Primary Collection of Cheats
Bonus players
Create a player using one of the following names of members of
the band Alien Ant Farm: "Terence Corso", "Mike Cosgrove",
"Dryden Mitchell", or "Tye Zamora". The game will adjust
the players face and statistics automatically to match that band
member.
Create a player using one of the following names of members of
the band Gob: "Theo Gobzinakis", "Gabe Metal", "Gob
Stomper", "Tom Whacker", "Pat Wolfman", or "Craig
Would". The game will adjust the players face and statistics
automatically to match that band member.
Look at the credits screen in the game and choose any name from
the EA development team. Enter that name at the create player
option. The game will tell you that it has this player in its
database, and automatically adjusts the stats and appearance accordingly.
For example, try the names "Roy Armes", "Dean Richards",
"Pin Tang", or "Dave Warfield".
Go to the "Create A Player" option in the "My NHL"
selection. Then enter "Niklas Kronwall" as a player name.
A message similar to "This player already exists. Would you
like to create the same player?" will appear. Select "Yes"
and the game will create Niklas Kronwall. Sign him to his original
team, the Detroit Red Wings.
Dynasty mode: 2 upgrade points
Reach level 2 in your EA Sports Bio.
Commentators: Deep voice
Reach level 4 in your EA Sports Bio.
Big head mode
Reach level 8 in your EA Sports Bio.
Dynasty mode: 2 GM office rewards
Reach level 12 in your EA Sports Bio.
Dynasty mode: 3 Upgrade Points
Reach level 18 in your EA Sports Bio.
Mile Wide Stadium
Reach level 24 in your EA Sports Bio.
Commentators: Chipmunk voice
Reach level 32 in your EA Sports Bio.
Hints
Easy goals
When you have the puck, swing around the opponent's
net. If the goalie is on the other side, then shoot with back
hand shot. Note: This best works with two players, so that other
person can distract the goalie.
Use the following trick to get an easy goal about 75% of the time.
Take the puck down the ice very fast with your winger (either
side works). Stop at the goal line at the board. Make sure that
nobody comes and picks the puck from you. Your center man will
most likely be standing directly in front of the goal. Wait until
you have a clear pass to him then do a one-timer and he will score.
You will probably have to move around a lot to get the open slot,
and to keep from getting picked off.
Set the game on the beginner difficulty setting, then skate across
the goal crease and shoot once you get to the other side. You
will score about 98% of the time. Note: Do not let anyone block
or the goalie to steal the puck when you shoot.
When you get the puck, skate down to the opponent's end and go
directly to the bottom of one of the circles. Then, make a straight
dash in front of the net. Just when you pass the goalie, shoot
the puck and it will go in almost all the time.
Go behind the net with a player and then press the Left Analog-stick
in the opposite direction. This will make the player stop. When
this is done, no players will go behind the net. You can now look
for space and make a breakaway pass. This is very effective for
breakaway goals.
Take a fast player down the rink and skate around all the players
until you get in their end zone. Then, go up to the goalie, go
to the other side of him, and shoot. About 90% of the time you
will score. Try it with someone like Jagr or Iginla.
Pause game play, then select "Controller Set Up" and
switch sides. Take that goalie out, then switch back to your original
team. You will be able to shoot at their open net until a whistle
or faceoff.
If you have a player on your team with the Speed and Sniper icons,
take him behind your net. Hold "Speed Boost" and go down
the boards while avoiding the opponent's players. Cut across the
front of your opponent's net and shoot. You should score most
of the time.
Take one of your snipers and skate him into the opposing team's
corner with the puck. Skate from the far corner at a angle (for
example, 45 degree) to the edge of the face off circle closest
to the goalie holding [Turbo] and then shoot. Make sure your
shooter is of the opposite hand of the side you are shooting,
and that no players can pick you off or block. You can score as
much as desired by doing this under the beginner and easy difficulty
settings.
Easy experience points
For easy experience points in GM mode, sign a free
agent during the regular season and trade him for a draft pick
or for nothing. This should net you 20 experience points each
time it is done. Note: The game eventually stops giving you points
for doing this.
Fat rebounds
Take your "big shooter" player with the puck,
skate him into the opposing team's zone holding [Turbo] and
blast the puck near the red dot (just outside the blue line),
but be onside. This shot causes rebounds and unexpected goals.
Remember, it is better to shoot from the red dot on the side of
the goalie's blocker so he cannot glove it. Using a sniper will
result in rebounds not as large, but have a better chance for
a goal. Using an all out attack is the best strategy for this
trick.
Bouncing puck
Go to game settings menu and adjust the "Puck
Friction", "Puck Gravity" and every option you
can adjust on that screen that has to do with the puck. Go to
a game and shoot the puck down the ice. If it does not hit the
goalie, the puck should be bouncing all over the place until it
runs out of speed.
Get puck back
If you are down by a goal late in the game and the
other team has the puck, move your "Offensive Quick Play"
to "All Out Attack" and your "Defensive Quick Play"
to "High Pressure" to put maximum pressure on the opposing
team so you can get the puck back in your possession.
Goalie scraps
Take one of your enforcers and get as close to your
goalie as possible. Then, smash another player into your goalie.
This causes interference with the goalie and will make him mad.
If this is done correctly or enough times, you should see your
goalie grappling with a player then he will fight with the other
goalie. It is difficult to get him to scrap, but when he does
it is well worth it. Note: It will take some time to get this
to happen.
Getting good players
In dynasty mode, rack up on draft picks by signing
unwanted free agents and trading them to random teams for draft
picks. Doing this also earns you GM experience points.
Use the following trick to get high draft picks without trading
good players. Once a draft is completed, see which teams took
the first few picks and remember their names. Go to the "Trade
Players" screen in the GM menu. The team that just took their
first round pick will usually trade away that player for a third
or first round pick. Note: You do not receive your draft picks
to trade until the beginning of the next season.
You can easily make all the other teams in the league in dynasty
mode go broke by simply trading them salaries. Go to the Free
Agency screen and sign anyone desired (the worse the better) for
long-term contracts and millions of dollars. Then, trade those
players to the other teams. The CPU will accept any trade if they
do not have to give up anything in return (for example, a trade
for a 50 overall defenseman with a 6 year deal worth $25 million
a season). Doing this allows you to sign free agents in the off
season very easily, as no one else will be able to afford them.
Before you go into dynasty or season mode, create every player
or most players on that team. For example, create Markus Naslund.
It will say that this player is in the database. Choose "Yes"
and make his stats 97 or 98 because your practice rink and the
trainer upgrades will make the player. Then, start dynasty mode
and you will have those player(s).
Getting rookies
In order to get new rookies such as Atlanta's Kari
Lehtonen and Detroit's Niklas Kronwall, look at the European Elite
League teams. There are many rookies that can be found there and
can be traded onto their proper teams.
