I loved how you were able to add all teams from the different leagues to the dynasty/season mode. Was awesome to have some DEL, Liiga, Sweden teams all in the same season.
In the second game you played there was a player on the Leafs named Owen Nolan. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He had a long career, 1200 games played, 885 points, and 1793 penalty minutes. He grew up in Canada but probably the best Northern Irish born hockey player of all time. He was a first round draft pick by the Quebec Nordiques (now Colorado Avalanche).
04 Dynasty mode was incredible. It actually gives franchise mode in the current NHL games a run for its money! Also the gameplay felt the best in that era of games imo. 03 was also fun.
I thought nhl 03 was the best one. 04 solid second in my rankings. It's also a nostalgia thing I think because 03 was the first one I played. The bobble head feature was 🔥
My brother and I STILL play this game to this day on GameCube. It introduced us to the European leagues, and our beloved Lahti Pelicans in Finland! And Jim Hughson’s play by play is classic.
I had this game back in the day and I played the hell out of it. I recently got a PS2 and bought this game again and I still play the hell out of it!!!
2004 was best NHL game imo . 2003 was my favourite. 2014 another classic …I booted it up on my old 360 and I had customized goal horns and songs and they still where on the game . That’s what made the older games better cause they had features like this
14:55 That's because we used to play PS2 on CRT's. (The big old tube TV's) Those don't have the sharp defined pixels of modern LCD's so everything looked a bit more natural. Modern LCDs make pretty much any old content that was designed for CRT's look like a blocky mess.
Before 2011, when the Winnipeg Jets returned, from 1998 to 2011, they were called the Atlanta Thrashers. Their arena was formerly called the Phillips Arena, now renovated and called the State Farm Arena, being the 2nd team to be in Atlanta's hockey team of the NHL. Only enter the playoffs ONCE as the Southeast divisional champions and eliminated by the Rangers in the 1st round of the 2006-07 season. The reason why the Thrashers relocated to become the new Winnipeg Jets was financial reasons, attendance losses to less than 11K, and their owners, Atlanta Spirit LLC, cause the downfall and NOT selling the team.
different commentary team, the current team is Ray Ferraro and James Cybulski, an actual NHL Network Commentary team, the team in this game where two Voice Over guys who worked at EA.
You've got it backwards. Cybulski is an in house guy who sometimes does WHL games. This team, however, was CBC's main team for about a decade and a half.
Star is for players you can you stick skill moves (fancy dekes) right analog stick. And hold triangle to hit harder, select to fight. More fights , certain goalies will fight. All four goalies that played this video will fight. And Torontos goalie was one of the best . Ed The Eagle Belfour.
The way jim hughson pronounce alexander semin’s name 😂, man all those players and this gameplay makes me wish i can go back to the good old days i broke a controller playing this as a kid lol
fun fact. I was #2 in the world on this game for xbox. #1 was some French guy that did those flick shots everytime he passed the blue line and it would go over my goalie's glove. He was good but he would win with cheese. But yeah this was my game.
This and 07 and 2K10 are my all time favorite NHL games also the guy on the former is Vincent Lecavalier he’s a Tampa bay lightning legend and had a long career played with the Tampa Bay lightning LA Kings and Philadelphia Flyers
Hah! Back in the day I was stuck with just the GameCube, so had to play NHL 06 until well into NHL 09's release when I finally got a xb360... Loved playing that with my friends though! It was basically 2 things... Checking, then brushing the puck loose by holding the poke check... and a lot of sure goal cheese... Lots of brain-dead stuff would make goalies mad-scramble. EDIT: Oh, and 19:46 ...This game had commentary audio done by Jim Hughson (play-by-play) and Craig Simpson (color). Hughson retired in 2021 and I think Simpson is still doing commentary on Stanley Cup Finals or something... You can hear both (primarily Hughson) on many Leafs and Canucks highlights and whatnot from before a couple years ago... Like on the Sedins' 'greatest goal' (Daniel Sedin through the legs 3rd of the night on Calgary/Kiprusoff with a deflected pass assist by his brother Henrik)... As far as I'm concerned, Jim Hughson is the greatest play-by-play commentator there's ever been.
There is a glitch shot. Manual deke in the direction of your goalie to load a wrist shot. It has to be while crossing the ice horizontally. Also in your defensive zone around center ice. Shoot the puck when u are in between the puck and the opposing net.
94' was the first. It was so good that they added the controls and game just like you had there. The 94' retro. Play it. It's awesome. 04', 14' and now they are saying that 24' is going to be awesome. Guy on cover is Martin St. Louis, he had just won the cup with Tampa Bay. The only bad thing was that the past cup winner was always the highest rated of all the teams.
Definitely would be down for some more NHL videos. CHEL as the hardcore fans call it. Im actually excited for NHL 24. The new physics the added look awesome.
44 hits!!! Slam jam them! Lol haha awesome that you played this though! I was addicted to this when I was in middle school, this released. Great soundtrack too! If there was a best FIFA title I should play/try what FIFA do you think?
You should do the Mass Effect Series... All 3 are phenomenal. Skyrim would also be a good one. Open TTD as well... All great games I think you'd enjoy. Keep up the good work and have a great day 👍
If you're using an emulator, you can upscale the game and add accurate rosters with a memory card editor. Also, if you have a windows computer as long as it isn't windows 11, you can play NHL 2004, which is easy to mod and a VERY fun game.
NHL 2004 pc great game, but much fun is NHL 2001, or 2002 pc like old school PS1 version! Penalty box emotion, figts, before game introduction and more small details.🏒👍
i love nhl 06. my biggest problem were the goalies. sometimes they decide to dive for absolutely no reason. every time they do, its a goal 90% of the time.
I would say yes, you should play more of these games, but personally I'd prefer you stick to the old games, cuz the new ones are just lame HUT stuff, with worse actual gameplay system. ALSO, the cover athlete of 06 was Vincent Lecavalier from the Tampa Bay Lightning 😁
I'm sure if you played this on a CRT with whatever the default pixel size is instead of upscaled to 720P on a modern TV the graphics would actually look better. I feel like the ps1/ps2/GameCube (etc) generation sports games in particular really suffer from that
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My favorite person playing my favorite game
Please play nhl 14 it has everything and u can play outdoors
No game brings me back to childhood more than this one. Top five best games ever.
MVP baseball 05 and NHL 06 are the pinnacle of sports games
facts on top of facts! I still have and play both, OG gamecube!
Same!
6:18 That's not William! That's his Father Michael Nylander!
I loved how you were able to add all teams from the different leagues to the dynasty/season mode. Was awesome to have some DEL, Liiga, Sweden teams all in the same season.
In the second game you played there was a player on the Leafs named Owen Nolan. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He had a long career, 1200 games played, 885 points, and 1793 penalty minutes. He grew up in Canada but probably the best Northern Irish born hockey player of all time. He was a first round draft pick by the Quebec Nordiques (now Colorado Avalanche).
Great player and absolute warrior. For the longest time I thought it was Olan Nolan
The man has the best goal ever in the All Star game too
The point!@@DrScruffee
the point to top corner and then scorng on hasek was classic
This was a great game but my favorite NHL game of all time is NHL hitz 2002. The checking in that game is insane.
For me NHL04 was the most legendary one. Outstanding memories and gameplay.
04 Dynasty mode was incredible. It actually gives franchise mode in the current NHL games a run for its money! Also the gameplay felt the best in that era of games imo. 03 was also fun.
I thought nhl 03 was the best one. 04 solid second in my rankings. It's also a nostalgia thing I think because 03 was the first one I played. The bobble head feature was 🔥
My brother and I STILL play this game to this day on GameCube. It introduced us to the European leagues, and our beloved Lahti Pelicans in Finland! And Jim Hughson’s play by play is classic.
I had this game back in the day and I played the hell out of it. I recently got a PS2 and bought this game again and I still play the hell out of it!!!
2004 was best NHL game imo . 2003 was my favourite. 2014 another classic …I booted it up on my old 360 and I had customized goal horns and songs and they still where on the game . That’s what made the older games better cause they had features like this
14:55 That's because we used to play PS2 on CRT's. (The big old tube TV's) Those don't have the sharp defined pixels of modern LCD's so everything looked a bit more natural. Modern LCDs make pretty much any old content that was designed for CRT's look like a blocky mess.
So many memories from playing this game when I was a kid. And the soundtrack was really awesome!
fun fact Jaromir Jagr is in NHL 23, he plays for his own team in the Czech Republic, Kladno Rytiri.
NHL 06 gave me so many memories, me and my dad use to play it together years ago and I’m the one who’s been beating my dad a lot.
Man, I LOVED this game as a kid. I think I played more games in this one than I have in any NHL game since
oh man i grew up on this game what a blast.. 4 words to choke upon is stuck in my head all over again
William Nylander is the son of NHL veteran Micheal Nylander (who played most of his career on Washington).
NHL 14 is the best NHL game ever if you ask me.
I still have this game and play it from time to time. The best!
really triggered my nostalgia with this game. used to play it w my dad, thanks for bringing back old memories
You should recreate the 06-07 playoff series between the Anaheim Ducks and the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup finals
NHL 14! That is the peak of EA NHL
Amen to that
I was one of the people on Kick who said NHL 06 was my favorite NHL game 🔥👍 and Vincent Lecavalier was on the cover
Haha let’s go!
@@AdamCouser Yeah man and Vincent Lecavalier was on the cover
Before 2011, when the Winnipeg Jets returned, from 1998 to 2011, they were called the Atlanta Thrashers. Their arena was formerly called the Phillips Arena, now renovated and called the State Farm Arena, being the 2nd team to be in Atlanta's hockey team of the NHL. Only enter the playoffs ONCE as the Southeast divisional champions and eliminated by the Rangers in the 1st round of the 2006-07 season. The reason why the Thrashers relocated to become the new Winnipeg Jets was financial reasons, attendance losses to less than 11K, and their owners, Atlanta Spirit LLC, cause the downfall and NOT selling the team.
"TO WHOOO???" Had me dieing bro lol. Nhl06 was a masterpiece and watching this brought back so many memories
#4 Vincent Lecavalier is on the Cover, was the lightning captain for a bit, his jersey is retired
different commentary team, the current team is Ray Ferraro and James Cybulski, an actual NHL Network Commentary team, the team in this game where two Voice Over guys who worked at EA.
You've got it backwards. Cybulski is an in house guy who sometimes does WHL games. This team, however, was CBC's main team for about a decade and a half.
Memories! I was in middle school when this one came out. Me and my buddies would have huge tournaments.
NHL 06 was my first NHL game... legendary soundtrack
Star is for players you can you stick skill moves (fancy dekes) right analog stick. And hold triangle to hit harder, select to fight. More fights , certain goalies will fight. All four goalies that played this video will fight. And Torontos goalie was one of the best . Ed The Eagle Belfour.
My first game I ever got on ps2! Also my fav game ever! Love that you're playing Adam!
His name is Vincent Lecavalier and he was awesome
Adam, use the damn still stick! It was the best part of NHL 06 😂
Oh man, that menu music brought me back. Great times!
The way jim hughson pronounce alexander semin’s name 😂, man all those players and this gameplay makes me wish i can go back to the good old days i broke a controller playing this as a kid lol
There's a reason why most of them use Semyon nowadays. 🤣
fun fact. I was #2 in the world on this game for xbox. #1 was some French guy that did those flick shots everytime he passed the blue line and it would go over my goalie's glove. He was good but he would win with cheese. But yeah this was my game.
This and 07 and 2K10 are my all time favorite NHL games also the guy on the former is Vincent Lecavalier he’s a Tampa bay lightning legend and had a long career played with the Tampa Bay lightning LA Kings and Philadelphia Flyers
Hah! Back in the day I was stuck with just the GameCube, so had to play NHL 06 until well into NHL 09's release when I finally got a xb360... Loved playing that with my friends though! It was basically 2 things... Checking, then brushing the puck loose by holding the poke check... and a lot of sure goal cheese... Lots of brain-dead stuff would make goalies mad-scramble.
EDIT: Oh, and 19:46 ...This game had commentary audio done by Jim Hughson (play-by-play) and Craig Simpson (color). Hughson retired in 2021 and I think Simpson is still doing commentary on Stanley Cup Finals or something... You can hear both (primarily Hughson) on many Leafs and Canucks highlights and whatnot from before a couple years ago... Like on the Sedins' 'greatest goal' (Daniel Sedin through the legs 3rd of the night on Calgary/Kiprusoff with a deflected pass assist by his brother Henrik)... As far as I'm concerned, Jim Hughson is the greatest play-by-play commentator there's ever been.
There is a glitch shot. Manual deke in the direction of your goalie to load a wrist shot. It has to be while crossing the ice horizontally. Also in your defensive zone around center ice. Shoot the puck when u are in between the puck and the opposing net.
This is what PS2 graphics where. it was mind blowing in a good way, still is.
I was waiting for your wait wtf moment with Semin. The "And He Creamed Him" line was perfect. LOL
I played a ton of NHL 05 as a kid, that menu music will always be goated
NHL 94, 97 on PC, and 99 were my faves
I had this game
Bro I Loved This Game as a Kid!
NHL '94 was one of my personal favorites. But I'd love to see you play Oblivion. Specifically the Shivering Isles DLC.
94' was the first.
It was so good that they added the controls and game just like you had there.
The 94' retro.
Play it.
It's awesome.
04', 14' and now they are saying that 24' is going to be awesome.
Guy on cover is Martin St. Louis, he had just won the cup with Tampa Bay.
The only bad thing was that the past cup winner was always the highest rated of all the teams.
94 was the 3rd in the series.
NHL hockey was released for the Genesis in 91 and NHLPA was released in 92. Then nhl94 was released in 93
i had this game for the nintendo gamecube, NHL 06 & NHL 2004 were my favourite games. and no that was michael nylander lol, william nylanders dad.
tough to say this one is all time cuz next year the skill stick is introduced to revolutionize the game forever.
I loved nhl 94 and 06 were my faves.
Definitely would be down for some more NHL videos. CHEL as the hardcore fans call it.
Im actually excited for NHL 24. The new physics the added look awesome.
Yes I'm agree, still one of the best NHL series (for pc), still fun. More fun than NHL 09 (PC) i think
Where I can play this again?! I miss it so much! Played this game a ton when I was a kid! I need it!
Wow this is such a random video … love it Adam 😂
being a rangers fan as well as playing this game the memories are insaneeee haha love the videos bro!!!
Its amazing how much the game hasnt actually changed since 06....
Nhl 2004 the best man highly recommended was my childhood
44 hits!!! Slam jam them! Lol haha awesome that you played this though! I was addicted to this when I was in middle school, this released. Great soundtrack too! If there was a best FIFA title I should play/try what FIFA do you think?
didn’t 2K come out with Martin St.Louis on their cover? Tampa Bay was red hot that year winning the cup if i remember correctly
Yes! Be a pro series!
Check out Jim Hughson's best calls. He's the main commentator here. He's a legend.
These are my favourite old school games from 1994 on a pro at the game. I played that game when I was four years old and now I’m 32 years old.
moment of silence for nhl94
hahaha
Right? Did '94 dirty Haha.
Love when you play NHL games!
Where is Ovechkin? He was definitely playing, that was his rookie year
I’m guessing this was based off of the 03-04 rosters cause of the lockout
Indeed it was :d
I'll always remember '94 and 98 most.
Yessss Pennywise ❤❤❤
man the red wings were so stacked back then
14 might've been the most game changing NHL
You should do the Mass Effect Series... All 3 are phenomenal. Skyrim
would also be a good one. Open TTD as well... All great games I think you'd enjoy. Keep up the good work and have a great day
👍
If you're using an emulator, you can upscale the game and add accurate rosters with a memory card editor. Also, if you have a windows computer as long as it isn't windows 11, you can play NHL 2004, which is easy to mod and a VERY fun game.
NHL 2004 pc great game, but much fun is NHL 2001, or 2002 pc like old school PS1 version! Penalty box emotion, figts, before game introduction and more small details.🏒👍
Good god these names are bringing back some memories 😂🤌
idk how to explain why in little words, but the game will look way better on an old crt tv. Nostalgia only lies a little
Ovechkin joined the Russian National Ice Hockey Team in 2003 and the Washington Capitals in 2005.
The speed of the gameplay is wilddd
Dynasty mode with the Atlanta Thrashers
EA wish they could still make hockey games this good
NHL 06 has the best soundtrack NHL 14 has the best gameplay
Micheal nylander is the father of 2 players in the NHL now William & Alex nylander.
This was a trip to see gameplay from this game hahaha
i love nhl 06. my biggest problem were the goalies. sometimes they decide to dive for absolutely no reason. every time they do, its a goal 90% of the time.
I would say yes, you should play more of these games, but personally I'd prefer you stick to the old games, cuz the new ones are just lame HUT stuff, with worse actual gameplay system. ALSO, the cover athlete of 06 was Vincent Lecavalier from the Tampa Bay Lightning 😁
Not gonna lie I was a little hurt when you skipped the intro, the early 2000’s NHL games had awesome intros, specifically 2003 and 06 in my opinion
Yes i would like to see more NHL GAMEPLAY Videos
This was the sh*t
Just played as Sakic the entire time won the face-off then just skate through defence and ripped one top corner!
I'm sure if you played this on a CRT with whatever the default pixel size is instead of upscaled to 720P on a modern TV the graphics would actually look better. I feel like the ps1/ps2/GameCube (etc) generation sports games in particular really suffer from that
Basically same game as 07, 08 and 09, my fav was nhl 04
HELL YEA ADAM COUSER!!!!
Let’s go!
I would love to see you do BAP! One of my favorite game modes to play.
Legit my favorite game , can get goalie fights in it
This games fantastic!
NHL 2k10 went hard. Second last 2k NHL game and had ovechkin on the cover.
NHL06 is da Goat
THIS GAME WAS SOOOO GOOD
i was a boss at 06 on the pc version. miss the leagues you could join. 100x better then gm connected
Bolts legend Vincent Lecavalier is on the cover of this game
Blades of Steel was my favorite. When you fought In that game, the loser got a penalty😅
NHL 94 is iconic.
Nhl 14 was actually the best of series..but best hovkey game ever was the 2k series 05!
Definitely more NHL