NHL Faceoff 2001 review
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We added a review of 989 Sport’s hockey game:

The only thing saving FaceOff from total degradation is how well it can actually play at times. We found the control of the players and the overall speed of the game is much more smoother than EA's NHL 2001. To test how well a hockey game plays I always look to the power play in the game. If you can smoothly throw the puck around while the defense makes their box then you know something is good. In a lot of games including NHL 2001 it is almost impossible to get a clean shot on the powerplay. In FaceOff you can not only do it but you can move around and set up a nice tip play or generate a rebound for one of your pressing forwards at the net.