I was a huge fan of the EA NHL series for awhile, from 94 - 2004 i had played EA's hockey sim like a bad habit, in 2005 i picked up ESPN NHL2K5 for my PS2 since it was only 20$ and fell in love with the 2K series, which was a very short love.
fast forward to 2009 and NHL09 vs 2K9 (after reading, watching, and playing the demo's of each game, I realized that 2K was going in a direction I did not like, so i picked up NHL09 after a brief EA Sports hiatus, and I was not disappointed.
now with NHL10, they have improved on much of the game play, added board pinning, and turned an already outstanding game in NHL09 to and even better one in NHL10. Graphics got a little better, the crowed actually reacts to things (and there are women in there) tons of new player animations and tighter controls make this game a must pick up for any hockey fan. Even if you're now to into it, you should at least give it a try, EASports Vancouver did a fantastic job on this.
