<s>
NHL	B-Application
Eastside	I-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
is	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
management	O
simulation	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sports	O
Interactive	O
(	O
SI	O
Games	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
Eastside	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
series	I-Application
started	O
by	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
game	O
Eastside	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
2004	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
brand	O
name	O
NHL	B-Application
Eastside	I-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
NHL	B-Application
Eastside	I-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
2007	I-Application
would	O
be	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
foreseeable	O
future	O
,	O
with	O
Sports	O
Interactive	O
blaming	O
piracy	O
for	O
the	O
decision	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
advertising	O
,	O
which	O
most	O
feel	O
is	O
the	O
true	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
poor	O
sales	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
no	O
hockey	O
management	O
game	O
has	O
existed	O
since	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
NHL	B-Application
Eastside	I-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
series	O
,	O
OOTP	O
Developments	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
management	O
sim	O
Out	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Park	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
2011	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
developing	O
a	O
hockey	O
management	O
sim	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EHM	O
series	O
was	O
resurrected	O
on	O
16	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Eastside	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
