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The Most Comprehensive Stat-based Hockey Game

2024
Game Screen

2024 Player Cards

2024 Roster

2024 Player

Vertical Game Screen

Opening Dashboard

Database

Roster

Player

Modify Player

Player History

Scheduled Games

Box Score

Encyclopedia

Rules

Reports

Daily Dressed

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2024 Action! PC Hockey

Whether you play games head-to-head, over the internet, or against the computer,
you'll love the statistical accuracy and strategy of Action! PC Hockey.
Loaded with strategy, extensive statistical reports and internet features,
Action! PC Hockey is the most comprehensive stat-based hockey game on the market.

Play Action! PC Hockey with our many available seasons. Choose from many past pro and Olympic seasons from 1954 to present!

2024 Hockey Enhancements

Hockey Card displays have been updated to include your logos and key career stats. From the roster screen, you can scroll through cards for all players on your roster sorted by your choice of stats or ratings. While playing a game, you can click the ice to view cards for the 12 players in the game or scroll through cards for all players who have played in the game.

Hockey Player Cards

Silhouettes and logos may be replaced with with your own images!

The Roster Screen includes an expanded and easier to use lineup grid displaying all 21 lines. A new game score tab listing all played games has been added to the roster screen. This new tab includes the ability to view box scores and easily scroll through all played games without leaving the roster!

The Player Screen has been redesigned with a cleaner look and includes career stats, expanded history stats, and more stats on the opening display.

Career Stats from your leagues are integrated into all areas of the game. Hockey cards, encyclopedias, rosters, and player screens all display career stats from your custom league encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia updates include league specific encyclopedias, expanded stats displays, and new search filters.

Internet play includes improved play speed and an updated chat box.

New additions include alternate team nicknames, the option to release only inactive players, coaches email addresses displayed on the roster screen, a printable league directory available from the modify team screen, updated play-by-play and chalkboard plays, and much more!

Deluxe and Super-Deluxe game packages include the 2023-24 Hockey Season and more!

Action! PC Hockey Game Packages

2024 Deluxe Game Package

Complete 2024 Action! PC Hockey Game

2023-24 Season

1995-96 Season

1970-71 Season

1958-59 Season

Great Teams Collection (see below)

2024 Super-Deluxe Game Package

Complete 2024 Action! PC Hockey Game

2023-24 Season

2022-23 Season

2021-22 Season

2020-21 Season

2019-20 Season

2007-08 Season

1995-96 Season

1970-71 Season

1965-66 Season

1958-59 Season

Great Teams Collection (see below)

2024 Basic Game Package

Complete 2024 Action! PC Hockey game

1970-71 Season

Great Teams Collection (see below)

Great Teams Collection

24 of the greatest teams of all time! Play with teams as a league or import them to your own leagues. Included with all game packages!

1951 Detroit, 1955 Montreal, 1961 Toronto, 1968 Montreal, 1971 Boston, 1972 Montreal

1974 Philadelphia, 1976 Montreal. 1981 New York , 1983 Edmonton, 1986 Edmonton, 1988 Calgary

1991 Pittsburgh, 1993 New York R, 1995 Colorado, 1998 Dallas, 2000 Colorado, 2001 Detroit

2007 Detroit, 2009 Chicago, 2016 Pittsburgh, 2019 Tampa Bay, 2021 Colorado, 2022 Boston

About Action! PC Hockey

Play Potential

Action! PC Hockey uses a system of "play potential" to represent the flow of a hockey game. After each change of possession, a number is assigned that represents the chance of the play being successful. High potential means that the play is more likely to result in a scoring opportunity, and low potential is more likely to result in dangerous turnovers. Play potential is determined by previous play calls and results, team strategies and strength, line changes, intimidation levels, ice quality, random factors and more. As a result, each play has a unique feel, and no two games will ever be alike.

Play Calling

For plays beginning in the defensive or neutral zones, choose to proceed aggressively, safely, with a balanced attack, or to clear the puck. Each option has strengths and weaknesses. Playing aggressively will generate more scoring chances, but at the risk of dangerous turnovers, while playing safely will rarely give up bad turnovers, but will also not create many scoring opportunities. When the play potential is low or your team is over-matched, it may be best to simply clear the puck. In general, these play call opportunities occur every two or three changes of possession.

When a team has control of the puck in its offensive zone, there are several different play calling scenarios that may occur. These include:

Setup Plays - Shoot the puck, attempt to pass to a specific open player for a shot, or cycle for a new setup. Taking advantage of screens, getting the puck to the net for a rebound, or setting up safe turnovers by clearing the puck in deep are just a few ways to use these scenarios. Setup plays occur often on powerplays, and occasionally during even strength play.

Match-up Plays - An offensive player has the puck with a scoring opportunity, defended by an opposing player. Do you shoot, attempt to penetrate for a better shot, pass, or send the puck deep for a safe turnover?

Other play calling opportunities occur according to game situations. When shorthanded, attempt to ice the puck, or take chances to try to create shorthanded goals. Attempt to shoot for an empty net with the chance of icing, clear the puck back to the neutral zone, or try to cross center ice before shooting. Make an odd man rush, try to set up in the offensive zone, or dump the puck in for a safe turnover. These situations and more create an exciting and diverse game experience.

Line Changes

Making timely and efficient line changes is an important element of success in hockey, and that holds true in Action PC Hockey. In most situations when your team has the puck, you have the option to make a line change. When a change is called for, potential for that play decreases according to how many players are being changed. As a result, it is often best to play safe or to clear the puck when attempting to make a change. Trying to make a change in a low potential situation may result in a dangerous turnover.

Line management is made simple by an easy-to-use line change interface. Put an entire line or individual players on the ice with a single click. Player strength on a zero to 100 scale makes it clear who is ready to play and who needs more rest. Lines are automatically adjusted when injuries and penalties occur. Double shifting star players is easy to accomplish. The simple yet powerful interface ensures that line management is never a hassle.

Strategies

Action PC Hockey includes a wealth of strategy options. Strategies include forecheckers used, defensive zone aggressiveness and depth, offensive zone entry method, and offensive zone system. Strategies may be set for the team as a whole, as well as for specific line combinations and game situations. A programmable computer coach is also available for each team including line usage, offensive and defensive styles, late game strategy adjustments, and preferences for when to change or pull goalies. Individual players also have usage preferences that may be set including how often to pass or shoot from different ice locations, how often to attempt to deflect shots, join in odd man rushes, and attempt to penetrate past defenders. To help in understanding the influence each strategy has on the game, an in depth strategy guide is available free from this site.

League / Roster Management

A complete set of general manager functions makes it easy to operate your league. Create, modify, draft and trade players and teams. Design depth charts and set line combinations with all stats and ratings easily available. Save up to five complete sets of line combinations for each team. Create and assign ice graphics, team logos, and player photos. Customize league rules including roster limits, overtime and shootout rules, penalties, suspensions, player usage rules, icing and offsides rules, and many miscellaneous rules such as video review of goals and automatic TV timeouts.

Statistics and Reports

Action! PC Hockey is loaded with player, team and league statistical reports. Customize database reports using hundreds of available statistics. All of the standard statistics such as goals, assists, penalty minutes, and plus/minus are included. The game also tracks hits, blocked shots, takeaways, giveaways, faceoffs, time on ice breakdowns, types of penalties, and much more. You can view raw statistics or stats based on game averages, home or road averages, high games and more.

Player Ratings

Player ratings are based on every available published statistic, as well as expert subjective analysis. Player ratings include overall offensive ability, passing, inside and outside scoring, skating, penalty shot/breakaway ability, faceoffs, overall defensive ability, takeaways, shot blocking, hitting, penalty killing, enforcer status, goalie ability, sportsmanship, and durability.

Play-By-Play

Extensive and exiting play-by-play makes playing a hockey game an immersive experience. Thousands of lines of text may also be edited by the user.

Schedules and Transactions

Seasons include full real life schedules. Schedules may be modified or automatically generated. Player transactions are monitored by date, so you can replay a season using the actual trades and signings as they occurred in real life.

Internet Play

Action! PC Hockey offers complete support for internet play. Hook-up and play one game or an entire series in one sitting. Zip and email league files with just a few mouse clicks. Email box scores to league members with one mouse click.

Utilities

Action! PC Hockey includes a useful set of utilities to run any face-to-face, email, or internet league. Export/import games, export/import coaches and many other features help make your league play simple and enjoyable.

Past Seasons / Historical Adjustments

Many past seasons are available for purchase. These include pro, Olympic, and college seasons. The staff at Dave Koch Sports is continually adding to the lineup of available past seasons. Action PC Hockey includes complete league data for every past season, allowing the game engine to make comparisons between players from different eras. This makes it possible to play a game between a team from the 1960s and a team from the 1990s, for example. Leagues can also be set to play in any era. For example, it is possible to put modern teams in the high scoring era of the 1980s.