- 2024-2025 Team and Roster Updates Live! - 13 October 2024
2024-2025 Rosters are now up to date. Utah has been added as an expansion team, and Arizona has been removed. Defensemen are now all LD and RD, and all forwards now only have a single position. (This is due to changes in the data source.)
- New Logo Sets! - 13 August 2024
In addition to the original standard logo set, you can now choose between two new sets: an alternate set and a whimsical set. Next update should be rosters for 2024-2025. Look for that soon!
- Coaches... Continued - 19 November 2023
You can now change your coach! Click your team icon on the header on the main game screen, and click 'Change'. There are no limits (at the moment) to how often you change your coach, although that may change in future releases. When your coach is fired, back to the pool they go, and you can re-hire again later. With this release, the AIs will not change coaches. That will probably change as well in the near future.
- Coaches! - 11 November 2023
This is the start of coaches being added to Executive Hockey! For now, it's just a drop-in replacement for team archetypes (aggressive, defensive, wise, etc.), but will eventually be a fuller experience. We also fixed some player career stats that were slightly inaccurate.
- Miscellaneous minor fixes - October 16, 2023 - 16 October 2023
Fixes bug where drop down lists wouldn't always be in front Change so that AI teams are more likely to start drafted players sooner Undetermined players now behave like a weighted average of the likelihood of them determining at each level; no longer like minor leaguers Fixed bug where if you switched years there would be x's by the teams making the playoffs in the current year Fixed bug where if you switched years when you weren't looking at your own team, it would never reset back properly Customizable draft pools by year with some 'real' players for 2024 and 2025 included Updated rosters Slight performance improvements All teams now lose rights to any draft picks not signed within 4 years (including human owner) Bumped up # of games required to become 'determined'
- 2023-2024 Season Update! - 8 October 2023
Rosters for 2023-2024 Updates to many player attributes Headlines screen now has correct date for each news item Updated injuries to start the 2023-2024 season Fixed bug where teams won't always draft best player available New line change model; changes average time on ice Shifts are now tracked, although not yet shown on front end Improvements to scoring play algorithm; snipers/scorers are more likely to score and playmakers more likely to assist Concept of game exhaustion is removed from the UI, but still exists internally, based on number of shifts played If an AI team is up 2+ goals, they will lean towards defensive lines Core, Journeyman, and Minor Leaguers are now slightly stronger Slight increase to player values in their early 20s-late 20s Franchise and Generational players now only have one position. This keeps the algorithm from always putting Tavares on the top line with Matt…
- Roster Updates for 2022-2023 - 1 October 2022
In addition to the roster updates for the 2022-2023 season, the following items were added or fixed: On Lineup screen, columns in player lists on left side of screen are now lined up vertically Draft results are now available for previous seasons Draft screen now shows results of the draft after it is complete Tab button borders now match control borders Changed 'disabled button' font colour Minor improvements to Offer sheet list box formatting First button on Upcoming games panel now only ever says 'Go' Slowed how quickly picks are made on Live Draft screen Added feature to delete saved games Changed close/exit box icons Added 'Undetermined' tag for recently drafted players Fixed crash when waivers get put on Unsigned-drafted list instead of Scratches Added News to the home header Added messaging about when a player becomes Determined when it's not a tag that would have been likely
- November 2021 Update - 2 November 2021
Added a drop down on the top right of the home screen that allows you to view previous seasons Some playoff teams were in the draft lottery, and that seemed to cause the draft lottery to occasionally crash. Fixed. Fixed bug on previous scores screen where playoff check box didn't always work Trading will no longer result in automatic waiving of high value players You can now drag players into your lineup even if it puts you over the cap Fixed bugs where the lineup display during gameplay would crash and formatting would look wrong Changed message that said IR players are part of cap Reduced scoring Shootouts can now go to 20 rounds before ending OT/Shootout and Special Teams lines screens now no longer show tags when switching between different player lists.
- 2021-2022 Final Roster Update - 11 October 2021
Here are the final rosters for 2021-22, and a few others fixes and updates: Buttons at top right of screen now have icons instead of words Slight update to how scores for games are calculated. Change may not be noticeable by the player. Fixed draft lottery screen to show 16 instead of 15 teams, and logos are now correct when picks are traded. AI will never trade a player on a human's behalf, unless you explicitly give it control You can now drag a scratched player into the lineup regardless of salary cap Injured players no longer count toward salary cap If game player has more than 3 hockey players scratched the player can't proceed It's now clear that when running to end of month or to a particular month, the AI will take control, and may take any action Goaltenders now have more impact on a game result Removed numeric digit from some player names Reduced 1st round pick value AI trades…
- Enterprise Hockey Welcomes the Seattle Sockeye! - 6 September 2021
Enterprise Hockey has been updated for the upcoming 2021-22 season. We welcome the Seattle Sockeye, which expands the league to 32 teams. There are a few other changes with this build: Updated rosters for 2021-22 AI No longer waiving valuable players when there's no room Updated waiver requirements to be more inline with NHL AI trades can now have no more than 4 items. Adjusted draft pick value to the AI AI values younger players higher based on their potential value
- The "Hockey is Back" Update - 2 August 2020
Hockey is back and so are updates to Executive Hockey. Here is the list of changes for the first update since late March: Players can now only have contracts extended in the last year of their contract. Added more button actions to player popup info screen Fixed incorrect points on standings screen Player updates Some teams now have new abbreviations Shot on goal distribution is now a little more balanced Fixed bug where teams would acquire way too many free agents Fixed bug where sorting on contract value in the roster list would cause the game to crash Trade deadline warning screen look improved Human player's team must always be under the salary cap. Game will not continue if team is over the cap Main header now shows the cap room for the currently selected team. Fixed occasional crash bug when dragging players around lineup Green and red bars on main page header now explain what the…
- A Second March Update! - 28 March 2020
Here are a bunch of new features and bug fixes for our second March update: Added empty net goals to the match summary screen AI now pulls the goalie properly when the player is watching a game play out. The draft pool is now created at the beginning of the season and you can see the prospects under the Draft button throughout the season Fixed a bug where you would get a message that you had signed an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the player didn't actually sign with you. Players now are slightly less likely to retire if they are released from a team and become unrestricted free agents Players with the 'ageless' tag are not as overpowered as they previously were. Player info header now includes weight, height and birthdate Standings lists now have slightly more space between lines Prospects in draft pool are a year older Fewer generational and franchise players are now created…
- March 2020 Update - 17 March 2020
Hi everyone! This week we have a number of interesting new features and fixes, and two prominent changes to team names. Here we go! The Columbus Yellow Jackets have been renamed to the Columbus Wasp and have a new logo The Carolina Category Fives have been renamed to the Carolina Fivers The match summary screen now shows when you click a match on the 'Scores' and the 'All Scores' screens. Fixed a few incorrectly expired player contracts. Added 'Ironman' tag to Yandle. Fixed a bug where clicking 'Moves' button late in season would cause a crash Fixed 'Contract Has Expired' message on the Moves list when the contract had not actually expired Added 'RW' column to standings page and added it to the tiebreakers Added 'GD' (goal differential) column to standings page When the standings page is in 'basic' mode for limited screen sizes, the goals for and goals against columns are no longer show…
- March Update - New Faces! - 1 March 2020
There are three new updates for March: First, we have a whole new face system. Gone are those ugly old computer-generated player faces and in their places are some brand new faces created by an artist. Players now have nationalities. You can see them on the player popup and tooltip screens. Players come from 18 countries: Austria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA. Unrestricted free agents and players in the draft pool now also have nationalities and names that are appropriate for their place of origin. Origins are weighted so you will see more Canadians, Americans and Russians, for example, than Slovenes, Britons and Danes.
- February 2020 Update - 9 February 2020
This month's update is primarily minor bug fixes: A few player updates Slight layout modification to team archetype panel No longer says 'No entries' on startup team selection screen Fixed bug where shootout wouldn't display on summary screen Fixed bug where shootout would end after one round if someone scored Fixed mistake on how wise teams bonuses were displayed. If tags are too long on player label on lineup screen they'll be shortened with '...' Minor corrections to clock used when goal is described (e.g. goals in last second were previously 19:00) Goals can no longer be scored in first two seconds of periods Minor adjustments to player exhaustion during game Minor adjustments to player value based on age (biased more towards younger now)
- January 2020 Update - 20 January 2020
Our first update of 2020 is here, and it's a small one with just a few updates: Fixed a bug when the game is trying to determine if a team had clinched the playoffs - previously some teams would 'clinch' and then slip out of a playoff spot Updated UFAs so there are always exactly 30 of each position type available (i.e. 30 forwards, 30 defense, 30 goalies) Slight performance improvements
- October Update - 27 October 2019
Minor changes and fixes this month: Updated backgrounds Fixed order of LW-C-RW on the right hand side of the rink Fixed bug that caused players who were already penalized to get penalties Removing draft pick on trade planner now correctly removes it (it no longer re-appears when adding a new pick to the planner) You can now drag players from lists correctly on the lineup screen if a list box is scrolled down Minor improvements/fixes to Rosters page when 'Show Contract Info' is selected from display drop down
- Another September Update - 30 September 2019
Updated rosters Players do slightly better with more experience Fix to losses column in standings pages Slightly faster AI picks during live draft
- Executive Hockey 2019-2020 Roster Update - 26 September 2019
The new season is almost upon us, and Executive Hockey has updated rosters and starting now, all new games begin with the 2019-2020 season. New seasons now start in 2019-2020! Rosters have been updated for 2019-2020 (more updates to come in the next few days as NHL rosters get finalized) Defensemen are now split into two positions: left and right. Multi-position support! Players can now have multiple positions, and can only be deployed to one of their described positions Fixed missing offense/defense power numbers on lineup display screen Much larger gaps between value of players at each of the different skill levels (minor leaguer, journeyman, core, star, franchise, generational) Improved RFA signing contract values Minor adjustments to the distribution of points to players based on position type (i.e. forward vs defense) Lineup display no longer makes 'thicker' gradients behind player…
- Big August Update! - 10 August 2019
There are quite a few new features, changes and fixes in the August update, available now. Below is a full list, starting with the biggest change, the ability to simulate a full month at a time (or even a full season). The AI will handle any lineup changes necessitated by injuries to your players during this automatic simulated period. Added ability to sim til end of month or end of any upcoming month or end of season Fixed sorting on most screens Fixed bug where teams that were at the bottom of the standings were trying to make a championship run and teams at the top were rebuilding Fixed variable column heights on team lists. Fixed signings not showing on Moves screen Numerous changes to player data Modified how players get re-signed; signings happen over the course of the year instead of all up front Players in trade situations are evaluated based now on their potential value, not th…
