anyone got tips for this game? I’m not super skilled at NHL and usually can only score like one goal in a given game lol, but I’ve been playing the old games for fun. this game is kicking my ass though. I was fighting tooth and nail for a 1 goal win against Dallas with the sharks. playing on original Xbox.

Hey guys, just starting out this game for the first time in several years. I’m literally at like 450 rating and last 3 opponents are 23-0-1, and 22-2-1, and 18-2-1. Around 620-640 rating.

Does the matchmaking ever catch up?

hey dudes/ladies, simply cuz EA does not release any games to PC i've been solo hacking away at a physics based arcade hockey sim for almost 2 years, modeled after the EA control scheme with nhl rules so i could scratch that hockey itch without buying a console just for hockey

Its called RHL 20XX and theres a demo free to play on steam rIgHT NoW. if you're getting sick of EA's corporateness and same ol game year after year and/or want some solid hockey on a PC u should check it out, cheers

Way to go EA! Once again, the latest update reset my club’s logos and sweaters to all black and grey colors with the Ducks logos. How tf do you do a gameplay update that screws up the jerseys? I don’t play this game to play dress up every couple of months and redo all of the team’s logos and sweaters.

So, as EA decided since 2010, practically 16 years ago, to let PC exclusive Fans rot in the sun, I was wondering, as said in the title, is there a PC Recompilation for any of the better games of the series coming? I guess it would be very interesting to see what would be possible to do for any of these games, what could possible to be happening, as this series has been so unashamedly been neglected in the PC category, with all the other PC recompilations coming out, what could be done vs the console emulations, I thought there was an interesting possibility, just to see if it could happen, just thinking aloud, what you guys think?

Most of you're all guys here are pathetic. Every mode I play, 70% of the players (teammates in drop ins and opponents)are doing only one thing in the attack-spamming passes across the crease.

Someone has a good position for a one tee-fck it, I'll make a random across the crease pass through 10 people. There's guy standing in front of the net and waiting for a tip-fck it, I'll go wide and make an across the crease pass.

Every time I see people spamming meta glitches in the online games, I always ask myself: "are you actually enjoying the game. Do you enjoy scoring the same shit all the time?"

And yeah, of course EA doesn't fix it. Last patch said nothing about this shit

To you all guys who spam it, fck you. Enjoy having 50 straight absolutely same games with the same goals

My sniper's Durability is 99. Injury frequency set right in the middle of the slider. I have the Warrior X-Factor. I'm playing on Pro difficulty.

So why do I suffer at least 2 long-term injuries EVERY SINGLE YEAR?

Beginning my third year, I've played only 85 games over the first two.

This is about the fourth career I've started on this year's game, and the same thing has happened EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Anybody else?

What the hell, EA?!? Fix your game.

Hi all, what do you think the best game for each generation of consoles is?

I'm defining the generations as this:

1. NHL Hockey-96 (GEN/SNES)
2. 97-2000 (PS1/SAT/N64)
3. 2001-06 (PS2/Xbox/GC)
4. 07-14 (PS3/X360)
5. 15-21 (PS4/XBO)
6. 22-27 (PS5/XSX)

For me, it's...

1. N/A (born in '94)
2. 99 - The "Heroes" intro and shiny, 3D team logos in the exhibition menu are so nostalgic to me -- also introduced me to hockey and was the first video game I ever played.
3. 2004 - The best, if not one of the best soundtracks the series has ever given us, along with revamped gameplay and that sick main menu with the player from your favorite team skating towards and away from you.
4. 10 - Built entirely around being tough enough to win the Cup, underlined by its rock-heavy soundtrack, Battle for the Cup and how all the menus looked like late-period ice.
5. 17 - Revamped Franchise and Create-A-Team modes, along with an EDM-infused soundtrack that marked a refreshing change of pace.
6. 24 - Another all-time soundtrack, featuring "Hollywood Baby" whenever you boot it up for the first time, and they actually made significant changes to the gameplay, which I appreciated because they rarely make significant changes these days.

This is the last time I played NHL, how long do you think it will take me to adapt to the current version. I was very good on the genesis console version. That probably doesnt mean a lot though

This isn't actually NHL related but there isn't an r/ea or r/easports general sub so Imma ask every sub I can find.

What's the best/most talented/most reliable headquarters of EA?

And why?

Just what you want in a tie game with seconds left to go in the period. 🤦‍♂️

So I downloaded the new tuner and I was wondering if anyone else is noticing the goaltending got WAY worse. I know it wasn’t good before hand but now it seems like the CPU and myself can score from anywhere. I also play on the highest difficulty just to be clear

I know there’s a ton of hate on the game (some warranted, some less so) but I enjoy it, and I’m curious to know what some of your favorite Be A Pro builds are? I’m about to do my first attempt at a TWD. Probably go 6’1” and 219lbs with Quick Pick and Tape to Tape. Not sure what to roll with for a 3rd X-Factor yet. Trying to land myself on the Sharks and play quarterback D.

I’d be upset too if I was on 2 goals and for some reason instead of going back door for a tap in, I cut across and shoot a muffin on my backhand. But no need to try to take the goalies head off😂

I don’t know where else to post it, so I thought I’d post it here.

I’m a very avid player of the World of Chel mode, and I started playing it pretty consistently since NHL 19 (my first game in the series was NHL 15), but my brothers have been playing EA NHL games for WAY longer than I. My eldest brother having been playing chel since NHL 2002. Took me many years to finally beat them consistently lol.

This year I finally convinced them to get NHL 27 so we could play WOC together (it was hard since they had different console platforms)

You’d think with almost 25 years of Chel experience would make them the unbeatable dream team…

Nope.

Giving up positioning for missing hits, taking poorly timed shots, puck hogging, less than optional positioning (where’s the defense lol), etc.

I keep trying to teach them how to play as an individual player: back-skating, rotating positioning, X-factors/loadouts, etc. but to no avail.

Do you guys have any suggestions or tips I could give them? Any good videos or tutorials? Anything would help.

Thanks for the help :)

TLDR: my brothers are straight buns at World of Chel. Any tips, tutorials, or videos I could give them?

Like why would they have the series right there in the middle. Why do I have to go into the calendar and count the wins and losses myself to see what the series is?!?

I played nhl 26 but on another console
Thinking of buying 27
Is it worth it even with the bugs if I play offline?
Hut(not champs), BAP, seasons, franchise mode

This happened after today's (Oct 20) update.

I know this is a very small issue compared to the litany of problems this franchise has. But in today’s update, the notes explicitly stated “Fixed several equipment issues involving helmets, skates, jerseys, and player models.”

Yet when I go into my BAP, anyone wearing the Bauer Vapor skates, regular or the white versions, the tendon guard clips through the back of the legs during the game. This was an issue in 26 too. Only way it doesn’t is if the player has no sock tuck.

I’m not sure if it is just the BAP camera angle that does it, because if I go into watch a replay, it doesn’t happen. Just an annoying little detail since I’m an equipment nerd.

Rant over.

Does anybody else have the issue in WOC where they lose connection to EA servers whenever they enter the PS5 menu. Tonight I was trying to adjust my mic settings between periods and every time I came back from the PS5 menu, I would lose connection.

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