NHL "99 Mini FAQ

This mini FAQ has not covered every single point of the game and was not
created to. I have just written this to give people
an idea of what they are doing.

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GAMES
   Exhabition
   Season
   Playoffs
   Shootout
   Tournament
   Coaching Drills
3. LEVEL
   Beginner
   Rookie
   Pro
   All-Star
4. TEAMS
   Ratings
   Key Players
5. RULES AND OPTIONS
   Rules
   Options
6. DREAM TEAM
7. CHEATS AND CODES
8. OTHER
9. END
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1. INTRODUCTION
This game is my favourite game by far.With it's big body checks to
scoring the winning goal in overtime, this game has it all!
I haven't found many things wrong with this game only positives. With
all of it's options like 1-8 players, vibration and
analog stearing I highly recommend you go out and buy it if you haven't
already! Lest just hope NHL '2000 is even
better some how! Well thats that, hope you enjoy this mini FAQ on NHL
'99!

2. GAMES
NHL '99 has heps of game options. Exhabition games, season, playoffs,
tounament, shoot-out and coaching drills.

Exhabition.
This option is just a single game which you can pick any team. You can
have the NHL Championship teams against
Countries or the North American All-Stars, World All-Stars, Eastern
Conference, Western Conference, EA Blades,
EA Storm teams. This  is the best game for starters or when you just
want a quick game before you go out. At the end of
the game you can have a rematch if you want revenge or if you want to
belt them even more.

Season.
To play this option you really need a memory card. You can play the
1998/99 regular National Hockey League or make
your own custom season. In the custom season you can choose from 4-27
teams. To have an all-star game in the season
you must have 8 or more teams. You can also choose to have a short or
long season. If you have a long season you will
have a trade dead-line. This happens on March 22 1999.

Playoffs.
If you want to skip the season and go straight through to the main end
of the year, fine this option allows you to go and pick
any NHL team and battle it out for the Stanley Cup. You can choose the
best of 1-7 games. Also the expansion draft is
an option to have it on or not.

Shootout.
This mode allows you to choose 2 teams for a shoot-out game. It's good
for practising for the real game or practising
one-on-one with the goalie. You also get to select your line-up which is
5 players and 1 goalie. In this mode you also get
a chance to have a rematch.

Tournament.
In this mode you can choose if you want a round-robin game. Also you can
choose  8-12 teams and 1-4 rounds
(only if it is a round-robin). The expansion draft is again also an
option. You can choose teams from all NHL teams or
all of the counties. It is a fun game type to play when you can match up
regular NHL teams against the Counties and the
same player against himself.

Coaching Drills.
This the place to go when you are just learning about the game. The
strategies are by Marc Crawford. You can have a go at
many situations that you would be in a game. Powerplay, shorthanded,
one-on-one with the goalie or even strength. It's
just a al-round great place for beginners or if you just want to sharpen
up on your skills.

3. LEVELS
Beginner: Great mode to learn on or when your hungry for goals.
Rookie: I bit harder than beginner but still a good place to begin.
Pro: This is when competion begins. Pretty hard at start but you should
soon conquer it.
All-Star: The hardest mode of all. This it face it or leave it. As good
as it gets for competion.

4. TEAMS And PLAYERS
This is a guide to all of the teams ratings and their key players.
Team Ratings (best to worst)
1. North American All-Stars
2. Team Canada
3. Western Conference
4. World All-Stars
5. Eastern Conference
6. Team USA
7. Colorado Avalanche
8. Dallas Stars
9. Detroit Red Wings
10. Buffalo Sabres
11. Philadelphia Flyers
12. Pittsburgh Penguins
13. New Jersey Devils
14. Washington Capitals
15. New York Rangers
16. Chicago Blackhawks
17. Montreal Canadians
18. Los Angeles Kings
19. Phoenix Coyotes
20. Carolina Hurricanes
21. St. Louis Blues
22. Team Czech Republic
23. Toronto Maple Leafs
24. Vancouver Canucks
25. Team Russia
26. San Jose Sharks
27. Ottawa Senators
28. Edmonton Oilers
29. Boston Bruins
30. Florida Panthers
31. New York Islanders
32. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
33. Team Sweden
34. Calgary Flames
35. Tampa Bay Lightning
36. Nashville Predators
37. Team Finland
38. Team Slovakia
39. Team Germany
40. Team Kazakstan
41. Team England
42. Team Japan
43. Team Switzerland
44. Team Italy
45. Team Poland
46. Team Austria
47. Team Belarus
48. Team France
49. Team Norway

Key Players.
(this is only for the NHL teams)
key- G: Goalie  D: Defender   C: Centre   LW: Left Wing   RW: Right Wing

Mighty Ducks of Anahiem.
- Paul Kariya: LW
- Teemu Selanne: RW
- Guy Herbet: G

Boston Bruins.
- Jason Allison: C
- Ray Bourque: D
- Sergei Samsonov: LW

Buffalo Sabres.
- Alexei Zhitnik: D
- Dominik Hasek: G

Calgary Flames.
- Theoren Fleury: RW

Carolina Hurricanes.
- Ron Francis: C
- Keith Primeau: C
- Gary Roberts: LW

Chicago Blackhawks.
- Tony Amonte: RW
- Chris Chelios: D
- Doug Gilmour: C
- Alexei Zhamnov: C
- Jeff Hackett: G

Colorado Avalanche.
- Adam Deadmarsh: RW
- Peter Forsberg: C
- Valeri Kamensky: LW
- Sandis Ozolinsh: D
- Joe Sakic: C
- Patrick Roy: G

Dallas Stars.
- Derian Hatcher: D
- Brett Hull: RW
- Mike Modano: C
- Joe Nieuwendyk: C
- Darryl Syder: D
- Sergei Zubov: D
- Ed Belfour: G

Detroit Red Wings.
- Sergei Fedorov: C
- Nicklas Lidstrom: D
- Larry Murphy: D
- Brendan Shanahan: LW
- Steve Yzerman: C
- Chris Osgood: G

Edmonton Oilers.
- Roman Hamrlik: D
- Boris Mironov: D
- Doug Weight: C

Florida Panthers.
- Ed Jovanovski: D
- Robert Svehla: D

Los Angeles Kings.
- Rob Blake: D
- Steve Duchesne: D
- Jozef Stumpel: C

Montreal Canadians.
- Shane Corson: LW
- Vincent Damphousse: C
- Saku Koivu: C
- Vladimir Malakhov: D
- Mark Recchi

Nashville Predators.
- Andrew Brunette: LW
- Greg Johnson: C

New Jersey Devils.
- Bobby Holik: C
- Scott Niedermayer: D
- Scott Stevens: D
- Martin Brodeur: G

New York Islanders.
- Bryan Berard: D
- Kenny Jonsson: D
- Zigmund Palffy: RW
- Robert Reichel: C

New York Rangers.
- Wayne Gretzky: C
- Alexei Kovalev: RW
- Pat La Fontaine: C
- Brian Leetch: D
- Mike Richter: G

Ottawa Senators.
- Daniel Alfredsson: RW
- Alexei Yashin: C

Philadelphia Flyers.
- Rod Brind' Amour: LW
- Eric Desjardins: D
- John LeClair: LW
- Eric Lindros: C

Phoenix Coyotes.
- Teppo Nimminen: D
- Jeremy Roenick: C
- Keith Tkachuk: LW
- Oleg Tverdovsky: D
- Nikolai Khabibalin: G

Pittsburgh Penguins.
- Stu Barnes: C
- Kevin Hatcher: D
- Jaromir Jagr: RW
- Darius Kasparatis: D
- Tom Barrasso: G

St. Louis Blues.
- Al MacInnis: D
- Chris Pronger: D
- Pierre Turgeon: C
- Grant Fuhr: G

San Jose Sharks.
- Jeff Friesen: LW
- Owen Nolan: RW
- Gary Suter: D

Tampa Bay Lightning.
- Rob Zamuner: LW
- Brian Bradley: C

Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Mats Sundin: C
- Curtis Joseph: G

Vancouver Canucks.
- Pavel Bure: RW
- Mark Messier: C
- Alexander Mogilny: RW

Washington Capitals.
- Peter Bondra: RW
- Adam Oates: C
- Olaf Kolzig: G

5. RULES AND OPTIONS
This is just a description of the rules and options you have.
Rules.
Period Length: 5, 10 or 20 minutes.
You can have these rules on or off - Fighting, icing, 2 line pass,
crease rule and injuries.
Rink Type: Auto, NHL or International.
Referee Type: Auto, NHL or International.
Tie Break: Auto, continuous over-time, shootout, one over-time and
shootout or single over-time.


6. DREAM TEAM
G - D.Hasek
G - M.Brodeur
G - E.Belfour
D - N.Lidstrom
D - C.Progner
D - R.Blake
D - S.Niedermayer
D - S.Ozolinish
D - C.Chelios
F - P.Kariya
F - T.Selanne
F - J.Jagr
F - P.Forsberg
F - M.Modano
F - J.Leclair
F - P.Bure
F - E.Lindros
F - J.Sakic

7. CHEATS AND CODES
No Goalies: Enter "PULLED"
Big heads: Enter "BRAINY"
Big players: Enter "BIGBIG"
Full Attribute Player: Enter "GREATSKATE"
Wear alternate jerseys (if available): Enter "3RD"
Faster game play: Enter "SPEEDY"or "SPEED"
Faster game play and clock: Enter "FAST"
View ending FMV sequence: Enter "VICTORY"
Alternate scoring sounds: After scoring a goal, press Triangle to hear
various sounds
Tiny Players & Large Goalie: Enter "PLAYTIME"
View Stadium Sequences: Enter the first 3 letters for the team you are
playing.
Example - DET as a password for Detroit,
               BOS as a password for Boston,
               COL as a password for Colorodo
Hint: Goal Sounds: Press Z after making a goal to hear various sound.
Keep hitting it for new sounds.
Maxium Ratings For Created Players: Use the names shown in the credits
and enter it as a player name, try JAY
MACDONALD, BRYCE COCHRANE, MARK JOHNSTON.
More Fights: Enter "DEATHTOALL"
EA Blades & EA Storm: "FREEEA"

8. OTHER
To have your stats recorded, all you have to is when you are at
controller setup go to the team you want and press X and
type your name in (maxium characters - 8).
During the game change controllers to the opostion team and pull their
goalie. He will be off for the rest of the game!

9. END
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