NHL 17 World Cup of Hockey Teaser Trailer

[Steve_OS]

EA Sports has posted a teaser trailer for NHL 17's World Cup of Hockey. The full trailer is expected tomorrow at Gamescom.

[WeirdViper]

this is one that really doesn't impact me, i have never really messed with any of the international teams lol

[Moose Factory]

I'm curious about what they do with this mode. I'd actually prefer to have the Winter Classics back in the game and the Stadium Series' considering all of the World Cup games are going to be played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto... this kind of just becomes a simple tournament mode.

[Simple Mathematics]

If they would have put this in Franchise Mode, then it would have been awesome. Since it isn't, I may play it once, but that's about it. Just take that last step and add it into Franchise mode.

[Stormyhog]

I have no interest in the tourny in real life or in the game. So mode doesn't appeal to me. Would rather have the winter classics in.

[ericromain]

It's good to see some authentic international uniforms in the game. Now if only they'd wine and dine IIHF and the individual nation's federations to get the real uni's and world championships/juniors in the game.

[Northernwolf]

I think this would do a lot better as a part of Franchise mode.
Look at FIFA: They put international teams in Be a Manager, so your coach/manager can get an offer from a international team while playing in a league.

On Winter classics:
2 things:

1: A Winter classic mode with all the past winter classics (add past unis with patches et. al.) and the stadium games. Put the mode inside Franchise as well, as a special happening with your team.
It would be a great way to keep me coming back to play games in a long NHL season.

2: Create/Build a Winter Classic.
Create/use a stadium (Foxboro, Soldier Field - build on the customization tools you got, EA) and set the jerseys for each team in the Winter Classic. Great way to move it into Franchise and to keep it fresh.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by ericromain

It's good to see some authentic international uniforms in the game. Now if only they'd wine and dine IIHF and the individual nation's federations to get the real uni's and world championships/juniors in the game.

Methinks the NHL is c-blocking any IIHF content in EA's game.

It's too bad though. I'd love to see the world/jrs added.
Allowing GM's to loan their young guns to the JR's would be terrific.

FIFA has an incredible international component to its game. I'd love to see the same depth in EA's NHL game. But therein lies the rub. It's an "NHL" game, not "Hockey" game.