ECAC HOCKEY GOES MOBILE, LEAGUE TEAMS WITH PRESTOSPORTS TO OFFER LIVE MOBILE SCOREBOARD
Rockville, Md. - ECAC Hockey, in
collaboration with PrestoSports,
announced today the debut of a new mobile scoreboard with live
score updates from games played at each league rink via www.ecachockey.com/m.
Since October 2007, the league has teamed with PrestoSports to
provide instant score and time updates from each institution to its
Web site at www.ecachockey.com
- now those scores will also be immediately transmitted to mobile
phones.
"We truly are excited to be offering yet another enhancement to
the league via the mobile scoreboard," said Commissioner
Steve Hagwell. "The staff at PrestoSports has been
extraordinary in its efforts to provide the league with the best
Web site possible. Our relationship with PrestoSports has been
fantastic, and clearly has had an impact as interest in the league
site is at an all-time high, and continues to grow daily. We are
thrilled to be providing this great service at a time when interest
within the league continues to climb as we head down the
stretch."
The league launched its interactive Web site in the spring of 2007
with PrestoSports and keeps adding new features and content to
highlight its membership. The site features information on each of
its league members, daily news updates and thanks to the
statistical input effort of sports information/publicity staffs at
member institutions - standings and scores have been updated
instantaneously from the facilities during league play.
"We're excited the league office has asked us to provide this
solution. In a league as competitive as ECAC Hockey, everyone
wants to know the scores at the other rinks. The feature should be
a great way to help fans follow all the action," PrestoSports Vice
President Patrick
Summers said. "We're excited to carry this technology
to additional partners within the PrestoSports
Network."
About ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the
nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson
University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth
College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac
University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence
University, Union College, and Yale University.
About PrestoSports
PrestoSports, founded in 2002, is a leading provider of athletic
content management software to colleges and conference offices. It
markets solutions for website design and hosting, live stats, award
management, merchandising, officiating and photo hosting.
PrestoSports features a full-time staff with more than 40 years
combined experience in collegiate athletics. It includes former
sports information directors, conference administrators and
experience in collegiate marketing solutions - all focused on
creating innovative web solutions for the company's clients. For
more information, please contact Mike Donlin at
(301) 841-7327 or mike@prestosports.com.
