13 Oct 2024Developer post

2024-2025 Team and Roster Updates Live!

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.)

13 Aug 2024Developer post

New Logo Sets!

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!

19 Nov 2023Developer post

Coaches... Continued

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,

11 Nov 2023Developer post

Coaches!

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.

16 Oct 2023Developer post

Miscellaneous minor fixes - October 16, 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

08 Oct 2023Developer post

2023-2024 Season Update!

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

01 Oct 2022Developer post

Roster Updates for 2022-2023

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

02 Nov 2021Developer post

November 2021 Update

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

11 Oct 2021Developer post

2021-2022 Final Roster Update

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 inste

06 Sep 2021Developer post

Enterprise Hockey Welcomes the Seattle Sockeye!

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

02 Aug 2020Developer post

The "Hockey is Back" Update

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

28 Mar 2020Developer post

A Second March Update!

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

17 Mar 2020Developer post

March 2020 Update

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

01 Mar 2020Developer post

March Update - New Faces!

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 toolt

09 Feb 2020Developer post

February 2020 Update

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 af

20 Jan 2020Developer post

January 2020 Update

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

27 Oct 2019Developer post

October Update

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

30 Sep 2019Developer post

Another September Update

Updated rosters Players do slightly better with more experience Fix to losses column in standings pages Slightly faster AI picks during live draft

26 Sep 2019Developer post

Executive Hockey 2019-2020 Roster Update

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 fi

10 Aug 2019Developer post

Big August Update!

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 injurie

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 their actual value. (for players under 'peak age', currently 28)

Signing / offer sheet page now tells you your maximum value for signing and enforces it

Added more protection against allowing rosters to go over cap

Contract extensions now shown under 'Signings' on Moves screen

Changed Lineups and Rosters button to Lineup and Roster

Added ellipsis to 'Sign' menu item on Free agents screen

Fixed 'Draft Lottery' event name on UpcomingGamesPanel

Strengthened draft pool

Shortened delay between draft picks

Fixed a rare crash during game play when a goalie changes while a game is being simulated.

Changed trade algorithm - if a UFA/RFA player gets traded during a season he will re-sign with the destination team

Improved younger players' power (under 20yo)

Slight improvement to 35-40yo power

Modified power of all six player types (journeyman, minor leaguer, core, star, franchise, generational)

Fixed bug when logging/listing re-signings so that the re-signing won't be listed twice if a player is signed and immediately extended

Increased value of first round picks

Reduced top age of available free agents from 29 to 27

Players now retire after age 30 if they are waived or released and not picked up elsewhere

Fixed bug in retirement algorithm so player leaves team after retiring.

Reduced likeliness of generational players being involved in trades

Changed algorithm for how teams decide what strategy to take

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