NHL 11 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (360, PS3)

[skullman80]

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Gah.

I can't win the damn tournament. Canada beats me every time in the finals. So frustrating lol. Last game I think I have them, up 1-0, bad turnover .. boom SH goal tie game. Then 30 seconds to go in the 3rd the pick off a cross ice pass... breakaway.. goal.. game over.

I hate having to go back through the whole tournament again lol.

[XFactah416]

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I've beaten Canada a few times.

Never let the game get into a shootout though.. every single time it's gone to a shootout, Canada predictably wins with their absolutely amazing roster.

It stinks though having to start back at the very end if you lose.

[skullman80]

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I've beaten Canada a few times.

Never let the game get into a shootout though.. every single time it's gone to a shootout, Canada predictably wins with their absolutely amazing roster.

It stinks though having to start back at the very end if you lose.

I finally beat them 1-0... took a lucky shot that hit off two posts before going in with about 30 seconds to go, and a miracle that I held them after that as they swarmed like bees for the last 25 seconds after that.

[RealmK]

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I finally beat them 1-0... took a lucky shot that hit off two posts before going in with about 30 seconds to go, and a miracle that I held them after that as they swarmed like bees for the last 25 seconds after that.

Grats man!

[BleacherCreature]

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I've beaten Canada a few times.

Never let the game get into a shootout though.. every single time it's gone to a shootout, Canada predictably wins with their absolutely amazing roster.

It stinks though having to start back at the very end if you lose.

My only tournament win against Canada was in a shootout.
Vokoun was my goalie and he stopped all 3 shots, and I scored the only SO goal with Chara. I skated straight at the goalie (Brodeur I believe is Canada's goalie in the demo) stopped about half way and blasted a slapshot into the top right corner.
Then you get to restart the tourney all over again, and I lost my first game

[CallCenterZombie]

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Ok... is this a new function or did I completely miss it in NHL 10?

When you don't have the puck, with any player and hold down vision control (L2/LT) and pull back the right stick, your player is charging a slap shot. Without puck.
This can be done even when you're defending!

I haven't succeded in using it in a good way yet, but yesterday I played a few matches on locked positions, and I just skated around without the puck, charging for a slap shot... I just never got the puck in a good position to shoot! XD

I noticed it by accident, and haven't read about it on the forums.
Now I'm scared to look like fool here, considering the many hours I spent on NHL 9 & 10. But is this something new to the series? Pls tell me so.

Very interesting. I've been trying to find little oddities like this in the demo. I have to try this. May make for some crazy moments around the net in my zone.

[XFactah416]

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My only tournament win against Canada was in a shootout.
Vokoun was my goalie and he stopped all 3 shots, and I scored the only SO goal with Chara. I skated straight at the goalie (Brodeur I believe is Canada's goalie in the demo) stopped about half way and blasted a slapshot into the top right corner.
Then you get to restart the tourney all over again, and I lost my first game

Hahaha, ironically, I actually beat Canada in a shootout too yesterday. My goalie was Vokoun and I beat them 1-0.

The other times I've played in Canada in a shootout, my goalie was Luongo or Kipper.

[waspman3]

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Ok so what mode is a lot of you going to play 1st. Season,dynasty,exhibition,etc

[RealmK]

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Ok so what mode is a lot of you going to play 1st. Season,dynasty,exhibition,etc

BeAGM and BAP.

[Lubey]

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Ok so what mode is a lot of you going to play 1st. Season,dynasty,exhibition,etc

HUT and EASHL.

[JezFranco]

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Very interesting. I've been trying to find little oddities like this in the demo. I have to try this. May make for some crazy moments around the net in my zone.

Absolutley, I didn't have time to play any this weekend, but will do this week, and soon the retails version gets out.

I can especially see it useful when playing with friends, offline or online, as they probably could read your move better than the CPU team mates and deliver a pass for the perfect one timer.


WOW-moment?

[BigRedNY]

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I am absolutely loving the Goalie Reaction speed when playing on Hardcore in the demo. In last years game ity was rare when you could take an open wrister from between the circles and get it past the goaltender. But this year, those wide open shots are going in like they should. Nothing feels better then dropping it to a winger who skates into open ice before unleashing a snap-shot on the top shelf glove-side.

[RealmK]

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I am absolutely loving the Goalie Reaction speed when playing on Hardcore in the demo. In last years game ity was rare when you could take an open wrister from between the circles and get it past the goaltender. But this year, those wide open shots are going in like they should. Nothing feels better then dropping it to a winger who skates into open ice before unleashing a snap-shot on the top shelf glove-side.

Agreed, or getting a winger open after a cycle and ripping a quick wrister 5 hole. Love the puck physics this year in that on hardcore there's virtually zero suction in regards to the puck and the goaltender.

[selkes]

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Ok so what mode is a lot of you going to play 1st. Season,dynasty,exhibition,etc

Be a GM after doing some roster editing and I'm sure I'll end up playing HUT (if it's really as good as the demo indicated) and OTP. I'm not a fan of Be A Pro.

Anyone else just pumped to actually view and save replays this year? Man, it's going to be insane. The things that I've pulled off or seen in the demo, I swear I could have over 100 highlights already. The game is going to be crazy good. Wish I could've convinced one of my friend who works at Wal*Mart to sell it to me early but I should be lucky that they're selling it at Midnight here in Wisconsin.

[SinisterAlex]

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Ok so what mode is a lot of you going to play 1st. Season,dynasty,exhibition,etc

EASHL/OTP right away. Let us hope that the EA Servers are actually working day 1, unlike with NHL 10 where the servers crapped out...