NHL 1995-1996 SEASON HLS2 UPDATE DISK
RELEASED:  Saturday June 8, 1996

INTRODUCTION:

The files included in nhl9596.zip are HLS2 (Bethesda Softworks' Hockey League
Simulator II) league files that include updated rosters and team information
based on the 1995-1996 NHL season.  These have been produced and distributed
over the Internet by a team of hockey enthusiasts since 1994.

INSTALLATION:

To install these files, simply unzip the included file nhl9596.zip into
your HLS2 directory and load the new league (NHL9596) into HLS2.  This will
give you all of the updated team names and rosters based on the current
season.

CAVEATS:

* Due to HLS2's restriction on the number of teams in a division, the
  divisions are inaccurate.  There is no way to avoid this.  All of the teams
  are in their proper conferences, however.

* Many of the farm team coaches are incorrect;  this is simply due to a lack
  of available information (and time to search for said information).

* Some of the players' numbers, positions and handedness may be incorrect.
  A group of people worked for many hours to get this disk to where it is
  today, but we aren't perfect, and were not paid to do this, so there are
  no guarantees.  The information in this disk is certainly more up-to-date
  and useful than the latest disk released by HLS2...

* You probably won't agree with some of the players' ratings.  It's impossible
  to come up with ratings that will please everyone, due to personal biases.
  Everyone has their own opinions about players.  In making these ratings, we
  tried to compromise as much as possible, and I believe that these ratings
  should be at least fairly agreeable to most people.

CREDITS:

The following people were directly or indirectly involved in this effort,
and deserve all the credit and thanks for it:

Dan Comeau, Trevor Peterson, Walter Pohribnij, Toki Barron, Jesse Beard,
Brad Schott, Jason Stumpf, Rob Sutherland, Norm Szcyrek, Huy Nguyen,
Eric Benson, Brad Scott, Alexander Wu, David Norwood, Harris Cohen,
Gerald Mayo, John White, Rebecca, Stephen Legge, Chris Rusnak, DJ Pill,
James, Darren Boucher, Martin Baldwin, Jason Stumpf, Ward Bahner,
Timothy Chan, Rob Sutherland, John Santore, Matt Mosley.

The ratings were entered and edited by Matt Mosley.

Enjoy!
