# NHL API v3 is deprecated

Sportradar API deprecated /nhl/trial/v3/* without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Sportradar API (api.sportradar.com)
- Kind: Version retirement
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/nhl/trial/v3/*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.sportradar.com/sportradar-updates/changelog/upcoming-deprecations-july-2025)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/sportradar-api/breaking-changes/nhl-api-v3-is-deprecated-2/

## What to use instead

Move to the current NHL API version (/nhl/trial/v7/...); Sportradar supports one current and two previous versions.

## Sportradar API's words

> As part of our ongoing efforts to simplify and modernize our delivery infrastructure, we will be deprecating the following API versions within the next 90 days.