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Step 1

Select your goalie preferences

Tell us the number of goalies you need, your game's calibre, and gender requirements. We offer goalies for ice hockey and ball hockey in both 5v5 and 3v3 formats.

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Pick a place and time
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Pick a place and time

Select the place, date and time of your game.

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Get notified when goalies are booked

We'll automatically match you up with qualified goalies that meet your calibre requirements, and game preferences.

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Rate your goalie
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Rate your goalie

After your game, rate your goalie and give us your feedback.

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Step 1

Create your profile and set your preferences

Set your calibre and preferences for the types of games you'd like to play (5v5 or 3v3), whether you are willing to play ice hockey, ball hockey, or both, and the distance you're willing to travel to play.

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Get notified when games become available

We'll notify you when games that match your preferences become available.

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Review and apply
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Step 3

Review and apply to play

Review details of game opportunities. Request the games you're interested in. You always earn more for late games or for playing on short notice.

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Get paid to play!
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Show up to play and get paid!

Consult your upcoming games for match location and details. Get paid to play now!

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In the Press

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Washington Post

Gravel finds his goalie gigs on GoalieUp. The app, which originated as a group texting service for replacement goalies, has grown into a community of around 2,000 netminders in the country including 700 to 800 in the Montreal area alone. The goalie-rental business is growing.

CBC RadioOne

Mark Manning turned the idea into an app that connects needy hockey teams with available goal tenders, and he joins us now to tell us more about this app and how it works.

National Post

Gravel is one of the growing number of goaltenders offering his services on GoalieUp — a website and app that connects local goaltenders with hockey teams looking for a last-minute fill-in ahead of game time.

CBC News

What began as a texting service for Montreal goalies seven years ago has now grown into an app that includes about 2,000 netminders across Canada and beyond, including 700 to 800 in the Montreal area.

MSN Sports

The goalie’s everything; if you don’t have a goalie, you don’t have a game, it’s plain and simple.

City News

It’s the Canadian app that’s revolutionizing hockey across the country, helping teams find their dream goalies while gaining attention around the world.

CJAD 800 AM

It's not just standing in front of a puck,'' he said in a phone interview. ``You have to be mobile, to be flexible, there's a whole bunch of things, including the cost of equipment.

680 News

...Manning said many leagues face goaltender shortages, largely because of the physical and mental challenges that come with the role. “It’s not just standing in front of a puck,” he said in a phone interview. “You have to be mobile, to be flexible, there’s a whole bunch of things, including the cost of equipment.”

Times Colonist

While most of the requests are for beer league games, Manning says he's provided goalies for a private backyard tournament and even an event at Montreal's swanky Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where two goalies were asked to take shots from businessmen at a corporate event.

City News Toronto

Here with the Montreal goalie who’s dream is revolutionizing hockey across the country and drawing attention around the world…

Quartz

GoalieUp connects local hockey goaltenders with teams looking to fill last-minute holes in their lineups. It was created seven years ago by Mark Manning, a Montreal-area netminder, and has reportedly grown to include about 2,000 goalies in and around Canada.

TSN 690

What’s the biggest problem for rec hockey players? Getting goalies at the games. Mark Manning the founder of GoalieUp talks about the app launched across Canada.

Chicago Tribune

Why the need for goalies? Apparently, it takes a special kind of person to put themselves in harm's way of rubber pucks flying at great speeds toward their heads. It also requires someone who has the right equipment for the job — and who's mobile, flexible and probably a little crazy too.

iHeartRadio - The Larry Fedoruk Show

Every once in a while you need a goalie, and you try and find one; there is an app for that, it was invented in Canada, it’s called GoalieUp, and the creator of GoalieUp is Mark Manning who joins us now…

CTV News

A new app is helping Canadians solve a uniquely Canadian problem. GoalieUp connects hockey teams with local goaltenders who can serve as fill-ins for a last minute netminder. Founder Mark Manning joined us to talk about how it all started.

Russian Machine Never Breaks

Finding a fill-in goalie for your beer league team could seem impossible somedays. Canada has come up with a solution according to the CBC. What started as a simple texting service in Montreal to rent a substitute goaltender, GoalieUp has grown into a popular app available across Canada and beyond.

Huffington PostAvailable in French

Jacques Gravel fait partie du nombre croissant de gardiens de but amateurs à offrir leurs services par le biais de GoalieUp, un site web et une application qui mettent en contact des gardiens de but avec des équipes de hockey devant trouver à la dernière minute quelqu'un pour garder leur filet.

106,9 fm Mauricie - Que La Mauricie se lèveAvailable in French

Jacques Gravel, gardien de but offrant ses services sur l'application GoalieUp, jase de cette initiative: «c’est un service qui avait vraiment un besoin, le besoin était là...»

ICI Radio-Canada - Gravel le matinAvailable in French

Ce n'est pas toujours évident de se trouver un gardien de but à la dernière minute…il y a une application qui crée à Montréal et qui marche même a l’extérieur de Montréal, ailleurs au Canada et aux États Unis qui s’appelle GoalieUp….

La PresseAvailable in French

Plusieurs ligues de hockey possèdent une liste de gardiens de but prêts à faire des remplacements. Mais les entrepreneurs comme M. Manning ont recours à la technologie pour fournir une solution pratique à l'un des éternels problèmes des équipes de hockey.

Der BundAvailable in German

Wer in Kanada wohnt, findet mit seinem Mobiltelefon Abhilfe. GoalieUp heisst die App, die einst von Mark Manning kreiert wurde. Der arbeitslose Student hatte die Idee, sich als Torhüter für den Notfall anzubieten. Bald darauf lancierte er einen SMS-Service für die ganze ­Region Montreal.