About This Game

Take Control of Your Franchise & Shape Hockey History

Step into the role of a professional hockey general manager in Hockey Legacy Manager 26. Build your team, develop talent, manage trades and contracts, and guide your franchise to long-term success in a deep, strategic simulation experience.

Key Features

🧠 Deep Management Gameplay

Oversee every aspect of your organization, from hiring coaches and scouting prospects to executing trades and drafting the next generation of talent.

📊 Dynamic League Evolution

Watch teams rise and fall across decades. Track player development, league records, historical draft classes, and shifting power dynamics throughout an evolving hockey world.

🛠️ Fully Customizable Universe

Edit teams, players, coaches, and entire leagues. Expand or reshape your league with custom setups and expansion drafts to create your ideal hockey landscape.

📅 Start Your Journey in 1917

Begin your franchise in the early days of professional hockey and experience the sport’s evolution across the 20th and 21st centuries.

🆕 What’s New in HLM26

This year’s edition adds some of the most requested features from the community:

• League Control: Take charge of any league, not just the top one. Adjust rules, manage expansion, set contract and trade policies, or even switch control mid-career.

• Promotion & Relegation: Create a multi-division system where teams can move up or down depending on results.

• Player Specialties: Star players now have unique traits that make them stand out and change the way you build your roster.

• Career Mode: Start as a rookie GM and build your reputation over time. Change teams, chase challenges, and leave your mark on hockey history.

• Tryouts: Invite players to camp on a tryout and see if they earn a contract before the season begins.

📈 Endless Replayability

Manage your team for decades or even centuries. With no forced end date, your legacy is only limited by your vision and strategy.

Built for long-form play and strategic depth, Hockey Legacy Manager 26 is the definitive hockey management experience on PC.