NHL 12: Managing Your Team's Lines and Formations

[RaychelSnr]

Before worrying about the finer points of where to aim your butt on a hip check, it's important to understand some of the top-level strategies that you can employ in NHL 12. Many users forget, neglect or are straight-up unaware of the various ways you can manage your lines, on-ice formations or player tendencies. These are the decisions a coach would make, and they can actually make notable differences when you hit the ice.

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[Suntan Superman]

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most of this is self-explanatory for any hockey fan, no?

[DJ]

There's some good tips in here. Thanks for the article. I'd like to see the CPU's line selection stay on the screen a little longer; sometimes it's hard for me to see who they have put out on the ice (if I'm watching a replay).

[rangersfan30]

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There is some great tips in here just a pity that the defensive ai is so bad that that the defensive strategies really make no difference at all.

The frequency of the defense backing up till they are right on top of your goalie is quite frankly embarrassing. I have been playing around with the defensive strategies trying to stop this but nothing has worked.

Anyway great article

[MizzouRah]

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Great article.. on x360 how do you pull up the faceoff strategies? I know I read that somewhere before?

[chrisphil1724]

In HUT try having your 3rd and 4th line as your PK lines. That way you can come back with lines 1 and 2 after a PK.

[mkharsh33]

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Great article.. on x360 how do you pull up the faceoff strategies? I know I read that somewhere before?

Hold down the left trigger and while doing so you can use the left stick up, right or down to get the aggressive, normal (or balanced), and defensive face-off sets.

[Thalamus]

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When you are the home team in NHL 11 you can see the other teams line up so you could properly line match.

However, in NHL12, this doesn't happen very often or if at all..so it makes it impossible to line match, the L2/LT + LS to change faceoff strategy is annoying as well.

Anyone else notice the away CPU team doesn't show the line they are putting out?

[Ether092887]

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When you are the home team in NHL 11 you can see the other teams line up so you could properly line match.

However, in NHL12, this doesn't happen very often or if at all..so it makes it impossible to line match, the L2/LT + LS to change faceoff strategy is annoying as well.

Anyone else notice the away CPU team doesn't show the line they are putting out?

I noticed this too. Made a thread about it, but nobody posted. I don't think anybody knows.

[Ceteris Paribus]

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When you are the home team in NHL 11 you can see the other teams line up so you could properly line match.

However, in NHL12, this doesn't happen very often or if at all..so it makes it impossible to line match, the L2/LT + LS to change faceoff strategy is annoying as well.

Anyone else notice the away CPU team doesn't show the line they are putting out?

It's a huge problem I hope gets fixed in a patch. At least the ability is there. I just think the new cutscenes and stuff have caused it to stop showing up every time.

It's really a bummer.

[CupCrazyManiac]

When you are the home team in NHL 11 you can see the other teams line up so you could properly line match.

However, in NHL12, this doesn't happen very often or if at all..so it makes it impossible to line match, the L2/LT + LS to change faceoff strategy is annoying as well.

Anyone else notice the away CPU team doesn't show the line they are putting out?

Put this in the BUG Thread.

[canucksss]

Re: NHL 12: Managing Your Team's Lines and Formations

great article .... plus some tips in regards to the play: Behind-the-net, overload etc.

line matching as some people already mentioned is non-existent in NHL 12. perhaps they will put this in NHL 14 and add it as "new feature"?

[Uncle Stumpy]

most of this is self-explanatory for any hockey fan, no?

There is something called the casual hockey fan, no? i am a diehard fan/player but never hurts to get rereshers. great article.

[Orange]

Re: NHL 12: Managing Your Team's Lines and Formations

MMChrisS, Another good one! Thanks.