You can create players, edit lines and set up your own coaching options for each team. In addition, you can also set strategies for your breakouts, entering the zone, defensive positioning, forechecking, team defense, power play and shorthanded situations. A wide variety of stats is available for teams, players and users. A record book will keep track of the best performances in both game and season categories. The graphics at this point are nothing special, resembling Sony's Faceoff game more than EA Sports NHL 98.
Uniforms are accurate, but the players look a bit washed out and their animations are a bit jumpy.
The game does offer nine camera angles with a zoom feature that can be scaled to your liking. The audio is equally unimpressive at this time. The sound of hits is barely audible and the crowd hardly seems to be into the game at all. Nothing special happens when you score a goal, other than Gary Thorne and Steve Levy getting a tad excited. Uninspired is the word that comes to mind for the game's audio and visuals.