NHL 17 News Post

NHL 17 Patch Available, Here Are the Details

02:29 PM - September 8, 2016 by Steve_OS

The first patch for NHL 17 is scheduled to arrive very soon. For those of you playing on EA Access, you could see it as early as tomorrow morning. For everyone else, you will get the patch on release day.

UPDATE (9-9): The NHL 17 patch is available now for EA Access subscribers, weighing in at 3.6 GB.

Check out the patch notes here, it's HUGE.

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# 41 knich @ 09/10/16 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BSDShoes


	If you set the Xbox to energy-saving, it'll completely turn off (well sort of) but it takes way longer to boot up.

Ok. Thanks

# 42 SinisterAlex @ 09/10/16 02:21 PM

I'm assuming we still cannot assign captain and assistant captain letters to our jerseys in EASHL yet like we could in NHL 14?

# 43 Fiddy @ 09/10/16 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SinisterAlex


	I'm assuming we still cannot assign captain and assistant captain letters to our jerseys in EASHL yet like we could in NHL 14?

That would be correct.

# 44 SinisterAlex @ 09/10/16 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Fiddy


	That would be correct.

That's a bummer. Thanks for the reply.

I was hoping they would've added it. For as much as they claim about this game being authentic to the sport, little things such as no letters for captaincy on the jerseys are really noticeable.

Oh well perhaps in a future patch.

# 45 KingTocco @ 09/10/16 09:22 PM

So I'm in no means great at this game and I'd consider myself fairly average, I used to play hockey and the NHL games religiously until about NHL 13. I played a little of 16 when it was free in the Vault and I've been playing the EA Access 17 version and enjoying it. I don't really like hockey anymore but I might actually buy this game on Tuesday.

With that being said, it seems like after the patch it's impossible for me to score. I've played 3 separate Draft Champions and I've lost in the first game all 3 times. I just played against the Carolina Hurricanes and Cam Ward was like a God, he had 28 saves and shut me out. I tried everything, I even tried the super cheesy cut in front of the net goals like in NHL 99.

I definitely need to get better at this game but is anyone else having this issue? Also, my goalie seems to let in the absolute worst goals ever. Simple, dinky wrist shots go in from the other team. I played the Devils last night and they won 7-2. They scored 4 goals in the span of 2 minutes all from terrible wrist shots where my goalie had no reflexes, I was using Carey Price. My defense could've been better but even still, they were really slow shots that just went right past him, he didn't even move to stop them.

Again, maybe it's just me but these past few games have been super frustrating.

# 46 THESHAMISASHAME @ 09/11/16 09:07 PM

Happy with the patch news but other than the habs the new goalie masks designs seem very blah and underwhelming overall

# 47 JeremyB @ 09/12/16 07:35 PM

Hi guys

Sorry if this is the wrong spot to ask, where can I find the nhl 17 online manual pdf. I can find madden just not nhl. My game arrived from Amazon this afternoon and hope I can get some time in

# 48 JimmyDeicide @ 09/12/16 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by KingTocco


	So I'm in no means great at this game and I'd consider myself fairly average, I used to play hockey and the NHL games religiously until about NHL 13. I played a little of 16 when it was free in the Vault and I've been playing the EA Access 17 version and enjoying it. I don't really like hockey anymore but I might actually buy this game on Tuesday. With that being said, it seems like after the patch it's impossible for me to score. I've played 3 separate Draft Champions and I've lost in the first game all 3 times. I just played against the Carolina Hurricanes and Cam Ward was like a God, he had 28 saves and shut me out. I tried everything, I even tried the super cheesy cut in front of the net goals like in NHL 99. I definitely need to get better at this game but is anyone else having this issue? Also, my goalie seems to let in the absolute worst goals ever. Simple, dinky wrist shots go in from the other team. I played the Devils last night and they won 7-2. They scored 4 goals in the span of 2 minutes all from terrible wrist shots where my goalie had no reflexes, I was using Carey Price. My defense could've been better but even still, they were really slow shots that just went right past him, he didn't even move to stop them. Again, maybe it's just me but these past few games have been super frustrating.

Its the opposite for me , before the patch i had a 10 min period game full sim 1-0 loss Kings Sharks awesome game tight checking, no room, had to get rid of the puck right away, cpu was dumping and chasing i was like wow maybe i can finally play single player seasons again. Then the patch, skating is different its wide open all games are like 5-4 goalies cant stop a beach ball.
The old check a guy to the ice and he gets up and retains the puck before you can is back.

Im curious as to what changed, id be interested to see the sliders pre patch and now post patch. Is it a code change or is it just a slider change and i can get that pre patch feel back.

I may have to check DJ neo sliders he posted to see.

# 49 ARoid1313 @ 09/12/16 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingTocco


	So I'm in no means great at this game and I'd consider myself fairly average, I used to play hockey and the NHL games religiously until about NHL 13. I played a little of 16 when it was free in the Vault and I've been playing the EA Access 17 version and enjoying it. I don't really like hockey anymore but I might actually buy this game on Tuesday. With that being said, it seems like after the patch it's impossible for me to score. I've played 3 separate Draft Champions and I've lost in the first game all 3 times. I just played against the Carolina Hurricanes and Cam Ward was like a God, he had 28 saves and shut me out. I tried everything, I even tried the super cheesy cut in front of the net goals like in NHL 99. I definitely need to get better at this game but is anyone else having this issue? Also, my goalie seems to let in the absolute worst goals ever. Simple, dinky wrist shots go in from the other team. I played the Devils last night and they won 7-2. They scored 4 goals in the span of 2 minutes all from terrible wrist shots where my goalie had no reflexes, I was using Carey Price. My defense could've been better but even still, they were really slow shots that just went right past him, he didn't even move to stop them. Again, maybe it's just me but these past few games have been super frustrating.

I'm seeing the exact same

# 50 JimmyDeicide @ 09/13/16 12:29 AM

Ive been doing play now games which i feel the scoring is a little too high.

Try one in Play now see if you score maybe.
Playing on full sim custom so all star level.

# 51 ARoid1313 @ 09/13/16 02:39 AM

Anyone try the new tuner today?

# 52 GetThePuckOut @ 09/13/16 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ARoid1313


	Anyone try the new tuner today?

Only goalie changes ..?

SEPT 9 - TUNER

GAMEPLAY:

GOALIES

Allow for a human controlled goalies to play as the extra attacker in EASHL games.

� Unfortunately we had to disable the ability for human goalies in EASHL to have control of the extra attacker when being pulled in Club or Drop-in games. We found that when the human user was the extra attacker and the game ends, their stats and progression are not counted. Until this is resolved human goalies will have to sit on the bench while the extra attacker is being controlled by the AI. We are looking to fix this issue as quickly as possible and we hope to once again allow the human goalie to have control over the extra attacker.

Source: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/li...FF855F3265C24B

# 53 ARMORALLL @ 09/20/16 07:49 AM

Does the net ever get dislodged?

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