Whether that be Goals, Assists, Points, or Games Played related. Milestone cards are given when an NHL player hits a major milestone in their career. *NHL rookies at the beginning of the season who don’t have Gold cards yet will often get upgraded early on in the season providing they are still playing in the NHL. Silver = AHL, ECHL, SHL, Liiga, DEL, ELH, National League, Norway.The levels are more or less split based on the league that the player plays in: They come in three different levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold This is just your basic card that every official hockey player in the game receives from day one.
The one exception to that rule right now is Movember cards as they automatically upgrade based on the best card available for that player. In short, it depends when the card was released as each new card a player gets will build upon the stats of the prior one so they constantly get better and better throughout the year. Player collection type deserves it’s own section as you will find there are many different types of cards floating around and you are probably asking yourself what is the best? Is a card with flames all over it better than a Christmas themed card? Is a plaid card better than a black card? EA adds that option to the Trading Post after the set has ended so you will always be able to use the collectibles for something, but their value will likely have dropped.More information on Limited Time Collectibles in the Sets section. Occasionally you will notice symbols in the top right corner of your cards, like these:Įvery set, even limited time sets, have the option to trade one collectible for a random Gold Rare Player.
The cards you will use to create your lines and play in your offline and/or online games with.
No surprises here, these are your players. We’ll cover each type here and then go into the different player collections afterwards. The most overwhelming aspect of HUT, if you’ve never played it before, will likely be all the different types of cards/items and different versions of those types. With that said, it is very easy to get new jerseys, logos, and arenas if you ever want to change those up.
So make sure you select a “Favourite Team” that you wouldn’t mind some players from along with their team information items. You will get their Jersey, logo, Arena, and at least a couple players from that team.
The items that come out of it are skewed slightly towards whichever team you have set as your “Favourite Team” in NHL 17. When you fire up HUT for the first time you will be given a “Starter Pack”. When you own a player’s card you can put them in your lineup and play online or offline games with them to earn more coins(in-game currency) and progress through the Divisions all the way up to Division 1 where you will usually find the top competition. To do this, you use hockey player cards obtained through packs or the HUT Marketplace. Those and more will be answered below.īefore we go in-depth with each aspect of HUT, I’ll just give a quick overview of what exactly HUT is.Īs the name suggests, it’s a mode bdesigned around the idea that you can build the ultimate hockey team. When you do, you will probably have a lot of questions… What are sets? What are collectibles? What do synergies do? Why is Matt Cooke a 92 OVR? All valid questions. So, it’s likely you will try it out at some point, if you haven’t already. Hockey Ultimate Team(HUT) is the most popular game mode in NHL 17 and in the whole EA Sports’ NHL franchise.