Every year a new season comes for the SHL and its players. Fans buy their seasons tickets, get all up-to-date on who the new players are, and even start buying some sweet merchandise to get started right. Something else happens away from the rink that only some people get to experience though. The new SHL video game!

There is a group of people, who really don’t have that much care for hockey in general, that get paid to spent countless sleepless nights to study and create a new version of the game, go check in on forums and listen to people complain about how terrible the features are, and then create their own.

Be a pro mode is always one of my favourite such modes, I mean c’mon, who doesn’t want to build the dream! This year you can finally start with your favourite SMJHL team, even play the whole year while building your draft stock! They have also improved the off-season and off-ice details in be a pro, where you can choose how to spent certain time, either with teammates, going clubbing, or putting in the extra work in the weight room. Depending how you choose, it will affect a number of details about your player. Head coaches and general managers watch you, and it can hurt with contract negotiations, sponsorship deals, fans can be disappointed, you really have to not only be a pro, but act like one!


They also introduced a brand-new min game called, The Morenov Gauntlet. Of course, it’s named after the big bold Russian defencemen that plays for New England. During this mode, you are the team you decide, while your opponent is 5 Roman Morenov’s trying to not only get the puck from you, but sometimes trying to kill you with massive hits, and always trying to fight someone.
The more you can make it through this ultra tough team, the better for you, and your team moving forward. You can practice with the Morenov squad once a week, and you get 10 chances to score without leaving the zone, for every goal you score your whole team receives in game perks! Some include extra money for the team, which can be building certain things in the arena to help player morale, sometimes it can mean 10x the healing power of injuries for a certain time period.

Which game will you enter?!