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Hey NHL Gamers, As you may have noticed from our previous news article, EA Sports released a trailer for NHL 17 today. In case you missed it, we've embedded it below for you! We have already taken apart the first 'Vision' trailer for the upcoming NHL 17, and we made a few interesting findings - which we want to share with you! Please note: You can click on each screenshot to see them in full size! 1) Custom EASHL logos and jerseys are back The screenshot above shows an unknown team logo, which suggests it is a self-made one for EASHL. As it does not make sense to use custom logos with existing jerseys (licensing etc.), we highly expect custom jerseys to be back, too. 2) Customizable arenas Above screenshots show different arena designs with the same fantasy logo on the right hand side, which makes us believe that EASHL teams will be able to customize their own arenas to some extent. At a quick glance the screenshots may look like they are the same one over and over again, but when you look closely, you can see a difference in seat colors. 3) Tie-ups could return The trailer includes a longer snippet of 2 players motion-capturing tie-ups in front of the net. Considering they have been scratched in the PS4 and Xbox One versions of NHL 15 and 16, they could finally return for NHL 17. 4) New 'Trade in' feature for Hockey Ultimate Team The above screenshot shows a menu screen of Hockey Ultimate Team, titled 'Gold Coach Trade In'. The description says: "Complete this set by turning in any 10 Gold Coach items for a Gold Trophy Pack, which contains at least 1 Gold Trophy." We believe that EA created a new trade-in system that allows you to trade existing cards, which you draw from packs or bought off the auction house, for new packs of the same class. However, we are unsure what Gold Trophies are or allow you to do. 5) World Cup of Hockey is included We were hoping and expecting it would be in the game, but here is the confirmation - NHL 17 features the new World Cup of Hockey! 6) New celebrations The trailer concludes with several snippets of new goal celebrations, which means they replaced / updated some of the old ones or also added a few new ones. 6) New menus The game menu has received what we'd consider a major facelift. It looks very sleek, clean and what could hopefully result in a more smooth user experience; as we all know, the previous iterations of the menus have been quite sluggish to use. Apart from new animations or updated training arenas for EASHL, this is all we were able to catch. We will keep you updated with future developments about NHL 17, and expect major news to drop during the next E3 which takes places in Los Angeles from June 14 to June 16! What did you think about the trailer? Did you notice something we didn't? Please let us know in the comments below!

Hey NHL Gamers, after releasing the first trailer for NHL 17, EA also kicked off their yearly Cover Vote again. This is the schedule: Round 1: April 26th at 12:00 pm EST – May 2nd at 3:00 pm EST. Round 2: May 3rd at 12:00 pm EST – May 9th at 3:00 pm EST. Round 3: May 10th at 12:00 pm EST – May 16th at 3:00 pm EST. The winner will be announced at the NHL Awards on June 22nd. To leave your vote, visit this page. Below you can find the match-ups for Round 1:

Hey NHL Gamers, EA Sports just released their first trailer for NHL 17, called "The Vision". You can find it below: We will be back with a trailer analysis shortly!

Hey NHL Gamers,April 25th marks a very special day for everyone of us, as we just passed an astonishing milestone: 1000 members!1000 members, not even half a year after we launched our first European Championship League on PlayStation 4. It's a pleasure to see such massive support from our community. No time for celebrations though, as we want to keep moving forward with the website and it's offerings (Xbox gamers, we are looking at you!). Do you remember our interview with Dean Richards, General Manager of the EA NHL series, which we held last September ahead of the NHL 16 launch?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxTYoIQ7RYNot only do we want to provide you with great NHL leagues and tournaments, but with in-depth coverage of everything NHL and exclusive content like above. At this time, we are forging plans for the coming months ahead of the NHL 17 launch - and you can help us making it happen by subscribing to our official social media channels:https://www.facebook.com/NHLGamer/https://www.twitter.com/nhlgamerCOMhttps://www.youtube.com/nhlgamerofficialhttps://www.twitch.tv/nhlgamertwitch/Every single 'Like' or subscription helps us grow and get more attention to reach our ambitious goals. We are very dedicated to this project, and we really appreciate the daily input we receive from you guys.Let's see what the future holds in store for us - we are definitely looking forward to it! As a side-note: If you think you've got what it takes to produce content for us, whether it be in the form of text, video or art, please get in touch with me and we'll get in touch. On behalf of the NHLGamer staff,

Exciting news NHL Gamers! EA Sports has released a teaser for their upcoming NHL 17 title. While the short clip is as much a teaser as it can be and doesn't really reveal anything about the game, you'll be excited to learn that we should be seeing the first bits of information about the game early next week; Tuesday the 26th of April, to be exact. We will keep you up to date on the subject, but note that EA also wants you to become an NHL Insider and sign up for their newsletter. I hope you are as excited as we are! Tuesday can't come soon enough!

Hey everyone, The first ECL season on PS4 is completed and we would like to thank everyone who participated in making it as interesting of a season as it was! We are currently working on improving the experience for everyone before we head into the next season. Midway through the last season, we came up with an idea of collecting feedback anonymously in one central place, to encourage you to give us your impressions, opinions and suggestions without having to fear some sort of community 'backlash'. Discussions on the forums can heat up from time to time, with very different opinions on different questions, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes it makes it hard to follow though, and we also understand that some of you simply do not have the time or passion to jump into these discussions. That's why we decided to take a more analytical approach, which also makes it easier for us staff members to keep track of what you - the community - really value. This feedback process will later include a general survey, but for now, we have created the following tool: New Feedback user account We have created a new user account called @Feedback which will be administrated by @gzell60. He will take care of all the submissions and add them to an Excel workbook, to evaluate your input accordingly. To give you an impression, here are a few things we take a look at: - Input per category (will be explained below) for priority reasons - Status tracking (all feedback will be evaluated by our staff, and we will also keep track of what has been implemented) - Participation rate So, how do you submit your feedback? Simply create a new private message, use the PM title to add a category, and send it to @Feedback. Choose one of the 3 categories: - ECL: All suggestions regarding the ECL tournament (e.g. format, rules…) - Website: All suggestions regarding the NHLGamer.com website (e.g. layout, features…) - Community: All suggestions regarding the community (e.g. staff, community interaction) Please note: We are bringing back the individual stats, so there is no need to make requests on that. We love them as much as you do. Here are a few hints on what your submission should look like: - Make your point, but keep it brief! Do not cover multiple topics in one message. Feel free to write as much as you want, but stick to one topic per message. - If you want to suggest a rule change, please copy the existing quote from the rulebook (click here for season 1 rules) and then highlight the change. - If you are missing a website feature, describe it as good as possible or give examples from other sites. - If you want to give the staff advice, please stay objective and do not attack anyone. ‘I did not like how rules were changed while the last tournament was in progess’ is excellent feedback, while ‘xxx sucks and should be banned’ is not and will also not be tolerated. You can submit as much feedback as you like, and whenever you want. Just make sure you ALWAYS send a new private message, and adjust the PM title accordingly. Please note that we mean a completely new private message - not a reply to your previous message. Why? We're expecting a lot of feedback and we don't want to miss any due to them being lost in processed threads. During the evaluation, your answers and suggestions will be separated from your username, which means all opinions are weighed equal and worth the same. Please use this chance whenever you feel the need to, it is very important to us. NHLGamer would not exist without every single one of you, and we rely on you to make it an even better place! On behalf of the NHL Gamer staff,