Bethesda Softworks 
                     Hockey League Simulator 
                                
                       Written by The Jet 
 
 
Installation Instructions: 
 
Floppy Disk:  No special installation 
              Just to to A: and type "league" 
 
Hard Disk:    Go to A: and type "install" 
              Type "league" to start Program 
 
Important:  You will need to use Disk 1 of an installed version 
of Gretzky Hockey (i.e. the disk you actually use to play the 
game.) 
 
The update program is included in the 3 1/2 disks.  The update is 
on the second disk of the 5 1/4 version. 
 
Boot your computer, insert the disk containing the update program 
into drive and Type "A:" (or "B:") to access the proper drive. 
Type "Update" 
Select the appropriate destination drive. 
Select the same type of graphics you installed in Wayne Gretzky 
Hockey. 
Follow screen instructions. 
You WGH Disk has now been updated. 
 
 
Introduction 
 
HLS comes preloaded with players and teams from the 1987-1988 NHL 
Hockey season and 80 game schedule.  HLS allows as many as 48 
teams in the League. 
 
Because the purpose of HLS is to keep track of all the games and 
statistics for a league over a season BASED ON A SPECIFIED SCHED-
ULE, it is NOT designed for randomly playing One team against 
another.  Keep in mind that the statistics for any game played 
outside the league schedule should NOT be saved to the HLS, since 
these statistics have no real meaning. 
 
Menu Operation: 
     Set options (e.g manual or automatic for auto-play) 
     Move you to new menus (e.g. head coach, load/save league) 
     Set options which ten requires selection of another option 
          (e.g selection a game or a team) 
 
Playing a Game Using the Existing League 
 
In order to create realistic statistical data, league games must 
be played in sequence. 
Important:Before you use a team data to play a game in WGH, you 
must first save the team rosters. 
 
Saving the Game Roster 
 
1. The main Menu: The league is the National Hockey League if 
this is the first time HLS is used. 
 
2.  Eject the HLS disk and insert a blank disk in floppy drive. 
 
3.  Under GAME OPTIONS in the Main Menu , Select save rosters. 
 
4.  From the GAME WINDOW, Select the Game you want to Play 
 
5.  A DOS Menu is displayed: Select save file and exit to main 
menu 
 
Options for Playing a Game 
 
1.  You can let HLS compute the results (Auto-play) or you can 
import the data into WGH and play the game yourself. 
 
Auto Play 
Do not auto- play a game you want to play in WGH. 
 
Playing a Game in WGH 
 
Once you have save roster you must exit HLS by selecting QUIT.  
Then load WGH.  Once you have loaded WGH you will need to import 
the player ratings and team data for the 2 teams. 
 
Import the HOME TEAM data by going to the Home Team Editor and 
selecting TEAM DOS.  The teams whose roster you saved will ap-
pear. 
To import the visiting team data, go into the Visiting Team Editor 
and select TEAM DOS.  
 
Once the Home and Vising teams data is loaded play the game 
 
Once the game is over you must save the stats.  To do this select 
save game results in the End of the Game Menu under For league 
Simulator Use. 
 
Creating Your Own League 
 
All leagues must have 2 conferences 
Each conference must have between 1 and 4 Divisions 
Each division must have between 2 and 6 teams 
 
Steps in creating a League 
1.  Set-up and name league 
2.  Make a Schedule 
3.  Draft Players(optional) 
 
 
Setting-up and Naming a League 
 
Main Menu to set-up and name the new league, select league under 
Things To Do. 
The next sep is to rename the Conferences under League Setup Menu 
select Conference.  Same for Division names. 
 
Making a Schedule 
 
Go to Team Setup Menu.  Select make a schedule .  There are two 
parts to Schedule Menu:Divisional Games and Other Games. 
 
Next you have to set-up play-off requirements under play-offs. 
 
Exiting the Team Setup Menu 
Continue to Main menu to exit. 
 
Commonly Asked Questions: 
1.  Can I use teams that i made with WGH with HLS? 
NO:the HLS uses Teams that can have up to 25 players WGH 20 man 
teams. 
 
2.  How do I load a team from an NHL data disk into the HLS? 
Teams may be loaded into a league from the Team Setup Menu. 
 
Other items. 
 
The Head Coach menu is used to Set up a roster for a game. 
 
The General Manager menu is used to fire coaches, trade players 
and move players between the pro and farms, pick up players on 
waivers and check finances. 
 
That's it.  Kind easy when you have the original docs in front 
of you.  Now you know who uploaded the HLS to -THG-. 
 
You can reach me at the Midnight Oil BBS 214-681-1455 if you have 
any questions.  You may need a new fix for WGH because the old 
one did not work with this simulator.