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This debate has finally come to an end with this super scientific scoring method by NARCH_TV For those who can't sit through / find the results 1 - Sega Genesis 2 - Sega CD 3 - Super Nintendo

This game had some sick tunes for the PC version. Jeff Van Dyck offered some really heavy / industrial mixed tunes for the menu, I used these later on in some newer NHL games as well. Twas such a treat just hanging around the league menus and letting these songs play in the background. It was also the third EA NHL Hockey game for PC and the first that got away from the engine that was used in NHL94 as well. Sick intro! Intermission (could not be embed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53Ht4BmY7w

Holy sh-t! This is the best thing ever! It is like a Masterclass on how to move from B to A. I am heading to work, so only got 2 minutes in, but the very first point about Plabax taking control of the goalie, steering him to the right spot and then controlling a defenseman BEFORE THE SLAPSHOT is a subtle but amazing thing I never would have noticed. And I have watched many replays against the A guys where I am sure it happened, and never noticed this crafty technique. I even remember Raph telling me to sometimes "take goalie control, get him set, then activate someone else" and I still didn't get it until now. I can't wait to watch the rest of this, looking for more gems like this. Awesome stuff, Raph! That post above with the video deserves a million likes!

That was actually nice to watch. Gilmour had a real bad game offensively there. Cutting some things down and I now understand why I felt so frustrated after the game. -I had one wonky goal vs Plabax 2 wonky goals -Me 3 "surefire goals", that resulted in missing the net and two of those resulted in counter offensive where Plabax scored vs 1 poor angle open net onetimer missed by Plabs -2 Posts vs none -Plabax run out of time in first period for a clear goal I did not like the way my AI handled the D either, was just rushing and no consistency on a low sitting D. On another time the score would've been very different and perhaps lead to a different result in the series as well. Next game was a blowout, I guess I just lost it mentally after this frustrating loss. Plabax GC & mental approach is top notch. And a good mental approach results in good opportunities. My "home crowd" theory does not apply here as it's clearly working against me in the latter part of the game, but the crowd theory in general still applies the misses dominantly happen in high 90+ db crowd for the other team. Thanks for doing this, was fun.

I took a stab at finally doing some video commentary on game 5. I decided on game 5 because the series was 2-2 at that point and I figured both players were engrossed in the series, and this would be as good as any game. There's no pre-planned thoughts or edits, it's just me watching and commenting on some things that I see that I thought might be helpful for the "closing the B player gap" thread. I hope it's somewhat useful for folks...it could also be a complete waste of 30 minutes, lol. But it was a fun first attempt. Thanks to Depch for posting the krecs. If anyone watches, let me know what you liked/didn't like, etc...so if I do this again I can tweak it. One thing worth noting -- this is specific to this game. Meaning, this is Plabax vs Depch in a Plablegs playff game, and it's one game. Both of these guys may play different vs. different opponents, with different teams, or even in this series (I didn't watch any other game). Adaptability is key with A-level players. Boxscore reference: http://nhl94online.com/html/pl_box_score.php?gameid=6996

Ultimately, at the end of the day, we can all agree on one thing no matter which version you play: NHL'94 is better than most things. Because, I mean, most things really aren't that good at all. But NHL'94? It's a very, very good thing.

It'll be at Bubba Ray's sports bar downtown. Tentative line up 2pm NES Ice hockey 4pm SEGA NHL'94 6:30pm SNES NHL'94. Prize money - $65,000,000.00