A new NHL 23 update 1.20 (1.020.000) is now available to download for PS4, PS5, and Xbox One players. According to the official NHL 23 1.20 patch notes, the latest November Title update added new likenesses, gameplay improvements, and more. In addition, NHL 23 patch 1.20 (1.020) also includes stability fixes.
Previously, a hotfix was also released with some minor changes.
Unfortunately, players are still facing issues with the game. Today’s NHL 23 version 1.20 will address a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Table of Contents
NHL 23 1.20 Patch Notes (1.020)
GAMEPLAY
AI
- Improved defenseman gap control to defend against the rush through the middle of the ice
Goalies
- Fixed an issue where user goalies were under performing on Arcade and Semi Pro difficulties
- General goalie bug fixing around jittering and animation selection
Strategies
- Fixed an issue with the Selected Gameplay Strategies in game not matching what’s in the Strategy menus
PRESENTATION
- Fixed an issue with an end-of-game celebration which showed players that were sitting on the bench celebrating with goalie instead of players that were on the ice at end of game.
- Fixed issue that prevented chosen gameplay camera from showing up during gameplay
- Be A Pro – Fixed issue that could cause selection of wrong camera in some cinematics
- Fixed an infinite sync loop that could occur when a player quits gameplay in OT
- Spengler Cup – Fixed issue where trophy didn’t properly fit into hands of players
- Fixed audio issue where national anthems wouldn’t play if sime intervening into the first period
- Fixed issue with lighting in Be A Pro that could cause a flash of white light on load
- Stanley Cup Celebration – Fixed issue that could cause a player to disappear during the sequence where cup is passed from player to player
- Fixed issue during end of game celebration where goalie could be holding stick with their trapper hand instead of blocker
- Fixed audio issue where crowd doesn’t behave properly when anthem intro follows a be-a-pro scripted event
- Fixed issue that causes wipes to be held for too long which lead to missing parts of goal replay
- Fixed issue with crowd signs not showing correct dynamic data (eg. Player Names)
- Fixed game crash in Three Modes after goal is scored
- Fixed audio issue in the main menu that would cause the soundtrack to play under speech
- Long goal horn blast is now used for all teams on home team shootout wins
WORLD OF CHEL
- Added the ability for EASHL Club users to swap player positions on the Power Play and/or Penalty Kill.
- Added Strategy Tool Tips to Online VS and EASHL Clubs
- Added back Strategies Quick Swap back to EASHL 6v6 Power Play and Penalty Kill Lineup
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurs during gameplay in EASHL Drop-in 3v3
- Fixed an issue where the main menu would sometimes fail to load up on the World Of Chel main hub
- Fixed an issue where some users were not being transitioned from the post match-up screen into EASHL games
- Fixed an issue where the prolonged syncing wipe screen would cause users to miss goal replays
- Fixed an issue where EASHL club logos were missing from the pause menu
- Fixed an issue where there was no audio SFX playing when World of Chel bags were opened
- Fixed an issue where certain player glove types were not loading in Free Skate
- Fixed an issue where the first-time user flow tips for Roles in Club Strategies didn’t have an arrow pointing to feature user can change
- Fixed an issue where the camera angle doesn’t change regardless of the setting
- Fixed a text color issue on leaderboards so recent games info was properly visible
- Fixed an issue where the dressing room chat box does not display the teammate gamertag in drop-in rollover dressing rooms
- Increased the size of the edit strategies options text box so less text needs to scroll
- Fixed an issue where multiple options where being highlighted after coming back from team strategies
- [XBOX] Fixed an issue where the Goal NIS images would show up corrupted
- [XBOX] an issue where the user is prompted with the “Insufficient Permission” message in any online mode after allowing the “You can join multiplayer games” privilege setting
- Added additional content into World of Chel for upcoming Chel challenges. Check back often to collect the latest cool new content.
HOCKEY ULTIMATE TEAM
- Fixed an issue with TOTW Items not displaying correctly
- Fixed an issue where the player item was not being displayed after a goal being scored
- Fixed an issue with HUT Rivals Rank Icons
- Fixed issues with readability of Rivals on ice textures
- Various UI fixes
ART
Updated the following teams center ice art
ECHL
- Kansas City Mavericks
QMJHL
- Saint John Seadogs
- Val d’Or Foreurs
WHL
- Red Deer Rebels
UNIFORMS
The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 23
NHL
- Carolina Hurricanes – Third
- Calgary Flames – Third
- All 32 NHL 2022-23 Reverse Retro Uniforms
AHL
- Bakersfield Condors – Home and Away
- Calgary Wranglers – Home and Away
- Colorado Eagles – Home and Away
- Tucson Roadrunners – Home and Away
- Utica Comets – Third
ECHL
- Adirondack Thunder – Home
- Atlanta Gladiators – Home, Away and Third
- Florida Everblades – Away
- Fort Wayne Komets – Home and Away
- Greenville Swamp Rabbits – Home and Away
- Idaho Steelheads – Home and Away
- Kansas City Mavericks – Away
- Rapid City Rush – Home and Away
- Savannah Ghost Pirates – Home, Away and Third
- South Carolina Stingrays – Third
- Utah Grizzlis – Home and Away
- Wichita Thunder – Home and Away
DEL
- Adler Mannheim – Home, Away and Third
- Augsburger Panther – Home, Away and Third
- Bietigheim Steelers – Home, Away and Third
- Dusseldorfer EG – Home, Away and Third
- EHC Red Bull Munchen – Home, Away and Third
- Eisbaren Berlin – Home, Away and Third
- ERC Ingolstadt – Home, Away and Third
- Fischtown Pinguins – Home, Away and Third
- Iserlohn Roosters – Home, Away and Third
- Kolner Haie – Home, Away and Third
- Nurmberg Ice Tigers – Home and Away
- Schwenninger Wild Wings – Home, Away and Third
- Straubing Tigers – Home, Away and Third
- Wolfsburg Grizzlys – Home, Away and Third
HockeyAllsvenskan
- AIK – Home and Away
- Almtuna IS – Home and Away
- BIK Karlskoga – Home and Away
- Djurgardens IF – Home and Away
- HC Vita Hasten – Home and Away
- IF Bjorkloven – Home and Away
- MODO Hockey – Home and Away
- Mora IK – Home and Away
- Ostersunds IK – Home and Away
- Sodertalje SK – Home and Away
- Tingsryds AIF – Home and Away
- Vasterviks IK – Home and Away
National League
- EHC Biel – Home and Away
- EHC Kloten – Home and Away
- EV Zug – Home and Away
- Geneve-Servette HC – Home and Away
- HC Ajoie – Home and Away
- HC Ambri-Piotta – Home and Away
- HC Davos – Home and Away
- HC Fribourg-Gotteron – Home and Away
- HC Lugano – Home and Away
- Lausanne HC – Home and Away
- Rapperswil-Jona Lakers – Home and Away
- SC Bern – Home and Away
- SCL Tigers – Home and Away
- ZSC Lions – Home and Away
QMJHL
- Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Home and Away
- Halifax Mooseheads Home and Away
- Sherbrooke Phoenix Home and Away
WHL
- Brandon Wheat Kings Home and Away
- Everett Silvertips Home and Away
- Prince George Cougars Home and Away
The following changes were added previously.
Added the following player likenesses to the game
Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild
Nico Sturm – Minnesota Wild
Torey Krug – St. Louis Blues
K’Andre Miller – New York Rangers
Gameplay
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Receptions, Pickups and Interceptions
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– Fixes for some rare cases where the puck would go through the players stick blade as they turn to intercept a pass
– Tuned AI reaction time to be more optimistic while carrying the puck, more human-like on loose pucks and how they defend against the puck carrier
– Improved some cases where players would attempt reaching disrupts that are risky when players could wait and block it more consistent
– Addressed a bug where players would unintentionally spin around when picking up a puck while continuing to hold vision control
– Improved bobble control to keep the puck closer to the intended receiver instead of it redirecting towards the initial pass direction when players who are back skating are unable to play a clean reception
– Improved defensive deflections to get a bigger piece of the puck and steer it further off course when possible to disrupt the play more effectively
– Changed logic for player reaction time on loose pucks so that they don’t have to re-react and look clumsy when they were the last player to touch the puck intentionally
– Various animation improvements
AI
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– Improvements to cases where AI defenders were turning their backs on the puck carrier in the slot when it would be more ideal to be facing up the ice
– Improved cases where AI defenders would skate away from the puck carrier after grazing the back of the net
– Improvements where AI wouldn’t choose to get the puck behind their net
– Improved a case on the rush where against the PK puck carriers were able to skate straight up the middle untouched consistently
– Fixed cases where the AI wouldn’t hustle on potential breakaways
– Improvements to offensive AI looking for one timers that are parking themselves too close to the middle of the net
Goalies
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– Fix for cases where goalies would do a late save animation when not near the puck
– Fixed some cases where the goalie would start a push animation when the puck carrier is about to collide with them, causing pucks to go underneath for goals
– Fix for when the AI goalie would dump the puck into the bench consistently when pressured
– Improved cases where goalies would attempt covers through the side of the net
– General tuning for how the ai goalie tracks the puck
Physics
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– Further improvements to stick in physics regarding the strength of a defenders stick versus a puck carriers legs based on leverage and/or how much the stick impedes the player
– Fix to keep the stick in physics during one timers longer
– Addressed a bug where players could slingshot themselves forward after incidental contact with defender
– Reduced the arm swing & snap of the free arm when skating close to the boards with the free arm on the board side to minimize problems of arms getting stuck on the boards
– Fixed a case where player’s arms would break as their stick collides with a player in poke check
Shooting
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– Added more variety to deflection location on deflections that push the puck down based off Hand eye rating
– Improved catch and release one timers from long distance that were not being treated as good quality shots
– Improvements to shot selections where reaching shots were being chosen instead of ideal shots from where the puck starts
– Addressed a bug where deflections could redirect the puck unrealistically if the original shot changed direction
– Tuned cases where players were able to react too quickly to a disrupted pass while in a one timer windup
General
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– Fix to just disallow goals instead of giving a minor penalty on goalie interference that does not knock over the goalie
– Tuned sticklift targeting in situations where players unintentionally were overshooting ideal stick lift target
– Improved cases where poke checks would sometimes stop on their way towards the puck resulting in weaker pokes than intended
– Addressed a bug where after hitting an opponent and causing a injury/fight, players would fail pickups on the puck for no reason
– Fix for time window being too short when accepting a fight after the whistle
– Fixed a few issues where players would remain stuck in unrealistic animations during offplay when attempting to share their stick
– Fix for users who were getting an excessive amount of penalties in EASHL drop-in was not resulting in that user getting kicked from game
– Various gameplay crash and desync fixes
World of Chel
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– Added additional content into WoC for upcoming Chel challenges. Check back often to collect the latest cool new content.
– Added new goal music and animations to creation zone
– Addressed a bug where the text is appearing the wrong color during the intermissions of a Threes Eliminator game
– Addressed a bug where some Creation Zone text was too dark to be legible
– Fixed the text color on Report content screen so it is visible against the light background in EASHL Drop-in
– Fixed the text color not being legible against the background during the intermission waiting to resume screen
– Fixed a debug text issue for a Zone Ability in the Edit Loadout screen
– Addressed a bug where max character names were overlapping X-Factors icons in the dressing room
– Addressed a bug where the World of Chel end of season screen text was illegible
– Addressed a bug where tabbing away from clubs was causing other text to change colors
– Fixed a legibility issue with the Ones Eliminator Accessibility screen
– Fixed a text issue that explains which divisions qualify to play in which cups during Club Finals
– Addressed a bug where black text was on a dark background when loading into a club finals match
– Addressed a bug where the instant replay interface would overlap in game after selecting it as the pause menu timer reached 0
– Addressed a bug where new users were receiving a message “you are no longer part of the club” when that user has not yet been on any club
– Fixed a desync that would occur during 6v6 EASHL matches
– Addressed a bug where the Club Finals history text remained on screen after tabbing away from the screen
– Fixed multiple issue where tabbing away from a screen quickly would sometimes cause text corruption
– Fixed several creation zone item identification issues
– Addressed a bug where button input functionality wasn’t responding correctly after backing out of a Dressing Room
– Addressed a bug where the screen wasn’t properly handling a user being removed from a dressing room if they were editing a loadout
– Addressed a bug where some Club Jerseys color selectors were not correctly reflecting the selected colors
– Addressed a bug where the Rewards tab indicator would be present when there was no reward bags to open
– Addressed a bug where the time stamp was missing in instant replay for Ones Eliminator
– Addressed a bug where removing a user from the home group while they were still in the post-game flow didn’t remove that user
– Addressed a bug where the change jersey image in Post-Matchup Dressing Room was too big
– Addressed a bug so Private session Dressing room passwords are now displaying the case sensitive password
– Addressed a bug where applying a front logo to a club jerseys would disappear when the user returned to the World of Chel Hub
– Addressed a bug where the play by play names wouldn’t update when a player of club name was changed
– Addressed a bug where the cache wouldn’t refresh after a challenge card item was being claimed
– Addressed a bug where the warning wasn’t being displayed after resetting attributes in edit loadout
– Addressed a bug where changing modes while editing loadout would cause World of Chel Hub Tabs to appear
– Addressed a bug where input would sometimes become laggy after changing your loadout in a dressing room
– Addressed a bug where the Social Widget option would disappear when changing Game modes
– Addressed a bug where players were not being removed from EASHL Drop-in games for poor team play if they got too many penalties
– Fixed the scrolling speed for edit player and creation zone
– Addressed a bug where the controller would lose down input functionality customize club from the club creation flow
– Addressed a bug where all modes became locked after joining an Club
– Addressed a bug where an X-factor icon would sometime light up for a player sitting in the penalty box
– Addressed a bug where a clubs Away Jersey would be displayed in the World Of Chel Hub instead of the Home jersey after exiting creation zone
– Fixed a hang that would sometimes happen when loading into a Threes Eliminator game
– Addressed a bug where accepting an invite while on a loading screen would lead to soft locking the opponent after matching up
– Addressed a bug where the World of Chel hub environment would break if the user accepted an invite during the post-game flow
– Fixed a first time user experience that resulted in the World of Chel hub environment lighting being too bright
Franchise Mode
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– Added X-Factor filter into Player search
– Addressed a bug where the free agent status on the contract offer overlay was sometimes incorrect
– Addressed a bug where the team abbreviation was not always showing on Full Career Stats
– Addressed a bug where an NHL goalie could have an AHL goalie mask assigned
– Addressed a bug where Career Goals was not always updating in the record book
– Addressed a bug with the Draft Lottery popup was not showing all 16 teams that missed the playoffs
– Addressed a bug in 33rd team Expansion where the 2021 Draft Class were already on their respective teams
– Improved line chemistry visibility
– Misc UI Fixes
Be a Pro
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– Fixed logic that caused long term storylines not to spawn
– Fixed logic that caused some storylines to spawn when they weren’t supposed to
– Fixed X-Factor unlock progress that wasn’t being properly displayed in the abilities screen
– Addressed a bug where Franchise Record conversations were showing in the rookie season when the user was drafted to Seattle
– Misc Conversation fixes
– Misc UI fixes
HUT
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– Added an option to Autofill Sets from the Trade Pile
– Added an option to Deactivate Abilities for all players in the Ability Limits screen
– Added the Item Type name in the Player Bio for non-Upgradeable Items
– Added the ability to Claim Objective Rewards from the Post-Game screen
– Fixed multiple issues with illegible text (white text on white background or black text on black background)
– Addressed a bug where Player and Goalie stats were not accurate when presented before a faceoff
– Addressed a bug in Edit Lineup where viewing Player Information would sometimes view the wrong player
– Addressed a bug where Inbox and Opened Pack counts don’t refresh in the Manage Inbox popup after completing a Set
– Addressed a bug where Relist All appeared as an option when Comparing Prices from the Trade Pile
– Addressed a bug where the ‘In Reverse’ Ability text was not legible in the Player Information screen
– Fixed a crash that happened when switching from Compare Price to the Player Information screen in the Trade Pile
– Fixed a crash that would occur when changing profiles on a guest before advancing to a game
– Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur during Play of the Period in Squad Battles
Art
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Center Ice Changes
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Updated the following Center Ice layouts
– Updated Anaheim Ducks Center Ice Line
– Fixed Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena logo to be black
– Fixed Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena text to be black not blue
– Updated the Dallas Stars Center Ice Logo
– Updated the Florida Panthers Center Ice logo
– Fixed St. Louis Blues center ice circle and logo to the proper sizing
– Fixed Winnipeg Jets Center changed faceoff dot to blue
Uniforms
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The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 22
NHL
– Los Angeles Kings Alternate
AHL
– Chicago Wolves Alternate
– Providence Bruins Home, Away and Alternate
ECHL
– Kansas City Mavericks Home, Away and Alternate
– Orlando Solar Bears Alternate
– Rapid City Rush Home, Away and Alternate
– Tulsa Oilers Alternate and 4th Alternate
Canadian Hockey League
– Baie-Comeau Drakkar Home and Away
– Gatineau Olympiques Home and Away
– Kingston Frontenacs Home and Away
– Moose Jaw Warriors Away
– Prince Albert Raiders Home and Away
– Quebec Remparts Alternate
– Regina Pats Alternate
ICE Hockey League
– Dornbirn Bulldogs Home and Away
– EC GRAND Immo VSV Home and Away
– EC-KAC Home and Away
– EC Red Bull Salzburg Home and Away
– HYDRO Fehervar AV 19 Home and Away
– Moser Medical Graz 99’ers Home and Away
– HC TWK Innsbruck “Die Haie” Home and Away
– iClinic Bratislava Capitals Home and Away
– SPUSU Vienna Capitals Home and Away
– Steinbach Black Wings Linz Home and Away
Improvements
– Fixed the St. Louis Blues All-Star arena ice to show the proper art
Download free NHL 23 update 1.20 for PS4 and Xbox One.
