NHL 22 Releases 1.6 Patch Notes

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EA Sports has updated NHL 22 with the new 1.6 patch, bringing multiple minor fixes to its in-game features. The update is the game's third of the year, with the last coming in February when EA launched a roster update that changed the overall scores of certain players.

The new patch arrived on March 30, fixing two areas of NHL 22 while adding new content. The update was the cause for the game's online servers undergoing downtime, which lasted an hour, but the fixes are live, and players can jump back into the action.

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First on the menu was the addition of the UBS Arena, the new home of the New York Islanders. Opened in November 2021, the multipurpose arena hosts a variety of sports teams in the New York area and can hold up to 18,500 sports fans. EA made a fix to an issue relating to the puck's speed when bouncing off the boards, which appeared unrealistic compared to real-life situations, a minor problem that NHL 22 beginners and experts alike took advantage of. Finally, the Nashville Predators' Stadium Series jerseys received an update to include white numbers on the back, replicating the actual uniform.

While the fixes address outdated aspects of the game, the player base did not ignore the glaring omissions that remain in the game. One user writes, «How about the rest of the goalie pads that are missing from the game still. What a joke,» pointing out the lack of consistency in terms of player and goaltender equipment changes. Another hot button issue is the interference penalty calculations, which players have documented numerous times to show that NHL 22's methodology when calling the penalty makes little-to-no sense. While EA is remaining on top of major issues, such as world-scale