Pocket Hockey Manager Game Guide

This page answers frequently asked questions about how Pocket Hockey Manager works, including season length and schedule, player aging and contracts, team finances and arenas, and the league promotion and relegation system.

Season

A Pocket Hockey Manager season follows a fixed regular-season schedule and ends with a playoff round.

How long is a Pocket Hockey Manager season?

Each Pocket Hockey Manager season runs a regular schedule of 22 games per team, followed by a playoff round. The 22-game season plays out over about 21 weeks before the top teams from each league advance to the playoffs.

How many games does Pocket Hockey Manager play each week?

Pocket Hockey Manager teams play four matches every week during the regular season: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. The game has regional league systems in Finland, the USA, and Canada, and games are simulated in the evening at local regional time.

When do the Pocket Hockey Manager playoffs happen?

The Pocket Hockey Manager playoffs begin once the 22-game regular season ends, and are played as best-of-three series between qualifying teams. Each playoff round has 3 games on consecutive days, followed by 1 rest day between rounds.

How many points does a team get for winning or losing a game?

In Pocket Hockey Manager, a team earns 2 points for a win, 1 point for an overtime loss, and 0 points for a regulation loss.

Players

Every Pocket Hockey Manager roster is made up of individual players who age, develop, and can get hurt over the course of a career.

How do players get older in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Players in Pocket Hockey Manager age by one year every season.

How does player salary work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Player salary is defined as a daily salary and is paid once a day. Player salaries are not paid during playoffs.

What are player attributes and traits in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Each Pocket Hockey Manager player has individual attributes that describe his on-ice ability, plus traits that shape how well he fits into a line and builds chemistry with teammates.

How does player training work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Pocket Hockey Manager players improve through training programs that managers set directly, and training effectiveness depends on the player's energy level.

How do player contracts work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Players can have an active contract and one extension contract active at a time.

When do players respond to contract offers?

• Extension offer: within 12 hours
• Free-agent contract offer: within 3 days

How to release a player from the team?

You can buy out a contract by clicking the vertical ellipsis in the top right corner of the player's page. You need to pay the buyout price to the player to buy out the contract. The buyout price is calculated based on the player's current contract(s).

How do injuries work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Players in Pocket Hockey Manager can get injured during matches and miss games depending on the severity of the injury. Injuries force managers to rework lines and tactics on short notice, adding real uncertainty to lineup planning.

How does a player's energy work?

Player energy affects performance in games and training, and it decreases from playing games and training. Energy reloads once a day at 12:00 a.m. Helsinki time.

Teams

Behind every Pocket Hockey Manager roster is a club with its own finances, arena, and staff to manage.

How do team finances work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Every Pocket Hockey Manager team has a cash balance that covers salaries, transfers, and arena investment, tracked through a transaction/cashflow log. Player salaries, matchday revenue, sponsors, and arena costs are all connected, so a strong roster only helps if the club can afford to keep it.

What if team cash balance is negative?

If your team's cash balance is negative for too long, the team can be declared bankrupt. Bankruptcy means that your team is removed from the league and you will have to start over with a new team. To avoid bankruptcy, make sure to keep your cash balance positive by managing salaries, transfers, and arena investment carefully.

How does the arena work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

A Pocket Hockey Manager team's arena can be developed over time, most notably by increasing audience capacity, which raises the ceiling on home-match revenue. Other facility upgrades support player and matchday conditions alongside capacity.

What does staff do in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Staff members can be hired in Pocket Hockey Manager to raise team performance and sponsor revenue, giving managers a way to strengthen the club that doesn't involve directly buying players. Each staff member's salary is paid once a week. Staff members can be fired at any time, but their weekly salary is not refunded.

How do sponsors and revenue work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Pocket Hockey Manager teams earn sponsor revenue from single-match or season-long sponsorship deals, plus kiosk sales tied to home-match attendance. Both scale with the audience an arena can draw, linking sponsorship income back to arena investment. Game sponsors can also offer small bonuses for achieving certain in-game objectives, such as winning a match or scoring a certain number of goals. These bonuses are paid out immediately after the match and can provide a helpful boost to your team's finances.

Any team can sign a contract with a season sponsor, but a game sponsor requires a jumbotron installed in the arena. The jumbotron is a one-time investment that can be made in the arena upgrade menu.

How arena upgrades work?

You can upgrade your arena in three ways:

1. Upgrade arena level. There are 5 levels of arenas. Upgrading the arena level increases the level of audience comfort and allows building more audience capacity and upgrading arena facilities.
   • Level 1: industrial hall, maximum capacity of 1,000 audience
   • Level 2: bubble hall, upgrade cost $50,000, maximum capacity of 2,000 audience. Requires 10 wins.
   • Level 3: multipurpose hall, upgrade cost $500,000, maximum capacity of 4,000 audience. Requires 25 wins.
   • Level 4: arena, upgrade cost $1,000,000, maximum capacity of 7,100 audience. Requires 50 wins.
   • Level 5: multipurpose arena, upgrade cost $2,500,000, maximum capacity of 13,500 audience. Requires 100 wins.
2. Upgrade arena facilities. The following facilities are available: Gym, Sauna, Jumbotron, and Security.
3. Upgrade audience capacity. Audience capacity can be upgraded to increase maximum audience size. Each level of arena upgrades (1.) allows building more audience capacity.

How team tactics experience percentage works?

Tactic percentage is calculated based on the last 10 games. For example, if you have used the Puck Control tactic 3 times in the past 10 games, the Puck Control experience percentage is 30%.

How to increase chain chemistry?

Chain chemistry grows when players play games in the same chain together.

Competition

Pocket Hockey Manager teams compete inside a league system with promotion, relegation, and a player-driven transfer market.

How does the league system work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Each league has one parent league and two child leagues. Each division level has 2^n-1 leagues. For example, the 3rd division has 2² = 4 leagues.

How does promotion and relegation work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

At the end of a Pocket Hockey Manager season, the bottom two teams in each league are relegated to the division below, while the playoff winner of the sister league is promoted up.

How does the transfer market work in Pocket Hockey Manager?

Pocket Hockey Manager uses a free-floating player market where prices are set by real managers through supply and demand, not fixed AI pricing. Players can be bought, sold, or traded directly between managers until the trade deadline, which falls in the latter half of the regular season.

Contract extension decisions are based on machine learning and salaries in the game universe.

How does trade deadline work?

The trade deadline activates around round 19 of the regular season.

• After the trade deadline, newly acquired players cannot be assigned to the lineup for the remainder of the season.
• Trades between teams cannot be made after trade deadline

How to get more audience to the games?

Audience is affected by the following factors:

• League level
• Ticket price
• Arena level
• Team performance: Winning games and being near the top of the league standings will attract more fans to the arena.
• Team popularity: Popular teams with a strong fan base will naturally draw more spectators to their games.
• Marketing and promotions: Adding marketing budget increases audience size.

How can I get junior players for my team?

Junior players become available once in a season automatically.

How many players can a team have?

A team can have 50 players.

What if another manager cheats?

The game has anti-cheat systems, but there is always a possibility that some players may try to cheat or exploit the game.
You can report suspicious activity by contacting the game developer, either by sending feedback in the game settings or by reporting the issue in Discord.

Account & Subscription

What benefits does buying a Manager-Pro subscription offer?

Manager-Pro subscription offers the following benefits:

• Lineup presets: you can save and load your favorite lineups for quick changes.
• Training program presets: you can save and load your favorite training programs for quick changes.
• No ads
• Team color theme editor: you can customize your team's pages with your own color scheme.
• Player watchlist: you can add players to your watchlist to track their performance

Can one account manage more than one team?

No, only one team per account.

Can I play with multiple accounts?

The game is designed to be played with one account per person. Using multiple accounts is not allowed and may result in account suspension or banning.

Can you play the game on Apple devices / iOS?

The game is currently not available for iOS, but it will be in the future.