NHL Eastside Hockey Manager | 
| From: Sega of America, Inc.
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $5.70
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 17777
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 1
MPN: 85139
Model: 85139
UPC: 010086851397
EAN: 0010086851397
ASIN: B0006FJVVI
Release Date: October 19, 2004
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| Features:
| • | In-depth hockey-management game with current NHL teams and rosters | | • | Play as the owner, president, and manager of a hockey franchise | | • | Detailed and realistic in-game engine that simulates a realistic hockey match | | • | Trade players, sign free agents, and draft promising youngsters | | • | Database of 200 teams and 15,000+ players and staff members |
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Product Description
NHL Eastside Hockey Manager lets you take complete control your favorite hockey team and lead them to worldwide stardom. Build and shape your roster by trading players, signing free-agents and drafting promising youngsters while managing your team towards glory. Build a dynasty and manage your local team to success, building your reputation at the bigger leagues or staying faithful with smaller teams and nurture generations.
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| Customer Reviews:
 for the real hockey fan January 4, 2005
Douglas F. Peters (Red Bank, NJ USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This game is the in-depth hockey managing game that many true fans have been waiting for. This game is very very in-depth with all the different transactions and options available like a regular general manager would have in any league. The statistics and player ratings are far more realistic than graphic games like the EA Sports line or ESPN games. If you ever thought you could be a better manager than the one for your favorite hockey team, this is the game to buy.
***WARNING*** Highly Addictive Game July 18, 2005
Michael Burch (Tampa, FL USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For years now, I have been playing graphics based Hockey games from Sega, ESPN, and EA Sports. Frankly, I'm bored with controlling the skaters and playing an actual hockey game. So, I spent more and more time managing the team: re-signing players, signing free-agents, drafting, trading, etc.
If you're in the same boat, you should try out EHM 2005. The General Manager functions are 10-times better than those other games. Developing your team is much more challenging with this simulation software. You have to manage not only your player roster, but your team personnel like the Assistant GM, Head Coach, Ast. Coach(es), Scouts, and Trainers.
It is extremely addictive though. In the game, I chose not to coach each game and will leave that up to the Head Coach. A typical season takes about 10 hours to manage from Draft to the Stanley Cup.
Players skills or their "reputation" gets better or worse based on how much they play, etc. Your players in the minors don't just get better either. They get better based on playtime, etc as well.
All-in-all, a completely awesome game. I just have to find some time to sleep after my daughter goes to bed and before work the next day...
 For die-hard hockey grognards only. February 11, 2005
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (New York, NY USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
First off, this title is available as a dual PC/Mac CD-ROM. I have only run the Mac version.
To start, the manual leaves a lot to be desired. First, it promises that the installation instructions are in the installation file. The file is just a .dmg archive with no installation instructions. Dragging the folder to the Applications folder seems to be an adequate way to start. The user interface is clunky and not very intuitive. I guess it takes some getting used to. Instead of scrolling lists, one needs to page thru screens. Ugh! This is not the '80s, scrolling lists are pretty easy to code nowadays. For a title with the NHL as a prime focus (it is in the name) the manual seems to treat the NHL way of business as the "different" way of doing things. Though research into the players seems to have been a major effort, team details are just plain wrong. The arena names are wrong, the minor league affiliates are often wrong. For example, the New York Rangers play at Madison Square Garden (not NY Rangers Place) and their minor league affiliate is the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL (not Connecticut Whalers of the AAL).
I'll need to spend more time looking at the game to comment on the actual "game play", but it seems as if it will be a steep learning curve. In some places in the interface you need to click what looks like a button. In others, clicking the button like indicator does nothing, you need to drag a player name to a button below. In yet another screen, you cannot drag the player name, you need to click the number and then click on the target line. One needs to constantly keep clicking "Continue Game" to keep the game moving.
EHM 2005 and straightening things out about this game May 15, 2005
Harper (Virginia USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The company that makes this game is based in England, which shows why the NHL is shown as a different way of business. It is different than the way European Leagues do player transactions (players are bought and sold rather than traded for other players or draft picks) and relgation and promotion (teams the fair poorly or win the league move down a league or up a league).
The reason the primary farm league is not the AHL is because Sports Interactive (the developer) was not able to get the licenses for the AHL or the ECHL.
However, I am pleased to say a new version of this game is coming out, at the end of May in Europe and In August or September in North America (with up to date league and competition rules, hopefully the NHL will sort things out by then). Players will be able to play as the NHL if its lockout does not get ended, but it will be as it was before the CBA expired. The AHL and ECHL will be in the game, as well is the DEL (German league) and the Slovenian league.
Go to www.SIGames.com to find out more and play the Gold Demo
NHL EASTSIDE ICE HOCKEY MANAGER 2005 Reviewed February 1, 2007
madalan (Aloha, OR)
Being a Hockey fan, with MS, I was seeking a more cerebral game to play that did not require fast hands to play. This is just that type game. It has many limitations such as making you fiscaly responsibile yet unable to make but a few changes in that category. That form of limit can be found elsewhere too. This is more a business game than a hockey game where the actual game is not as important as the team management. It even has you in some control of the minor league affiliates. Over all an addictive game that requires the player to be the GM of a team over a period of years. Yes, you can be fired.
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