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Exciting news NHL Gamers! The release of NHL 17 is less than a week away and some of us are of course already enjoying the 10 hour trial on the Xbox One with EA Access. One might think EA is relaxing at this stage, but we're happy to tell you that there is a major update coming "very soon" - just in time for the release. @EASportsNHL tweeted earlier today: The list of improvements is impressive - in fact, it's the longest one I can remember for a patch for an NHL-game. Of course it's very specific and goes into detail about certain team specific textures, but nevertheless EA Sports seems to be working hard to prove that they do in fact care about this title. There is an overwhelming amount of improvements listed, but one of our favourites is one that our very own community has been asking for and is something that @gzell60 discussed with producer Clement Kwong during our interview at Gamescom a few weeks ago: Allow for a human controlled goalies to play as the extra attacker in EASHL games. There it is! This will certainly make pulling the goalie - both in a delayed penalty situation, and in the last minute - a more valuable asset in the EASHL and the NHL Gamer ECL-leagues. It's time for the goalies to do some shooting practice too. Another added feature that I find really interesting and welcome is the ability to adjust the amount of help you get with your passing online: Added “Online Pass Assist Percentage” slider to the controls screen. According to the description, the assist is at 100% by default, but you can turn it completely off. This is comparable with the manual passing you can find in the FIFA-series. It may finally be time to stop yelling "That's not where I aimed my pass!" - ok, maybe I did. You can find the full and impressive list of updates below. Please let us know which improvements are the most pleasing to your eye in the comments section below! Source: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/10356843.page?sf48667017=1#35169115 On behalf of the NHL Gamer staff,

Hey NHL Gamers, this week, Sony revealed two new PlayStation 4 models: Slim and Pro. In short: While the Slim model will replace the original model going forward, by offering the same features with up to 28% less power consumption, the new Pro model is aimed at the core gamer with improved hardware and some new features. The US PlayStation Blog compiled a nice FAQ about the PlayStation 4 Pro, with lots of burning questions about what to expect from this new console. If you want to catch up on all the details, please have a look: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/09/08/ps4-pro-the-ultimate-faq/ What does it mean for NHLGamer.com and NHL 17? For the website and it's tournaments, the new PS4 Pro won't have any impact. The Pro, Slim and Original models all play the same games within the same community - so all owners across these models can still play together and against each other. There will not be seperate tournaments. For NHL 17 itself, the impact is yet to be detailed. With the PS4 Pro releasing on November 10th this year, NHL 17 would require a game update to fully take advantage of the model's improved hardware (e.g. better graphics, higher framerate). At this point, EA already revealed support for FIFA 17 and Battlefield 1, so there is a chance NHL 17 will receive a similar update. In case it does not, NHL 17 will be the same experience as on the standard PS4 models - however, if you are a 4K TV owner, the PS4 Pro will uprender the resolution to 4K for a crisper image. What do you think about the new PlayStation 4 Pro? Would you like for EA to support the new model with this year's NHL iteration?