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- Prelude - Here are some interesting stats plucked from the Genesis ROM. Feel free to add your own below. As they come in, I will add to this post and credit you. Contributors so far: Smoz, Chaos, and Kingraph. NOTE 1: In case you have not reached Grand Wizard Nerd Status (GWNS) yet, the attributes are from 0-6, not 0-99 as they appear in the game. For an explanation of the logic behind this, and your first step towards full on GWNS, see Kingraph's writeup here: http://nhl94strategy.com/?page_id=26 NOTE 2: Atomic Raven created a nifty tool to compare player stats. Very handy for drafting squads. See: https://nhl94rocks.com/comparePlayer.php - ROM Stats & Oddities - 0 Stickhandling ("Mr. Goose-egg") Only one person has this lowly designation. Defensemen Greg Smyth of Calgary is record holder for lowest Stickhandling in the entire ROM. Congrats, Greg. (I have never heard of the dude, to be honest.) The poor guy is rated the lowest in the game at 30 overall. He has zeroes in many attributes, actually: Name Team Weight Chk ShP ShA Spd Agl Stk Pass OffA DefA Greg Smyth CGY 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rumor has it Greg Smyth never saw the ice at all, and was only on the squad to begin with because of Flame's Coach Dave King losing a bar room bet to Pat Quinn over some obscure and long forgotten topic. 6 Shot Power Many know this: Only one forward has 6 shot power. Of course, it is Brett Hull of The Saints of Louis town. A few defenseman have mega shots, but only one forward. 5 Shot Power This is a rare stat, for forwards and defensemen. In total: 9 forwards have SP of 5 or better, and 10 defensemen have SP of 5 or better. There are some quirks associated with it, too. There are three forwards sporting a 5/5 shot power/shot accuracy (JR is one, naturally), five with 5/3, yet none with 5/6 or even 5/4. Strange, no? The infuriating Mike Modano gets a special mention, with his 5 shot power blast paired with a lowly 2 accuracy: this 5/2 is unique among forwards. Seeing Eye Shooters It is common to have a hard shot that is not accurate, especially for defensemen. A couple forwards have the reverse: soft shots, that are still insanely accurate. Michel Goulet (CHI) and Petr Nedved (VAN) have 2/5 and 2/6 Shot Power/Shot Accuracies respectively. For me it conjures up the Bugs Bunny "slow ball". I imagine goalies whiffing multiple times at a soft lob of Nedved's that inevitably, and super frustratingly, finds the twine. See: Bugs Bunny Slow Ball 6 Checking Only one person has the top spot of 6 checking: Ray Bourque (BOS). He is also the only D-man that has a real blast that is still accurate: 5/5 shot power/shot accuracy. Bottom line: the dude is special! Fun Fact: Ray Bourque was a stunt double for actor, Dan Lauria, the dad from the hit TV Show "The Wonder Years" which ran from 1988-1993. 3 Weight Only two (non-goalie) flyweights in the game at 3 weight: Theo Fleury (CGY) and Andrei Kovalenko (QUE). Zero defensemen are this light. For goalies, there are some dudes even lighter, but only Daniel Berthiaume (OTW) comes in at an almost gravity defying 1! Same Stat Across board Besides weight, Kirk Muller (MLT), Stephen Heinze (BOS), and Randy McKay (NJ) are all 4s, 3s, and 2s, across the board, stats-wise. Name Team Weight Chk ShP ShA Spd Agl Stk Pass OffA DefA Kirk Muller MTL 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Stephen Heinze BOS 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Randy McKay NJ 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Area 51 Only one speedster is cursed with 1 agility: Randy Wood (BUF) has 5 speed and 1 agility. If he makes a slight turn at top speed this hotrod collapses to the ice like a was hit by a sniper. Club 66: The Dirk Danglers There are three Dangle Wizards, with 6 agility and 6 stickhandling: Gretz (LA), Paul Coffee (DET), Phil Housley (WPG). On reflection it seems odd that 2 of the 3 are D-men? Club 66: The Anti-Randy Woodster There is only one dude with a 6 speed and 6 agility in the whole ROM: Alexander Mogilny (BUF)! Rumour has it, even though he played on the same team as Randy Wood, there was a direct order to never share the ice at the same time. If the two came into physical contact with one another there would be an explosion equivalent to 100 Hiroshima bombs! (I checked on youtube, and even on the bench the two can always be seen at opposite ends, like bookends.) Short Names & Accidental Misspellings A few dudes have names too long for the system, and got shortened. Looks like there was a 10 character max for last names. (Not sure about first name limit, as there aren't many to compare.) At least a couple dudes have a name accidentally mispelled. Shorty List * Vladimir Konstantinov (DET) - Konstantov Glen Featherstone (BOS) - Feathrston John Vanbiesbrouck (NYR) - Vanbiesbrk Mark Fitzpatrick (FLA) - Fitzpatrik Frank Pietrangelo (HFD) - Pietrngelo Rene Chapdelaine (LA) - Chapdlaine Scott Niedermayer (NJ) - Niedrmayer Alexander Semak (NJ) - Alexandr Peter Sidorkiewicz (OTW) - Sidorkwicz Peter Taglianetti (PIT) - Taglianeti Mike Krushelnyski (TOR) - Krushelski Nikolai Borschevsky (TOR) - Borshevsky Ken Baumgartner (TOR) - Baumgartnr Steve Konowalchuk (WSH) - Konowlchuk Alexander Mogilny (BUF) - Alexnder Misspelled List Dmitri Yushkevich (PHI) - Dimitri Yushkevich (the ROM added an "i" to first name) Grigori Panteleev (BOS) - Gregori Pantaleyev (Wrong first and last names) ** * This list was originally based on Kingraph's thread here: https://forum.nhl94.com/index.php?/topic/17201-nhl94-twitter-accounts/&tab=comments#comment-171092 ** Grigori Panteleev is the only name uncovered that is misspelled twice: his first and last names are wrong in the ROM. Note, after some online sleuthing, it was determined that the last name was a genuine ROM error, where as his first name was first changed from "Gregori" to "Grigori" on his New Jersey state driver's license in 1998, after the ROM was made, likely to more closely mimic the true Russian transliteration. Doppelgangers There are some players with exact same attributes, or very close to the exact same, but different names/teams... Reichel and Sanderson First, there is Robert Reichel (CGY) and Geoff Sanderson (HFD). The same dude, but with different passing stat. We'll call that a Grade 1 Doppelganger. (Only 1 stat being off by one point is "1 degree of separation" making it "Grade 1".) They are both forwards and both shoot Left, too. Name Team Weight Chk ShP ShA Spd Agl Stk Pass OffA DefA Robert Reichel CGY 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Geoff Sanderson CGY 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 Ellet and Manson Dave Ellet and Dave Manson are Grade 2 Doppelgangers (Passing and Defensive Awareness both off by 1, totaling 2 degrees of separation) but even share the same first name, handedness, and play D. Name Team Weight Chk ShP ShA Spd Agl Stk Pass OffA DefA Dave Ellet CGY 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 Dave Manson CGY 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Muller and Linden Kirk Muller and Trevor Linden are almost identical. They just shoot different (Muller left, Linden Right) and Muller has slightly higher checking. So Grade 2 Doppelgangers. Name Team Weight Chk ShP ShA Spd Agl Stk Pass OffA DefA Kirk Muller MTL 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Trevor Linden VAN 9 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I am still looking for the perfect Doppelganger "Unicorn": exact same stats, including handedness and position, across the board. I know it is out there. In my dreams there is the "Golden Unicorn". Same stats across the board, same position, handedness, and even number! (This is a legend, like Bigfoot. And I do not think it exists. But I am using some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, crunching numbers 24/7, looking over the ROM to see if a Golden Unicorn is fact or fantasy.) ...To be continued...

5 Speed, 1 Agility The one and only NHL94 hotrod, Randy Wood