I am fairly addicted to Zen GM, but I find myself struggling to succeed at hockey or football. I can get a team to be a contender, but it takes me lots of jobs- 4 or 5 firings- before I can finally get a team into the upper echelon. When I do basketball or baseball, I find it a lot easier to succeed. (My current basketball run is 20 years with one team, somewhat consistent profits (at least enough to not get canned), 4 Finals appearances, and 2 rings, which I think is pretty good.

Do you think hockey is just harder? Or is there some secret I don't know?

I have made every roster file filled to allow you the best experience in Zen GM!

The Google drive for all Roster Files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-wyvVQG7md_BqcdVPQJb82Y1skmhZg8L?usp=drive_link

They just show up as American lol. Not sure if this is intentional or even worse if I’m spoiling a soon to be released feature, but if not I’d like this to be fixed if possible! I wanna be able to search for all my Maryland players😎🦀

I don't like how the schedule makes it that there's always 12 game per day in my 24 team league. Is there a way to fix this to make it more realistic?

Hockey Diversity Mod is here!

In celebration of the start of the new NHL season...

HOCKEY DIVERSITY MOD IS HERE!

Much like my pride and joy - the BBGM Diversity Mods, Hockey Diversity Mods aims to increase Player BioInfo diversity in ZGMH in a (mostly) realistic way! Here are the highlights:

• State/Province/Municipality for ALL countries! Why should Canada and US have all the fun?
• Colleges! ZGMH base game does not have ANY colleges. However, today ~1/3 NHL players had been in a college hockey program before entering the pro ranks. This mod adds a 35% chance for players to have attended one of the NCAA Div. I or Canadian U Sports schools!
• Redistributed US State/Canadian Province frequencies! In the base game, the distribution of Canadian provinces and US states is generated by population. However, Texas is the 2^(nd) most populous state but produces hardly any NHLers, and Saskatchewan has produced 10% of Canadian NHLers despite being only 3% of the population. I have added some states and provinces as separate entities in order to boost their chances of appearing on generated players!
• Accent marks in their native languages! As accurate as I could find them anyway. I'm a weirdo who likes funny accent marks.

How to play Hockey Diversity Mod

1. Download the Player BioInfo file by right-clicking HERE and selecting "Save Link As"
2. Create a New League
3. Pick the team you want to control and select "Customize Settings"
4. Under "Biographical Info", click on "Customize"
5. Click on "Import"
6. Select the JSON file that you downloaded on Step 1
7. It's a big file so may take a few seconds to load
8. Click on "Save", then "Create League"
9. You have begun your ultimate ZGMH Diversity Experience!

Alternatively, since Biographical Info is no longer God mode-locked (praise u/dumbmatter), you can add this mod through "League Settings" of any existing league!

THANK YOU for trying Hockey Diversity Mod!

...oh, you're also wondering about the NHL teams and jerseys from the picture for this post? That's a little sneak peak at the "Real Player Mode" mod I'm working on... 😉 HERE is the league file for all teams for the 2024-25 season (Right click --> Save Link As; OR Copy Link and paste to Customize --> Enter League File URL in New League menu). Stay tuned!

https://preview.redd.it/0fg0ih6yhesd1.png?width=2377&format=png&auto=webp&s=703825ed2d92d65e5e7067ea9bbeb5cde7deb856

I been Looking but found none I prefer dropbox

I tried making the GOAT formula only championships but that only shows top 100

Just wondering if anyone has the current 24-25 roster to download? I know there was one pre free agency. This would definitely help me out. I just discovered this game!

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Edit: I had a request to also include free agency moves, so here is another version: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1dkFTIOo3-CcJVhXwtz9PXr1Z0U8mBO4e

Download here (25.5MB): https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=17cnayzPQwTNWJRA3I1GSqUfkXOKou7Dz

So, I took my Current NHL Rosters with Historical Players and Teams file and updated it to after the draft:

1. Draft picks for the first 4 rounds are part of their respective teams - other players might be there but were unselected so now they are free agents.
2. Trades up to current have been made, but free agent signings are still with their original teams.
3. Added Utah, made Arizona inactive.
4. Made some player rating changes.
5. Made sure future draft picks belong to the correct teams
6. Teams have dead cap space too.

And the same is true from the previous version:

1. Up-to-date contracts, player ratings, and historical stats.
2. Given the roster size limitations, most non-roster players are free agents, so any missing players you want can be picked up in free agency.
3. Added 2024 draft prospects and some of the top 2025/2026 prospects.
4. Teams have historical records, playoff brackets, and logos.
5. Retired players of relevance have been added.
6. Awards have been added for retired and current players.
7. Added retired jerseys to all teams.

Enjoy! Let me know if you see any issues!

I think this is the first time I've tried to start a league by creating an expansion franchise for myself, to begin at rock bottom.

But I'm having a problem: the expansion creation screen defaults at stadium capacity of 25000, and I'm not allowed to advance to the draft because the capacity is over 17,500 -- which is unchangeable except via God Mode -- but I can't make that fix on the Manage Teams page because the expansion team hasn't been created yet and doesn't appear there.

Anybody have this happen, or know the workaround?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v42H69Bqnq0nQvNMIjMvOlOQIrSNUM-f/view

Updated this teams-only roster file I made a while back with the current teams, logos, uniform colors, and populations as of the 2024-25 NHL season. The populations are the metropolitan statistical areas on Wikipedia. When you make a league, all teams are filled with game generated random players.

https://dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vy21auev3ctbo8h4wgceb/ZGMH_American_Hockey_League_2024_draft_lottery.json?rlkey=514vt7qgtf3gw5ubiks9hc2dc&dl=0

Includes: 72 game season Special playoff design (15 teams per conference, limitations prevent two western conf teams from clinching) No Salary Cap No Draft

Adding a national teams mode as a side feature to the regular season mode would be fantastic. I've been playing in my league for over 200 seasons, and it would be fascinating to have national team events or tournaments take place every 2-4 years. Just a suggestion for the developers. Love the platform.

Has anyone created a workaround to achieve this, perhaps using unusual roster exports or similar methods?

I been needing a GOAT formula for my league that I played for 65 seasons but I sadly don't know how to make one so I was wondering if someone had a good GOAT formula? Thank you!

Here's all the drama and excitement of global ice hockey brought to you through the reliable conduit of ZenGM Hockey. Care was taken to represent the worldwide players and teams to provide a solid, playable experience.

check out the absolutely free roster file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S0PCuIGWsrS-jgQuM-Dr0QXKu7hRmYmm/view?usp=sharing

Ppease feel free to share any questions, comments, rants, suggestions, experiences or anything else in this space. Cheers!

I'm playing out a fictional universe and I've wanted to write a real review of the game but I'm still really getting into it. But I had to shout out how awesome it was to see a draft this bad. It added such an element of intrigue as I tried to offload my draft picks and nobody really gave me much of anything for them since the draft was bad.

I ended up unloading all of my picks within a season, none of them played again. The first pick never saw the ice and after 10 years only 2 all-stars and only 15 total picks ever saw the ice. With the size of my league all 80 draft picks usually play at least one game along with some undrafted players. The years before and after this draft had 13 all-stars.

Stuff like this makes management games a lot of fun.

https://preview.redd.it/z7je6p4dkk6d1.png?width=626&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf8c96faaf4aeeb387ae58f1ca7146d21425d1f0

I honestly think the Goat Lab is just kind of old and outdated. It may be a "me" thing but it's just what I'm thinking.

I’ve been downloading some rosters and I don’t know if it’s an error on my part or something but each teams retired numbers aren’t showing up. Before I decide to retire each teams number manually, I feel like I should check and see if anyone’s already done that so I don’t have to waste a bunch of time. If you have that, could you please let me know? Thanks