad.
  3. Post the entry: timeline, push and match page pick up the assists automatically.