Deflection shot
Get the puck to the offensive zone near the blue line.
Hold "Deflection/Short Block" while shooting. One of your
players will skate to the front of the net and deflect the puck
in.
Easy goals
If you are skating with someone that has a very high
rank in the Deke category such as Joe Sakic, Kariya, etc., once
you get past the opposition's blue line, press [Down], then
press "Auto Deke". Immediately after he is done with the
Deke, press [Shoot]. You will score about 95% of the time.
Take any big shooter and let him take a slapshot directly in the
middle of the hash marks. Shoot for the top corner. This will
work about 90% of the time. If a defender is on you, once in three
zone move to the left or right, then cut back left or right and
take you slapshot.
Fake to the left, then Deke to the right and do a wrist shot.
In practice, take the puck and skate up ice. Stop slightly in
front of the blue line and hold [Left] + [Square]. The
puck should go under the goalie's stick and into the bottom left
corner of the goal. Note: This only works when you are in action
view going up ice.
Get the puck to one of your skaters that is a hero (player that
has a red name instead of black). Go in front of the other team's
net. You must be about in the middle of the red circles in front
of the net. Then, wind up for a slapshot, fill the meter all the
way to the top, and shoot. You will score about 85% of the time
with no one in front of you.
Under any difficulty setting, skate the puck into the offensive
zone and speed burst past the defenseman. By this time, you will
be just "southeast" of the goaltender. At this point
another forward should have skated to the other post and is waiting
for a pass. Pass the puck over and press [Shoot]. Almost
every time the goaltender will flop to the ice, leaving you an
open net.
A player with good shot aim or puck handling is recommended. Set
"Shot Aim" to "Manual". Choose the away team
so your goal is on the top part of the screen. Give the puck to
a right-handed wing or center. They often shoot the best. Take
the puck down to the big circle on the right with the cross in
it. As you get to the cross press [Shoot] and hold [Down].
It should put the puck right through the five hole. Note: This
will not work every time. For the same results you can do the
opposite and give the puck to a left handed person and shoot from
the left circle. Lefties seem to do this better.
Smash players into the glass
Get a hard hitter such as Brenndon Shannahan. When
a CPU or human player is near the glass, press "Big Hit"
for a chance to break the glass with them.
Constant fights
Set all "Fighting", "Aggression",
and "Hitting" power bars up to full. Turn off "Penalties"
and "Injuries", set the "Fatigue" bar right
down, then create two teams with the following players. To make
a fight break out, skate into any opposing player and press "Deke".
Try it with a friend for best results.
Tie Domi
Peter Worrel
Paul Laus
Sean Brown
Stephen Peat
Chris Simon
Reed Low
Jeff Odgers
Jason Wiemer
Donald Brashear
Krzysztof Oliwa
Scott Parker
Brad May
Sandy Mccarthy
Wade Belak
Darcy Tucker
Andy Sutton
Georges Laraque
Steve Webb
Ryan Vandenbussche
Andre Roy
Darren Langdon
Matt Johnson
Zdeno Chara
Shayne Corson
Chris Neil
Darren Mccarty
Steve Mckenna
Ian Laperriere
Jody Shelly
Eric Boulton
Andrei Nazarov
Craig Berube
Gino Ojick
Bryan Mccabe
Colin White
Brendan Witt
Scott Thornton
Joe Thornton
Stu Grimson
Bob Probet
Aaron Ward
Use NHL player's face and picture
for a created player
When entering a name for a created player, use an existing
NHL player's name. A prompt will confirm that the player is in
the database and then ask if you want to create a player like
him. Select "Yes" and you will receive his face type
and picture for you player. You can then enter any name and stats
once you have finished.
Getting good players
Use the following trick to Get good players easily
with CPU Trading on. After you go through the first season and
the playoffs, you will be in the off-season. Make sure that you
only have two goaltenders on your roster, then enter the rookie
draft. If you scroll down, you will notice that there are usually
good goaltenders in the rookie draft, as they are usually passed
over by other teams for some reason. Draft the best goalie you
can find, then in the regular season, trade him for a good player.
With a decent goalie, you can get Dany Heatley or Ilya Kovalchuk.