NHL Stanley Cup #7 Hard-hitting and lightning fast; bone-jarring yet graceful

Introduction

The Montreal Canadians, LA Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs. Detroit Red Wings. These are just a few of hockey's elite teams that hit the ice in a quest for sport's most prestigious trophy in NHL Stanley Cup. This is the game as it is meant to be played: hard-hitting and lightning fast; bone-jarring yet graceful. NHL Stanley Cup's unique, super-realistic, three-dimensional viewpoint on the action puts you in centre ice, always on the puck, always in the play. The Stanley Cup is waiting to be won - do you have the guts to take the glory?

Though there are no names and numbers on the players jerseys on the box art, the two characters portrayed resemble the two hottest players that playoff season, Wayne Gretzky (forward for the Los Angeles Kings) and Patrick Roy (goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens) who met in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.

A trick to scoring a lot of easy goals is to shoot the puck from the offensive blue line as the puck-carrier is skating into the attacking zone. The puck will flip over the goalie and right into the net behind him.

Game Play

Three game modes are available: Exhibition, Season, and Best of Seven Series. Exhibition is only one game. Season is where the player(s) can play through an entire National Hockey League season and compete for the trophy, the Stanley Cup. Finally, Best of Seven Series is just that, a series in which the teams compete until one of them gets four wins.

A built-in battery back-up allows players to save and continue their Seasons. Game statistics, different difficulty levels, the ability to skip games in the Season schedule, and a broadcaster giving game and period wrap-ups are all available in the game.

As in the real-world sport of hockey, the object is to score more goals than the opposing team to win the game.

Teams

Eastern Conference (Formerly "Prince of Wales")

Atlantic Division (Formerly "Patrick Division")

• Philadelphia Flyers
• Washington Capitals
• New Jersey Devils
• New York Islanders
• New York Rangers
• Florida Panthers (Expansion Team)
• Tampa Bay Lightning

Northeast Division (Formerly "Adams Division")

• Montreal Canadiens
• Boston Bruins
• Ottawa Senators
• Pittsburgh Penguins
• Buffalo Sabres
• Quebec Nordiques
• Hartford Whalers

Western Conference (Formerly "Clarence Campbell")

Central Division (Formerly "Norris Division")

• Chicago Blackhawks
• Detroit Red Wings
• Toronto Maple Leafs
• Dallas Stars (Formerly known as "Minnesota North Stars")
• St. Louis Blues
• Winnipeg Jets

Pacific Division (Formerly "Smythe Division")

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (Expansion Team)
• Edmonton Oilers
• Calgary Flames
• Los Angeles Kings
• San Jose Sharks
• Vancouver Canucks