NHL 17 World Cup of Hockey Trailer and Some More Details

[Steve_OS]

For the first time in EA Sports NHL history, play for national pride in a full International Tournament Mode. Featuring all of the official World Cup of Hockey teams, players and uniforms, take to the ice on a world stage as your national team and heroes. Watch the trailer here, along with some more details in their latest blog.

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Enter The World Cup of Hockey mode from the NHL 17 main menu. From there select how many national teams you want to control and jump into the offline tournament to experience more end-to-end control with Authentic Goaltending, all-new Net Battles for offensive and defensive zone play, and over 50 thrilling new goal celebrations that capture the excitement of scoring the biggest goals on game night.

From the press release...

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The World Cup of Hockey is one of three all-new playable modes in NHL 17, delivering brand new ways to live out your hockey fantasy in the most exciting EA SPORTS NHL® to date. Featuring all eight World Cup of Hockey teams with authentic player rosters and jerseys, fans can lace up as their national hockey heroes and compete in the best-on-best international tournament.

[wenkaz]

Really annoying that this won't be integrated into the Franchise and Be A Pro modes... It would increase the immersion a lot to be able to represent your country as either a coach or a player. A missed opportunity that now results in everyone only playing the World Cup once and then continue our Franchise/be a pro modes as usual

[IAmNotPrimetime]

Quote: Originally Posted by wenkaz

Really annoying that this won't be integrated into the Franchise and Be A Pro modes... It would increase the immersion a lot to be able to represent your country as either a coach or a player. A missed opportunity that now results in everyone only playing the World Cup once and then continue our Franchise/be a pro modes as usual

I completely agree here. The biggest example is obviously FIFA, where as a player or franchise, you can go out and play for your country.
Even 2K is jumping on this bandwagon, and if NHL is also now integrating a country vs. country feature (in this case, through the World Cup of Hockey), the gold standard is to have it integrated into other features.

[billman29]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve_OS

For the first time in EA Sports NHL history, play for national pride in a full International Tournament Mode.

Not to ~nitpick~, but this isn't entirely accurate.

NHL 2005, which came out 12 years ago, also had a World Cup of Hockey mode.

[ozcore]

thats what EA always does. bring back old features or modes and saying they are new.

[GetThePuckOut]

Quote: Originally Posted by billman29

Not to ~nitpick~, but this isn't entirely accurate. NHL 2005, which came out 12 years ago, also had a World Cup of Hockey mode.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!

[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by billman29

Not to ~nitpick~, but this isn't entirely accurate. NHL 2005, which came out 12 years ago, also had a World Cup of Hockey mode.

That is one of the things they do that drives me the most insane. Just say improved, or revamped.

It's like boardplay and the net-front battles. You don't have to convince me it's a brand new idea. Plenty of things have been done before.

I guess at the end of the day, it's just splitting hairs, but it does drive me a bit crazy.

[Honome]

Quote: Originally Posted by billman29

Not to ~nitpick~, but this isn't entirely accurate. NHL 2005, which came out 12 years ago, also had a World Cup of Hockey mode.

Lol, i bet the actual developers didn't even know about that!!