Cup Companion 2.0 Now Available

Last year there was seemingly a demand to use the sweaters for this widget rather than the beveled buttons, so this year I have done away with the confusing colored blobs and have used the same jerseys used in the other widgets for this one.

Cup Companion 2.0 doesn't contain anything that wasn't there last year, it is still just a simple way of keeping track of the different series in the playoffs. Each round shows the competing teams and the current standing in their series, clicking on them will show you the schedule for the 7 games of that series. If a game has been completed the winner will be highlighted, and the loser slightly transparent. The same principle works for the series standings, once a team wins a 4th game, the other team will be faded.

This is not live scoring, it works on the same data that powers the IceTime widget, that is to say games are updated after they have completed. Some of the games do not have official start times as of yet, in those cases I have used the most predictable time expected, once they become official I will update them.

As always, with any problems at all feel free to make a comment here or use the Contact form listed above.

You will need to update your current version to 2.0 for this years games, I expect all future seasons to work without any future updates.

Both the Dashboard and the Yahoo! Widgets versions are available here.

Alternate Version of Cup Companion

I received a special request to modify the Cup Companion widget to show the team jerseys instead of the patterned icons (a la iPhone), and the result is to the right. Everything else about the widget is identical, except for a slightly lighter background to highlight the jerseys a bit more.

This is available for both Dashboard and Yahoo! and has a different name, so you could conceivably run both versions at the same time.

I hope this makes following the playoffs a bit easier for a very young hockey fan in Phoenix.

To download the Dashboard version click here: Cup Companion Werth Version 1.0

To download the Yahoo! version click here: Cup Companion Werth Version 1.0

Cup Companion widget

For the sake of the playoffs I tried to create a widget that would simplify the process of following the different series going on and where they stand, as well as give people an easy way to see the game times and results for those matchups.

When first loaded the widget will show Round 1 (Conference Quarterfinals) mousing over the particular matchups will highlight them in orange, clicking on them will give you the overview of when the games are scheduled, who's home and who's aways, and if the games have concluded the final scores.

Using the buttons at the bottom you can return to the series overview, select from the four different rounds, and refresh the widget.

This widget is available for both Dashboard and Yahoo!. Thanks to DA for doing the great image of the cup used on the widget.

Please note that some of the game times for matches are approximate as they have not been officially scheduled. As soon as they are they will be updated.

More info and the download can be found here:
Cup Companion widget page