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In article <1993Jun7.1...@sfu.ca> wo...@shnext14.ucslabs.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) writes:
>In article <1u3ekf...@aludra.usc.edu> jbar...@aludra.usc.edu  
>(Jonathan Barrett) writes:
>> ha...@jec304.its.rpi.edu (Glenn Griswold Hart Jr.) writes:
>> 
>> I have no knowledge of any sega game so I can't offer a comparison.
>> Nor have I ever played WGH1 or 2. However, I really like WGH3. You  
>only
>> control one player at a time (i.e. one player per line). By default  
>it's
>> the center, though you can change this. You can either control a  
>single
>  [ stuff deleted ]
>
>
>   Jonathan, I agree with you.  I've tried WGH2 at my cousin's place,
>and since I don't own it, I didn't understand how to play the game.
>But from what I've seen with WGH3, it's impressive!  I especially
>like the 3/4 view.  
>
>   However, I find scoring a goal is hard, and only fluky goals  
>managed
>to get past the goaltender!  What fluke shots?  How 'bout shots that
>seem to CURVE the puck AROUND the goaltender and into the net?  But

If you set the difficulty level of the opponent down
to the bottom 2 settings, you can usually walk right in and fire a
shot right through the goalie's 5-hole.  On the upper levels, these golies 
behave like real NHL goalies and stop just about every shot they can see.
The answer?  a pass across the goal to an open winger (or let the computer
pass to your player when you are open).  Wayne Gretzky and before him Bobby
Orr used to be masters of the wraparound shot.  Skate behind the goal and
wrap the puck into the net from behind using the blade of the stick as a
hook (never could master that shot in the game :-) 

>the most fluky shot I've made  (which, coincidentially can be  
>repeated
>in NHLPA '93 (once in a million shot)) is when I'm right in front of 
>my own goal, and I do a big slap shot down the center of the ice, and
>like..  it goes straight towards the goalie(but on one side), and
>it goes in!!!   How?  The puck just travels towards the goalie and
>he just watches the puck slide INTO the net.  Now, I'm not sure if
>EVERY NHL goaltender would do such a thing like that.. but hey, can't
>complain! <grin>
>

I've seen this shot tried once in real life.  Ray Bourque of the Bruins
fired a last second shot while standing next to his goalie.  Peter 
Sidorkiewicz (sp?), the Whalers goalie, must have been watching the clock
for the end of the period because the puck was about 3-4 feet away when he
finally saw it.  He practically jumped out of his pads to make a last second
save.  If he had been watching the shot he could have ordered a pizza and
still made the save.  The play made the hockey highlight films it was so rare.
I don't think it should be a repeatable shot! :-)

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>
>Edmund Wong

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