I get worse as the game goes on

[whitesox05]

I'm the guy who had the control issues thread no one bothered to respond to.

I think I've discovered that my problem has less to do with the controls themselves and more my inability to get control of my players. I can start well with that, but especially after the first period, I get badly outshot because I can't get the puck. How can I start decently, but finish so poorly? Am I doing something wrong, resulting in players getting fatigued? Or am I not understanding something? I'm losing games because I have no control on defense, resulting in more opportunities for the computer. I can't even do the defensive tutorial well. Does this have something to do with the new skating system?

Also, this issue is causing me to take a lot of penalties, especially interference and slashing, depending on which controls I use. That puts me at a 5-on-3 disadvantage a lot.

Somebody help because I hate that I have to go through this while my Blackhawks are running over everybody right now.

[ROABS]

what difficulty level are you playing on? Teams seem to get motivated by solid hits. if your timing your hits properly you shouldnt have problems with interference calls. dont try to hook or poke check unless your face to face with the player or else it seems youll draw a penalty. i personally dont try to hook as it seems too easy to receive a penalty for it.

on defense dont always try to step up and make a hit just try and hold your position and play the pass. when the cpu goes to shoot use the block shot button. i normally only go for hits if im right on top of the player and he is near the boards.

[foxonwheels]

Online or offline? If offline, get your *** over to the sliders forum and do some reading. The game is fundamentally broken and you will want to trash it unless you do some settings adjustments.