From: mgleason@cse.unl.edu (Mike Gleason)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: NHLPA Tricks (was Re: Fasted goal in NHLPA'93)
Date: 18 Dec 1992 21:33:47 GMT
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garyc@vballdude.EBay.Sun.COM (Gary Carino - Osmotic Volleyball) writes:

|Hey, speaking of stupid NHLPA tricks, here are some of the things I do to 
|amuse myself:

|1.  How many people can you check to the ice between the time the puck leaves
|    the ice (and the faceoff whistle is blown) and the switch to the actual
|    faceoff screen.

|    All I've managed is two (quite often) but it seems there would be enough
|    time for 3 if the were line up just right.

Yup, I've done three.  4 can be done if you're playing two player!

|2.  Can you put an opponent on his butt as he's skating to the penalty box?
|    Quite a few things have to go right here:  control of a player in the
|    area of the box, and a little luck in timing.

|    I haven't managed this, and don't even know if it's possible, but then
|    I haven't had everything go just right *and* be trying to do it.

This can't be done.  You go right through him (damn!).  You can get anybody
else who happens to be near the box though.

|3.  Putting the goalie on his butt.  Usually if you run into the goalie, your
|    player ends up on the ice.  *ONCE* when an opposing goalie was chasing a 
|    puck did I accidently (really, it was) run into him and put him on the
|    ice.  

|    I've never done this since (actually, I don't try).  Has anyone ever seen
|    this happen?

We've had this happen, but it is rare.  Just yesterday, my friend happened to
be going full speed, and he rammed into the goalie, moving him out of the
crease, and _slammed_ him into the boards!  Didn't knock him down, but it
was worth a few replays and the interference penalty.

Other fun things to do:

"Score" an opposing player, by checking him into the net.  Check an
offensive player into your goalie and get him the interference penalty!  When
you get into a fight, back your man all the way your side of the board, then
try to punch your opponent all the way across the ice.  Better yet, try to
crack your opponent's head open on the boards or goal.  One time I was fighting 
with Steve Smith I hit a guy so hard he slid completely off the screen.  Put
Bob Probert in at center and at faceoffs hit C instead of B to crack your
unlucky foe.  Actually I almost always use C anyway, because someone from
my team often gets the puck.  See how many checks you can get in a game.  My
record for a five minute game is 82.  Prove how underrated Patrick Roy is.
Once with Quebec I shut him out 15-0 in a 5 minute game.  See how many goals
you can score in a 20-minute period game.  Try to win a game by only scoring
goals by a slapshot that hits a defensemen square in the head, get the
deflection, and another slapshot to score the goal (my roommate did do this
by only scoring one goal and that was it!).  Try to win a game by putting in
Ottawa's under 10 overall players.  Yank your goalie when your opponent has
at least 2 in the box.  Try to fight to a tie... it's harder than you think!
Play an entire 7 game playoffs without allowing a single goal (haven't done
that yet).  Give your friend either all-star team and you be Ottawa (hint:
put Lazaro at center), and you beat him by atleast 5.

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--mg                                                      mgleason@cse.unl.edu