San Jose Sharks<\/a> center Macklin Celebrini.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s the first time that the mode has seen significant changes since NHL 21, much to the criticism of long-time players. For five straight games, the mode had gone unchanged, even down to the infamous unskippable opening cutscene of your player\u2019s agent being interviewed while you play pond hockey.<\/p>\n
However, \u201cpricey pond hockey\u201d is no more, as the game mode will begin with your player being put into the semifinals of the World Juniors with a chance to perform on one of the biggest stages before the NHL Draft, directly impacting where your player is selected.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s one instance of NHL 26\u2019s changes to the presentation of the game, where your performance will dictate your role on your team and how you\u2019re treated by the media. Perform well and you\u2019ll be rewarded, but fail to show up in the big moments, and you\u2019ll be scrutinized by the team and media.<\/p>\n
To add to the punishment factor, players will have the option of playing in the AHL for the first time since NHL 20 if their player doesn\u2019t perform well enough.<\/p>\n
Another new addition to the presentation of Be a Pro are new cutscenes focusing on the big moments of a player\u2019s career, including walking through the tunnel at the start of a game, winning awards, winning championships, and even the send-off during your player\u2019s final game.<\/p>\n
Also new to the game are a re-imagined hub, which includes your in-season challenges, headlines of the top stories around the league and the new \u201cform score\u201d; a chapter-based structure for each season to change the pace of every season; and ways to control the story of your own player, from personality types to focusing on career earnings and how you spend that money.<\/p>\n
NHL 26 is set to be released on September 12th, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EA Sports has announced the changes that will be made to their Be a Pro mode for their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-81792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}