Moving around the ice and shooting feels better than last year’s, but passing can still prove tricky. A game against Ottawa saw me hammer the stick to score, but fail to tap one in due to the aggression and poise of my opposition it ended in a fight and a penalty, but the excitement far outweighed the punishment. When around the goal, scrapping for a goal is much more frantic, with the goalie and defence thrashing sticks with purpose. They get in better positions and block more realistically this time, providing a better challenge when trying to score. There are improvements to goalies in NHL 17 which make it difficult to score if you don’t try to mix things up. I began to see where I was going wrong and although I lost, my game had improved significantly from the start of the first quarter. I’d won the first two games of the season in overtime, and I was still finding the best ways to make the most of my offensive and defensive lines, but Detroit managed to exploit my weaknesses and break through my defence like none of the other teams had.
It ended 6-5 in favour of the Detroit Red Wings, but I felt like I was putting up a fight and improving my game with every quarter.
On the ice, NHL 17 plays phenomenally and can easily wear the mantle of best ice hockey game on the market, with new modes like Franchise, Draft Champions and the World Cup of Hockey giving you plenty of ways to play.Ī few games into my first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs gave me one of the greatest games of ice hockey I’d ever had. NHL 17 was always going to have a tough time trying to build on the merits of last year’s wonderful NHL 16, but it has a damn good go at it.
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