Strategy Discussion

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Hey everyone, we don't really have much strategy discussion so I thought it would be helpful to start one up. Unlike Madden, there isn't much in-game help for strategies outside of a few sentences here and there. As an avid hockey fan that would love to know more about the tactical side of the game, can anyone provide more insight into the strategies? I'm mostly talking about the online gameplay but I guess this would also apply to the CPU. The basic in-game descriptions of the strategies can be found here.

Defense
Collapsing
Staggered
Tight Point

Defensive Pressure
Protect Net
Contain Puck
Normal
Puck Side Attack
High Pressure

Offense
Overload
Crash the Net
Behind the Net

Offensive Zone Forecheck
1-2-2 Passive
2-3
Weakside Lock
1-2-2 Aggressive

Neutral Zone Forecheck
1-3-1
1-4
1-2-2 Red
1-2-2 Blue

Offensive Zone Bias
Neutral Zone Trap
Sit Back
Balanced
Press
Full Forecheck

If you could please share:

1. Which strategies do you use?
2. What is the general make-up of your team? (Big & strong, fast, more offensively focused, more defensively focused, etc.)
3. How do you recognize which strategies your opponents are using and more importantly, how do you counter it?

And feel free to suggest other things I should add to this post! Cheers