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Hello, I have followed this community for a long time and now i would like to know thing or two from veteran eashl players. Well ive watched several ecl games on twitch, youtube etc. and theres always a question in my head, how they became that good? Well for example players like Joukki, Vsilenttio, Patzlav, pleemaker, sadapoika etc. seem to have no ps4 controller between their brain and game. They seem to do whatever they want on virtual ice and i want to know how to become a player who can dominate the whole ice.First of all, I play myself in a small eashl team filled with workmates. We are not playing for winning, just enjoying the game but its not fun when you keep losing all the games and cant do anyhting about it. My biggest issue is protecting the puck and playing smart on offensive zone. For example, look at this offense. All those little fast moves and shit. So any tips for playing like that? Is it all about reactionskill to avoid pokechecks and how you basicly keep the puck on your blade? Elite players seem not to use l1 dekes much or do they? Are they useless? I think my biggest issue is to keep my speed up. When im trying to do something on right stick my speed usually drops and then opponent makes sticklift or check and i lose the puck. So i need something to help me getting the puck on offensive zone and keeping it there. My motivation is high, I would love to practice this gamemode but i cant find a smart way to do it. Offline and online versus are so much different, Drop in games are made by devil and my teammates are tired of seeing me trying to do those little moves like joukki or some LW did there. So, I would love to hear any tips about eashl from u guys. Anything. How u guys became that good? how did u practice? Any useful info playing smart and protecting puck? How to score against human goalie? Also i would like to see in the future that elite players would join on low skilled teams aswell. Seems like all elite players are cycling to team to other with all same players. It would be good challenge to trying to get random teams on top. One major problem about my playing is that theres noone who could teach all this shit. Rock on!

EA should add one more thing for human goalies in EASHL: when there are penalty coming or team wants to get even with 6-players, the sixth player should be human (controlled by goalie), no brainless bot. After that taking the goalie to the bench will be helpful. Now it's almost useless. That shouldn't be too hard to realise because in be a pro it's working at the moment in NHL 16.

This is a small breakdown for what different ways there is for teams communicate using mics and text. I'm going to go through here different programs and apps, and try to list different Pros and Cons. Note that this is plainly my opinion and people have their own preferences. All of the programs support smartphone Voice chat too. What is VOIP? A:VOIP is plainly put a term for every internet call and talk over internet type things. Skype Skype is product of Microsoft. You can download it for free for older versions of Windows and for smartphones. It doubles as an messaging app and as a VOIP through Skype calls. Pros: Free Can create groups Often preinstalled on lot of computers and Smartphones Cons: You have to first invite people as friends before you can communicate No group admins Sound quality and connection quality varies alot Teamspeak and Mumble Teamspeak 3 and Mumble are basically same product from 2 different developers. There are some minor differenses but nothing massive. These 2 are most used VOIP programs within PC players. Pros: Client is free for PC Good sound and connection qualities Server adminstration is easy and has lot of options Password protection options Cons: Servers are pay2use unless you don't have your own server. Sizeable servers (over 25) people can cost Server configuration can be hard for people that don't have necessary knowledge Teamspeak smartphone app isn't free Discord One of newer comers to VOIP field. Finnish-american development product to overthrow teamspeak and skype. Pros: Servers and client free Lot of options to customize your channel Administration easy and role rights easy to configure Has web app, PC program and smartphone app You can either Direct Message to certain people if they are your friend on discord or have setted that strangers can DM them Twitch sync available Person highlighting with @-symbol Cons: Unknown for lot of people still Curse has same features but is more polished Curse Curse is today to-go software of streamers at the moment. It also has less-known guild friendly aspect for channels. Curse is basically better version of Discord in my opinion. Pros and Cons are pretty much the same as on Discord. I've used this more than Discord and for Voice quality on either phone or PC is excellent. Playstation Network - Parties Playstation's own VOIP solution. Works by inviting people on your created party or if it is public your PSN friends can join. Pros: You just need your console and compatible headset. You get headphone+mic set with your console when you bought it (included in the package) Simple click to join Cons: Party limit 8 people If you need team text message for more people you have to have group founded No phone iteration for Voice More unstable than others XBox Live Haven't used it. As far as I believe and have heard is basically pretty same as PSN's As said above, my favorite is Curse of these. The overall chances with it are same or better than other programs need. But this is just my opinion. There are many more available but these are biggest ones and most common Please feel free comment, ask questions or add

I just wanted to submit some feedback on the Beta from a goalie standpoint (I started playing in NHL 16 and found that game to be VERY buggy from the goalie position) and have to say I'm thoroughly impressed so far. Here is my list of pros and cons: Pros: - In NHL16 the goalie post to post was VERY glitchy. Sometimes you would hug a post, and attempt to slide to the other only to have your goalie do a 360, or move to the top of the crease in the post hugging position. I have to say that this is no longer the case. I found the post play very smooth, and they even slide at a decent rate allowing you to defend against those guys who reverse direction behind the net constantly. - Nicer goalie movement (for the most part). If you watch the computer goalies, they can move around their crease with relative ease and it looks so smooth. The player goalie needs to be inched across and it's almost like they're moving from block to block, not sliding seamlessly. It is definitely much better than 16 however, you can keep yourself in good position with relative ease. - Desperation saves work very nicely. I have to say that in NHL16 if you played against a team who was able to slide passes across the crease in front of you, you stood virtually no chance of reaching the puck. I've played roughly 60 games between drop ins and team play, and have to say that the goalies are actually MUCH more competitive against this type of play. It's a nice change, especially when you have defencemen who refuse to take the pass away. - The overall feel of being a goalie is much nicer in NHL17, you can actually have a bit of confidence knowing that you're going to be making that save if you are able to position yourself properly and read plays. Cons: - Falling on your arse and being unable to stand up easily. This bug is by far the worst for a goalie in my opinion. Sometimes your goalie will stretch out for a save and end up falling backwards onto his butt, and he's stuck. He doesn't shuffle, he doesn't roll to the side, he doesn't do anything. You have to push the "A" button as though you're going to skate out of the crease in order to get him to stand. This is a big problem if you're busy watching the play in front of you after making a save, and don't notice you've fallen into this position and can't react to a rebound. It would be nice if you could maybe have him roll onto his side by moving your left thumbstick at least. This way you can get up and back into the play. - Getting behind the net is still a challenge, you need to make quite a sweeping arc outside of your crease to actually get behind the net, otherwise you just run into the post and you're stuck leaving yourself vulnerable. - Goalie interference calls are still a nuisance. I know it often works in my advantage if a player lightly bumps me and they score around me, but sometimes it feels as though if the wind blows just right they'll get a penalty. It's frustrating for the players I'm sure, and it's really frustrating watching it happen to your team from the other end of the ice. Maybe there's a way to change the amount of contact necessary for a penalty? - I had one instance where my goalie was skating out of the crease and got frozen mid-stride. I couldn't turn, lay down, dive, anything. All I could do was hold "A" and continue skating forward until a whistle happened. Not sure why this was, and it only happened once, but it sucked. I have seen forwards freeze and drift into the boards on occasion and not be able to move as well. - Artificial-Retardation. The computer players are not smart, not even a little. If a player calls for a pass from a D-man behind my net, instead of wrapping it up the boards like a real player would, they fire it across my crease, off my pads, and sometimes to the opponent. As well, if a computer defenceman is facing a 2-on-1, they will never take away the pass like a smart D-man would, they simply hover in the center of the ice, and sometimes crash into me! That's a little ridiculous. You can't even adjust team strategies to help with this. It would be nice to see computer D who actually help out, not hinder a team. The Game In General I'm purely a goaltender in the NHL games now, and I have to say I LOVE it. This game is a major step forward in comparison to NHL16. - The arena customization is awesome, I think it'll be a hit when the full game launches, I love playing in the small "industrial" rinks like I grew up playing in. - The dressing room that you enter following a game with your team is a fantastic idea, making it much easier to friend and continue playing with solid linemates. - Being able to pre-select a position prior to launching an EASHL game is very nice, but you should add a "No Preference" option so if you don't really care you can find a game anyway. Because perhaps you want to play goalie, but can't find a game that needs one, but if you joined a game with no preference and a goalie quit the lobby, you could easily grab that spot, saving time. - The commentators, PLEASE CHANGE THEM. This is 3 or 4 years (maybe wrong?) with the same ones. Could we please get some new commentary as this just feels like recycled trash. It would help make the game feel more like an upgrade instead of a roster change as some people call it. I feel like the game is more fluid, there is no longer a glitch where if you join a drop-in game you need to pause or else the game freezes (THANK YOU!), and as I mentioned before, you can be confident as a goalie that most goals that do get by are usually a very good tip/deflection, you were out of position, or the shooter out-played you. I can't speak for the new player classes as I have yet to play a game out of the net, but I've heard great things. Overall I am very excited for the full release, and have to say thank you for the many upgrades we've seen so far. See you on the ice!

Be Finnish, sober and under 16. U shouldnt even know what Sega or Super Nintendo is.

Uh just drink beer and play? Thats what everybody i know does.

@vSilenttio put it perfectly. Good post!

When I started play NHL 13 I was maybe worst rookie what can possible be! First I trained how do some dekes. I spend lot time in practice mode trying to do goals in difference ways etc. I just played 2v2 with my rl friends. Finally when NHL 14 arrive I heard there are EHL tournament so then I tryed my wings in 6v6. I had already skill makes some goals but my defence was so awful so I played D for while just get it even little better. Because that my 1v1 stats get better. "If u wanna be best u have to work like best"one wise man once said. so i have maybe played 5000 games I think. I really havent any mentor who had guided my. Sure I played with SadaPoika and Penatski in NHL 14 & 15 but they wasnt so pure elit e players like they are now. Really hard part was find good club where u can reach next lvl. Many teams wont take kids like I was. If u have thought which one to play to learn this game versus or eashl, I would say take that where u wanna be better. There is some great versus players who suck in eashl and elite eashl players who arent so good at versus. So there is some tips! Young "veteran"

EAT. SLEEP. PLAY. REPEAT. Playing thousands of games, in a nutshell. EASHL, Versus, HUT and Be a GM. There's literally no elite player who plays once a week, especially nowadays as there's +50-60 teams trying to win the ultimate prize of hockey, ECL championship. For me example, I've really had my hardest games ever on NHL16 thanks to Finnish Defence Forces. Fucking shit took 9 months away from my hockey career and I've been really rusty. I've never been this shit and it pisses me off every time when I play against players like @Joonas Paatiala(Patz), @debi_85, @Joukki or @Dominointi. Oh my God, even @Basstian23 is sneaky for me these days... Before back then, on NHL14, only forward I had problems to D against (even tho it was fun as hell) was @Foppatofflan, who's btw still greatest forward Europe has seen by far. But there's one cure which helps for this issue: playing daily. Before, lets say like on NHL14, I played +2500 EASHL/drop-in games combined, 50-100 versus games + HUT so yeah, more than 100 versus-games and that's nothing compared to guys like @plee999 or @Dominointi(seppo). And those guys dominate the leaderboards. So after EASHL and Vs., there's like lets say 2750 games played. Then there's Be a GM what I like to play, a lot. I'm not lying when I say that during NHL14, I played more than 10 different careers, atleast 2-3 seasons per career. Of course I simulated lots of games but also I played much. Even though it was just offline, you always learn when you play. So lets put it this way; who'll know more about the game, player A who plays only EASHL or player B, who plays hundreds or in some situations even thousands of games more than player A. And now on NHL16 I've played under 1000 6vs6-games, no more than 100 offline-games and couple 1vs1-games and you can clearly see it on the ice. That's it. Of course there's this thing called "hockey IQ" which you cant study. Either you have it, or you dont. That's why there's mainly the same teams or guys dominating the EASHL-leaderboards or 1vs1-boards. Hope so this helps to realize the importance of playing the game, a lot.

eashl kokemukset +parempi kuin nhl16 +liikkuvuus Paljon muutakin positiivista mutta ehkä enemmän jäi mieleen mitä jäin kaipaamaan. -Moni asia pelissä on tosi vaikeaa. Esim. Syötöt vaikea saada perille,maalinteko vaikeaa,botit voittaa kaikessa. Bottien kanssa pelaaminen ei kyllä huvita yhtään kun se on niin vaikeaa. -Sparrissa sai valita vain toisen puolen ja ennen ottelua piti valita mieluisin pelipaikka (hyökkäys,puollustus,maalivahti). Vanha systeemi paljon parempi. Nyt oli vaikea saada 6vs6 pelejä. -Valikot sekavat -Pelaajien nopeusarvo ei tunnu vaikuttavan mihinkään. Nopea pelaaja ei pääse hidasta pakkia karkuun millään puhumattakaan boteista. Peli oli ehkä liian paljon samanlainen kuin nhl16 joka oli ehkä huonoin nhl mitä olen pelannut. Liikkuvuus saa kehut mutta pyyhkeet tulee vaikeudesta.

SIKA is looking for elite RD. We need experienced, defensive-minded but still producive player to our blueline. By that, we mean that you have played tight EHL/ECL games before and basicly know how to play the game even when heat is on, defensively and offensively. 1st lineup spot guaranteed if you got what it takes to be #1 RD in team which is aiming to win ECL on NHL17. And as a team, we offer good team spirit and environment where you dont have to be afraid of people speaking bullshit behind your back etc. If there's something to say, we say it. Me and @imosi are responsible for that and everything else as we are SIKA's captains. Oh and we play daily 20-23fin so you have to be active as well. If you have any questions on our team, contact me on PSN.