So I'm absolutely terrible at this game....

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicker_Bopper

Here it is. Try this out and see if it helps. Timing is everything for faceoffs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftfeh7fww_0

Thanks. The only thing that has worked for me so far is lift the opponent's stick.

[headzapp]

Pass a lot. Use your defense in the offensive zone. Try to cycle the puck to get better scoring chances. Dump the puck in the offensive zone when you have to. If the other team has the puck don't check them every time. They can just "swim" right past you. Line up the check, or lift their sticks or poke check. Pepper shots on the net. You're not always going to have great scoring chances so keep shooting.

[Hester]

I was in the same boat. Jayson Young wrote some great articles for NHL 09-13 that will mostly help get you up to speed here. Some stuff has changed, but the basics are still the same.

But the truth is, it took me a long time to get up to speed to the point where I could hold my own online, and i still mostly lose. In the end, I play mostly solo and use auto-aim.

While I did finally spend some time getting used to manual aim so thatI could play HUT, which I really enjoy, I still prefer letting the CPU aim for me. But in HUT and any online mode, it is manual aim only. At least this year you can set Auto aim in the setting s and have be the default way you play offline. Before this season, you had to change it in pre game settings before every game, even in season play.

Good luck!

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