NHL 21 1.4 Patch Notes

Hello, NHL fans!

Patch 1.4 for NHL 21 will release on January 28th. The patch notes can be found below.

Available January 28th @ 10am PT

Fixes

- Fixed a rare crash that would sometimes occur when loading into a Threes Eliminator game

- Fixed an issue where using the Report Content option during a game would sometimes cause the World Of Chel main menu to show up over top of gameplay

- Fixed an issue where PlayStation®5 consoles were sometimes receiving an Unexpected Error

- Fixed an issue where Private Games were not showing the 3 stars in the post-game flow

- Fixed an issue where Private games were hiding Opponent info while Club Finals was active

- Fixed an issue where users were receiving an unexpected error at puck drop in EASHL games

- Fixed a timing issue for when the EASHL wipe was being shown during the intermission highlights

- Fixed a rare issue where a Threes Eliminator game would hang when allowing the “Next Game” timer to reach 0

- Fixed an overlapping Russian text issue in the My Career Stats leaderboard

- Fixed a rare Club Finals issue where users would crash when readying up after matchmaking

- Fixed an issue where it was possible to cause the Network Performance screen to overlap the end of game menu

Art

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Uniforms

The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 21

NHL

- Arizona Coyotes Home

- San Jose Sharks Alternate

- Washington Capitals Home and Away

AHL

- Lehigh Valley Phantoms Home

- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Alternate

ECHL

- Adirondack Thunder Alternate

- Allen Americans Alternate

- Indy Fuel Home and Alternate

- Newfoundland Growlers Home and Away

- Reading Royals Home and Away

- South Carolina Stingrays Away

- Utah Grizzlies Alternate

Canadian Hockey League

OHL

- Erie Otters Alternate

- Hamilton Bulldogs Alternate

- Niagara Icedogs Away and Alternate

- Owen Sound Attack Away

- Sarnia Sting Away and Alternate

QMJHL

- Halifax Mooseheads Alternate

WHL

- Brandon Wheat Kings Home and Away

- Prince Albert Raiders Alternate

Improvements

- Updated Ball Arena (home of the Colorado Avalanche) center ice art and scoreboard

- Updated Saskatoon Blades Goalie Mask

- Updated Chicago Blackhawks Goalie mask

- Fixed issue with logo on Chicago Blackhawks Reverse Retro

- Fixed issue with logo on New York Rangers Reverse Retro

- Fixed issue where the blue on the Vancouver Canucks Reverse Retro was not dark enough

World of CHEL

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- Added additional content into WoC for upcoming Chel Challenges. Check back often to collect the latest cool new content

Source

22 Replies

SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo Wow, what a surprise. FM and BAP not even being touched eh?
darkryd3r
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
thanks for the info.
however, no fix of missing net animations? what a pity...
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@darkryd3r

I'm really sorry for the disappointment with net animations. This is considered a pretty low priority right now so chances are good this isn't going to be addressed until a future game.
darkryd3r
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo thanks for your reply. I appreciate your efforts. So let's hope to see the net movements in future again....maybe a new feature in NHL 22😉
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@darkryd3r

You're very welcome. If you have any other issues, let us know. Thanks!
Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
The community manager seems like a really good dude, so I have to ask about this especially when nothing is getting addressed in the newest patch.
https://twitter.com/theclapperton/status/1354494790293807106?s=21
So is it possible to get some clarification? Is there any point to post bug reports here if they are not aware of the issues? Or have these issues been looked into and confirmed to be working as intended? I completely understand not being able to comment on if/when issues might be fixed, but I can't see an issue confirming that the team is aware of it. I am specifically talking about the natural growth that is happening in franchise right now as I think we can work around a lot of the other issues, but this one is tough to ignore. By him saying this, i get the impression that this as well as some of the other problems we have brought up are intentional and working as desired which may actually big a bigger problem than having bugs without a better explanation as to why. Thank you for posting this, its nice when all the changes made are listed and confirmed.
***Edit**
@SkylerJames13 I can't see the picture on my phone either, only my computer. I added the link to the tweet so hopefully that works.
Somebody had just asked him about fixes fro franchise mode and he asked "what franchise mode issues are you running into?"
I just found it odd for him to ask about issues (which seem to be well known across the community) instead of acknowledging that they are aware of them and are hopeful to get them fixed asap. His answer kind of gives zero hope that it will be fixed for this years game.
SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@Beauts90I can’t see your picture. But if the growth/development issue is intended... then this game is even more worthless than we thought it was.

That’s such a stupid feature. Just mind numbingly awful. The game has been in a poor state since release, and if that’s what they think we want... then I don’t know what we can do anymore.
What’s the point of playing the game, and buying the new one each year if they don’t even listen to us? Why ask for feedback if they don’t even listen to it and just do what they want?
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@Beauts90

Yes. There is a point to posting bug reports here. Keep in mind, just because a bug is reported, that doesn't mean it gets resolved right away. It takes a lot of time to get to the bottom of a bug and issue a fix. It's also possible fixing a bug can cause more issues so it might need to wait until a future game to be properly fixed. That's most definitely not the case every time. It's just something that needs to be considered. Bugs are very rarely ever a simple fix.
Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo
I was actually saying that more rhetorically based on his answer. I understand that bugs take time and by no means do I expect them to be fixed overnight or have everything fixed every patch. That’s just not realistic at all. My post was more about the fact that it was almost implied that there are no issues with franchise mode and he was surprised to hear that there are.
kathh_19
5 years ago
Did you get the patch yet