NHL09 PS3 Team

I have to pick up a package from UPS and then get something to eat. I'll be on in an hour or two at the earliest but can play for a while after that.
 
great games tonight guys, there's been a ton of improvement to our game and we're only getting better.

awesome.
 
I cannot agree more. There is absolutely no doubt that we played our best games tonight. If we continue to play with our high-flying offense and solid defense like tonight, I think we can make our club a Div 1 team in no time at all. Also, I will be on tomorrow as well.
 
Yes, great games. Even the 5-2 loss had it's good moments.

I really like how we've strengthened our D. I was playing a few games as forward though after you guys left so hopefully I didn't lose my timing and positioning. We made it up to Div 19 which is a huge improvement. If we keep playing with 5 it should let us rise pretty quick, and if we ever get a goalie, they count as three players and boosts our team points even higher.

It looks like I have a long road to legend though. I was getting A's in two categories for most of the night and still I'm hovering around B. It will take a lot of solid games to get to A-.
 
I won't be on until the evening, not sure exactly when yet. Weekends haven't been the greatest for turnout, but we might be able to get a few games in.
 
Yea, our D is getting pretty damn good now, even the games we lost last night we were able to keep the other team to less shots than us, it was frequent that we held a team to 1 or 3 shots in a period which is awesome

I should be on a lil tonight around 930 or 10 EST after the devils game is over.
 
Might be playing with a buddy later, but it's not for certain so I would say call it a night. I'll post here in the next hour if that changes.

I wouldn't be too pissed off about our recent blow-out losses either. GLD is ranked #1 and we only had three vs 5. MEN aka The Visor Crew is ranked #7 and again we only had three, so neither loss hurt us much with the way the points system works. The LPQ team we lost 5-2 against is top 40 in Division 1 as well.

We aren't quite at division 1 level yet, but we're improving and I don't mind losing to the cream of the crop while we improve.
 
im good to play right now if you want to. ill be around all day. if anyone has aim just send me a message on there when you want to play, its the same as my psn id.
 
just won 6-0

i had 4 assists and a goal :p. lets see what we can do lol. get the fuck on tonight doooods me and sp are owningggg

and wth. d- in teamplay with 4 assists? what the fuckk
 
Nice, I see we're division 14 now. That's a climb of nearly 50 in a week.

For teamplay, it's tough to raise. You have to take it away more than you turn it over, poke check, hit, not get offsides, take good shots, win faceoffs, no penalties. The only time I get good teamplay is when I play D, as the passes are usually safe, I don't turn it over much, never offside and I get poke checks. As winger I'm lucky to get c+.

Also the dump pass counts as a turnover, so I always slap it down now. Once I get my legend card I'll switch back to the lob.
 
Sorry I went offline with out notice kevkev. Went offline to eat. Will be online around 9:15~9:30pm CST. I probably had my best performance last game as I notched 4 points.
 
Since we have a lot of new people I'll update the roster on the first page with PSN ID's and names when I get home from work. I might do stats/cards as well if I feel extra bored. I'm not sure if I'll update the recruit thread over at EASHL at all, if I do I'll make it more restrictive since I think we have a good core now and we would require newer players to have their pro/vet card. Of course [H] members are always welcome regardless of their stats.

Also I probably won't play much this coming weekend with Killzone 2 coming out, at least for Friday/Saturday. I doubt the multiplayer will be as addicting as NHL though so it should be out of my system after that.
 
Yea same here, I imagine I'll be on a bit yet, but I'm definitely excited for kz2 to come out this friday and mlb the show to come out next tuesday.
 
Looking forward to the page update for sure Iced.

As far as Killzone 2 goes, I'm not jumpin on that one until I find it used for a little less than MSRP. The demo impressed me but I know I'll only be playing it for the single player mode. I don't have any room left for additional multiplayer games. I waste (read: enjoy) too much time with GT5p and NHL as it is.

I got home later than I expected last night and was pretty beat, but I'll be on this afternoon/evening for anyone who's looking to play.
 
Alright. Sounds good. We'll have a club match at 10 EST. I played a Ranked Team Play earlier today and I had the best match last game as I notched 6 goals and 1 assist in total of 7 points! Also, I'm 8 games away from acquiring my veteran card. Can't wait to play tonight.
 
I hate doing team play, most of the people on there don't pass at all, they bring the puck over the blue line and try fancy moves to get to the net, occasionally there's someone on there thats cool to play with
 
I'm not sure if I'll be playing much tonight, playing a few games right now and my connection is junk.
 
AthlonXP said:
I know I am lame, but I tend to like the old NHL 94 controls... lol
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A lot of people like the simplicity early on as learning how to deke plus shoot with the stick can take a week or so to get down halfway decently. Once you begin using them you will realize how limited you were by the nhl 94 controls.
 
Did a quick and dirty roster/record update. The stats will come later in the week, they're a formatting nightmare and I don't want to deal with it right now.

Sorry I had to bail tonight. I gave it three games, and my connection didn't seem to be getting any better so I figured I would call it a night. I'm going to move my ps3 back in front of my router so it gets its own IP from my ISP. That way at least I know all my ports are open, and that my router isn't messing anything up.
 
Tonight is the one night during the week where I can usually get on around 8 or 9pm EST as opposed to later. Is anyone going to be on tonight?
 
Thanks for the effort on keeping the front page updated, Iced. Just and idea, maybe add a column for point totals. I know we can just add the goals and assists, but I always welcome the opportunity to not use my brain. :p

I'll be on this evening, shoot me a message on PSN after 8est or so. I'll be playing something or other since there's no hockey on cable again tonight. :(
 
I'll be on tonight, probably around 8:30 EST.

I'll get a points column added Snaggle, I was just going with what EA gave me... I guess they don't like to add either.
 
I'm online now, just about to put dinner in the oven. Good for a game while the oven heats up.
 
360 owner here...

...apparently a new patch is out on the PS3 (not 360 yet) updating the game to v1.02. They've upped the interference calls and have apparently added checking from behind.

Has anybody played with it yet? I remember when v1.01 came out... NHL 09 felt like an entirely new game.

Release Notes said:
Exploit fixes:

-Prevent players from entering games with attributes that are raised beyond the level they can reach with the card they are entitled to have. Players who have elevated their attributes this way should reset their character by changing the type and reassigning their points.
-Limit the size of human goalies in OTP/EASHL games to 6'4" (NOTE: it will still allow them to be set larger, but the actual height in game will not go above the new limit).
-Fixed some problems that could cause the game to hang or go out of sync when pausing.
- Prevent use of LB to get up instantly after being knocked over.
-Reduce accuracy of shooting while using vision control to skate backwards.
-Prevent high, accurate slap shots from in close to the net.

Other changes:

-Reduced the ease of beating the goalie on the short side.
-Decrease the tendency of the goalies to use a desperation save unnecessarily.
-Strict calling of interference, though you can still clear players directly in front of the net without getting called for interference.
-Added stick lift to Classic controls using LB+X(XBox) /L1+Square(PS3). It is also on R3 (press Right Stick).
-Fixed shot targeting using the Always Up control when skating down ice.
-Added new NHL rule to locate face- offs in the attacking zone to start a powerplay.
- Prevent CPU players from getting delay of game penalties frequently while clearing the puck from their zone.
- Prevent puck from being poke checked away from the goalie when he has it covered under his glove.
-Reduced the amount of time it takes to get control of the last man back, holding RT(Xbox)/R2(PS3)
-Reduced the amount of time it takes to get control of the goalie, holding LB+A(Xbox)/L1+X(PS3)
-Reduce the range of heights on randomly generated CPU players, including goalies.
-Eliminate the ability to accelerate and maintain high speed while stick lifting.
-More penalties for high sticking when stick lifts are done from behind the opponent.
-Made the colours of the OTP/EASHL indicators more distinct (yellow and orange).
-Made face-off outcomes slightly more random and slightly less dependent on attributes.
-Added assistance to prevent one-timer and shot attempts from leading to accidental hits and interference penalties.
-Goalie tuning to increase goal-scoring a bit to compensate for taking away the easy short-side high goals.
-Improve hit stat tracking to not count all of the small bumps in front of the net.
-Increased injuries caused by CPU teams.
-Prevent puck from being launched with very high speed following a hit.
-AI tuning for superstar. The Aggression slider now affects how intense the CPU team is on that difficulty level.
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That was posted a couple pages back, I think. And yes, 1.02 does improve gameplay somewhat.
 
Its not drastically different, but it does cut down on the cheese goals and penalties are increased (just don't check a guy when going after a puck by the boards now)
 
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