The January NHL 22 patch is scheduled to arrive on Thursday, January 27 at 1:00 PM ET. Fans can take their favorite Men’s and Women’s IIHF teams through an authentic World Championship experience.
UPDATE: (1-27) The patch is available now. Starting today, players can take the ice with female icons such as Team Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin and Natalie Spooner; Team USA’s Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne-Schofield, and many more across a number of modes.
The IIHF Men’s World Championship is also now playable as part of this latest update. Sixteen international men’s teams and ten international women’s teams have been added to NHL 22, each of which is playable in a variety of game modes, including Play Now, Online VS, Threes Now and Shootout, along with their respective World Championship modes. The IIHF Men’s and Women’s teams follow the introduction of the prestigious IIHF World Junior Championship, which was added last month alongside various federations, logos and uniforms being available in Ultimate Team and World of Chel.
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IIHF Women's National Teams are now available for the first time ever 🏒🎮
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The Men’s and Women’s IIHF World Championship teams will be available in Play Now, Online Versus, Threes Now, and Offline/Online Shootouts.
The update will also feature fixes for gameplay, presentation, World of Chel, Franchise Mode, roster sharing and more. Check out the patch notes below.
General
- International ruleset gamestyle tuning
- Blocked passes stat tracking fix
- Disabled manual one timer when celebrating after a goal
Gameplay
- Fixed a few cases where hits were not resulting in interference calls
- Fixed various interception animations where the puck was able to go under the stick since it wasn’t flush to the ice
- Fixed a couple cases where the puck was slipping underneath players unintentionally when performing a diving pokecheck
- Various stick in physics improvements
- Improved goalie post behavior when the puck is near side of the net and at sharp angles
- Improved goalie puck tracking when the puck is behind the net
- Tuned defensive deflections to stop/take off more speed more consistently
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Presentation
- X-factor ability indicator active and used state tuning
World of Chel
- Added additional content into WoC for upcoming Chel challenges. Check back often to collect the latest cool new content.
- Fixed several issues where text color was not visible against the background
- Fixed an issue where opening and closing Accessibility options would briefly show the World of Chel hub tabs during the post matchup dressing room
- Fixed an issue where clubs info would be shown during the loading screen for Drop-in games
Franchise Mode
- Fix for when a team has the 1st overall pick on the trade block after winning the Draft Lottery and a Franchise potential player is available
- Fix for the contract expiry status not updating on the contract offer overlay when changing the Years offered
- Fix for when scouts not appearing correctly when viewing their scout card or offering a contract
- Misc UI fixes
Be a Pro
- Fix for the Be a Pro player’s jersey number not updating right away when switching the preferred jersey number
- Save/Load
- Fix for Franchise & BAP files not saving when over the max file size for the PlayStation®4 console
Roster Sharing
- Fix for not being able to use numbers when naming roster files
- Added the ability to edit the Shoot/Pass bias attribute for existing real life players
Hockey Ultimate Team
- Fixed an issue in HUT Rush where user was not able to see points awarded for scoring a goal
- Various fixes to Hockey Roots item assets
- Various UI fixes
Art
Updated the following Center Ice layouts
- Updated Chicago Blackhawks United Center logo
- Updated Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center text to be black not green
- Updated Wichita Thunder (ECHL) Center Ice design
Equipment
- Added Goalie Set True L12.2
- Added Player Gloves Bauer Vapor 2X Pro
- Added Player Skates CCM Jetspeed FT4
- Added Player Stick CCM Jetspeed FT4
- Added Player Stick CCM RibcorTrigger 6 Pro
- Added Player Stick CCM Super Tacks AS4
Uniforms
The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 22
NHL
- Minnesota Wild Winter Classic
- New Jersey Devils Alternate
- Pittsburgh Penguins Alternate
- St. Louis Blues Winter Classic
- AHL
- San Diego Gulls Alternate
ECHL
- Utah Grizzlies Alternate
Canadian Hockey League
- Red Deer Rebels Alternate
- Vancouver Giants Alternate
Liiga
- Tampareen Ilves Home and Away
- Jyväskylä JYP Home and Away
- KalPa Kuopio Home and Away
- Lahtden Pelicans Home, Away and Alternate
- Tappara Tampere Home and Away
- TPS Turku Home and Away
- Vaasan Sport Home and Away
National League
- EHC Biel Home and Away
- EV Zug Home and Away
- Geneve-Servette Home and Away
- HC Ambri Piotta Home and Away
- HC Davos Home and Away
- HC Fribourg-Gotteron Home and Away
- HC Lugano Home and Away
- Lausanne HC Home and Away
- Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Home and Away
- SC Bern Home and Away
- SCL Tigers Home and Away
- ZSC Lions Home and Away
SHL
- Djurgarden IF Alternate
- Farjestad BK Home and Away
- IK Oskarshamn Home and Away
- Linkoping HC Home and Away
- Orebro HK Home, Away and Alternate
- Rogle BK Home and Away
- Timra IK Home and Away
HockeyAllsvenskan
- AIK Home and Away
- Almtuna IS Home and Away
- BIK Karlskoga Home and Away
- HC Vita Hasten Home and Away
- HV71 Home and Away
- IF Bjorkloven Home and Away
- IF Troja-Ljungby Home and Away
- Kristianstads IK Home and Away
- MODO Hockey Home and Away
- Mora IK Home and Away
- Sodertalje SK Home and Away
- Tingsryds AIF Home and Away
- Vasteras IK Home and Away
- Vasterviks IK Home and Away
Improvements
- Updated Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena Murals
- Added Kraken 32 banner to Seattle Kraken’s Climate Pledge Arena
Published: Jan 27, 2022 09:04 pm