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More than anything, ice hockey is a game of crazy bounces and wild caroms, and the Skill Stick delivers these in spades. Thankfully, there are few, if any, "money" plays to be found. If you're going to score, you'll need a combination of hard work and a dash of luck, as it takes real, live hockey smarts to put a puck in the back of the net. Working the biscuit around the perimeter, cycling down low, and grinding away along the boards will produce scoring chances. Even better, the AI uses these same methods and plays more realistically than we've ever seen before.
EA has even gone ahead and created online leagues to update their formerly no-frills multiplayer offerings, much to the joy of next-gen gamers across the land. We have had some issues with lag and connectivity, though, so until those get completely worked out we're not ready to give online functionality a complete thumbs up just yet.
