NHL 22 December Patch Notes

General

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• Added the Roster Sharing Feature
• Added IIHF Tournament

Gameplay

• Added IIHF playoff OT rules
• Updated International ruleset to reflect new IIHF changes
• Various stick in physics improvements
• Improved Human goalie save selection on reflex saves while in set
• Fixed an issue where user goalie facing wasn't updating when the puck was carried behind the net
• Fixed a case where players could poke the puck and instead of carrying velocity it would stop in place
• Fixed an issue where the puck would get stuck in collision with boards
• Various gameplay crash and desync fixes

Presentation

• X-factor ability indicator active and used state tuning
• Improvements to post-goal sequences/timing

Creation Zone

• Added shoot/pass bias attribute when creating players (0-15 attribute range, 0 is more shots, 15 is more passes)
• Fix for custom teams not showing names/numbers on the jersey when in gameplay

Franchise Mode

• Added strategy templates that get generated for draft prospects
• Fixed an issue where CPU teams did not sign Elite Low potential prospects that they drafted
• Decreased salary expectancy boost for players when they have high performance seasons
• Decreased trade value boost for 34yr+ goalies when they have high performance seasons
• Decreased X-Factors trade value impact
• Fix for the Play Next Game tile not showing the matchup on the HUB after the trade deadline
• Fixed a crash when starting a 32 Expansion Franchise with custom rosters that has created players under franchise
• Misc UI Fixes

Be a Pro

• Misc Conversation fixes
• Misc UI fixes

Art

Center Ice Changes

Updated the following Center Ice layouts

• Updated Chicago Blackhawks United Center logo
• Updated Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center text to be black not green

Uniforms

The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 22

ECHL

• Allen Americans Alternate
• Florida Everblades Home
• Fort Wayne Komets Alternate
• Greenville Swamp Rabbits Home and Away
• Indy Fuel Away

Canadian Hockey League

• Kitchener Rangers Alternate
• Quebec Remparts alternate

DEL

• Adler Mannheim Home, Away and Alternate
• Augsburger Panther Home, Away and Alternate
• Bietigheim Steelers Alternate
• Dusseldorfer EG Home and Away
• EHC Red Bull Munchen Home and Away
• Eisbaren Berlin Home, Away and Alternate
• ERC Ingolstadt Home and Away
• Fischtown Pinguins Home, Away and Alternate
• Iserlohn Roosters Home, Away and Alternate
• Kolner Haie Home, Away and Alternate
• Krefeld Pinguine Home, Away and Alternate
• Nurmberg Ice Tigers Home and Away
• Schwenninger Wild Wings Home, Away and Alternate
• Straubing Tigers Home, Away and Alternate
• Wolfsburg Grizzlies Home, Away and Alternate

IIHF

• Austria Home and Away
• Belarus Home and Away
• Czech Republic Home and Away
• Denmark Home and Away
• Finland Home and Away
• France Home and Away
• Germany Home and Away
• Great Britain Home and Away
• Hungary Home and Away
• Italy Home and Away
• Japan Home and Away
• Kazakhstan Home and Away
• Korea Home and Away
• Latvia Home and Away
• Norway Home and Away
• Poland Home and Away
• Russia Home and Away
• Slovakia Home and Away
• Slovenia Home and Away
• Sweden Home and Away
• Switzerland Home and Away
• Ukraine Home and Away
• USA Home and Away

Equipment

• Added Goalie Stick Warrior Ritual V2 Pro+
• Added Goalie Stick True Catalyst 9X
• Added Goalie Stick Sherwood REKKER Element 1
• Added Player Stick Sherwood REKKER Element 1
• Added Player Stick True Catalyst 9X
• Added Player Stick True Project X
• Added Player Stick Warrior Alpha LX Pro
• Added Player Gloves CCM JetSpeed FT4

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the Arena Glass in the Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena was leaning towards the ice
• Fixed an issue where the fans in San Jose Sharks SAP Center were clipping through the penalty benches
• Fixed an issue where a camera man is clipping through glass at the Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena
• Fixed an issue where some NHL Star casual jerseys had ghosted logos on them.

World of Chel

• Added additional content into WoC for upcoming Chel challenges. Check back often to collect the latest cool new content.
• Fixed multiple issues where text was not visible because of similar colored background
• Fixed an issue where the Player level text was too dark during the Viewing Player Loadouts from a Dressing Room.
• Fixed an issue where the loadout class text was cut off when changing from a short to longer named player class
• Fixed an issue where some of the leaderboard combo box down boxes
• Fixed an issues where leveling up from XP on the Chel Challenges screen would not update the top right player level UI
• Fixed an issue where the previous end of period score was being shown during the current end of period NIS in Clubs
• Fixed an issues where callouts were missing from dynamic banners
• Fixed an issue where the drop-in team name would briefly display after switching from drop-in to Clubs game mode
• Fixed an issue where images were missing from a couple loading screens
• Fixed an issue where the post-game flow for clubs season progression was not showing the number of ties
• Fixed an issue where hovering over a locked loadout on the edit loadout screen would show an x-factor icon in the info box
• Fixed an issue where Team logos were not showing on the score clock overlay
• Fixed an issue where the scroll functionality didn’t function in My Career Stats if a user switched from career stats to player rank
• Fixed an issue where the View Player Loadouts option was not accessible after a user readied up in a dressing room
• Fixed an issue where the Social Widget wouldn’t open on the Player Rank Overview Screen
• Fixed an issue in edit club uniforms where the same button was being used for "Social Widget" and "Preview"
• Fixed an issue where the Loadout info box wasn’t updating when changing between loadouts on the edit loadout screen
• Fixed an issue where the loadout widget was being displayed in the Edit Loadout Screen
• Fixed an issue in Creation Zone where the jersey laces color was not updating for goalies when changed
• Fixed an issue where the UI was not updating when a user was speaking or muted
• Fixed an issue where spamming through the Custom Builds tutorial sometimes led to a crash
• Fixed an issue where the network ping info was covered by the "Starting Match” text in the search status box
• Fixed an issue where entering Intro Animations after entering Goal Celebrations would bring up the text for Goal Celebrations
• Fixed an issue where viewing stats for a player was misaligned in the Leaderboards
• Fixed an issue where Team logos were not showing on the score clock overlay
• Fixed an issue where the color change option was present for the fire signature effects
• Fixed an issue where Club Home Team gloves and helmets were using the away teams colors

HUT

• Added ability for players to transfer HUT content
• Updated X-Factor Master Item art for Jack Eichel
• Added X-Factor Master Item art for Dougie Hamilton, Marc-Andre Fleury, and Seth Jones
• Fixed issue where Synergies were not showing up in Edit Lines screen
• Fixed issue where Synergies were not showing up in Trade offer screen
• Various UI Fixes