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Sorry if this is common knowledge. I tried searching but the only answers I could find were the same school yard theories from nearly 30 years ago. It seems a lot of people have their own strategy for breaking the glass, whether it's using Al Macinnis or letting one rip from the blue line. The truth is a whole lot simpler than that. I found an interview with NHL '93 programmer Jim Simmons from Inside EA Sports (Volume 2 Issue 1, 1993). In it they ask what's the secret to breaking the glass. "I've built a small sweet spot into the glass panel directly behind the right half of the goal - it's only three pixels wide by five pixels tall. That's about the size of the puck. You have to hit that sweet spot right on, extremely hard. Using a player that has a really hard slapshot helps, but luck is usually the strongest determining factor in getting it to shatter." I look up whatever videos are available of breaking the glass in NHL '93/94 and sure enough, it's always in the same spot. Shot speed is not a factor, but it helps increase your odds of firing a wild puck at the "sweet spot". The spot is roughly in between the feet of one of the fans. Anytime you hit it, the glass will break regardless.

I'm not an online player, the missus and I have foregone having kids, she is far from boring, I'm already skating, rapidly, towards forty and I've been playing '94, for around fifteen years. Only having found this community, less than, a week ago, I can safely say... I'm here for the long haul.

Thanks for the feedback! In general I saved red for "negative" things (such as losses), although it does show up in some other places, too. Red is a color that should be used with caution just because it causes a reaction in most people and can be distracting if there's too much of it. That said, the red-green combination isn't colorblind-friendly. I think I'll change it up going forward.

Not sure if any of youz listen to Spitin' Chiclets at all, but occasionally, they got a NHL '94 player on their show. If you haven't ever heard this story before, it's worth a few minutes of your time when you're bored. (This is from the first time Jeremy Roenick went on Spitin' Chiclets...not the second time which cost him his NBC job joking bout a 3 some) Prank story starts at 47 minute mark. The story confirmed by Torrey Mitchell below: https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/d8113031-c5fe-4d24-b19f-af05d3c5d0a5__7C___0.html

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