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This just came in today! @Kenu and @Lurkins I urge people to test out as much as possible how much this is fixed now Full list from patch + tuner Feb 11 Gameplay • Increased attribute effect range to create more player separation. • Increased range of attribute effects for goalies so that the weaker goalies are further separated from the best ones. • Increased goalies ability to save slower low shots and passes towards the net. • Increased referee strictness when teams were already shorthanded so that penalties no longer go uncalled. • Increased pokecheck success when in proper positions. • Increased penalties from stick lift at wrong angles. • Removed the effect protecting the puck has in resistance to being hit (either with protect puck or holding the puck out away from your opponent). Note: Being in a controlled glide with full balance and/or limiting the relative speed of the hit will still be advantageous over skating, performing an action or higher relative speed hits when trying to stay in control. • Lowered EASHL AI goalie attributes slightly. • Faceoffs are now equal across all EASHL forward classes to rule out any balance issues. • Re-Balanced EASHL Power Forward class attributes slightly. • Addressed issue where players would occasionally stay in the penalty box for the rest of the game after the end of their penalty. • Addressed issue where players would not line up correctly when using the aggressive faceoff style during an offensive zone faceoff. Presentation • Added the 2015-16 Boston Bruins Winter Classic jersey • Added the 2015-16 Montreal Canadian’s Winter Classic jersey • Added the 2015-16 Chicago Blackhawks Stadium Series jersey • Added the 2015-16 Minnesota Wild Stadium Series jersey • Added the 2015-16 Colorado Avalanche Stadium Series jersey • Added the 2015-16 Detroit Red Wings Stadium Series jersey • Added the San Antonio Rampage 3rd jersey • Added the Charlottetown Islanders 3rd jersey • Added the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3rd jersey • Added the Hamilton Bulldogs 3rd jersey Online • Made network performance improvements in EA SPORTS Hockey League and Online Team Play. • Added "Dangler" player class in EASHL. And for you techsavvy people who wonder what was cause of the lag, from EA_NHLDevs on EA SPORTS forum: Hi Everyone, Many of you are aware of an issue known as Captain Lag. This has been an important issue for the community that we’ve been working to address since it was first raised. Today, we’re happy to share a positive update with you all - and in the spirit of transparency, we’re going to give it to you in lots of detail. The Captain Lag issue stumped us for quite some time. There was varied feedback across the entire community and no matter how many times we tried, we could not reproduce Captain Lag in our studio. Eventually, we created a special build of the game that allowed us to trace the inner workings while we played. Members of our GameChangers program and their teammates then played games with us and we were able to reproduce the issue with greater consistency. This allowed us to see and understand the actual problem. Since we had several consoles and TV’s in the same location, we were able to see what was on each players screen at the same time. We found that what was being displayed on the screen matched for all the users; which then allowed us to discount the possibility of our server infrastructure delaying sending the proper data to only one player (the Captain). There were no discernible problems within our logs, so we went to work and added information that would allow us to track the internal latency of our game. We tracked the time between us being alerted there were button presses on the controller, to the time we sent it onto the network, to the time we got the data back from the network, and finally - to the time we passed it to the game to actually act on the data (run the game). After more game sessions with the GameChangers, we discovered the problem was with us getting the data back from the network and passing it to the game to actually run the game. The issue was that at the beginning of the game, when we synced all the users inputs (all inputs must be synced so the game simulation processes the exact same thing on everyone’s console), some users inputs would happen to come later than others and that exposed a bug with queued inputs that we have now addressed. The rest of the details of the fix get extremely technical and beyond the scope of a single post, but going forward, all the queues should be identical for games that are played on our dedicated servers, which should positively impact the response for many players; some more or less subtle than others. We have been working on this since it was first brought up by you, our players, but the breakthrough came in the last couple weeks with the help of the GameChangers and some very senior engineers. Our very sincere thanks to all of you that reached out with suggestions and information along the way. Many of you produced information and data that was crucial in our ability to problem solve and for that we are grateful – both for your help and your patience. Thanks, EA_NHLDevs

Nephenzy – Synergy Hockey So today we have Peter ‘’Nephenzy’’ Andersson from Synergy Hockey over here for a brief interview. Let’s get into it! (((NOTE: Interview done before ECL!))) Peter what’s up, how are you doing! Hi SeRe! Everything is just great, I´m excited about the upcoming ECL! Nice to hear! So what kind of team is Synergy Hockey exactly? When was it founded? Well Synergy Hockey is a team built by random hockey gamers from Sweden, not many of us knew each other before NHL 09 except a few of us. Synergy Hockey was founded and emerged late NHL 11. Members of two teams BIF Blizzards and Blades of Swedes on PS3 started up this new team together. The main concept for us is to have a great team spirit and work together for better and worse. So has the roster been mainly the same over the years? We have had some changes and lots of different rosters throughout all of these years and there was this one year, NHL 13 where we changed to Xbox and we played in two different teams instead of Synergy. But we have a core that has been together since the very beginning and last few years we have had a pretty solid roster with a few minor changes. Last year we played a few other games since there was no EASHL on PS4, so the group feels pretty strong nowadays. Now something easier! Who are you and how did you end up playing NHL in the first place? Well I´m just an old hockey maniac living in Sweden. I have dedicated my life to all kinds of team play games which are my biggest passion. I have played all NHL games since the first one on SEGA called EA Hockey. Me and Isindar did some online leagues several years on PC but when EASHL was introduced on console, it was natural that we bought it and started to play together instead of against each other. This is the 1st next-gen NHL with EASHL and even better, it seems that every major Xbox team has transferred to PS4, so we are going to have truly great tournament. What are your thoughts of the game itself and what do you think about upcoming tournament, would you agree that it’s going to be the best European EASHL tournament ever thus far? Yeah I´m really excited about this upcoming tournament and the future of this community with the new NHLGamer. I´m a bit worried how this home captain lag will affect games and what problems it might bring. But I hope that honesty and good sportsmanship will be in a big part. And yeah there are so many good teams out there and this has the potential to be the best tournament ever. There are lots of teams known for something, like The United Knights for its defense or Northern Stars for its offense. What kind of team is Synergy Hockey? Hmmm I don´t know really.. We pass the puck a lot, maybe too much for our own good sometimes. We try to be solid and complete in both ends. The game is so tight nowadays so It´s all about being focused and trying to keep cool head even when things don’t go your way. Are you fully Swedish team? Do you think swedes are better in EASHL than other nationalities? Yeah our roster has swedes only. No I don’t really think swedes are any better. I don’t see that much Swedish teams as there was a few years back. There is a lot more Finnish teams and players, but i don’t think that nationality can determine whether you’re better in EASHL or not. It all comes down to the chemistry and the confidence of the team. Is this kind of tournaments the actual point to play EASHL or even NHL? Yeah I really think so. I feel that EASHL is all too friendly where everyone are changing teams and so on. These tournaments build all the feelings you can’t get from regular EASHL games; team spirit, rivalry and much more. I would still play NHL but not half as much if it wasn’t for these tournaments. So you guys have some special rivalries? Well I think we have many rivals, Laser HT has knocked us out in a few quarterfinals and then we had this one semifinal when we had a real beef, most of them are in Beatless now I think. But yeah you see lots of Finnish teams every night and you want to beat them... But it´s a bit special nowadays to meet a Swedish team when there is so few of them. What kind of beef you had with Laser HT? Well there was an incident with a player in their team who couldn´t get back into their roster due to the 12 hour ‘’club change’’ -block on NHL 14 I think. The result was that the game was delayed 45 minutes and TGMA called a WO for us. Something you really don’t want in a playoffs. Resulting in a major fight on the ConsoleHockey and a few suspensions. We got one win for that game, but they turned the table and won the series 4-3. They had some strong characters like Seppo and Hansulinho who were able to turn the series around. Also two of our Synergy players Pelle and Dunza played in Laser HT at that time but it's kind of history nowdays. Which teams do you see competing in the top of the standings in the next tournament? There is so many good teams now but I think Northern Stars, Dynasty, Carlsberg HC and Infinity will surely be in the top. Who would you like to highlight from your team, who will be a pain on the ass for opponents? I really dont like to highlight anyone in that way, the team is bigger than any player but anyway I think many EASHL players know that Supremski is a world class defefender on both offense and defense. But we really have to make it as a team. Woah! Thank you for giving us your time, it was nice to chat! Good luck for you guys to the upcoming tournament! Thank you as well for this interview and all the great work for the community. keep it up and good luck to everyone participating in ECL, see you on the ice. Cheers! --- I want to thank Nephenzy one more time for this interview, hopefully you readers also enjoyed! Be sure to leave a like/ comment and check out my social media! Cheers! See you later! www.youtube.com/FlNSeRe www.facebook.com/FINSeRe www.twitch.tv/FINSeRe