Yes Madden 09 hit the shelves yesterday, but NHL 08 won “Sports Game of the Year” last year and you should be fired up about the September 9th release of NHL 09. If early indications are correct, it may just win that award again. IGN just released the NHL 09 individual player ratings for all 30 NHL teams, check them out below.
NOTE: The first rating on each players chart is NOT overall player rating. Those have not been released yet.
Ranking Chart Abbreviations:
OAWR: Offensive Awareness
DEK: Deking
CHK: Checking
AGL: Agility
PAS: Passing
DIS: Discipline
TGH: Toughness
ACC: Acceleration
SS_ACC: Slap Shot Accuracy
SS_POW: Slap Shot Power
END: Endurance
WR_ACC: Wrist Shot Accuracy
WR_POW: Wrist Shot Power
PUCK: Puck Control
DAWR: Defensive Awareness
POIS: Poise
SHTBLK: Shot Blocking
DEFL: Deflections
SPD: Speed
FACEOF: Faceoffs
AGG: Aggression
BAL: Balance
DUR: Durability
–Goalies–
BRK: Breakaways
POK: Pokecheck
END: Endurance
VIS: Vision
SPD: Speed
AGL: Agility
POS: Positioning
RBND: Rebound Control
RECOV: Recovery
POIS: Poise
DUR: Durability
PAS: Passing
AGGR: Aggressiveness
PUCK: Puck Playing Frequency
5HOLE: Five Hole
GLVLOW: Glove Side Low
GLVHI: Glove Side High
STKLOW: Stick Side Low
STKHI: Stick Side High
yaaaa sweet game love be a pro mode go canucks and montreal awesome