Super
defenseman: Enter the create-a-player screen and enter Sandis Ozolinsh,
Chris Pronger, or Scott Hannan as a name. Answer
"Yes" to use his ratings, then adjust them as needed.
Super
forward: Enter the create-a-player screen and enter Peter Forsberg,
Jaromir Jagr, Keith Tkachuk, Pavel Bure, Steve
Yzerman, Owen Nolan, Rob Blake, Eric Lindros, or Nicklas
Lidstrom as a name. Answer "Yes" to use his ratings, then
adjust them as needed.
Super
goalie: Enter the create-a-player screen and enter Patrick Roy, Dominik
Hasek, Ed Belfour, or Olaf Kolzig as a name. Answer
"Yes" to use his ratings, then adjust them as needed.
Jersey
number 99: Enter the create-a-player screen and enter Wayne Gretzky
as a name. The game will automatically assign him jersey number 99.
The
Dude player: Enter the create-a-player screen and enter Dude as a name.
The announcers will refer to the character during game play as "The
Dude".
Name
announcements: Create a player and enter Hammer, Animal, Mario,
Bill, Spanky, or any other common name as his first name. The
announcer will refer to him by that first name during game play.
Also, entering any current NHL
players name will allow you to use their stats.
Taunts: Hold Triangle after scoring a goal, winning a fight,
winning a game, or when the opposing team gets a penalty.
Hint:
Easy trades: If you want a trade for a player, but the other team declines,
make the team you want the player from a user controlled team. You can now
easily trade for the player. Change the team back to CPU controlled
afterwards.
Hint:
Eliminate opposition's goalie: Press Start to pause game play, select "Controller
Setup", then choose the opposing team. After entering the team's menu,
change the goalie status to "Pull", then press Start. Wait
a moment, then press Start and return to the control selection
screen. Move back to your original team and press Start. After
entering your menu press Start and the opposing goalie will be gone.
Note: The previous steps must
be repeated after every face off. To avoid this, use a second controller.
Place that player on the opposing team, then pull their goalie. Now you do
not have repeat the trick at all. Every time the opposing team gets the
puck, it gets controlled by the second controller. You can check him, get
the puck, and score on the empty net. This trick also helps the
"Shorter penalties" trick, because you can make the other
controller fight, instead of your own.
Hint:
Shorter penalties: When in a fight, let the opposing player punch you without
fighting back. Your opponent will get a five minute penalty, while your
penalty will only be two minutes.
Hint:
Easy goals: Get a big shooter (a player with a little stick blade icon) to
shoot on net. If you shot hard enough, the goalie will get knocked down.
Shoot into the "empty" net for an easy goal.
This trick takes about ten
seconds. Go around the opposing team's net two times. Pass the puck to a
nearby player and shoot quickly. Make sure auto-shot aim is on (default).
95% of the time this results in an easy goal.
When your momentum is up and
you have a faceoff at center ice, pass the puck back to the right
defenseman. Have him pass straight to the right wing, then skate the right
wing straight along the boards. When you get to about the next faceoff
circle, pass across to the left wing (on manual shoot) and this should score
most of the time. If done correctly, you can score four or five goals in
under a minute.
This trick usually works best
on a powerplay, but when you have the puck in the opponents zone, have who
ever is playing the point get the puck and take a slap shot. If someone on
your team is in front of the puck when shot, most likely it will deflect off
of them and past the goalie.
Once a face off is won in the
middle of the rink, pass back to a shooter. Dribble the puck to the middle
circle in the rink, and face the goal. Press Square, and the puck
should go right over the goalie and into the goal. This works best when
manual shot is on; aim must be on net; and you are going up in the
"action" camera view.
Bring two players down to the
other teams goalie. One must be a big shooter and the other can be anyone.
Give the puck to the big shooter and hold Square until the shot power
meter is in the blue section, then release. This should knock down the
goalie. Switch to the other player that is near the goalie, get the puck
very quickly, and shoot fast. This results in an easy goal about 85% of the
time, because the goalie will still be on his back from the first shot.
Get a team of five players that
are all big shooters. Put them all on the ice at once. Set your offensive
strategy to "Crash The Net". Get the puck to your C, RW, or LW. Go
behind your opponent's goal, and start passing the puck a lot. Do not hold
speed burst or your players will get out of position. Also, do not move your
players too much. Try to pass to a defensemen -- they usually stay near the
blue line. If he is open and has a good shot angle, wind up all the way and
shoot it in with a powerful slap shot. If done correctly, you should score
about eight out of ten times.
Get a break away. Just before
you reach the net, pass the puck to the player behind you, and have him
one-time it in.
On a break away, wind up for a
slap shot. When the meter gets full, press Triangle to deke. This
will confuse the goalie. Immediately after you deke, tap Square to
easily wrist-shot it in.
Press Passback, then
fire a one timer to the net. This should work 80% of the time.
Get a good shooter and go to
your own blue line. Flick a quick wrist shot and the puck should fly over
the opposing goalies head for a goal. If done correctly, you should score
every time.
When playing in season mode, if
you want your team to win the Stanley Cup, play multi-team mode and make
your division rivals lose key games intentionally.
Hint:
Free player: During the season you can create a group of super players using
the "name" cheats. Trade them to a team for one player (because
the CPU teams want half your team to get anyone). Then go back and delete
the created super players who are now on the other teams roster. If effect,
you will get a player for free.
Hint:
Trade up to super team: You can stack your team by trading someone who is for example a
70, and keep going through the list of CPU teams until you find a team that
will take him for a player who is a 72. Do the same to trade that 72 for a
74, and so on. Eventually by doing this you can trade "up" until
you have gotten an entire team of players who are 85-95.
Hint:
Fights: When you fight, do not let the other team win. If that happens,
you will have four men on the ice and the other team will have five.
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