Edgehalla League Connect: the free fantasy hockey browser extension

• Private ESPN leagues, no copying

  ESPN keeps private leagues behind two login cookies, espn_s2 and SWID, that websites can’t read. When you click Allow, the extension hands them to Edgehalla, which stores them encrypted and uses them only to read your league.

• Private Yahoo leagues, synced

  When you click Refresh on Edgehalla, the extension opens your own Yahoo Fantasy hockey league pages with your Yahoo sign-in and passes the page content to Edgehalla, which reads your teams, rosters and matchup from it.

• Edgehalla badges on Yahoo pages

  On Yahoo Fantasy hockey pages it adds small badges next to player names: games left this week, today’s opponent, confirmed or expected goalies, lines and power-play units, and streamer scores on the free-agent list. The matchup page gets a games-remaining panel for both teams. The “E” button hides them.

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   Step 1: Use Chrome, Edge or Brave on a computer

   Use Chrome, Edge or Brave on a computer. Safari, Firefox and phones aren’t supported. After setup, you can view your Edgehalla dashboard on your phone too; refreshing a private Yahoo league happens on this computer.

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   Step 2: Install Edgehalla League Connect

   Add the free extension from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar. Chrome warns that it can read and change data on fantasy.espn.com, hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com, www.espn.com and www.edgehalla.com; the permissions section below explains each one.

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   Step 3: Sign in to Yahoo Fantasy in the same browser

   Open Yahoo Fantasy hockey and sign in as usual. Click the extension icon: it should say “Yahoo session found”.

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   Step 4: Paste your league URL on Edgehalla

   Create a free Edgehalla account, go to Settings › Leagues › Yahoo, paste your league URL and click Find league. Paste your team page URL instead and Edgehalla pre-selects your team.

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   Step 5: Read the league with the extension

   Edgehalla sees the league is private. Click “Read my league with the extension”. A small window asks “Let Edgehalla read your Yahoo Fantasy hockey league pages when you click Refresh?” Click Allow. It asks only once.

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   Step 6: Pick your team

   Your team is pre-selected if you pasted your team page URL. Click Save league; the first sync runs.

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   Step 7: Open the dashboard on that computer to refresh

   Opening your Edgehalla dashboard on the computer with the extension refreshes the league automatically, at most every 30 minutes, or click Refresh from Yahoo there any time. A phone can view the dashboard but can’t refresh a private Yahoo league. Weekly emails use your latest refresh, so open the dashboard on that computer at least once a day. Optional: Edgehalla badges show up on your Yahoo Fantasy pages, and the “E” button hides them.

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   Step 8: Revoke any time

   Open the extension’s toolbar popup › Site access › Revoke, disconnect the league in Edgehalla Settings › Leagues, or uninstall the extension.

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   Step 1: Install the extension on a computer

   Add Edgehalla League Connect to Chrome, Edge or Brave from the Chrome Web Store.

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   Step 2: Sign in at espn.com

   Sign in to the ESPN account that belongs to the league, in the same browser. The extension popup shows a check mark for espn_s2 and SWID when it finds them.

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   Step 3: Paste your league URL on Edgehalla

   In Settings › Leagues, choose ESPN and paste your league URL or league ID. Edgehalla tells you the league is private.

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   Step 4: Fill from ESPN automatically

   Click “Fill from ESPN automatically”. The first time, a small window asks to share your ESPN league login with Edgehalla. Click Allow.

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   Step 5: Pick your team

   Choose your team and the weekly dashboard loads. ESPN leagues then sync on their own; you don’t need the computer again unless ESPN signs you out.

Rather not install anything? Your ESPN league manager can make the league viewable to the public, or you can copy espn_s2 and SWID from a desktop browser by hand. The espn_s2 and SWID guide shows both.

• ESPN login cookies (espn_s2, SWID)

  When

  You connect an ESPN league on Edgehalla and click Allow, or choose “Copy for Edgehalla” in the popup

  Where it goes

  Only the Edgehalla page that asked, then Edgehalla’s server

  Stored?

  Yes, encrypted by Edgehalla, used only to read your ESPN league. Deleted when you disconnect the league

• Your Yahoo Fantasy hockey league pages (league home, team roster, matchup, players, settings, standings)

  When

  You click Refresh on Edgehalla and have allowed Yahoo access

  Where it goes

  Only the Edgehalla page that asked, then Edgehalla’s server, which parses them

  Stored?

  The pages are not stored. Only league data (teams, rosters, matchups) is kept

• Yahoo player ids shown on a Yahoo Fantasy hockey page

  When

  You browse hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com with badges on

  Where it goes

  www.edgehalla.com/api/ext/yahoo/players, with no cookies

  Stored?

  No. The extension caches public player data for 5 minutes

• Your Allow / Don’t allow choices and the badges setting

  When

  You make a choice

  Where it goes

  Nowhere: they stay in your browser

  Stored?

  In the extension’s local storage, until you revoke or uninstall

• Yahoo password or cookies

  When

  Never

  Where it goes

  Nowhere

  Stored?

  No. The popup only checks that a Yahoo sign-in cookie exists, by name

• Browsing history, analytics, ads

  When

  Never

  Where it goes

  Nowhere

  Stored?

  No

The full policy is in our privacy policy.

• “Read and change your data on fantasy.espn.com and www.espn.com”

  Chrome needs this host access before an extension can read ESPN cookies. The extension uses it only to read espn_s2 and SWID after you click Allow. It never adds anything to ESPN pages and never sends requests to ESPN.

• “Read and change your data on hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com”

  Two uses, both on Yahoo Fantasy hockey only. When you click Refresh on Edgehalla, it opens your own league pages with your Yahoo sign-in. And it adds the Edgehalla badges to those pages, reading only player ids. No other Yahoo site (mail, finance, news) is touched.

• “Read and change your data on www.edgehalla.com”

  So the extension can tell Edgehalla it is installed, pass along what you allowed, and fetch public player data for the badges.

• Cookies

  Reads the two ESPN cookies above, and checks only the name of a Yahoo sign-in cookie to show “Yahoo session found”. Yahoo cookie values are never read out, stored or sent.

• Storage

  Remembers your Allow / Don’t allow choice per site and platform, and whether badges are shown. It never stores cookie values or league pages.

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   Step 1: Revoke one site or platform

   Click the extension icon › Site access, then Revoke next to ESPN or Yahoo. The next Connect or Refresh asks again.

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   Step 2: Hide the Yahoo badges

   Click the floating “E” button on any Yahoo Fantasy page, or untick Yahoo page badges in the popup.

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   Step 3: Delete your league data

   In Edgehalla Settings › Leagues, disconnect the league. Stored ESPN cookies and league data are deleted with it.

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   Step 4: Uninstall

   Right-click the extension icon › Remove from Chrome (or Remove from Microsoft Edge), or open chrome://extensions and click Remove.

• I installed it but Edgehalla still asks me to install

  Reload the Edgehalla page. An extension only reaches tabs opened after it was installed, so a tab that was already open can’t see it yet.

• Edgehalla says your extension is out of date

  You have an older version without Yahoo support. Chrome updates extensions automatically, usually within a few hours. To update now, open chrome://extensions (edge://extensions in Edge), turn on Developer mode and click Update, or restart the browser. After an update that asks for new permissions, Chrome switches the extension off until you accept them: click the puzzle-piece icon, or open chrome://extensions, and accept. Then reload the Edgehalla page.

• It says you are not signed in to Yahoo

  Sign in to Yahoo Fantasy hockey in the same browser profile, then try again. The popup should say “Yahoo session found”. Incognito windows use a separate sign-in.

• On a phone or tablet

  Mobile browsers can’t run extensions. Connect from a computer; you can then view the dashboard on your phone. A private Yahoo league refreshes only from the computer with the extension (automatically when you open the dashboard there), while a connected private ESPN league syncs on its own from any device. A public league needs no extension at all.

• Safari or Firefox

  Not supported. Use Chrome, Edge or Brave on a computer, or ask your commissioner to make the league publicly viewable.

• I clicked “Don’t allow” by mistake

  Click the extension’s icon in the toolbar to open its popup. Under Site access, find www.edgehalla.com marked Blocked and click Reset. Then reload the Edgehalla page and try again; it asks you to Allow once more.