Selecting Your Teams - Sega NHL 2K3 Manual

Rosters / Lines: Modify the rosters and lines for any team
in the NHL. See page 31 for more information.
Options: Adjust the settings of the game. See page 34 for
more details.
Sega Sports Challenge: The game is already keeping track
of all of your stats, but how do you stack up against players
from around the world? Completing a game in this mode
will give you a code you can enter at Sega Sports.com
Memory / Users: Load data, save settings, and change users.
SEGA SPORTS TIP: Penalty Killing
Unless you're down a goal or two in the closing moments
of the game, play it safe; check the attackers and dump
the puck back into their defensive zone (clearing the puck).
Don't worry, icing is disabled in penalty kill situations.

Selecting Your Teams

Once you've selected the type of game you want to play,
you will be brought to the Team Select screen. Push the
left thumbstick left to choose the Away team, push right to
choose the Home team. Use the White button and Black
buttons to cycle through the teams and then press START
to make your selection. You will then advance to the
Choose Uniforms screen. From here you can select home,
away or alternate jerseys for your team to play in. At this
screen press the X button to view the Home/Away Strategy
screen or the White button button for Line Matchups.
Home / Away Strategy
From the Choose Uniforms screen you can press the X
button to set your team's strategy. By selecting Basic Team
strategy, you can adjust the overall play of your team. You
can also select Advanced Team Strategy. This allows you to
select an individual strategy for every line on your team.
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Overall: Adjust this slider left to be more defensive and to
the right to be more aggressive.
Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zone / Box Plus 1 / 1-2-2
Backcheck. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-2-2
Forecheck. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4, 2-1-2, 1-1-3
Breakout . . . . . . . . . . . . Board, Free Flowing, Positional
Move Out . . . . . . . . . . . Positional, Regroup Free, Criss Cross
Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . Positional, Triangular, Overload Slot
Penalty Kill . . . . . . . . . . Box, Triangle, Diamond
Power Play . . . . . . . . . . Funnel, 2-2-1, Wing Play Offside
SEGA SPORTS TIP: Strategize.
Be sure to experiment with all the strategies available and
find the ones that best suit your style of play. It's also a
good idea to choose your strategy to suit your team's
strengths and weaknesses.
Line Matchups
From the Choose Uniforms screen you can press the
White button button to set the line matchups. When
your opponent goes to change lines, you can make sure
you're matched up player for player. In order for Line
Matchups to function, line changes must be set to Auto
(see Options Menu).
Importance: Move this slider to the right to keep your lines
matched no matter how fatigued. Move to the left to take a
more conservative approach.
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