Little Caesars Arena added to NHL 18 along with updates to other stadiums and uniforms

The second patch for NHL 18 went out today and the primary focus was to deliver the Detroit Red Wings’ new Little Caesars Arena, which was not in the game at release, and update a number of other stadiums and a great many uniforms. There were also some fixes deployed for Hockey Ultimate Team and EA Sports Hockey League.

Stadiums

Added Little Caesars Arena (Detroit Red Wings Home Arena)
Updated Verizon Center to Capital One Arena
Updated Nashville Predators Center Ice
Updated New York Islanders Center Ice
Updated Ottawa Senators Center Ice
Updated Pittsburgh Penguins Center Ice
Updated St. Louis Blues Center Ice
Updated Washington Capitals Center Ice

Equipment

True Hockey A6.0 SBP Hockey Stick
True Hockey XC9 ACF Hockey Stick
True Hockey A6.0 Player Glove
True Hockey XC9 Player Glove

Uniforms

NHL – National Hockey League
Updated Edmonton Oilers Pants with updated logo
Updated Calgary Flames Home and Away Socks

AHL – American Hockey League
Added Rockford IceHogs Alternate uniform
Added WBS Penguins Alternate Uniform

ECHL – East Coast Hockey League
Added Atlanta Gladiators Alternate uniform
Updated Colorado Eagles Home and Away uniforms
Added Norfolk Admirals Home, Away and Alternate uniforms

CHL – Canadian Hockey League
Added Brandon Wheat Kings Home uniform
Added Erie Otters Home Uniform
Added Saskatoon Blades Home and Alternate Uniforms
Added Sudbury Wolves Home and Away uniforms
Added Val D’Or Foreurs Alternate Uniform

DEL­ – Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Updated Home and Away uniforms for all DEL teams to 2017-18 season

National League
Updated Home and Away uniforms for all National League teams to 2017-18 season

SHL – Swedish Hockey League
Updated Frolunda Indians Home and Away uniforms
Updated Karlskrona IK Home and Away uniforms
Updated Malmo Redhawks Home and Away uniforms
Updated Mora IK Home and Away uniforms
Updated Orebro Hockey Home and Away uniforms

HockeyAllsvenskan
Updated Timra IK Home and Away socks

EBEL – Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Updated EHC Linz Uniforms
Updated Graz 99’ers Uniforms
Updated Medvescak Zagreb Uniforms
Added 2017-18 Red Bull Salzburg Uniforms

ELH – Czech Extraliga
Rebranded PSG Zlin to Aukro Berani Zlin (Logos, Uniforms and Center ice logo)

Game Issues Addressed

♦Fixed issue where game rarely crashed when sim intervening into a game due to injuries
♦Fixed crash during league creation in Franchise Mode
♦Fixed issue where users could not find an opponent when playing with local guest online

HUT
♦Fixed issue where encountered crash in gameplay after using auction house to get new player
♦Fixed issue where playing with 12 friends will cause a crash after the first goal is scored
♦Fixed issue causing rare crash at the end of a game in Competitive Seasons
♦Fixed issue causing rare crash when entering team name and abbreviation in setup screen
♦Fixed Eric Eschweiler’s player portrait

EASHL
♦Fixed crash that was happening on the EASHL matchup screen when entering the screen
♦Fixed issue when playing 6v6 match would sometimes cause a crash at opening face-off
♦Fixed an issue where a rare crash occurred on Xbox 1 when a user edited their player’s last name in Player Creation or Edit Player