Happy to report that I'm averaging 4 to 5 PPs on both sides through the first 4 games of my BeaGM. I bumped up to 10min periods.
I simply started with All-Star/Hardcore and cranked up all the penalty sliders.
I was playing on Pro since I hadn't played an NHL game in several years, but decided to commit to All-Star. Steep learning curve, but I think I'm back in the swing of things.
Winning on All-Start (at least for me) requires that I really cycle the puck around and look for quality shots, which seems to generate a lot more penalties. I also found the CPUs ability to control the puck on their attack increases penalties too.
It's nice to go to the team stats and see that I'm right in the middle of the league in PPs and TSH