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, Gob
Stomper, Tom Whacker, Pat Wolfman, or Craig Would.
The game will adjust the players face and statistics automatically to
match that band member. Note: In the Gamecube version, entering Gabe
Metal (another band member) will cause the game to freeze.
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.
6
Dynasty upgrade points: Reach level 50 in your EA Sports Bio.
Hint:
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 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.
Hint:
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.
You get 10 experience points
for making trades or signing free agents in dynasty mode. At the start of a
new season, sign any free agent to get 10 experience points, then release
him back to the free agents list. You can do this about a maximum of six or
seven times and obtain sixty to seventy points until the CPU stops giving
you points.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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.
Hint:
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).
Go to "Custom Teams"
and make a team. When you are done making your adjustments, go to the
section where you can pick players from the different teams of the league.
Take all of the ones (except only take three goalies) with an overall rating
of 90 or more. When you are done, if you only have about three or four
defensemen, take all the defense you can with a rating of about 80 or more.
When you get to the part where all the teams are shown, take away any team
desired and substitute your custom team. Once you are in dynasty mode, sim
through the entire season. You have a very good 94.3% chance of getting the
Stanley Cup. Your salary will be very high at the start, but get the lawyers
up as high as it can go and in about three or four years you will have a
very good profit. Make sure you do not make any trades. Also, let the CPU do
the draft for you.
Hint:
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.
Glitch:
Freeze game: When in Create A Player, typing in a certain name will cause the
game to freeze. While typing in one of the members of Gob (Gabe Metal), the
screen will freeze. For example, typing Metal, then Gabe will
freeze the screen, as well as typing Gabe, then Metal.
Please
select the first letter of the game's title below. If the word
"The" appears at the start of a title, ignore it and search for
the second word in the title:
