NHL Eastside Hockey Manager

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Product Features

• In-depth hockey-management game with current NHL teams and rosters
• Play as the owner, president, and manager of a hockey franchise
• Detailed and realistic in-game engine that simulates a realistic hockey match
• Trade players, sign free agents, and draft promising youngsters
• Database of 200 teams and 15,000+ players and staff members

Product Details

• Our recommended age: 5 - 20 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 0 months and up
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006FJVVI
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,743 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
As the owner, president, and manager of your own hockey franchise, you have the tools needed to build your very own hockey dynasty. Created by Sports Interactive, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager, the most in-depth hockey-management game ever created, contains over 15 years of sports management title development experience.

Featuring all 30 NHL teams, plus teams from the other major hockey leagues of North America and Europe, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager provides ice-hockey fans complete franchise control of their favorite ice-hockey team.

Build and shape your roster by trading players, signing free agents, and drafting promising youngsters while managing your team towards glory. Select your team, set up practice schedules, select tactics, re-negotiate contracts, and scout players from all over the world while interacting with your current stars and the media in order to appease the fans and the owners.

Features:

• Up-to-date NHL teams and rosters
• Over 10 playable world leagues, a database of 200 teams and over 15,000 players and staff members
• Detailed transfer system that allows you to buy, trade, and select players
• Detailed and realistic in-game engine that simulates a realistic hockey match through physics-based model that details individual player actions
• Features complex player personalities, plus physical attributes and mental attributes, which all combine to determine how a player feels and plays each match

Product Description
NHL Eastside Hockey Manager lets you take complete control your favorite hockey team and lead them to worldwide stardom. Build and shape your roster by trading players, signing free-agents and drafting promising youngsters while managing your team towards glory. Build a dynasty and manage your local team to success, building your reputation at the bigger leagues or staying faithful with smaller teams and nurture generations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ***WARNING*** Highly Addictive Game, July 18, 2005

By	Michael Burch (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

For years now, I have been playing graphics based Hockey games from Sega, ESPN, and EA Sports. Frankly, I'm bored with controlling the skaters and playing an actual hockey game. So, I spent more and more time managing the team: re-signing players, signing free-agents, drafting, trading, etc.

If you're in the same boat, you should try out EHM 2005. The General Manager functions are 10-times better than those other games. Developing your team is much more challenging with this simulation software. You have to manage not only your player roster, but your team personnel like the Assistant GM, Head Coach, Ast. Coach(es), Scouts, and Trainers.

It is extremely addictive though. In the game, I chose not to coach each game and will leave that up to the Head Coach. A typical season takes about 10 hours to manage from Draft to the Stanley Cup.

Players skills or their "reputation" gets better or worse based on how much they play, etc. Your players in the minors don't just get better either. They get better based on playtime, etc as well.

All-in-all, a completely awesome game. I just have to find some time to sleep after my daughter goes to bed and before work the next day...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for the real hockey fan, January 4, 2005

By	Douglas F. Peters (Red Bank, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This game is the in-depth hockey managing game that many true fans have been waiting for. This game is very very in-depth with all the different transactions and options available like a regular general manager would have in any league. The statistics and player ratings are far more realistic than graphic games like the EA Sports line or ESPN games. If you ever thought you could be a better manager than the one for your favorite hockey team, this is the game to buy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EHM 2005 and straightening things out about this game, May 15, 2005

By	Harper (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

The company that makes this game is based in England, which shows why the NHL is shown as a different way of business. It is different than the way European Leagues do player transactions (players are bought and sold rather than traded for other players or draft picks) and relgation and promotion (teams the fair poorly or win the league move down a league or up a league).

The reason the primary farm league is not the AHL is because Sports Interactive (the developer) was not able to get the licenses for the AHL or the ECHL.

However, I am pleased to say a new version of this game is coming out, at the end of May in Europe and In August or September in North America (with up to date league and competition rules, hopefully the NHL will sort things out by then). Players will be able to play as the NHL if its lockout does not get ended, but it will be as it was before the CBA expired. The AHL and ECHL will be in the game, as well is the DEL (German league) and the Slovenian league.

Go to www.SIGames.com to find out more and play the Gold Demo