New Double Shift Event In NHL 25 HUT
The new Double Shift Event and Closers cards are now available in NHL 25 Hockey Ultimate Team.
All Double Shift cards come with 99 endurance. The five master set players are 95 overall Olaf Kolzig, Aaron Ekblad, Mark Scheifele, Bryan McCabe, and John LeClair.
Each MSP can be built for three 92+ Double Shift players and any two 92+ cards.
Building a 90 overall Double Shift card costs any three 88+ cards, three 90+ Double Shift cards can be used to build one 92.
There are also collectible trade in sets to acquire Double Shift cards.
The base Double Shift cards are led by 94 overall Mike Modano, Darnell Nurse, and Keith Primeau, and 93 overall Steve Rucchin and Luke Richardson.
Three 95 overall Closers cards from team Denmark, Nikolaj Ehlers, Nick Olesen, and Frederik Dichow were also added to celebrate the team's historic win over Canada at the World Championship.
All new cards are in the video above.
AP has also increased from 16 to 20.
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