Build Your Hockey Operations Staff

HLM coaching and staff covers the people who coach your team, scout undrafted prospects, manage player training, and support injured players. Use the detailed staff guide to hire and organize them, then continue to the scouting, training, or development guide for the task you want to complete.

Coaches and staffHire staff, compare ratings, manage contracts, and choose active specialties.

Scout undrafted prospectsChoose scout regions and prospects, or let the game assign your scouts.

Assign player trainingChoose a training focus or place a player in a staff training program.

Understand player developmentLearn when ratings can change and how to read development history.

What each staff area does

Coaching uses ratings for offense, defense, goaltending, power play, penalty kill, and development.
Scouting uses separate ratings by region. Scouts gather information only about undrafted prospects.
Player development provides staff training programs for players in your organization.
Medical staff uses prevention and recovery ratings when injuries are enabled.

Staff members can also have contracts and specialties. A specialty must apply to the staff member’s current job before it can provide its listed effect. The coaches and staff guide explains hiring, contracts, staff ratings, specialties, and the available automation settings.

Choose the guide for the job

Use scouting when you need more information about undrafted prospects. Use training when assigning a focus or staff training program to a player who is already in your organization. For rating changes over a career, continue to development and regression.