Terms of use

Last updated 26 October 2026

RinkMatch is operated by CMJ Consulting LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company doing business as BoardOps ("BoardOps", "we", "us"). These terms are the agreement between you and us when you use the RinkMatch app and website. By creating an account you agree to them. If you don't agree, don't use RinkMatch.

Who can use RinkMatch

Every account is checked by hand before it is activated. We may decline an account, or ask for more information, if we can't confirm who you are or your team. One account is for one person; don't share it.

What you're responsible for

RinkMatch shows reminders, but the rules are yours to follow. In particular:

• Both teams must be registered with USA Hockey and Minnesota Hockey for insurance to apply. Playing an unregistered team can bring suspension.
• Your team must have an approved roster, or the scrimmage must fall within the preseason allowance. You confirm this when you post and when you confirm a game.
• Teams may only play opponents at their own level. RinkMatch only matches teams at the same classification and level, but it is up to you to make sure the match is allowed.
• Every game needs certified officials. Your district may require refs from its own association; check before requesting refs in the app.
• Use GameSheet as your district requires, and keep track of any game limits (such as the Squirt and 10U limit). RinkMatch doesn't count games for you.
• The ice, the rink's rules, and the safety of everyone at the game are the responsibility of the teams and the rink, not RinkMatch.

Posts, games and commitments

A game is booked when the host picks a responding team and that team confirms the date, rink and cost terms. Once booked, both teams are expected to play it.

Either team can cancel. Every cancellation goes on that team's reliability record, and one within 48 hours of the start is marked late. After each game both managers are asked whether it happened. No-show reports are reviewed by us before they count on a record. Other managers see these records, so keep yours accurate and honest.

Records reflect what users report and what the app logs. If you think an entry on your record is wrong, email contact@boardops.org and we'll review it. We may correct or remove entries.

Money

RinkMatch is free and handles no payments. Who pays for ice and refs is agreed between the teams and shown on the game. Ref fees shown in the app come from the district's fee schedule as loaded into RinkMatch; check them against your district. Paying what you agreed, and any dispute about it, is between the people involved.

How to behave

Don't use RinkMatch to:

• Give false information, or pretend to be another person, team or association
• Post ice you don't hold, or respond to a post you don't intend to play
• Harass, threaten or abuse anyone, or send anything discriminatory or sexual
• Contact or message a referee who is under 18 outside a group game thread
• Advertise, solicit, or use the app for anything other than arranging games
• Collect other users' information, or interfere with, copy or try to break into the app

Any message or user can be reported in the app. We review reports and can read message threads to do so.

Your content

You own what you post and the messages you send. You give us permission to store, show and send it as needed to run RinkMatch: for example, showing your post to matching teams, delivering your messages, and showing a public preview when a post is shared by link. Don't post anything you don't have the right to share.

Our app

We own RinkMatch, including the app, website, name and logo. We give you a personal, non-transferable, revocable licence to use RinkMatch to arrange games while you follow these terms. If you send us ideas or feedback, we may use them without any obligation to you.

RinkMatch is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by USA Hockey, Minnesota Hockey, GameSheet, or any district or association. Their names are used only to describe their rules.

Suspension and deletion

We can warn, suspend or remove an account, and remove posts, when someone breaks these terms, puts others at risk, or when we can no longer verify their account. You can delete your account at any time from inside the app; see the privacy policy for what that removes and what stays with your team.

We may change, suspend or stop offering RinkMatch, or any part of it, at any time. If we shut RinkMatch down, we'll give at least 30 days' notice in the app where we reasonably can.

No guarantees

We work to keep RinkMatch running and accurate, but we don't guarantee that a post will be filled, that a team or referee will show up, that notifications will arrive on time, or that information other users enter is correct. Hockey carries a risk of injury; RinkMatch is not responsible for what happens at a game.

RINKMATCH IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE". TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

You are responsible for your dealings with other users and for the games you arrange. To the extent the law allows, you release BoardOps from claims arising from games, rinks, travel, injuries, fees, or disputes between users.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for losses arising from games, rinks, other users, or fees agreed between users. Our total liability to you for anything to do with RinkMatch is limited to $100. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow us to limit.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless BoardOps from any third-party claim, and the resulting losses and reasonable legal fees, arising from your content, your games, your breach of these terms, or your violation of any law or any USA Hockey, Minnesota Hockey or district rule.

Changes

We may update these terms. If a change meaningfully affects you, we'll tell you in the app or by email before it applies, and may ask you to agree again. Using RinkMatch after a change applies means you accept it.

The law that applies

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota. Any dispute will be heard in the state or federal courts in Minnesota.

Before either of us files a claim, we agree to try to sort it out informally. Email us at contact@boardops.org, or we'll email you at the address on your account, describing the problem, and we'll both try in good faith to resolve it for 30 days. Either of us may still take a claim to small-claims court.

Apple App Store

If you got RinkMatch from Apple's App Store, these terms are between you and BoardOps, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to maintain or support the app, isn't responsible for claims about it (including product liability, legal compliance or intellectual property claims), and, to the extent the law allows, has no warranty obligation for it. You confirm that you aren't in a country subject to a US government embargo and aren't on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.

The rest of the agreement

• These terms and the privacy policy are the whole agreement between you and us about RinkMatch.
• If part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a term straight away, we haven't given up the right to enforce it later.
• We may transfer these terms to a successor, for example a new company that runs RinkMatch. You may not transfer your account or these terms.
• We aren't responsible for delays or failures caused by events outside our reasonable control, such as outages at our providers.
• Our app, your content, no guarantees, the law that applies, and this section keep applying after your account ends.

Contact

CMJ Consulting LLC, doing business as BoardOps — contact@boardops.org