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NHL 10 Demo

2009-08-21T16:03:00.000-04:00

As most of you know by now, the NHL 10 Demo has been released for xbox live Gold members.

The demo is a very in depth demo with both V.S. and Be A Pro modes.

The new board play feature both works and could cause problems. It is fun and causes forechecking to be a large part of the game. But the pinning feature appears too powerful. If you are near a defender, with the puck along the boards, you more than likely will get pinned.

Sometimes you can draw a penalty this way but it is much like the original stick lift, simply too effective and to likely to be abused. Hopefully it is tuned down a little bit so that a defender cannot trap a forward full speed coming down the wing.

Once pinned, you do need to use trategy to make sure your team retains possession of the puck. Whether to move it right away or wait till you have room to move it has to be considered. Puck possession will be huge this year and our team needs to work on that.

There are also many more rebounds, deflections, blocked shots and caroms that make the game much more realistic. Goalies are much more agile this year, often making amazing saves and frustrating the shooter. I find the goalie play much improved this year, with more realistic goals.

Passing will also take some time to get used to. Gone are the days where a no look backhander from the corner will find your tape through 4 sets of legs. This will be the year of dirty goals and screen shots, which is also more realistic.

AMC - "Don't Stalk Me"

2009-08-14T17:55:00.003-04:00

EA Sports: NEW VIDEO

What a shot. These guys glitched all game and we came back and AMC snipes this shot in overtime. Afterwards, they were so angry, they literally started stalking us. They were sending us messages with our addresses in it. Wow. Anyone remember their team name? We should tell an EA moderator about this!

Litty's NHL 10 EASHL Blog

2009-08-07T21:12:00.002-04:00

Litty's NHL 10 EASHL Blog

Empty Net PSA

2009-08-07T20:36:00.002-04:00

Dearest Team Pensblog-ers,

Don't be Matt Cooke. Nobody wants to be Matt Cooke.

Mr PAckets and myself encountered a similar situation last evening. Thankfully, crveza was around to clean up our garbage (no offense Eric).

EA Sports: Empty Net PSA

zalapski__OUT

EASHL Championship

2009-08-06T15:55:00.004-04:00

PS3's NHL Regulators won the coin toss for home ice advantage. However, it did not help them because 360's Purple Cobraz won the first two games 2-1 and 5-4. The Cobraz continued their winning streak, sweeping the series (2-0 & 1-0) to become the first EASHL Champions.

"Purple Cobraz like to thank the pensblog for allowing us to practice scoring glitch goals!" :P

EASHL Fixes

2009-08-06T09:39:00.003-04:00

Here is a older vid with initial fixes the team wanted to address for NHL10. They are planning to release more info perhaps tomorrow or next week that will address the changes they have made.

There are a bunch of new gameplay videos all found HERE

NHL 10 Gameplay Vids

2009-07-20T11:02:00.001-04:00

NHL 10 at IGN.com

More NHL 10 Info

NHL 10 at IGN.com

NHL 10 EASHL Update

2009-07-17T16:32:00.003-04:00

sk88z said, "The team has done some big improvements with goalies. As for the points differential, I will look into that with the team and see if I can get some info though may not be able to talk about it until August when we'll be dropping all the stuff on the new EASHL for next year.

Stay tuned! "

New GM Mode Info

2009-07-16T11:45:00.003-04:00

EASHL Championship Finals Set: Purple Cobraz vs The NHL Regulators

In every sport there can only be one winner. Over the past year, thousands have teamed up in the first ever EA SPORTS Hockey League in NHL 09 to bring their individual game to a new league where team play allowed our gamers to play together like never before.

For the past three weeks, sixteen of the top teams in the league have been invited to take part in an Online tournament to determine two Console Champions in the EASHL Invitational. This past Saturday, the two Console Champions have been crowned as big ups go to The NHL Regulators and Purple Cobraz who will be representing the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 consoles respectively.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be crowned the best team on the XBOX 360,” says Brandon LeBourveau aka DoMiNaTioN x21 one of the GM’s of the Purple Cobraz. “When I first heard about the new EASHL last summer, I knew I wanted to win the Championship.”

As Console Champs alongside the Purple Cobraz, The NHL Regulators will have their top six players in attendance in Vancouver from August 5th - August 7th to take part in a Best-of-Seven game series to crown the inaugural EASHL Champion.

“It’s exciting,” replies Bobby Jones aka Jones412pa one of the GM’s of The Regs. “Who would have thought playing a game would give you a chance to do something like this.”

The console finals this past Saturday saw some intense competition between the Final Four as The Regs defeated the #1 ranked No CryBabys by the score of 4-1 to take the PS3 title. On the 360 end the Cobraz needed to come from behind late in the game with a tying goal from LeBourveau, and then NfldTim scored the overtime winner to defeat the favored White Church in their final 2-1.

“We had to battle through a lot of adversity in that game especially since we spent the majority of the first two periods killing off penalties,” comments LeBrourveau. Don’t tell these guys that gaming is entirely different than actual sports as the similarities in their approach to the game are not unlike those that championship teams face. “As the time was winding down in the in the third and we trailed 1-0, we were all getting extremely nervous but I think that our experience this season helped us prevail. We know that this is a 60-minute game and we have to play hard to the final buzzer.”

On the PS3 end, The Regs had somewhat of an easier time skating to their victory. “We expected a closer game,” says Jones. “We capitalized on just about every chance we had and controlled the game using all five of our skaters.”

The Championship series in Vancouver brings both teams face to face while at the same time, it will bring the individual teams face-to-face as many on teams play from different cities altogether.

“Our chances are good if we can snag a game on the XBOX and play well on our console,” replies Jones when asked about the upcoming series which will have teams crossing over into both consoles.

“We are going to Vancouver with one goal in mind: Win the EASHL Championship. We will be ready to play each and every game and are not too worried about having to play on the PS3 console,” continues LeBourveau. > MORE

EASHL Championship Finals

Championship Game will take place in Vancouver. The teams will play in a Best-of-Seven series to take place August 5th-7th. The Purple Cobraz "home Ice" will be the X-box 360 while The NHL Regulators will be Defending the PS3. Each team will have to adapt to both consoles quickly in order to win the championship.

It would be pretty sweet if thePensblog could set up a similar tournament?!?!

Random Video Time

2009-07-12T17:28:00.002-04:00

EA Sports: NEW VIDEO

This video is pretty much the funniest moment of NHL 09 history...

Unreal goal by the CPU

EA Sports: NEW VIDEO

Gameplay Refinements

2009-07-10T09:04:00.004-04:00

EASHL XBox Championship

2009-07-07T13:42:00.002-04:00

The console finals take place on July 11th at 12:00PM PST. The console finalists will then be invited to EA Canada to take part in a 7-Game Championship series to determine and crown the 2009 EASHL Champion.

#3 White Church Vs #5 Purple Cobra

I am asking for someone to stream this game live.

New NHL 10 Video "Gameplay Enhancements"

2009-07-06T10:01:00.000-04:00

More NHL 10 Info

Good Read.

2009-07-02T14:58:00.001-04:00

June 26, 2009
Penguins mania pushes Hockeytown aside

[CHICAGO, IL] -- Stop. Zip it. Don't go there!

Sure, the Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed their first Stanley Cup in the Sidney Crosby era, but before we anoint them as the next great NHL dynasty, let's see how this plays out first.

In the salary-cap age, there are too many things that sabotage the kind of run that the Edmonton Oilers had two decades ago. Until Crosby and company hoist at least two more Stanley Cups in the next few years, the dynasty talk is just that - talk.

As for the best hockey town in the United States, well, let's pass the torch right here, right now.

So long, Hockeytown, Michigan. Hello, Pucksburgh, Pennsylvania.

Detroit was worthy recipient of the title over the years, but no city in the US of A deserves it more than the Pittsburgh now. In the Penguins, the 'Burgh has a talented young team with a steely revolve whose best days are ahead of it, one that plays in a town that has been puck nuts for years, win or lose. In Ray Shero, it has an astute, aggressive general manager with championship genes. In Mario Lemieux, it has a team owner with a Hall of Fame presence. In two seasons, the team also will have its own state-of-the-art arena.

(Ground control to Marian Hossa: When you turned down a chance to play with these guys for five seasons, just what were you thinking?)

That’s not to say that the Red Wings will fall over a cliff any time soon. The organ-i-zation has too much depth and pride and smarts for that to happen.

Nonetheless, there’s a reason to think that the glory days are behind the Red Wings for awhile. Team captain Nicklas Lidstrom is 39 years old, and for one of the few times in his career, Mr. Norris Trophy looked like it in the playoffs. Forward Kris Draper is 38. Goaltender Chris Osgood and forward Tomas Holstrom are 36. D-man Brian Rafalski is 35. Center Pavel Datsyuk will turn 31 soon. It had to happen sometime, but the Big Red Machine has a lot well-worn parts now.

What puts Pucksburgh over the top is the best sixth man in the league. In Detroit, tickets to even some playoffs games were readily available this spring, which would have been unthinkable not long ago. Meanwhile, the Penguins have sold out Mellon Arena in 188 consecutive games, a streak that began after Crosby came aboard.

In the playoffs, the Mellonheads that don’t have tickets watch the game on a supersized TV monitor outside the arena doors. In the final game, NBC turn party-pooper and pulled the plug on the lawn party, but that didn’t stop a suburban Pittsburgh couple. They showed the game on a 10- by 15-foot screen outside their home, where a few hundred fans pulled up lawn chairs and whooped it up on the street.

Would you believe that 375,000 people showed up for the championship parade? Or nearly 15 percent of Greater Pittsburgh? On a Monday afternoon? And that only two arrests were made?

"We got off to a bad start, but they stuck behind us," Crosby said of the fans after the Stanley Cup clincher. "They have been so loyal to us for a long time. They deserve this."

When is the best time to rob a bank in the 'Burgh? Easy. When a Penguins game is on television. Local ratings are so ridiculous, nobody would know about it. The seventh game of the conference semifinals against the Washington Capitals was the highest-rated NHL game for any Fox Sports Network regional outlet in the country. In the regular season, the average Penguins game produced a 6.9 rating, the best of any FSN affiliate for the second consecutive season. More

NHL 10 Update

2009-06-29T09:22:00.002-04:00

NHL 10 passing system will be one of the many factors that will change the gameplay of the NHL series. Drop passes, bank passes and throwing the puck into open ice will now be welcomed additions to the game. Players will also be able to take mid-air rebound shots as seen Here.

EA is about to release the New Goalie Animations. We will post it here as soon as we can.

King of Pop Tribute

2009-06-26T10:45:00.002-04:00

Team Pensblog roster

2009-06-24T17:06:00.000-04:00

Video Time

2009-06-23T18:08:00.002-04:00

EA Sports: Yan eats a soul - OT winner

EA Sports: Kesler from dangledesh

EA Sports: Eric P - top cheds

EA Sports: Packets glitching like usual

EA Sports: Somebody stole Dark's cookies

EA Sports: HoboJoe in juniors

EA Sports: HoboJoe in the minors

EA Sports: Syniper LOL

EA Sports: legit goal

EA Sports: meow

NHL 10

2009-06-22T15:51:00.004-04:00

Patrick Kane Cover Art has been revealed.

EA SPORTS NHL 10Congrats to Scuds for making the Highlight Reel!

Chicago Blackhawks Star Patrick Kane the New Face of EA SPORTS NHL 10
by EA SPORTS | Jun 19, 2009 5:43:00 PM

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS STAR PATRICK KANE
THE NEW FACE OF EA SPORTS NHL10

Electronic Arts Inc. today revealed that 20-year-old scoring phenom Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be the new face of the NHL® 10 videogame from EA SPORTS™. Kane is the youngest player ever chosen for the cover of the NHL franchise and his image will be on the front of all packaging when NHL 10 is available in North American retail stores this September.

Having emerged as one of the most skilled players in the NHL in just two seasons, Kane won the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in 2008 and this year led the Blackhawks to the Western Conference Finals. He has scored more than 20 goals and registered more than 70 points in each of his first two seasons.

“It’s exciting to be on the cover of my favorite videogame after playing just my second year as a professional,” said Kane. “When you look back at some of the great players who have had this opportunity, it’s an honor to be a part of the EA SPORTS family and contribute to a game I’ve been playing for more than 10 years.”

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EASHL Championships

2009-06-22T15:36:00.001-04:00

After months and months of grinding it out online, the inaugural season has come to a close. While teams continue to duke it out online for bragging rights, we have gone ahead and selected 16 of the top Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 teams to take part in this year's post-season tournament, the NHL 09 EASHL Invitational.

The online portion of the tournament will have the eight teams per console squaring off against each other in a first-round elimination game on June 27th. Winners will then move on to the second round on July 4th and the winners from there will then advance to the Console Championships taking place online July 11th. Console Champions will earn an invite to EA Canada in Vancouver to then play in a Best-of-Seven series to take place August 5th-7th.

Here are the tournament match-ups for the first round:

PlayStation 3 Console Championships

#1 No CryBabys vs #8 MiNNeApoLIs KiDs

#2 Angry Whoppers vs #7 HE HATE ME

#3 NHL Regulators vs #6 ATLANTIC DANGLERS

#4 Mega Meat Stars vs #5 RapidCity Riot

Xbox 360 Console Championships

#1 Shammers United vs #8 THE HITMEN

#2 DREAM KILLERS vs #7 Dragon Force

#3 The White Church vs #6 xX DiRtY SniPe Xx

#4 13th Amendment vs #5 Purple Cobraz

With the invites sent to the GM's there has already been a lot of talk about the competition in the tournament and it's looking to be quite a fierce race to the EASHL Championship. MORE

NHL10 - Update

2009-06-16T21:27:00.003-04:00

Overview

"The NHL franchise that has won 19 sports game of the year awards over the past two years begins a new era with gameplay innovations that deliver a new standard of toughness, the emotion of playoff hockey on the ice and in the arena, and over 200 gameplay refinements that replicate the skill and finesse that every fan sees throughout the NHL playoffs.

A new first-person fighting engine enables players to trade punches with an NHL tough guy. Feel what it’s like to be on the ice in the skates of an NHL player to throw and dodge punches. Grab and tug an opponent’s jersey to land a punch that ignites the fans and sparks your team to victory. Challenge a skill player and an opposing team tough guy will step in to settle the score.

On ice toughness and intimidation is taken to a new level in NHL 10 where winning one-on-one battles for possession of the puck along the boards becomes a test of will and skill. Utilizing an all-new board physics engine, players can use their body to shield the puck on the boards and then kick-pass it to teammates. Bigger, stronger players pin opponents to the boards while fanatical fans bang on the glass, just like real life. Fore-check defenders, pressure the puck and finish checks to intimidate your opponent into mistakes. Players fatigue, bobble passes, and avoid collisions under threat of constant physical pressure. Inspire teammates, ignite the fans and change the momentum of a game by instigating scrums, drawing penalties, and mixing it up — all after the referee blows the whistle!"

Known Key Features and Updates

All new 360° precision passing system
"Authentic" board play
Post-whistle face washes and scrums with penalties
First-person fighting
Intimidation tactics
More detailed and dynamic crowd
Crowds respond more realistically to play and players
Animated player faces during play
Over "200 game play enhancements"
Deeper game play sliders affect human or AI attributes
Ability to one-time loose pucks
Leg fake deke, shots from knees and out of the air
Glitch goals and exploit goals from '09 will be fixed for NHL 10
Curve shot goal will be gone. Animation removed.
150+ new Goaltender saves
Cross-crease five-hole goal will be fixed
Winger/Center 4-on-4 faceoffs will now have the center taking the draw
AI defencemen will be harder to work around and play stronger positionally
Line changes and line matching will be fixed and work in NHL 10
Player disconnects are tracked more accurately
Player color indicators are fixed positionally
Teams will be matched up according to overall team ranking
Team match-making will be based on the number of human players playing
Greater variety of jerseys
Gameplay pausing restricted to after the whistle only - 3 pauses per team
Camera settings can be set to "Prefer up" permanently

From Cursed to Immortalized

2009-06-13T10:36:00.007-04:00

~~Stanley Cup Curse~~
~~Losing Streak~~
~~HCMT's Line-up Changes and Traps~~
~~10th & Not making Playoffs~~
~~Criers~~
~~Caps~~
~~Canes~~
~~Touching the Prince of Whales~~
~~Wings~~

Our Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup Champions!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

PLAYER ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS

2009-06-10T10:37:00.000-04:00

Offensive Attributes

Wrist shot accuracy
-Accuracy of all shots other than slapshots

Wrist shot power
-Power of all shots other than slapshots

Puck Control
-Related to the deking effect of shooting, good puck control prevents the loss of accuracy
-Ability to keep the puck when bumped or there is stick to stick contact on the puck carrier

Deking
-Quality of loose puck dekes
-Speed of right stick deking
-Effect on shot accuracy while deking (O'RLY)

Slap Shot Accuracy
-Accuracy of slap shots

Slap Shot Power
-Power of slap shots

Passing
-Magnitude of the effect on quality of passes outside of the player's field of view (see Off.Aware)
-Also affects the likelihood of pass interception, e.g. a good passer affects opponents ability to intercept passes. This is old stuff, I do not like this artificial approach at all, it should just affect the quality of the pass and the opponents should deal with the puck based on their own situation and attributes. This is part of the cause of the weirdness you sometimes see where players won't intercept pucks it seems they should.
-Automatic saucer passes for humans
-Other effects on CPU passing

Off. Awareness
-Field of view is for making passes, passes to players outside field of view are slowed (see Passing)
-Affects CPU player decision making when passing

Deflections
-Affects the quality of deflections off slap passes.
-Ideally this would have more of an effect on whether the deflection connects in the first place and on how well placed the deflected puck is.

Defensive Attributes

Balance
-Ability to resist hits and keep control of the puck (O'RLY)

Checking
-Ability to hit
-CPU decision to hit

Defensive Awareness
-Pass interceptions
-Reaction time for defensively deflecting passes away
-For CPU, more effort on when backchecking

Discipline
-Takes fewer penalties, for humans this affects calls that would randomly occur on hits (like elbows)

Face-offs
-Better chance of winning face-offs

Shot Blocking
-Bad shot blockers get the standing shot block, good ones get the sliding one which reduces the screen effect.

Aggressiveness
-Tendency of CPU player to body check
-No effect on human.

FreeCandyYan
-Increases the likelihood of 12+ penalty minutes per game.

Athleticism Attributes

Acceleration
-Forward acceleration

Agility
-Turning ability

Speed
-Top speed

Toughness
-Fighting ability
-Increased tendency to take penalties (it will be gone for NHL10)

Endurance
-Recover from fatigue more quickly

Durability
-Ability to withstand injuries

Garbage
-Ability to play more like Eric Politowski

GOALIE ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS

Goalie Reflex Attributes

Angles
-How far out the goalie comes to challenge
-Quickness reacting to a pass

Breakaway
-Modifies save ability on breakaways (essentially a modifier on Agility for this case only)

Five hole
Glove High
Glove Low
Stick High
Stick Low
-Quickness making saves to the respective region

Goalie Puck Control Attributes

Passing
-Goalie pass and clearance strength

Poke Checking
-Likelihood of the goalie attempting a poke check (CPU only)

Puck Playing
-How aggressively the goalie will go out to play a loose puck

Rebound Control
-Modifies how far the puck bounces off the goalie when it hits him

Shot Recovery
-How quickly the goalie gets up when after being down - currently no effect

Goalie Athleticism Attributes

Agility
-Quickness making saves in general, combines with region attribs (5-hole, glove high, glove low, stick high, stick low)
-Acceleration moving around the crease

Aggressiveness
-Should be how far he comes out to challenge, but it is not working currently because it is tied to Angles instead

Durability
-Not used in game because goalies do not get injured currently

Endurance
-Not used in game

Speed
-Speed moving in the crease and when skating

Vision
-Reduces the likelihood of the goalie being screened

Anti-Syniper
-Reduces the likelihood of being scored by your own team.

LETS GO PENS! LETS GO PENS! LETS GO PENS!

2009-06-03T11:49:00.004-04:00

Team Pensblog!

Flyers Series Favorites!

2009-04-20T13:32:00.005-04:00

(cryafilthia failers)

Banner

2009-04-02T11:42:00.002-04:00

Adam wouldn't post the above banner and syniper's work should be displayed for all the world to see. So here you go and post your comments in the... well comments.

Proof is in the Banana Pudding

2009-03-25T16:33:00.007-04:00

Post-Patch Report

2009-03-11T20:08:00.003-04:00

Team PensBlog Climbing!
Since the release of the second patch, Team Pensblog has moved up from Div 11 to Div 5 and still climbing. In order to keep going up, The GM's ask that players with +/- rating under 100 to not play games with only two players. Keep up the Great Work!

Post Patch Top 20 Report.
Only a week since the update and the top 20 has changed. Even with a team full a juicer, it is going to be hard to de-thrown those who play hockey as a team. Only time will tell how much some of these team have benefited from glitching the system. Going through some of the records, Many teams only show one game after the patch and stopped playing until today (4-11) for some reason. Below are some of the top 20 teams with notable changes and are out of the playoffs.

Biggest Fail: Legends Never Die -97 Spots.
dream killers -42
legends never die -75
new life -39
uhl elete -35
pure garbage -69
team soz -66
dirty microwaves -62 (1 game since patch on 3-11)
Original Gangster - 68

Other teams who fell out of top 20 include: Purple Cobraz & Dragon Force with Da Co st Hil on the bubble.

Post Patch tPB Juicer Report.
flying hindus - DEAD
grocery store beer - DEAD
montral wolves - DEAD
pure garbage - Fell 69 spots
seansheans mom - DEAD
the mob - 2 members left, no games since patch
uhl elete - Fell 35 spots

Recent Videos

2009-03-08T15:58:00.002-04:00

The ol' fake the goalie out and go behind the net and wrap it around off the goalies back.

The Forsberg Move. Kinda. Or a really bad goalie.

The Perfect 200 foot bank off the boards pass by Dark Justice to a cherry picking Politwoski.

Awesome

2009-03-06T00:11:00.000-05:00

Los Angeles, April 8, 1984- Former Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Dock Ellis says he was under the influence of LSD when he pitched a 1970 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.

Ellis, now co-ordinator of an anti drug program in Los Angeles, said he didn't know until six hours before his June 12, 1970 no hitter that he was going to pitch.

"I was in Los Angeles, and the team was playing in San Diego , but I didn't know it. I had taken LSD..... I thought it was an off-day, that's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at noon. At 1pm, his girlfriend and trip partner looked at the paper and said, "Dock, you're pitching today!"

"That's when it was $9.50 to fly to San Diego. She got me to the airport at 3:30. I got there at 4:30, and the game started at 6:05pm. It was a twi-night doubleheader.

I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria.

I was zeroed in on the (catcher's) glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times.

The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

The Pirates won the game, 2-0, although Ellis walked eight batters. It was the highpoint in the baseball career of one of the finer pitchers of his time, and arguably,one of the greatest achievements in the history of sports.

Deadline Day Coverage and Video Time

2009-03-04T03:06:00.005-05:00

For up to the minute trade deadline coverage, visit Michael Farkas' Liveblog at FaceoffFactor.com

Now onto the videos:

I almost performed my fabled "Patrick Kane" goal... So close.

Wtf was the goalie doing? Is that Martin Biron/Osgood/Gerber/Caron/Aubin/Theodore/Toskala?

These jokes were obviously upset they couldn't juice to win anymore so they decided to score for me.

The Patch Has Arrived!

2009-03-03T10:00:00.006-05:00

Notes to come...

Update: New Rule: (well no its an old rule but still) no hitting anybody that does not have the puck. Shouldn't need to be said but it needs to be said. You will get penalized. End of story. Otherwise WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Random Video Time V2.

2009-03-02T18:30:00.003-05:00

Video by Eric. Fail by Syniper. Puck on goal line. Shot through the legs over the glass behind him. (The shaking is Eric laughing nonstop)

This video from Eric. Tried to pull a Pockets.

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Yan scores a goal with Paul Bissonnette from center ice. While trying to fight. Great individual effort.

EA SPORTS World: biznasty

Kevonic Datsyuking some poor poor goalie.

EA SPORTS World: Datsyuk be a pro shootout

Random Video Time

2009-02-28T01:10:00.003-05:00

My favorite move in the game... through the legs.

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Never give up never surrender.

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Kovachoo... Do it Shero

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Syniper folding on top of the crease and then tasting dark justice... No homo.

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO14

Avoiding the Pause Glitch

2009-02-24T23:42:00.003-05:00

Recently saw this post on Eashl Forums

So, the game is finally over, you won! Wait a minute... the grades show up right away and you don't get the menu like you normally do. They pause glitched the game and the game will not count if;

1) If you press "A", the game will proceed to "Waiting for users" and keep looping forever.
2) If you go back to your dashboard thinking the game "froze" or "lagged out"

So, to prevent them from getting what they wanted... simply press "Start" when the grades show up (DONT PRESS "A"), it will bring up the regular end-game menu, simply quit out of the game like any other game you would've quit. It is very important that everyone on your team presses start and quits out like a regular game. If anybody presses "A" or goes to the dashboard, you're toast. That game won't count and you officially wasted the last half hour.

This will prevent the game from lagging out and never getting your "W".

Hopefully this will help a lot of people to get their rightfully deserved wins.

So it turns out only 2 people need to press start at the end game screen for the game to count but everyone should do it anyway just to be safe.

Cheerio!
(Go Patch!)

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

2009-02-18T00:38:00.003-05:00

Here are the release notes for the second patch.

Exploit fixes:

-Prevent players from entering games with attributes that are raised beyond the level they can reach with the card they are entitled to have. Players who have elevated their attributes this way should reset their character by changing the type and reassigning their points. Wooo
-Limit the size of human goalies in OTP/EASHL games to 6'4" (NOTE: it will still allow them to be set larger, but the actual height in game will not go above the new limit). More Wooo
-Fixed some problems that could cause the game to hang or go out of sync when pausing.
- Prevent use of LB to get up instantly after being knocked over. Whatev
-Reduce accuracy of shooting while using vision control to skate backwards. Wooo
-Prevent high, accurate slap shots from in close to the net. Wooo

Other changes:

-Reduced the ease of beating the goalie on the short side. Wooo
-Decrease the tendency of the goalies to use a desperation save unnecessarily. Wooo cuz we score anyway
-Strict calling of interference, though you can still clear players directly in front of the net without getting called for interference. Wooo for disciplined players. Booo for Yan, Barton, Syniper, Candyman, Eric, Eric, Eric, Zero, Zulu, Eric, Nikrandt, Eric etc.
-Added stick lift to Classic controls using LB+X(XBox) /L1+Square(PS3). It is also on R3 (press Right Stick). Wooo for Eric, Barton. Whatev for normal people.
-Fixed shot targeting using the Always Up control when skating down ice.
-Added new NHL rule to locate face- offs in the attacking zone to start a powerplay. Wooo
- Prevent CPU players from getting delay of game penalties frequently while clearing the puck from their zone.
- Prevent puck from being poke checked away from the goalie when he has it covered under his glove. Didn't realize it was that big of an issue.
-Reduced the amount of time it takes to get control of the last man back, holding RT(Xbox)/R2(PS3) offline
-Reduced the amount of time it takes to get control of the goalie, holding LB+A(Xbox)/L1+X(PS3) offline
-Reduce the range of heights on randomly generated CPU players, including goalies.
-Eliminate the ability to accelerate and maintain high speed while stick lifting.
-More penalties for high sticking when stick lifts are done from behind the opponent. Meh.
-Made the colours of the OTP/EASHL indicators more distinct (yellow and orange). Wooooooo
-Made face-off outcomes slightly more random and slightly less dependent on attributes.
-Added assistance to prevent one-timer and shot attempts from leading to accidental hits and interference penalties. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo
-Goalie tuning to increase goal-scoring a bit to compensate for taking away the easy short-side high goals. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
-Improve hit stat tracking to not count all of the small bumps in front of the net.
-Increased injuries caused by CPU teams.
-Prevent puck from being launched with very high speed following a hit.
-AI tuning for superstar. The Aggression slider now affects how intense the CPU team is on that difficulty level.

The patch is out for PS3, but not yet for Xbox360.

Should be about a week or so.

Do it.

Meet the Team Mark II

2009-02-17T12:58:00.007-05:00

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Orpik? Possible top 6 wing for Sid???

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Pensblog Skating Event (Reminder)

2009-02-16T09:09:00.001-05:00

Pensblog Skating Event Details
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Rink at PPG Place
City/Town: Pittsburgh, PA

We would need 20 people in order to get a group rate. We can also have a private skating session if that's what everyone wants to do. Feel free to invite friends. Admission without a group rate is $7, and skate rentals are $3.

Aside from thePensBlog c-bloggers, there are currently 4-5 team members planning to go. It is possible we may be going somewhere to eat afterwords. Please check back for any event changes.

Meet the Team

2009-02-12T20:36:00.013-05:00

More Coming...
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Video Time!

Eric being garbage and getting lucky on a crazy pass in OT

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Kevonic doing something we wish Crosby would actually do.

EA SPORTS World: BINGshootout

tPB -- Producing Legendary Players...

2009-02-09T22:59:00.004-05:00

...since oh, about mid October, followed by a bunch in late December and January.

Next on the list is evan52592.

UPDATE: vaevict1s. woooooooooooo

Congrats.

Also, I haven't made a post in a while and I feel like I don't reach out (read: around) enough to you guys.

Heart,
zarley zalapski

Change of Scenery

2009-02-06T01:41:00.008-05:00

As you may of noticed, your bookmarks to this lovely site no longer work.

That is because we have made the transition from fake farm team to full blooded badasses complete.

New banner, new address, new attitude.
Do it.

What A Joke

2009-01-31T02:00:00.000-05:00

( BloodAnglesz - 4 players above green highlight)

All Time Low. BloodAngelz.

We were playing a couple games in a row and had a good run going on. We then join a game that matched us up against our old "friends" Russ Muffin and ALLDAY 72, formerly of Team Pensblog and then later Team Pensblog Pros.

So we played the game just to see how we would stack up.

We proceeded to run down on them.

They score a goal in which they walked a goal in accidentally. Then we proceeded to score 5 unanswered goals on their sorry asses. Their top scorer, EFSTRATIOS39, owner of 3001 goals in 1357 games, quit after we scored our third goal, Russ left after we scored our 5th.

ALLDAY 72 then proceeded to continually press pause trying to be a joke at life and succeeds in causing the game to freeze so they would not get a loss.

(Proof They fail at life)

They were constantly cherry picking and leaving the zone as soon as our team lost the puck.

We thought we would be in for a tough game. Crveza and Pockets with 2 goals, Eric with 1, and Dark and Syniper chipping in with a healthy portion of assists.

Their record of 49-6-1 is a sham. They do that crap every game they are losing in.

Russ Muffin and ALLDAY 72 refused to answer our questions as to why they decided to be jokes.

(tPB Penguins Eric P Final score 5) (BloodAnglesz Allday Final score 1)
Plus they skated like juicers. Rumor is after the game they went over Charlies house to practice reach arounds while beating off two D-men.

UH OH

2009-01-31T00:47:00.001-05:00

An uh oh oreo!
Eric, Justice and Me.

iron shizzie nailers

2009-01-23T01:35:00.002-05:00

are the biggest jokes in the Eashl.

Nobulear17. Spam his inbox. Spam his feedback. Spam the complaint box about this juicer.

If you are American (or Canadian or Mexican) you will do this.

Together we can make a difference.

Create hope for the other legitimate teams out there.
We can change the game.

... part tres

2009-01-21T23:15:00.002-05:00

DarkJustice and scott:

In back to back games. wooooooo

tPB Legends, part deux

2009-01-21T00:17:00.002-05:00

Not more than 5 minutes ago, our own crveza81 finally got his A- after playing 4 or 5 games with Politowski, syniper, DarkJustice, and yours truly.

He hogged the puck in pretty much every game and took 70% of our shots. Also, he scored 90% of our goals, save a ridiculous takeaway and slapshot snipe from Dark.

Just kidding. Eric and I overpassed the entire time and racked up as many secondary assists we could get.

That brings our list of awesomeness to:

zarley zalapski
jrkrush2112
zero2113
MrPockets 12
Politowski26
Syniper
crveza81

Congratulations to crveza. FUN FACT: eric pointed out that it took crveza the same number of games to get his card as well. Weird.

Quite a flurry of success in the past month. All I can ask you guys is.. what took you so long? Also, who's next?

Video Time

2009-01-19T03:20:00.002-05:00

In a game last night, crveza(dick), eric(garbage), darkjustice, and I played a bunch of jokes that we were somehow losing to. After battling back from 4-2 and 5-3 deficits, we manage to pull it within 1 with a minute left in the game.

Eric, who naturally is garbage, had a chance to tie it with 6 seconds left and he shoots a cross crease pass into the goalie's ass where it sticks to his ass. He falls on it, game over right? No. There is two seconds left when this video happens:

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The goal was scored with 0.2 showing on the clock meaning that play took exactly 1.8 seconds to complete. We win it in overtime on a slapshot by me from the top of the circle which sneaks through 5 hole. Crazy game with a crazier ending.

This is probably why Ray Emery went to Russia in the first place. My created team in dynasty mode:

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Bring this man back from Russia to play with Sid!

EA SPORTS World: poke

Go Steelers.
Go Pens.

Patch In February!!

2009-01-16T10:27:00.004-05:00

Beautiful

The NHL Development Team has been working hard creating a patch to address the current attribute glitch along with making other gameplay improvements.

At this time the goal is to have the patch released sometime in February following adequate testing and normal submission procedures.

More information on the details of the patch will be released as the testing and submission process continues.

NHL Development Team

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa?threadID=481475&tstart=0

Side note:

User 1:
My team has been thinking that when we see juiced teams it seems their computers do really well also? Is this just us being paranoid or do other people notice super skilled computers playing along side super unskilled juiced players?

User 2:
Your just paranoid cuz you got owned.

EA Forum Moderator:
Not paranoia...fact.
It appears the AI teammates are matched based on the overall attributes of the human players collectively.

Sons of Liberty

2009-01-14T20:21:00.003-05:00

Here is the much anticipated biography of Sons of Liberty straight from Wikipedia:

The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization of American patriots which originated in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. British authorities and their supporters known as Loyalists considered the Sons of Liberty as seditious rebels, referring to them as "Sons of Violence" and "Sons of Iniquity." Patriots attacked the apparatus and symbols of British authority and power such as property of the gentry, customs officers, East India Company tea, and as the war approached, vocal supporters of the Crown.

It is also the name of a certain former player of Team Pensblog who, despite not having a mic, proceeded to annoy the man, the legend, Eric P. He is not all bad though. His redeeming qualities are: he's good at pressing a, he's good at being Ovechkin-like without the goalscoring skills or hockey sense. "I only roll with Gangstas and Strippers" which can be considered redeeming if you are a gangsta and/or a stripper. He also enjoys engaging in cannabis consumption on a daily basis. So despite his bad reputation, he deserves some credit for at least being interesting.

What a picture.

Pensblog Legends

2009-01-10T20:00:00.004-05:00

EASHL makes it pretty tough to earn the final card that caps your attribute stats to 20 points per category. To earn your Legendary Card you must play 150 games with a A- average grade.

Congratulation to our Legendary Players including:

zarley zalapski
jrkrush
zero
MrPockets
Politowski
Syniper

Great job guys!!

Tips:
Wing is the toughest position for earning good grades.
To increase your team play: Avoid turnovers and taking penalties, Kill Power plays, make good passes & Create turnovers.

(Please notify a GM to be added to our legendary list)

Pause Glitches

2009-01-09T14:00:00.004-05:00

Apparently a few teams discovered a way to possibly win face-offs, but more importantly glitch the game into a looping sequence. The game rubber-bands back and forth between two times, while the person initiating the glitch plays against motionless players and can run up the scores. The process was not revealed but one of the EA bug testers stated it was a complex process.

He also mention that one thing is for certain: on all pauses, let the timer run down to zero (don't press A). This "appears" to be how you can defend against it.

Pensblog Cup II Updates

2009-01-06T22:45:00.003-05:00

Due to the absence of a great two way forward and a stalwart of Team Pensblog during the tournament due to his impending marriage (congrats wildnoseven), it will be postponed to the end of January. Hopefully everyone will be back and will be able to participate. Oh and crveza81 is apparently leaving too but nobody cares. Dick.

Here is the roster as of now.

I'm contemplating on how to put teams together. Some ideas are: a draft with a few captains (schoolyard style), random teams, choosing your own teams (a klown-crveza[dick] connection might be deemed unfair), or something along those lines. I'm open to suggestions so leave a comment with an idea.

Also a sweet game politowski and yan and possibly wild played. Box score:

The Pensblog Cup II

2009-01-04T19:44:00.005-05:00

That's right folks... The Pensblog Cup is back and is now new and improved as well.

There will be teams of 3 as opposed to teams of 5 which will allow for more games, more attendance, and full squads while playing. Only dedicated players shall be invited to participate in this one due to problems experienced last tournament.

Team creation details will be forthcoming in the next day or so along with a roster of invited players.

Format and Rules:

A round robin format meaning all teams will play each other.
Each matchup will be a 3 game series to ensure that getting jobbed will not cost you too much.
The tournament will take place on a specified night once a week to ensure the most cooperation and attendance
The top 4 teams will play a 5 game series to determine the winner.
The date and times will be decided by what is best or close to best for everyone or mostly everyone.

The tournament will begin a week from tomorrow or January 12th.
It will take place every Monday evening except in the event of a Penguin game. It shall be delayed until after the game.

There will be no glitching, cheesing, or juicing in this tournament or on this team. You have been warned.

Update: Great game played by Coktar, Shoe, Syniper, nikrandt and myself to take down a division 3 team earlier tonight. The end of the game resulted in this beauty of a goal by yours truly. It was a hattrick goal as well.

EA SPORTS World: deep

Black List Details

2008-12-31T13:36:00.011-05:00

This list will be updated as we come across cheaters.

1nFaMoUs - Abbrev: 1nF Jerseys: Washington Capitals - Div 1 Rank 4 - 584-59-26*

Flying Hindus - Abbrev: WWF Jerseys: Filthydelphia Phantoms - Div 1 Rank 35 - 526-59-15* (glitches non stop, accuses us of juicing? Says my 86 speed and Shoe's 80 speed was 95. Right.)

Grocery Store Beer - Abbrev: GSB Jerseys: Rochester Amerks - 3 goals on 5 shots - fast as hell ridiculous shots. dicks. the usual.

Montreal Wolves - Div 3 Rank 24 - 304-96-15*

Pure Garbage - Div 1 Rank 39 - 427-33-17* Abbrev: 1pg Jerseys: St. Louis Blues (juicers)

Purple Cobraz - Gay - Div 1 Rank 13 - 529-47-17* Jerseys: Manchester Monarchs

seansheans mom - Div 2 Rank 48 - 268-78-12* Jerseys: San Jose Sharks (hardcore glitchers)

THE MOB - Div 1 Rank 49 - 994-349-69* Abbrev: MOB Jerseys: Lappeenranta Saipa(quit out against teams better than themselves)

The Vultures - Div 3 Rank 92 - 250-126-30* Abbrev: VUL Jerseys: Toronto Maple Leafs (juicers, coktar had 2 goals in the game I played against them, I had a hat trick and I scored from my own end on their awful goalie)

UHL Elite - Div 1 Rank 20 - 1199-177-51*

Well Worth it - Div 4 Rank 72 - 430-159-43* Jerseys: Nashville Predators (glitchers)

XxDREAM TEAMxX - Div 1 Rank 9 - 1134-160-48* Abbrev: xXx Jerseys: North Stars (Juicers and glitchers! Fun!)

*Record obtained though cheating/bitching out.

Black List

2008-12-30T12:45:00.002-05:00

I've added a new section on the left that we'll update with teams that "cheese" or glitch or what have you. These are the ones off the top of my head. Post a comment with any that you come across.

Latest Update News From EA

2008-12-30T11:04:00.003-05:00

"Hey everyone… just wanted to drop a quick note before the holidays.

As you all know NHL 08 won seven Sports Game of the Year awards and now NHL 09 is on its way to eclipsing that mark. As of last week, NHL 09 has won 6 awards for Sports Game of the Year including the prestigious Spike TV award where we edged out Madden and Fifa.

NHL 10 is now fully in production and I’m sure that you’re going to love what we have planned. I can’t go into details quite yet but I can say that we’ve been reading your feedback and incorporating as much as we can into our plans.

The EA Sports Hockey League continues to run strong although we’ve been made aware of a cheat that allows users to boost their attributes and gain an unfair advantage. This cheat is undermining the integrity of the EASHL. We’re currently exploring all of our options. We will have an announcement early in the new year that will disclose our next steps. For now, we will leave it to the GM’s to police their teams.

Hope everyone has a great holidays.

Sean (Ramjamsingh)"

NOTE: The 99 attribute glitch is a cheat. Even though I know none of our players use this cheat, I have to warn any TPB AAA players found using this exploit will be removed from the team.

Congratulations

2008-12-29T12:04:00.003-05:00

Congratulations to jrkrush2112 and zero2113 for achieving their A- status long enough to earn their legend card and extra attribute points.

I also earned the A- after 419 games...

The best way that I have found to get the A- is to play very very good defense with few turnovers or to play center and win over 65% of the faceoffs for ten games in a row while averaging a point a game.

Single Defenseman Tips

2008-12-24T09:07:00.002-05:00

Working with a computer Defenseman can be tricky. They tend to get burnt so you can't rely on them. You kinda have to pretend it does not exist most of the time.

2 on 2 situations with a computer D is actually a 2 on 1 situation. That means you have to take the open man and leave the goalie take the puck carrier. I try to make a quick "faux" move towards the puck carrier very early to either force a pass or hopefully push him out towards the boards. Then I go back to the open man to take away the pass.

I found the best place for the computer D is in front of the net to help stop the cross crease passes. Again the D is easy to get around so I often set my defensive strategy to protect the net.

The computer D is a great back door play when you don't have a passing lane up ice.

"Streaking" plays are more successful at times with a computer D because the player who's streaking can call for the pass. A human player will have a problem passing to the streaking player because the AI influences the pass to the closest man.

Tips and tricks, etc.

2008-12-23T13:28:00.002-05:00

In light of hearing that we've slid down the slippery slopes of mediocrity (division 12!), I have compiled a list of things to do to not suck :-)

Most of this post is complements of crveza81, perhaps with a few comments of my own afterwards.

"Rebounds are the best way to score. It's a lot like the real NHL, to be honest.

Cross crease passes work well, but I agree, doing it all game is retarded. In real life, the goalie would cut off 98% of those passes, even if the other team is too retarded to adapt and play defense.

Shots still work, if you place them right. Top corner doesn't work to often, too easy for the goalie to glove it. Going 6-hole, over the pad, under the glove or blocker works quite well.

Also, if you have time, which isn't very often, you can do a little fake with the skill stick, just move the puck a bit, and get the goalie to go down, and rip it upstairs. That's not the glitch where you walk in from the corner or anything.

Also, the standard glitch stuff, like getting the goalie off the post, etc, but I hate doing that.

Oh, also, using defensemen as screens works quite well... not talking about blasting it from the point when there's 6 bodies in front, those almost never get through (rightfully so), but if you're on a 1-on-1, or find the puck in the slot, shooting it through the legs works quite well. It gets blocked sometimes, and sometimes the goalie makes the save anyways, but time it right, and you might sneak one by him.

When playing with computer players, we don't all need to just auto-call for the pass the second they get the puck. I'm guilty of this as well, and it certainly leads to a ton of turnovers. It just seems like an instinct for each person to call for it, even if it makes no sense for them to receive a pass, and it's not always the best play.

The other thing, is breakouts. I think, the way some teams forecheck and pick off passes, and most specifically, the way teams line up at the blue line, backcheck, etc, I think we need to move it fast.

The D needs to make a fast pass to a forward, but that means the forwards need to be in position. General breakouts in the NHL start with the wings on the boards at the hash marks, and usually the center curls low in the zone. The d-man plays the puck to an open winger, the curls in that direction, towards the puck, and the winger can then skate it, or dish it off to the center, who generally will be skating fast.

If we can do that, we can avoid running into 2-on-2s where we have trouble gaining the blue line."

Solid post.

Some of my own thoughts:

When the forwards carry the puck into the offensive zone, one of a few things usually happens:

1) The forward with the puck somehow manages to feed it through 3 defenders to the other guy streaking to the net, scoring chance.

Analysis: awesome when it works. However, it rarely ever works if the situation is not right.

2) The forward with the puck tries to pass it through three defenders, and is easily picked off. The opposing team's forwards streak down the ice, while our defenders are streaking into the offensive zone. Easy 2 on 1 or 2 on 0 for the opposing team.

Analysis: happens too many times in a game.

3) The forward with the puck (usually on the wing) drops the puck back to the point on the strong side. From there, the defender either makes a good play, or immediately winds up for a soon-to-be-blocked-breakaway-opportunity-for-the-opposing-forward slapshot.

Analysis: defenders, I understand that you'd like to have a little contribution to the team's offense. It's fun to score goals and get points. However, remember that your #1 priority is to stop opposing goals from happening. It's not a glamorous job, nobody ever said it was. Your greatest contribution to the team comes from being solid in the defensive zone, which includes making good breakout passes. If you play good defense, the offense will come.

In a lot of games I play, there's times where I know that passing back to the point is the best option, but I won't make the pass if I don't trust the defender back there. Too many times have I passed back, only for the defender to turn the puck over for an easy breakaway goal for the other team. If you want the puck, be certain to make a good decision with it.

In addition, there's no need to constantly call for the puck at the point. Point, point, point, point, point... yes I see you at the point on the other side of the ice. Just because there is nobody in a 10 feet vicinity of you, does NOT mean you are open. There are most likely forwards cutting off the passing lanes like they should. If you are open and I trust that you will make a good decision with the puck, I will pass.

Another thing I shouldn't even have to say: defenders should not be leading the rush or streaking down the ice on a defensive zone faceoff. But I digress.

4) I don't remember the 4th. But believe me, it was going to be good.

Another note to defenders: the defender on the weak side should be the last one coming in the offensive zone. There's no need to get there ASAP, as it is most likely that you will not be open when entering the zone. Staying back and trailing the play ensures that at least 1 defender will be back in the case that we turn the puck over in the offensive zone. Again, it's not glamorous, but it's good, smart hockey.

I admit, I've been trashing defensemen too much. They don't deserve all the hate. In the few games I've played D, I wasn't very good. It's not easy, and you get little credit for the good you do. Forwards deserve some attention:

crveza made great points about the breakout. No need to repeat them. Some points about moving the puck in the zone:

Everyone loves to score goals. Where do you go to score goals? the front of the net. Where do the 2 forwards without the puck go when the puck enters the zone? the front of the net. How many do we need there? just 1. It's not necessary to have 2. The first one there is okay in front, but the trailing forward needs to get open elsewhere. The points are usually off limits to forwards, so where else to go? Behind the net is a great option. Cycling the puck around is a great way to get defenders moving around, which leads to more open space.

The cross crease is a great way to score goals in this game. It's a high risk, high reward play that often isn't worth the risk. If you can, take some time to assess the situation. You might find that you have more time than you thought. There should be a few choices once you're in the zone:

There should be a defenseman open behind you.
There should be a forward open somewhere. If the pass across isn't open, the other forward should have found a way to get open.
Putting the puck to the net is never a bad idea either.

Yada, yada, yada. Can't think of anything else at the moment.

Division 14... Discuss... ting

2008-12-23T09:32:00.003-05:00

Please refrain from playing like the Islanders.

Apple Juice is Delicious

2008-12-19T22:20:00.008-05:00

I juice. You juice. We all juice. In one form or another everybody juices.

My juice of preference is apple juice although orange juice is a close second.

However, last night my fellow amigos and I were accused of juicing after dominating the first 4.5 minutes of an EASHL game. I admit it... I had a bottle of apple juice with me while playing the game... See the first piece of evidence Ex. A. If that's juicing then I'm guilty.

Anyway some background information first. Syniper, WookieNaas002 (see Ex. B & C), zarley zalapski, and I found ourselves playing another team of 4. Cool.
The puck drops and zarley of course wins the faceoff. We proceed to dictate play for the next 4 minutes with the other team not even getting a shot on goal. Zarley made a great pass to a wide open me and I perform a carefully planned and flawlessly executed spin move in the slot (read: I accidently spun instead of shooting into the open net.) which resulted in a low shot to the far post. The goalie kicks the puck out right onto Wookie's tape who buries it top shelf.

I was stunned. Zarley was laughing histarically. Syniper was probably tripping somebody in celebration. They were also clearly stunned and they left like bitches. So I proceed to message the 4 of them "Dicks."

Syniper then gets the messages back as usual in which they accused us of glitching, juicing, and sucking. So the war is on and messages are flying back and forth. They continue to call us juicers which prompts me to dust off the laptop to look up this juicing concept. It's good for kidney/colon detoxification.

We looked up the team (THE MOB... how original) and they were a Division 1 team ranked 67th. Their record is 805-331-64*. That record gets an asterisk because they decide to only play the games they can glitch uncontestedly in. Therefore they quit against teams that aren't half retarded.

So after many humorous and illogical messages from the other side, one of their players apologized and explained juicing. It is apparently a great way to make homemade fruit drinks and a way to glitch your players into having 99 stats in everything. Gay. Now clearly this team glitches due to the fact that their top player has 1120 goals in 901 games. Wonderful human being KC THE PRODIGEY has 898 goals in 617 games but they bitch at us about scoring a legitimate goal? Give me a break. We would have beat them any day of the week.

When a 5'6'' grinder scores his 16th career goal and 29th career point in 50 games... you aren't as good as you think you are.

And one backstrom moment to send you off. Syniper leads the team in backstroms and he turns in a solid performance here as well. But he's as dependable as it gets on the backend and you'd be hard pressed to find someone better:

easports world was not cooperating so i had to use this format

Defensive Hockey ( After Update )

2008-12-17T10:50:00.007-05:00

Defensive Hockey Equals Successful Hockey!

The New Goal Line Exploits
Players are attempting to work the puck deep in order to attack the sides of the nets.

Players attempt to skate along the goal line and shoot top shelf as soons as they reach the net. The goalie often falls to stack the pads leaving top shelf vulnerable.
Players attempt to skate along the goal line and then curl up right before the net. The shot is short side because a comp goal tends to come off the post for a brief moment.
Players attempt to do wrap-around shots or the even more effective.. "slap-arounds." A slap-around is when a player curls around to the front corner of the net and does a quick top shelf/ short side shot.
Cross crease is fair play but often is exploited by legends. Playmakers with high passing rating is very successfully at passing to a sniper who camps low corner slot.

Defending These Exploits

Entering the Defensive Zone

Defencemen:
Most cases the D should be forcing the play to the boards. It is important that the D stay in between the carrier and the net, If player is coming down left wing, try to stay between 4-5 o'clock.

Wingers:
If you find yourself chasing, attempt to work towards the middle. Do not attack from behind. Work towards the slot side of the face-off circle. This allows for a quick power turn towards the boards for and outlet pass or to intercept a poke check.

Centers:
Attack the puck carrier. Try not to chase, attempt to take away angles and outlet pass.

Defending Deep in the Zone

Defencemen:
It is important that the puck side D stay in between the puck carrier and the net. The other Defenceman will need to be ready to properly time a body check on the open man in front of the net. Be careful!!! A early body check does not give you enough time to recover if the person you are attacking has good balance and offensive awareness. If you want to use block shot to stop a pass, make sure you are not in position to deflect the puck in. I advise against using the steal pass option because it often fails. Warning... Both defenceman should never be behind the net.

Wingers:
Puck side wingers should try stay in the circle area to take away passing lanes and also be open for outlet pass. If puck carrier manages to approach the net, you may need to attack. The opposing winger should to be ready to properly time a body check in front of the net. Be careful!!! A early body check does not give you enough time to recover if the person you are attacking has good balance and offensive awareness. The opposing wing should be aware of the puck carrier who attempts the wrap around by cutting him off behind the net.

Centers:
Centers should be attacking the puck. Go where the puck is going to be... Don't chase. Attempt to trap instead of attacking at the same angle.

Overall:
Stay in your positions. Take away passing lanes. Take out the campers before they get the pass in the slot. Don't be behind the play... think ahead. Stop the man cutting to the net along the goal line. Pass quick to get the puck out of the zone asap.

Happy Birthdayblog

2008-12-13T20:57:00.007-05:00

In order to start off my posting here at tPB AAA in the classiest way possible (as it's sure to degrade quickly), I would like to make a special announcement:

Today happens to be the birthday of tPB AAA's own Mr Pockets 12.

If you run into him in the next while, please do (not) hesitate to wish him HBD. wooooooooo

Pockets, the team and I scraped some funds together and got you a present. Enjoy!If

Cheat Code!

2008-12-10T01:17:00.000-05:00

A cheat code was leaked today that allows your online skater to get that elusive A- so you can earn that legend card that is so difficult to achieve. Syniper will leave a testimonial in the comments as to how this code worked for him and now he is fast enough to catch those silly cherry pickers.
The code is:

xe6377uyrwm48frf

> This is the third jersey code nothing more. Sorry to disappoint. <

So just enter that code on the NHL Code entry screen and you will earn all of your attribute points and look great doing it.
But remember there is no E button on the Xbox360 Controller. And while watching porn, coktar does not find the black guys attractive.

The Duel

2008-12-01T11:26:00.000-05:00

No Penalties were called either.

EA SPORTS World: the duel

Random Videos

2008-11-29T14:36:00.000-05:00

No theme today just videos
Didn't know this was possible.

EA SPORTS World: netsayshewlnah

What a dump.

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

Eric P's first career, overtime, and game winning goal. What a clutch performer.

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

zarley zalapski with the overtime winner.

EA SPORTS World: OT WINNER

Some random videos from random users

EA SPORTS World: Unreal Overtime Goal - 1sec Left to the Game - This was Top10 Oct 24/08

EA SPORTS World: Broke the net ? lol

Demolition

2008-11-27T03:25:00.000-05:00

AMC taking a page out of Barton's Book...

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

The Hunt

2008-11-26T01:50:00.000-05:00

The lion stalks his prey... then strikes!

EA SPORTS World: NEW VIDEO

And the winner is...

2008-11-20T11:00:00.000-05:00

Team Free Candy!

And now the trophy presentation:

Team Free Candy defeated Team Billy Tibbets last night by a score of 2-0.
Congratulations to zarley zalapski, syniper, sh0e8, rjpucla, and Mr Pockets 12. A shout out to Free Candyman who was on injured reserve for the tournament... you were in our hearts.

The series was a hard fought, conservative, defensive series
with only 4 goals scored in the entire Cup final.

In the first game, through two period the score was 0-0 then in the middle of the 3rd , zarley zalapski found himself in the slot with an open shot and he buries it blocker side to take the lead. The lead would stick despite a late rush and shot off the post by Team Billy Tibbets.

The second game was once again 0-0 after the first period. Early in the second, Mr Pockets 12 took the puck behind the net, swung around to the far post and attempted to pass it across crease to zarley zalapski who was open for a shot. The pass went off of YanM82's stick and through the goalies legs for the first goal. Kinda like this:

Shortly after that crveza81 decided to show up and, through a partial screen, sneaks one in short side to tie the game. Then in the 3rd period, after some constant pressure by Team Free Candy, syniper made a great pass to Jason Sandhu. Since Jason Sandhu is a computer and therefore terrible at shooting, Mr Pockets takes the puck off Sandhu's stick and shoots it glove side for the eventual game winner.

Now onto the MVP award:This award goes to crveza81.
He dominated the tournament, scoring at least 5 goals in the first matchup of these two teams. He, at my last count, had 10G 4A in the tournament. Post your stats crveza and I'll update it.
He's still a jerk.

In all seriousness the tournament was a lot of fun when games were actually being played. We had too many people commit to playing and then not show up. The new tournament coming to a theater near you will be much smoother. Details are coming.

We'll try again...

2008-11-19T11:07:00.000-05:00

Ok so we are aiming for tonight to be the end of the tourney. Team Billy Tibbets vs Team Free Candy - 9 p.m.

scott22372, crveza81 (jerk), YanM82, EnsErmac, and Rednib be on at 9 p.m.
zarley zalapski, sh0e8, syniper, rjpucla... 9 p.m.

The new tournament details will be posted tonight. It will hopefully run much smoother.

To the Pensblog Pros - We'll assemble an all star team of sorts because we we are aiming for being extremely embarrassed as opposed to being utterly destroyed.

Ridiculous.

2008-11-17T18:36:00.000-05:00

Completely off topic but I don't care.

UPDATE: We'll try for tomorrow after the Penguin game or Wednesday evening to finish the tourney.

The Pensblog Cup Finals

2008-11-17T12:12:00.000-05:00

We will have the Finals Tonight of the Pensblog Cup which will feature Team Billy Tibbets vs. Team Free Candy.

The next tournament will proceed much smoother due to slight changes in the format. More details will be available on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Is tonight at 9 be acceptable for both teams?

Day Five kinda

2008-11-16T15:41:00.000-05:00

Team Man Jam must have all of their games made up by tomorrow. They will otherwise forfeit their games so we can get this tournament finished.

There will be changes for when we due this next time due to commitment issues with some of the players and teams.

Get on and play everyone.

Day Four + Backstrom Moments

2008-11-13T00:23:00.000-05:00

I decided to include standings to see how the teams are doing so far:
There were some close, competitive scrimmages played after the Cup games. They were a lot of fun even if FFBarton is a bastard.

Backstrom Moments:

Syniper gets the headline today for this performance:

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO14

This is a good Backstrom moment. Pittsburghler scoring his first ever shootout goal, game winner. This was during a scrimmage game as well.

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO13

Possibly my proudest moment:

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO12

I meant to do this:

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO11

I wanna see someone else accomplish this. I am very proud of this as well:

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO10

Leave feedback etc. I more than likely will not be online tonight and my team will be unavailable for Cup competition due to sh0e and I having prior commitments (read: Penguins tickets bitches!).

Team Man Jam: Get online tonight after the Pens game and play!!!!!!!!!!

Day Three

2008-11-12T11:41:00.000-05:00

Day Three of the Pensblog Cup had only 1 game played. It was a close fought, defensive battle between Team Rehab and Team Free Candy. I wish the matchup would have been a 5 or 7 game series due to the intensity and fair and even play both teams exhibited in the series.

Team Man Jam and The Bread Line are severely behind in their games. Let's see if we can correct that tonight.

Captains try to contact your team to figure out what time would be best to start a game tonight. Leave a comment about what time you guys would like to start tonight as well.

How bout that game last night... One of the best regular season games I have ever seen.

Day Two

2008-11-11T12:47:00.000-05:00

The Bread Line =

Once again they failed to play their first round game with Team Man Jam which is unfair to the Man Jelly. Wait not man jelly. Whatever.

We enjoy the positive feedback about the tournament even though it hasn't exactly been smoothly. And I'm glad you're having fun raping the competition crveza...

Bunch of games tonight, we'll get as many in as we can after the Pittsburgh vs. Detroit Game.

After the First Day

2008-11-09T23:09:00.000-05:00

The first day did not go quite how it was supposed to.

Only 3 full teams showed up to play their scheduled 3 game series.

Only Team Rehab and Team Billy Tibbets played their first round series which resulted in a pair of hard fought, 2-1 victories for Team Billy Tibbets.

Team Alternate did what I expected and failed to show up. Only rjpucla showed up from the team. So Team Alternate will be replaced with a BYE.

The Bread Line =
They will play their first round game tonight against Team Man Jam at 8 p.m. The teams can play sooner if everyone gets online. I was going to give The Bread Line a Loss for last night but it would not have been fair to Pittsburghler and DarkJustice.

The Bread Line is on probation however. The updated schedule is here. We will attempt to get two rounds in tonight.

Alexander Seminblog - fun little fact I found on his wikipedia page:
Gold.

Tourney Begins Tonight

2008-11-09T17:20:00.000-05:00

How to reach the created rooms:

Go to the Xbox Live section, then go to the community. Next press A on the Lobbies. On the next screen scroll all the way down to the bottom and there will be rooms with the name "tpb" and enter the appropriate room.

Glitching:

There will be NO GLITCHING. If someone glitches and scores, there are two options. The other team can pull their goalie and allow 1 goal to be scored to even it up. Or you can disregard the goal and pretend it never took place.
Glitching includes: the wrist shot glitch (floater etc. No slap shot versions either).
Everything else is fair game.

Overtime/Shootouts:

In case of overtime, the 4-on-4 will play out as normal. In the case of a shootout, the shootout will continue until all human players have had a chance. After that point, if it is tied, the shootout will be over rather than let random computer players end it.
All the players will return to the room and they will start a new game. The first team to score wins it. It will be like overtime.
I repeat - if it is tied at the end of the human player shootout, a new game will be started that will act as overtime.

Everyone should be online by 9 p.m. Good luck.

Tournament Back On For Tomorrow!

2008-11-08T16:52:00.000-05:00

I lied earlier and the tournament will proceed as scheduled for tomorrow at 9:15.

The EA problem is still there but we found a way to work around it.

Everyone must be in the room created by your team captain to get it to play properly.

Try to be online by 9 p.m. Try to let everyone know the tourney is still going to take place.

Tournament Final Details

2008-11-07T12:13:00.000-05:00

UPDATE: THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE ON HIATUS FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH EA. THE CREATED ROOMS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY THUS TOURNAMENT CANNOT GO ON AS SCHEDULED. This will be the schedule to start out with. First round games are at 9:15 p.m. Be online by 9 p.m. to get everyone organized and coordinated. This is the trial run for this so have patience as we try to figure everything out.

Organizing games:

Captains will be in charge of gathering the troops for battle.
Instructions will be sent to each captain on how to set up a game. If there are any problems, Mr Pockets 12, zarley zalapski, AMCcity424 all know how to set it up and will be happy to help. Zarley gets cranky so beware.
The two captains of the teams set to face each other will meet in the club dressing room before the game. That is where you shall decide who makes the room etc.
An idea (which you will vote on below) is to change the name that will appear on the back of the jersey to your gamertag name. This would be to easily identify opposing players by their known persona on Team Pensblog. Ex. My name is Zach Boslett. But nobody knows me by that. They know me by Mr Pockets. So when I would go down and score on you and it says Zach Boslett you would not know who it was. If it says Mr Pockets you would know who amazed you on the goal. Or how to get him back. It's an idea to throw around. Vote on it below:

Quick game story: zarley zalapski, scottrandomnumbers, syniper and I had the pleasure of playing a game against a bunch of annoying ass little kids yesterday. The results are below:

Photography is from a cell phone taken hastily so don't give me crap about that.
Some key points:

4 shots total from the opposition. All were slapshots entering the zone.
159 hits from the opposition. They would send all 5 players after one player, leaving the other 4 with a 4-on-0 breakaway. They interfered every second of the game constantly laying people out behind the play, ahead of the play, in front of the net etc.
zarley zalapski figured in on all 11 goals, breaking the team record (7) for goals in a single game.
scott also had 6 points in the game (1G 5A).
For how much shit they talked you'd think they would have performed a little better or at least left.

Final Roster etc.

2008-11-06T10:46:00.001-05:00

Team Alternate is comprised of 6 players because Firebird is questionable with an xbox injury and the rest of them might or might not play.

When would all of you like the tournament to start?

When would the best day of the week be to START the tournament? ( polls)

If you have any problems or issues with the times or dates leave a comment and we'll see what we can do. Leave a comment even if you don't.

The Big News: The Pensblog Cup

2008-10-31T15:16:00.000-04:00

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this took longer than expected to announce but nonetheless here it is.

I am pleased to announce that a intrasquad tournament will be held in the coming weeks that will be called The Pensblog Cup (creative title eh? I made it up myself believe it or not). The tournament will consist of anywhere from 4-6 teams made up of members of Team Pensblog. The number of teams depends on the feedback we receive from the members. We look to try to hold this monthly or semi-monthly with the current title holders names on display on the blog for ~~millions~~ dozens of people to see every day.

Format and Rules:

A round robin format meaning all teams will play each other.
Each matchup will be a 3 game series to ensure that getting jobbed will not cost you too much.
The top two teams will play a 5 game series to determine the winner.
In the event of a tie during the tournament, the 2 teams that are tied will play a 1 game playoff to determine who will play for the cup.
The tournament will take place over a 3 or 4 day time frame.
The date and times will be decided by what is best or close to best for everyone or mostly everyone.

Registration:

Registration will begin immediately. Email me at zboslett12@yahoo.com if you are interested in captaining a team. The new members of Team Pensblog will be included in the next competition but I stuck with the regular, dedicated players to make up the first roster.
The team name "Free Candy" is already taken.
The gamertags listed in white are "free agents."
Captains, talk to your fellow team members and try to organize into teams. Email me with a team name, who is captain, and team members gamertags.

I hope this was worth the wait. We are excited about this and hope we have full participation. More details will follow as we figure them out along with updated rosters.

UPDATE: Team Billy Tibbets added and team E added

NHL 09 Patch

2008-10-29T20:23:00.000-04:00

Thank god:

Hi there, David Littman here.
We are in the process of putting the patches up for both the X360 and
the PS3.
PS3 Europe has already gone up, and PS3 North America and both X360
patches should be up within the next week or two.

First and foremost we have fixed the "dirty disc" message issue that
some people are seeing on the X360.
For the PS3, we have fixed the issue where there are sometimes white
flashes or flickers during gameplay.
So, if you have seen one of the above, you will be happy to know they
are fixed with the patch.

For most people though...the important fixes are in gameplay.
We have listened to all of you, and we have played the game ourselves
every day. While we couldn't make every fix that you asked for because
of time constraints, we did fix most of the big issues, and also
improved gameplay to be more authentic.

The jersey on the EASHL side select screen is more visible than
the team logo. This will make it easier for people to see when jersey
colors clash
Deking controls normal when shooting downscreen with "Always Up"
controls
Checking has been tuned so you will see less big hits from guys
that aren't traditionally known for hitting
Less CPU AI one-timers
Increased the height of dump ins, for a better dump and chase
game.
No more goals from flip dumps
Better CPU AI logic near offensive blueline so they don't go
off-sides as much
CPU goalie will not drag the puck back toward himself in a
shootout
We have fixed the goals from outside shots that people are
scoring. We have reduced shot accuracy when on the rush and when turning
quickly, and from far out. You will now have to be more conservative
when shooting on the rush. If you aim all the way to the left or right,
your shot will go wide a lot more. Try aiming more towards the middle to
hit the net from outside. This fixes the cross goal where you shoot back
the other way, and the goal that goes in with the "curve" animation, and
a few others. There's a reason NHL players don't shoot from outside on
the rush very often. Dumping or trying to set up is a better play unless
you have an odd-man situation.
We reduced the time it took to get control of the goalie by 1/3.

When line changes are set to auto, and a user changes
lines/defense manually between whistles, the line/defensive pair you
asked for will come out (or stay out).
If you have line changes off in Be a Pro, line change player
chatter will be turned off.
When using a defenseman in BAP, BAP player won't get stuck on
the bench and will be able to call for change
The EASHL will now go to continuous 5v5 overtime until one team
scores. This way nobody has to sit out, and you get to decide who wins
(this is now just like the NHL Play-offs)
The proper own-goal cut scene will be shown where the player who
scored on himself is upset.
All cut scenes should now show players sitting in their
respective team's bench.
Increase AI team aggressiveness and the likelihood of them
getting called for a penalty on an infraction.
If Vision Control is pressed, you do not throw a hit when in
front of the attacking net. This helps with rebound shots.
Increase the likelihood of a penalty if the stick hits the body
during a stick lift.
Reduce the accuracy of shots for penalty shots and shootouts.
Aiming for just inside the post is a lot tougher now

Along with these changes we are still working on the server side of
things to make sure that the EASHL and online play is always improving.
Keep checking our website for more information on the EASHL play-offs.

Thanks
-David Littman

-From http://www.easports.com/nhl09/blog.jsp first seen on the PS3 team site. All I can say is finally.

-Big News coming late tomorrow-Friday for Team Pensblog Regulars. More info to come.

Roster Updates

2008-10-29T00:16:00.000-04:00

So there have been some roster modifications today... namely removal of players that have played less than ten games in the one and a half or so months the game has been out. If you are a new player to the team we took that into account as was the case with P DUPUIS etc. If you have been playing regularly with the "regulars" you shouldn't have been "modified." If you have been removed and feel as if you have been wronged or insulted by this grievous offense, grow up and drop the gamertag in the comments and you shall be reinstated.

This is not a open team for anyone to join. This is a team for followers of the website thepensblog.com. If you are looking for a team to join there are plenty of teams around. If you are a pensblog follower for more than the past week drop your gamertag in the comments as well. Leave the gamertag and we'll message you.

Random Stuff

2008-10-28T10:23:00.000-04:00

Team Pensblog has had a pretty rough past week or so. On Saturday or Sunday, due to about a 9 or 10 game losing streak, the team was in Division 9. Let me repeat that for you, Division 9.

Now the team has rebounded somewhat due to hard work by syniper, ZeroRandomNumbers, Zulu, ScottRandomNumbers, zarley zalapski(formerly assklown 666, 063), Free Candyman, LostDefender, DarkJustice, the prodigal son Meats A Hoo, and Yan.

Keep up the winning because for those of you who allowed that losing streak to take place, shame on you. Play some practice mode because you can't bring that weak ass stuff into this humby bumpy!

Aw Hell Naw!

2008-10-17T15:14:00.000-04:00

Some research done by syniper (duff) on the seemingly random ranking system:
Ranking Rumors:

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you need about 4 wins for each loss to move up

on average wins = 20 points, on average losses = -70 points

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The more people playing in a game has an effect on the points earned/loss

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The grades of each player playing in a game has an effect on the points earned/loss

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A shut out has an effect on the points earned/loss

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"I have a theory. The computer player skill attributes are an average of of the human players. Perhaps the goalie attributes are averaged from our goalie skill points as well???

Do we all have our goalie skill points applied?"
--Duff

So just in case this is right (which it very well could be since our computer players always suck) apply all your points including goalie points just in case.

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Team Pensblog AAA official marketing slogan has been announced. They have decided upon an eloquent phrase that really captures the nuances of the sport of hockey. The new slogan is: "Aw Hell Naw!"
It figures to be popular with fans and players alike.

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Everyone on Team Pensblog AAA click me now.

This game (along with the epic fail of last night by the Pens) is crushing my soul so I'm taking a couple days off to recuperate.
Go win some games.
Aw Hell Naw!

Backstrom Moment Part 3

2008-10-13T01:48:00.000-04:00

Not much writing for this one because it is 1:49am and I have a 9:00 class...

Video 1: Proof this game hates me.

EA SPORTS World: no goal

Video 2: Legame doing what Legame does.

EA SPORTS World: legame

I actually meant to do that.

Video 3: Proof that I suck at this game.

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO7

Video 4: Poke check. Bitches.

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO8

Video 5: Zero's goaltending prowess. Back to back shutouts. Amazing stuff. Good thing he didn't face more than 6 shots in each game.

EA SPORTS World: VIDEO9

Leave any videos you feel are Backstromy enough to post. Those of you still needing to be added to the team leave a comment and you will get added only if you are active and will actually play the game. We have many people who have played less than 5 games online. Those people who have been inactive will be removed soon. If you are removed and you feel you should not be then leave a comment. EnsErmac i know you have xbox problems don't worry.

Bull

2008-10-09T10:57:00.000-04:00

It has been a frustrating week or so for Team Pensblog. Nothing is going our way and we are dropping like a rock despite the fact that we are staying about 30 games over .500.

Some of you out there have asked for a poll or two so here you go...

Vote or don't vote. I don't care. Let's get online and play some games. And preferably win...

Backstrom Moment: Epic Fail

2008-10-07T18:54:00.000-04:00

This is my personal "Backstrom moment." A massive epic fail in a shootout. Yes, I completely miss the net from inside the crease. Btw we ended up winning in the shootout 1-0 on a goal from Zero2113.

EA SPORTS World: epic fail

Backstrom Moments

2008-10-02T12:48:00.000-04:00

WARNING: The following videos are perfect examples of what I call "A Backstrom Moment" made famous by this priceless moment:

Since this is the first installment of this feature I only have a few videos to post today.

Viewer Discretion is Advised.

The first one occured last night in a game i played with assklown 666 and jrkrush2112.

EA SPORTS World: epic

F.Y.I. that was a computer controlled defensmen. Or Kris Beech.

The next one is me showing off my legendary breakaway skills:

EA SPORTS World: epic

The next few are odd or pathetic plays taken from EASportsWorld.com

EA SPORTS World: WTF i call cheat

Iginla better than Crosby? I think not.

EA SPORTS World: Funny save in practice

Apparently the Flames suck.

EA SPORTS World: PRIZE PLAYIN

EA SPORTS World: Thats just ridiculous

EA SPORTS World: WORST GOAL EVER

Since this game hates my life that goal ^ will happen very soon to me.
Thats about all for now... I'm thinking of having a "Backstrom Moments" and a "Lemieux Moments" feature so send me your videos or leave comments and I will post them.

ThePensblog - Team Pensblog -- Playing in the 360 EASHL the Right Way

NHL 10 Demo

AMC - "Don't Stalk Me"

Litty's NHL 10 EASHL Blog

Empty Net PSA

EASHL Championship

EASHL Fixes

NHL 10 Gameplay Vids

NHL 10 EASHL Update

EASHL Championship Finals Set: Purple Cobraz vs The NHL Regulators

EASHL Championship Finals

Random Video Time

Gameplay Refinements

EASHL XBox Championship

New NHL 10 Video "Gameplay Enhancements"

Good Read.

NHL 10 Update

King of Pop Tribute

Team Pensblog roster

Video Time

NHL 10

EASHL Championships

NHL10 - Update

From Cursed to Immortalized

PLAYER ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS

LETS GO PENS! LETS GO PENS! LETS GO PENS!

Flyers Series Favorites!

Banner

Proof is in the Banana Pudding

Post-Patch Report

Recent Videos

Awesome

Deadline Day Coverage and Video Time

The Patch Has Arrived!

Random Video Time V2.

Random Video Time

Avoiding the Pause Glitch

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Meet the Team Mark II

Pensblog Skating Event (Reminder)

Meet the Team

tPB -- Producing Legendary Players...

Change of Scenery

What A Joke

UH OH

iron shizzie nailers

... part tres

tPB Legends, part deux

Video Time

Patch In February!!

Sons of Liberty

Pensblog Legends

Pause Glitches

Pensblog Cup II Updates

The Pensblog Cup II

Black List Details

Black List

Latest Update News From EA

Congratulations

<a href ="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1230702/">Should we hold a new tournament in the next coming weeks?</a> <br/> <span style="font-size:9px;"> (<a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com"> surveys</a>)</span>

Single Defenseman Tips

Tips and tricks, etc.

Division 14... Discuss... ting

Apple Juice is Delicious

Defensive Hockey ( After Update )

Happy Birthdayblog

Cheat Code!

The Duel

Random Videos

Demolition

The Hunt

And the winner is...

We'll try again...

Ridiculous.

The Pensblog Cup Finals

Day Five kinda

Day Four + Backstrom Moments

Day Three

Day Two

After the First Day