January NHL 22 Patch Has Arrived, Adding IIHF Teams, Gameplay, Roster Sharing Fixes & More - Patch Notes

Steve Noah

Published: Jan 27, 2022 09:04 pm

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.

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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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— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) January 27, 2022

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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— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) January 27, 2022

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