Your Players' Skills
Every player brings 9 trainable abilities to the ice. What counts depends on their position: a winger lives off speed and shot power, a defender off positioning and physicality, a goalie off reflexes and composure.
| Skill | What it means |
|---|---|
| ⛸️ Skating | Speed, acceleration, agility — your player flies across the ice |
| 🎯 Shooting | Shot power and precision — the puck zips into the net |
| 🏒 Passing | Vision and pass accuracy — the deadly final pass |
| 🛡️ Defense | Positioning, checking, winning puck battles |
| 💪 Physical | Body contact, assertiveness along the boards |
| 🧤 Goalie | Reaction speed and glove hand — the goalie's secret weapon |
| 🔴 Offense | Reading the game offensively, finding the right lanes |
| 🔵 Defensive Awareness | Anticipation in defense, blocking shots |
| ⚡ Stamina | Conditioning — can your player last 60 minutes? |
Strength, Rating & the Big Picture
Three values give you a quick overview: the Strength total shows raw power (all skills added up). Rating is the position-weighted average — your best indicator of a player's true class. And Quality (in %) tells you how efficiently he brings his skills to the ice. A player with high skills but low quality is like a sports car with a flat tire.
Potential — Your Player's Future
Every player has an upper limit: their potential (value 1–100). An 18-year-old talent with potential 95 can become a superstar. A 30-year-old veteran with potential 55 has hit his peak. Potential stays the same for life — it's the built-in growth cap.
Always check potential first with young players! An average 18-year-old with potential 90 is more valuable long-term than a strong 28-year-old with potential 60.
Experience and Morale
Your player collects experience with every competitive game. An experienced player makes the right call in hectic situations. Morale is their mental state: wins boost it, losses scratch at confidence. At 100 % morale, he performs at peak level.
Energy — Your Players' Fuel Tank
After every match the tank is emptier. Energy regenerates daily — young, fit players recover faster. With low energy, your team plays below its potential. Keep an eye on the energy bar, especially during busy weeks with lots of games!
Injuries and absences
Hockey is a physical game, so players can get injured during a match. The time out is usually a few days to a few weeks. An upgraded medical center and capable staff shorten recovery and soften the consequences. While a player is injured you cannot use him – plan a replacement and keep your roster deep enough to absorb absences.
The career phases
Every player goes through a career in several phases. Young players develop the most, values stabilise in their prime years, and with rising age decline slowly sets in. At some point a player ends his career – then you need young blood in time. This natural cycle of development, peak and decline makes long-term roster planning exciting.
How to improve values
You improve attributes mainly through daily training and targeted special training. Three things matter: the quality of the respective attribute, the player's age and the level of your training center. A young player with high quality in the chosen attribute makes the biggest jumps – an old veteran with low quality only small ones.
Set the special training of your best prospects to match their strengths – only attributes that are actively trained grow noticeably.
Position weighting
Not every attribute counts equally for every position. A winger benefits more from speed and shooting, a defender from positioning and grit, a goalie from reflexes and composure. The rating weights the attributes accordingly – that's why a player with high raw strength can look clearly weaker in a foreign position. Always field players in the position they are built for.