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Hey NHLGamers, We have plenty of seasons starting, with IS Cup 3, RCL, ECL and GCL starting up in the coming days, so it's a good time to refresh your knowledge about game reporting! Due to the new World of Chel dressing room mechanic, the EA API doesn't yet contain the stats nor results for private game sessions, so at least for the start of the season, the captains will have to do slightly more manual work. Reporting games isn't difficult at all, but please have a look at the below for a good reminder before the season start in an attempt to clear any misunderstandings. 1) As a captain, you can see the TEAM TOOLS menu. To report a match, simply click ADD MATCH. 2) Next, pick the game you are reporting - remember, by default, the home team reports the team stats. It's good to have screenshots off all stats just in case, though. Click Add stats to add the team stats (for individual stats, see #5) 3) It's time to add the team stats. Quite simple, but pay attention to filling out all of the fields correctly. Note that it asks for amount of penalties, not penalty minutes! When you're happy with it, click Submit. 4) This is a re-cap screen. Please double-check that everything is correct. If you need to fix something, just click back. 5) Here's the part that the teams fill out individually. If you were the home team and reported the team stats, you'll be taken to this screen automatically. If your opponent reported the team stats, see #6 for how to get to this screen. You get the penalty and goal times from the Box Score menu in the game. Do not use the Action Tracker times, as they are reversed. 6) If you're the away team and your opponent reported the team stats, you'll see Add individual stats as an option in the reporting tool. So there you have it. Be patient and everything will go smoothly. Just be sure to take pictures of all of the stats before exiting the game and use the times from the Box Score and not the Action Tracker and you'll be good. Questions? What if the game disconnects? At the time of a disconnect, both teams need to take down all of the stats (take screenshots or photos). After the rest of the game has been played out, stats for both relevant portions of the games need to be merged, to report the whole game on NHLGamer.com. This whole procedure can be repeated multiple times, in case players drop out more than once during one scheduled game. What if the game is reported incorrectly? Contact support Anything else? Ask us in the comments!

What's up, gamers? Do you know that feeling when you have missed something you used to do some time ago, but for certain reasons you haven't been doing that thing for a long time. It can be writing articles for NHLGamer, it can be some old hobby, listening to some childhood favourite band or you know - playing virtual hockey on the very highest level in ECL Elite. I happen to know a few guys who can certainly agree with me on this one. I used to be one of them for a long, long time. Can you guess who I'm talking about? SIKA - one of the oldest competitive EASHL teams in Europe is back in ECL Elite! Very few teams can say that they've been out there for almost 10 years, but SIKA is truly one of those teams. Obviously their roster has changed during that long 10-year road but hey - how many teams actually manage to keep their core players and team itself together for that long? They've seen lots of ups and downs, different players, friends and brothers, leagues and tournaments during that long road. Personally, I can say that it takes a lot from you. It was like a family, and to be honest, it still feels like one. *Wiping a tear* In ECL6, SIKA played in the Pro division. Their regular season was solid as they finished with a record of 22-6-1. Arctic was SIKA's first round opponent in a series that SIKA managed to win in six games. In Round 2 they lost a thrilling 7-game battle to White Trash where the winner was decided in overtime after SIKA failed to convert their two powerplays before conceding the season ending goal in double overtime. However, anything can happen in life and due to some off-season transfers and teams disbanding, SIKA managed to find a backdoor entrance to Elite. IN Rankaisija <-- Old Farts MrNipsuli <-- Free Agents OUT imosi1 --> Break from NHL vSilenttio --> Symphony Current Roster: Forwards yrjoo (A) @yrjoo Albatrooss @Albatross Naikou88 @Naikou88 Defensemen MCH_98 (A) @MCH_98 MrNipsuli- @MrNipsuli Rankaisija_ @Ranksu Goaltenders SpiderRoyal (C) @SpiderRoyal RingDaKing30 @Ylijumala Alright, lets get to business. I had the honor of interviewing my long time friend and former teammate - the man, the myth, the old but gold in its true meaning: @SpiderRoyal Shall we start with an easy one - how are you and the lads? What does SIKA think about the new NHL-game? Me and the lads are doing just fine, thanks for asking! Ready to go after a nice warm summer, quality time with our families and a needed break from the hockey scene. We all purchased the pre-order version of the new NHL 19, so we've been grinding the new game from day one and we like the game a lot. Not sure about the new patch, but more games are needed before jumping to conclusions. The game feels fresh, for me at least. Can't wait for the new season to begin! It's been over a year now since SIKA was last seen in ECL Elite. What kind of thoughts does the comeback bring to you personally? Is it time for some changes in the schedules and work ethic maybe? Yes, finally SIKA is back! SIKA in my opinion is an Elite team and finally we're back where we belong. Still I'm haunted by the fact that we got relegated after a season of many disasters, and even more shocked that we couldn't get back up to Elite, as we're always shooting ourselves in the foot in the playoffs. Getting promoted isn't easy even if you have a very solid team. For me personally getting back to Elite is a huge boost, not that I wouldn't be motivated playing in Pro, but playing in the Elite this upcoming season brings an extra flavor to the dish! As the founder of SIKA I'm in it for the ups and the downs. Being on the bright side of things this time makes me very happy and hungry for success. Schedule wise of course we have to play even more and prioritize that 6's is the #1 game mode for us if we want to gain success. Less HUT and FUT, that's for sure We all have pretty similar schedules as to when we can play, so that won't be an issue. The work ethic definitely needs to be stepped up a notch. We are discussing learning our style, studying opponents, how to play in different situations, minimizing the differential between the good day and the bad days...all that comes with when you take a step up in the work ethic aspect of the game. SIKA has seen a lot during the recent years so obviously terms, such as "rebuilding" or "re-tooling" are not new for you. With dozens of seasons and offseasons behind, how did the team do this time around - could you tell me about how well you accomplished your goals set this offseason? The terms "rebuilding" and "re-tooling" aren't new to us at all. That might very well be the reason we fell off our course for the past 2-3 seasons. Too many new faces who weren't loyal after all and not having that solid #1 lineup to go with. The offseason started with a couple of bangs! vSilenttio, our captain and GM, went to play with Symphony. imosi1 retired. So you could say that we were in a little bit of a shock at the beginning of the offseason. Losing two of our full breed SIKA's was a pity, but we understood why they left. Saying that, losing two of our brothers might be actually the best thing that could have happened to us. We all stepped up a lot, everyone got more involved in team matters and the atmosphere is more united and relaxed than maybe ever before. Everyone has their own role now and the workload is spread very evenly. We're all a part of rejuvenating SIKA. Two new signings needed to be done after vSilenttio and imosi1 left. Rankaisija and MrNipsuli- came to the rescue. Rankaisija being a highly skilled veteran defender, "a leader" if you will and MrNipsuli- being something of a "gods gift". Especially MrNipsuli- has surprised us all, not often you find an Elite defender from the 1vs1-scene lingering around among the free agents. I'd also like to shoutout MCH_98 for elevating his game to a totally new level! The growth of MCH_98 skill-wise after vSilenttio left the defense has been mindboggling. The forwards are now locked in their own positions and they get to play their own favorite position. Forwards: Albatrooss, Yrjoo and Naikou88 have all been in SIKA for a while now so they are no strangers to each other. Not forgetting the goalies: Me[insert old guy joke here] and RingDaKing30 sharing the playtime 50-50 and LOCKING UP! So to sum it up: Offseason went way better than expected From there it's easy to jump to one of the most exciting subjects. ECL7, Elite division, it's license and the season in itself. What is SIKA planning to do in the next three months? We aim to get better everyday and show everyone why I earlier stated that SIKA belongs to ECL Elite. SIKA has never been shy to show games to the viewers and we'll stream EASHL and ECL on a daily basis. Everyone can come see us grow as a team and see why we believe in ourselves so much! The license for this upcoming season is huge! This is exactly what we as a community needed and SIKA supports it all the way. Finally, the last burning question - will SIKA play in the ECL7 playoffs? And how do you see the other teams out there - what teams do you see as the biggest championship contenders? Our minimum goal is the playoffs, our dream is to win it all! Why play if you don't believe in yourself?! Of course we are aware of the reality, but there is no reason we can't achieve the biggest price if everything clicks. Also I think almost any team in the Elite can win it all, if everything goes as planned. I'm hopeless optimist I know Soooo many good teams in Elite, but if I had to say top-3 teams and I couldn't name ourselves, I'd say: FILADELPHIA because of Eki "The Champ", PleeMaker (wrap-arounds me to death every year), Zande95... Are you kidding me?! Written in the Stars: Favorite status every year. Now with Dominointi and Hansu... Lord have mercy! Dynasty: Gets better every year! Thanks for your time, SpiderRoyal. Good luck for the upcoming season! Unfortunately we received some sad news coming from the Monarchs camp last night - Monarchs will not be participating in ECL 7, as the team will be folding. Some of the Monarchs players will transfer to Sjukstugan and represent them in ECL 7. More news regarding this once Sjukstugan is up! In tomorrow's ECL Elite 16 in 16, we will be looking at another team that made a rapid climb through the divisional ladder.

Hey NHLGamers, The day is finally here when we can start challenging teams in World of Chel! Yes, that's right - the NHL 19 patch with version number 1.2.0 is now available for download at the size of 1617,5MB and brings with it a great amount of fixes for different game modes. One of the most anticipated features is of course the ability to host private sessions in EASHL, but there are also a whole lot of bug fixes and improved features, such as being able to being able to apply contracts and healing cards to all of the necessary players at once. To read more about the updated dressing room and how it works, you can check out our previous article about it. Check out the full list of changes and let us know what you think in the comments! Below you'll find the full list of patch notes for 1.2.0 Hockey Ultimate Team Added a new Autofill mechanic to Sets to improve the Set redemption flow You can now Autofill your sets with one of two options: Autofill Autofill Duplicates only You will be able to confirm the completion, should you want to swap any items out. Added Quick Apply options for Contract and Healing items You will now be able to quickly apply contracts and healing items to your players through the “Apply Consumables” option in the Edit Lineup flow. Added OT lines as editable lines Updated Auction House and Collection Search Flow You will now be able to set and change your search filters in the same screen that you view the items in the Auction House or Collection Search Added Position labels to edit lines to indicate what position a card is playing in. World of CHEL Added Private Matchmaking PIN to Drop-in and Club Dressing Rooms (feature to replace old Club Challenge system) MORE INFO Online Player Indicators setting will now showing 6 unique colors for the opposing team rather than showing the same colors as your own team to prevent confusion Fixed an issue in Drop-in where when a user sometimes joined an existing session from matchmaking it would prevent all users from entering gameplay Fixed an issue where the game can crash for some users who remain in a 6v6 Clubs game once the game has fallen below the minimum number of users Fixed an intro cut scene issue in Pro-Am where the crowd would pop into the scene Fixed an issue where unlockable preset goal horns weren’t triggering in Pro-Am games Fixed an issue where unlockable goal horns do not play when scoring as the away team in 3v3 Drop-in Fixed an issue where backing out of the matchup screen to the Dressing Room and then opening the matchmaking settings screen would cause a UI lockup Fixed an issue where the goal songs weren’t being randomized in Drop-in 6v6 or 3v3 Fixed an issue where the user may hang after playing a Drop-in 3v3 game and return to the Dressing Room Fixed an issue where the EASHL logo would remain on screen during the intro NIS if multiple consoles selected to skip the intro cut scene Fixed the issues that caused controls and visual settings to be reset after playing Pro-Am games Fixed an issue where users who are invited to play in a club game will wear that club’s uniform in the Dressing Room screens Fixed an issue where all traits are listed under Offense when first entering the Edit Loadout screen from the Dressing Room Fixed an issue where traits filters stop working after the user quickly switches between tabs Fixed an issue where hair colors were not updating correctly on the 3D character in Edit/Customize Pro Fixed an issue where Clubs goalie equipment/appearance does not carry into gameplay for CPU goalies Fixed an issue where the Points stat category wasn’t tracking correctly in the Drop-in HUB Fixed an issue where sometimes a row of stadium chairs is present in Dressing Room when backing out of Customize Club Fixed an issue where the Ones rewards bags were showing the same bag art even though they were different in content Fixed an issue where certain cameras had clipping issues in Junior Stadium 1 Changed some of the goalie pom-pom toque patterns to resolve a few seam issues Fixed an issue where the roll over timer was still active in the Pro-Am post game flow Fixed an issue where too many slots where being shown in the dressing room once everyone was Ready Added a trophy win cut-scene for completing Pro-Am tournaments Added the Action Tracker and Box score to the Pause Menus within World of CHEL Polished up animations in the Player/Club progression in the post-game flow Added additional Casual Jerseys to earn through hockey bags: Anaheim Ducks Alternate Jersey Arizona Coyotes Alternate Jersey Buffalo Sabres Alternate Jersey Carolina Hurricanes Alternate Jersey Montreal Canadiens Classic Jersey New Jersey Devils Alternate Jersey New York Rangers Stadium Jersey Ottawa Senators Alternate Jersey Philadelphia Flyers Alternate Jersey St. Louis Blues Alternate Jersey Toronto Maple Leafs Alternate Jersey Toronto Maple Leafs Stadium Jersey Washington Capitals Stadium Jersey Creation Zone Added over 40 Adidas template uniforms GAMEPLAY AI Fixed some cases where the AI would not target the puck correctly on poke checks Fixed a case where the AI would get stuck behind the net in Threes Improvements made to the AI to divert them away from the net when picking up the puck around their goaltender Fixed some cases where players would divert away from the boards during some breakouts Improvements made to make the CPU win the faceoff towards a teammate more reliably when there is only one defenseman Improvements to teammate puck support in board play Defensive Skill Stick / Poke Checking Fixed added to ensure you won't trip a skater when exiting/blending out of Crouch Block Fixed some cases where players would get called for tripping while a goaltender is carrying the puck Fixed various cases where Defensive Skill Stick was not going to the location where the Right Stick was held before going into Defensive Skill Stick General Fixed some cases where passes off backhand would play a forehand animation unexpectedly Fixed a case where a user would rarely lose control of their player off a line change Fixes made to faceoff formations Improvements made to increase the consistency of player switching Fixed cases where goalie interference was being called even after the goalie was able to fully recover Various coach feedback tuning and bug fixes Various desync fixes Goalies Fixed a case where a user goalie could get stuck in the paddle down position Fixed a case where a user goalie would temporarily lose the functionality to poke check Reduced the dead zone on the left stick which was causing inconsistent movement on precision pushes Various improvements made to puck cover consistency Various improvements made to tracking possessed pucks on breakaways Various goalie animation fixes Physics Improvements made to prevent skaters from being unable to get up when they are knocked down Fixed a case where a user would rarely lose control of their player when knocked down Improvements made to rebalance ‘get up’ and ‘stumble’ timings after a collision Improvements made to a variety of ‘get up’ animations Pickups Various improvements made to pickup animations Improvements made to puck pickup consistency Change to make players a bit more aggressive pivoting to forward to receive passes Applied a change to make players slightly more aggressive when they are pivoting to forward to receive a pass Applied changes to make players not reach as much on loose pucks as they were leaving the player too vulnerable Shooting Improvements to shot blending out of dekes to improve consistency Fix for players sometimes turning to shot target before attempting one timer Various shooting animation improvements Skating Removed the ability to backhand toe drag when back skating Improvements to make vision control more consistent Various skater animation fixes Improvements made to skater animations for when a skater is going into an idle animation from a stop Fixed an issue that was causing spin-o-rama to rotate further than intended Changes made to pivot speed to make it more affected by player rating Various skating transition fixes Specializations Various specialization bug fixes and tuning GAME MODES/PRESENTATION Franchise Mode Improved CPU-team signing logic. Teams will now try to reserve cap space for pending RFAs and UFAs on their roster. Improved salary demands of players to be more in-line with the real world Improved defenseman scoring in Franchise Mode during sims More accurate TOI/G for European prospects Updated Amateur Scouting Strengths and Weakness reports to reduce the amount of Reach weaknesses generated Added a popup at the beginning of the pre-season to remind the user to assign scouts Added a popup at the beginning of the re-sign phase to remind the user to re-sign their Scouts Fixed an issue where the user can hire scouts when they were not allowed to Fixed a crash during Expansion Mode team creation Added player handedness and player type as Player Search filter options Fixed an issue where the Draft Board became unusable after pinning 20-year-old undrafted players who became Free Agents Added a pop-up in the Roster Moves screen that tells the user if a player was claimed off waivers Added Scout Depth Chart to the Hire Scouts screen Added Team Depth Chart to Region Assignment screen Fixed an issue where overall did not show in the Retain Salary screen when Fog of War was off During the pre-season, minimum salary cap rules are no longer enforced Fixed an issue where retired players did not show their last reports on the Retirements screen Fixed an issue where Free Agents that needed an Entry-Level contract did not show under the 2-way filter Player style column added to Free Agents screen Fixed an issue where the user could not use the triggers to swap player cards on the Make Pick screen at the Draft Added a banner on the Amateur player card that shows if that player is being scouted Added functionality to the player card that allows the user to press up/down to navigate pages Added functionality to the Amateur player card that allows the user to open Full Career Stats for Amateur players UX Improvements to the Assign Scout and Select Prospects screen Miscellaneous UI/UX Improvements throughout the mode Improved how the CPU will handout Entry level contracts to lower end drafted players Improved logic in how the CPU will put Goalies on the trade block when having 2 starters on the team Improved junior goalies’ games played stats Online Versus Disabled Position lock for “competitive” Versus games. Users can still position lock in co-op/casual games Uniforms The following jerseys have been added to NHL 19: NHL New Jersey Devils Alternate St. Louis Blues Alternate EBEL HC Orli Znojmo Home and Away Source: EA Forums Edit: Added the change that EA made to their notes: "Fixed added to ensure you won't trip a skater when exiting/blending out of Crouch Block"

NHLGamer, in co-operation with Ilta-Sanomat, SJK eSports and SEAMK will be organizing the Finnish Championship in NHL 19 and FIFA 19. The sponsors of the tournament named IS Cup 3 are ED and PlayStation. IS Cup 3 includes three tournaments: NHL 19 1vs1, NHL 19 6vs6 and FIFA 19 1vs1. Purchasing an eSM license will grant a player eligibility to participate in all of these tournaments. Please note that participation also requires Finnish citizenship. The total price pool amounts to 15 000 €. The first event of the eSM tournament series will be held in the beginning of November (2.-3.11.) at the GameXpo-exhibition at Messukeskus in Helsinki. The second event will be held at the OmaSp Gaming House in Seinäjoki, after which the final tournament is back over in Helsinki at Kauppakeskus REDI. www.is.fi/cup will be the place to follow the progression of the tournament throughout October, November and December. Three main events The first IS Cup 3 final event will be the NHL 19 6vs6 final at GameXpo on the 3rd of November. At this event, the four top teams from the online qualifiers will be competing for a price of 4500€. The FIFA 19 1vs1 event will be held at the OmaSp Gaming House in Seinäjoki, the event takes place on the 24th of November. Six players will qualify through online qualifiers, and two players will receive invites from the organizers. These players will battle it out for the price of 2500€. The NHL 1vs1 tournament takes the IS Cup back to Helsinki, as 16 players (four invites) will be fighting for a price of 8000€ at Kauppakeskus REDI on the 15th of December. A qualifier tournament will be held on the 2nd of November at GameXpo, the two top players will secure spots in the final. The remaining ten spots will be secured through online qualifiers between 8.-28.11. How to participate The online qualifiers will be organized by NHLGamer. There is no maximum amount of participants in the online qualifiers. As stated, an eSM license and Finnish citizenship will be required to participate. The license costs 5€ and can be bought at http://www.esm.gg/pelaajalisenssi/. One license will grant eligibility to all tournaments and events. Registration takes place at NHLGamer.com. Schedules for the tournament can be viewed at NHLGamer.com. For now, the schedule is an estimate. The final schedule will be confirmed after the registration is closed. For more information on how to sign up, visit www.is.fi/cup. For all of our international members - don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you! Sign up for ECL 7 now and stay tuned for more exciting announcements in the near future!