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The "Hockey is Back" Update

Hockey is back and so are updates to Executive Hockey. Here is the list of changes for the first update since late March:

Players can now only have contracts extended in the last year of their contract.
Added more button actions to player popup info screen
Fixed incorrect points on standings screen
Player updates
Some teams now have new abbreviations
Shot on goal distribution is now a little more balanced
Fixed bug where teams would acquire way too many free agents
Fixed bug where sorting on contract value in the roster list would cause the game to crash
Trade deadline warning screen look improved
Human player's team must always be under the salary cap. Game will not continue if team is over the cap
Main header now shows the cap room for the currently selected team.
Fixed occasional crash bug when dragging players around lineup
Green and red bars on main page header now explain what they mean
Expenditure and cap info are no longer shown on the roster list page
Fixed bug sorting salary amounts
Goalie playoff stats now showing correctly
Most buttons are now two-toned
Improved how AI teams value draft picks
Fixed bug where older players could have zero power
Improvements made to AI trading algorithm
Fixed bug where Moves screen showed old contract details, not the newly signed extension

Enjoy!

A Second March Update!

Here are a bunch of new features and bug fixes for our second March update:

Added empty net goals to the match summary screen
AI now pulls the goalie properly when the player is watching a game play out.
The draft pool is now created at the beginning of the season and you can see the prospects under the Draft button throughout the season
Fixed a bug where you would get a message that you had signed an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the player didn't actually sign with you.
Players now are slightly less likely to retire if they are released from a team and become unrestricted free agents
Players with the 'ageless' tag are not as overpowered as they previously were.
Player info header now includes weight, height and birthdate
Standings lists now have slightly more space between lines
Prospects in draft pool are a year older
Fewer generational and franchise players are now created in the draft pool. Some years there will be none.
Shots on goal are now modeled and included on match summary screen - both the total per team, and the total per player.

March 2020 Update

Hi everyone!

This week we have a number of interesting new features and fixes, and two prominent changes to team names. Here we go!

The Columbus Yellow Jackets have been renamed to the Columbus Wasp and have a new logo
The Carolina Category Fives have been renamed to the Carolina Fivers
The match summary screen now shows when you click a match on the 'Scores' and the 'All Scores' screens.
Fixed a few incorrectly expired player contracts. Added 'Ironman' tag to Yandle.
Fixed a bug where clicking 'Moves' button late in season would cause a crash
Fixed 'Contract Has Expired' message on the Moves list when the contract had not actually expired
Added 'RW' column to standings page and added it to the tiebreakers
Added 'GD' (goal differential) column to standings page
When the standings page is in 'basic' mode for limited screen sizes, the goals for and goals against columns are no longer shown
Improved look of 'Tabs' on the live draft screen
The draft lottery screen no longer shows odds for a pick after the 3rd pick has been chosen.
Added a new set of up/down buttons to the salary on negotiation screens to jump by $1 million instead of only being able to jump by $50,000.

March Update - New Faces!

There are three new updates for March:

First, we have a whole new face system. Gone are those ugly old computer-generated player faces and in their places are some brand new faces created by an artist.

Players now have nationalities. You can see them on the player popup and tooltip screens. Players come from 18 countries: Austria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA.

Unrestricted free agents and players in the draft pool now also have nationalities and names that are appropriate for their place of origin. Origins are weighted so you will see more Canadians, Americans and Russians, for example, than Slovenes, Britons and Danes.

February 2020 Update

This month's update is primarily minor bug fixes:

A few player updates
Slight layout modification to team archetype panel
No longer says 'No entries' on startup team selection screen
Fixed bug where shootout wouldn't display on summary screen
Fixed bug where shootout would end after one round if someone scored
Fixed mistake on how wise teams bonuses were displayed.
If tags are too long on player label on lineup screen they'll be shortened with '...'
Minor corrections to clock used when goal is described (e.g. goals in last second were previously 19:00)
Goals can no longer be scored in first two seconds of periods
Minor adjustments to player exhaustion during game
Minor adjustments to player value based on age (biased more towards younger now)