deflections?

[dbwilco]

is there any trick to getting your players to get a deflection on shot from point? is a wrist shot or simple snap shot preferable to a slapper? it would follow that a shot on ice is better, right? except i seem to be getting more random deflection on the shots im sending to the top corners????

is there a button i'm missing that would make my player screening the goalie to try for a deflection when shot is coming from point?

thank in advance to anyone with some advice

[CapnKill]

Re: deflections?

My understanding si that the higher their Hand Eye stat is the better deflections they will perform...

OFF Awarness might have something to do with that as well.

[Rob81Lakes]

Re: deflections?

If anything, button pressing could just end up causing your player to miss a deflection chance. You just need to be in proper position for it.

[KraZe]

Re: deflections?

From my experience, holding the L2/LT helps as well...

For example, if your defenceman is about to take a shot from the point, and you're screening the goalie, holding the L2/LT button will make sure your player is following the puck, and if it's near him, it seems to help him try to make a deflection.

Again, this is just my experience.

[hattrick3518]

Re: deflections?

low to mid slap shots from the point work for me, usually get more tips if i shoot more towards the middle of the ice (still along the blue line though)

[Vikes1]

Re: deflections?

From my experience, holding the L2/LT helps as well...

For example, if your defenceman is about to take a shot from the point, and you're screening the goalie, holding the L2/LT button will make sure your player is following the puck, and if it's near him, it seems to help him try to make a deflection.

Again, this is just my experience.

Yep, my experience too KraZe.

Especially when I'm shooting from the point, I always pull the LT [360].

[JezFranco]

Re: deflections?

Yep, my experience too KraZe.

Especially when I'm shooting from the point, I always pull the LT [360].

Correctomundo... since when you're pressing L2/LT you're facing the puck (the shooter) so your chance of deflecting is much greater.
Also I've noticed that the softer the shot the higher the chance of deflecting.
So a soft wrister, low to mid, has a greater chance of being deflected. However, on the rare occurance a player deflects a high power slap shot I guess the chances of it going is bigger.

But as Rob mentioned above, don't press anything else than L2/LT as it will most likely cause you to do womething else than trying to deflect.