Category: Simple Seasons Hockey

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December 2025 updates

Just a couple updates for this pre-holiday December season:

  • The 2024-2025 sports season will soon be the most represented on the site. I’ve recently uploaded that year for the NHL (Simple Seasons Hockey) and NBA (SS Basketball), while the NLL (SS Lacrosse) is in progress. Those will join the already-available 2025 WNBA (SSBk), 2025 PLL (SSL), and 2024-2025 NBA (One-Pager Pro Basketball).
  • I’m beginning to branch out into fictional leagues! You’ll notice the 2024-2025 Can-Am Box Lacrosse League season (Final Edition) as well as the current 2025-2026 team ratings are uploaded to Simple Seasons Lacrosse. I hope to have more about this soon!
  • And I’ve been playing around with a baseball sim (yet again). Developments are positive, so stay tuned for that.
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Branching out with Simple Seasons Hockey

I’m pretty excited about the two SSH seasons I’ve uploaded today: the 1925-1926 season in pro hockey, and the 2024-2025 season in US college hockey.

The former I didn’t know was going to be so interesting when I started it out. But as I learned more about 1926 in pro hockey, the more I realized I had to do more research. That year was the last time a team from outside the NHL competed for the Stanley Cup; at the time, the Cup was awarded to the winner of a series between the NHL champion and the Western Hockey League (formerly Western Canada Hockey League) champion. Afterwards, the WHL would disband, and the Cup was from then on awarded to the winner of the NHL’s playoffs.

And the latter has been a long time coming. When I started creating Simple Season games, I thought maybe one day I could do a college basketball card set, even if it was 300+ schools. But recently, I started thinking about college hockey in the context of SSH, and here we are. Last season, there were 64 schools in Division I men’s hockey, which is much more manageable and was surprisingly quick to produce. With any luck, I might have time to also create women’s Division I as well. Stay tuned!

You can find these (and more!) on the Simple Seasons Hockey page, and as always, have fun and enjoy!