NHL 11 Video: Classic Jerseys Quick Clip

[Carolus Rex]

Love the new announcer!!!

But I do think the intro sequence is to short. It feels like they jus cut halfway when the game begins.

[turpintine419]

Damn' if only we could move the teams.
I really wish the NHL still had a team in Hartford. I live about 25 Min from Hartford and would be to at least 20 games per season if there was still a team there. The Whalers moved to Carolina when I was 10, so I never saw a game there.

Guess I'll have to stick to the AHL Springfield Falcons who play about 8 Minutes away from me.

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by turpintine419

Damn' if only we could move the teams. I really wish the NHL still had a team in Hartford. I live about 25 Min from Hartford and would be to at least 20 games per season if there was still a team there. The Whalers moved to Carolina when I was 10, so I never saw a game there. Guess I'll have to stick to the AHL Springfield Falcons who play about 8 Minutes away from me.

My military barracks roommate was from there. I remember how upset and pi**ed he was when heard his team was leaving.

[yankeesgiants]

In honor of the whale being back.

[RedZoneD25]

I'm sure they aren't considered "classic" but it's a first day buy for me if the red/black Sabres jerseys are back in and playable. I'm a Flyers fan, but those PHI/BUF games in the late 90s were AWESOME.

[bighurt27]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTFitsDaveyJ

I'm sure they aren't considered "classic" but it's a first day buy for me if the red/black Sabres jerseys are back in and playable. I'm a Flyers fan, but those PHI/BUF games in the late 90s were AWESOME.

I have a red/black Hasek jersey from then. Ah the good ol days.

[savoie2006]

Quote: Originally Posted by Carolus Rex

Love the new announcer!!! But I do think the intro sequence is to short. It feels like they jus cut halfway when the game begins.

Yeah, it actually seemed shorter than last years intro. I wonder if it wasn't cut short by a user pressing the X button or something. The announcer and on ice light shows are great though.

[kerosene31]

Other hockey games had tons of retro jerseys in them, sometimes including all from an entire franchise's history. Good to see EA getting love for what others did long, long ago. Good to see the Whale back though. Can't remember the last time they were in any game.

I remember a game which had every Sabres jersey in the entire history, including:
-minor revisions through the 70s and 80s
-abominations in red and black
-silly red jerseys with butter knives on them
-plus a logo with some sort of snail type creature on it

I'll be happy with EA if they leave the Sabres classic whites in.

[onlybygrace]

Yeah...I have a funny hunch there is a lot more to be happy about with the presentation this year if not already for spotlights on goal scorers, completely revamped washes of the overlays, stats flashing up on the ticker at faceoffs, custom celebrations, etc. And thats before mentioning a wider variety of game play with the new physics, goal reviews, broken sticks, etc.

I have a feeling there is something more about the presentation that we aren't being told quite yet, which may explain the lack of gameplay videos and what seems to be 'teasing' with the intros. I'm wondering what they've done that possible part where they seem to skip right to the faceoff 43 seconds into the clip--and us seeing the two centers square up at center ice.

It's just a hunch I have.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by onlybygrace

Yeah...I have a funny hunch there is a lot more to be happy about with the presentation this year if not already for spotlights on goal scorers, completely revamped washes of the overlays, stats flashing up on the ticker at faceoffs, custom celebrations, etc. And thats before mentioning a wider variety of game play with the new physics, goal reviews, broken sticks, etc. I have a feeling there is something more about the presentation that we aren't being told quite yet, which may explain the lack of gameplay videos and what seems to be 'teasing' with the intros. I'm wondering what they've done that possible part where they seem to skip right to the faceoff 43 seconds into the clip--and us seeing the two centers square up at center ice. It's just a hunch I have.

Yeah thats a pretty good point there OBG, I did notice it cut kinda abruptly as well, kinda like wow thats it? One stat pop up on each side, which appears to be a tender on one team and a forward on the other and poof faceoff. At any rate at least on the whole we are getting improvements, the assists in the score ticker, custom celebrations etc etc so its not a total wash in that regard even if there isn't more in store that we've not been let in on yet.