Assist (A)

What counts as an assist

An assist is the pass that leads directly to a goal. The scorer catches it and scores without the defense regaining control in between. One goal can carry at most one assist, and it goes to the player who made that final pass, not to the player who made the pass before it.

Not every goal has an assist. A player who scoops a ground ball and scores, or wins a draw or faceoff and goes straight to the cage, scored unassisted. Dodging usually means no assist as well: a scorer who starts from the wing or from behind the goal, or needs more than one move to get past a defender, created the shot without help. The exception is the doorstep. A player who catches the ball right next to the goal, in front or at goal line extended, and steps around one defender to finish was found there by the passer, and that pass is an assist.

How SquadProfile records it

An assist is part of the goal, not a separate tap. When you record a goal, the app asks who assisted; pick the player, or no one if the goal was unassisted. The passer gets an assist and a point, and the game summary reads "goal by, assisted by" so coaches and parents see both. If you picked the wrong player, edit the goal afterward instead of adding a second stat.

Common mistakes

• Crediting the pass before the pass. Only the final pass to the scorer counts.
• Giving an assist on every goal by habit. A dodge from the wing or from behind, a scoop and score, or a goal off a draw or faceoff has no assist.
• Recording the assist as its own stat. It lives on the goal; adding it separately breaks the count.
• Leaving the assist off because the game moved fast. It is one more tap, and it is the only credit the passer gets.

Where it shows up

Assists are the A column on season leaderboards and on each game's public box score. They also count toward points, so a feeder with few goals can still sit near the top of the points column.

Related stats

• Goal: the play an assist belongs to.
• Points: goals plus assists.
• Shot on goal: what the assisted shot becomes.