Dump 'N Cheese: Broad Street Bullies in NHL 11

[thedudedominick]

I think there needs to be more penalties called on the goons who play like this. I love the physical aspect, but why did they take out the game misconducts. There is no danger in smashing a guy with his back to you and against the boards anymore. 2 minute penalty sometimes, other times no call. Those guys that blatantly board or check from behind should be tossed. There also needs to be more charging calls as 90% of the hits in this game could be called for charging.

[Trevelyan]

I agree that when you're playing against bad players, there is a ton of hitting. You can probably average 20+ hits a game if you only play OTP. But I will say if you go play EASHL, and play against the better teams in the elite divison, you don't get that many hits a game, for experienced players they're just not that hard to avoid.

[metscolts]

Wow... WTF

[Roggie]

I think my record for hits in OTP was 24 in a non-overtime game. Never go into OT in OTP. The 24 hit game was playing as a tough guy going for my Legend card (team play as a D man isn't easy sometimes). But this stuff NEVER happens in the EASHL.
http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/clubs/562A0001/2750/overview
There's a link to my club. I'm a defensive D man (play as a TWD, but I'm a shutdown D man by nature), so I'm not even averaging a point per game. I also only average about 1.3 hits a game. If you look at our stats, none of our goalies have a GAA over 1.75, so we know what we're doing defensively. But by looking, you can tell we don't check much. Sure, hitting is fun. We play a few teams who hit like crazy. But we've noticed intimidation isn't nearly as cranked up as it was last year. So, in the end, positional play is MUCH greater than mass checking.

[jyoung]

I just played a game where the other team's winger came in and checked me every time after the face off.

I am the center.

Not once in this game was an interference penalty called, and this guy must have hit me about 30 times directly after the face off.

The period of time you can hit someone right after they've had the puck definitely needs to be tightened up.

I'm surprised more goons haven't caught on to this dirty tactic.

At least we won the game 7 - 3.

[kerosene31]

The problem isn't the physics engine, but the unrealistic physics-defying boosts. You can make a huge player and then just boost your agility and speed so that you don't pay any price for your gargantuan size. We are seeing a lot more massive players who aren't losing much in speed.

As always in the EASHL: boosts > physics.

Still, you should be able to counter the hitting with good, smart puck movement. My defensive d-man is 6'0 and 205 and I don't get hit very often. The counter is to use "east-west" hockey. Most hitting teams are super aggressive and you can simply pass the puck around them.

[AngelHeaven22]

cheaters lol