Back of the Box:
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Puck Stops
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Strap on your helmet and cinch up your skates because this is ice hockey, not nice hockey, a fast and furious all-out assault on your senses, where breakaways are met with bone-quaking body checks and the five hole looks more like a buttonhole. Skate faster, stop quicker, line it up and let it fly - this is the ultimate in breakneck, blistering sports action.
NEW IN '96
- SMARTER SKATERS
Teammates break to the slot when you're blazing up the wing and cover for players out of position on D.
- TOUGHER GOALIES
Stingy goalies make those opponents tougher to beat.
- FIVE MINUTE MAJOR PENALTIES
- NEW MOVES AND MORE WAYS TO SCORE
One-time passing, give and go and the Spin-O-Rama.
- ALL-NEW SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC
Pucks clanging off the post, chanting crowds and the rocking sports anthem "Get Ready for This."
- ELABORATE ON-ICE STANLEY CUP CEREMONY
If you want to see the ceremony, you have to win the Cup.
POWER PLAY OFFENSE, PENALTY KILL DEFENSE
Players spread out and set up in position.
THE SPIN-O-RAMA
Freeze the goalie with the ultimate deke.
BONE-QUAKING BODY CHECKS
Swipe the puck from a sitting Duck.
UPDATED TEAMS AND PLAYERS
You control your destiny - pick your team, pull the trigger on a trade or put yourself at center ice.
EXTENDED STAYS IN THE PENALTY BOX
5 minute majors and 4 minute double minors.