Gretzky NHL 06

Gretzky NHL 06 is a 2005 ice hockey video game developed by Page 44 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The last NHL game to be published by Sony and the first to not involve 989 Sports, it is the sequel to Gretzky NHL 2005. It features professional NHL player Wayne Gretzky. It was Mike Emrick and Darren Pang provide color commentary for the game. It features officially licensed NHL on NBC branding during gameplay. The NBC integration was later used in the EA Sports NHL series, beginning with NHL 15 in 2014. The PS2 version features Wayne Gretzky on the cover in an Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers uniform, as well as himself as a coach.

Gretzky NHL 06
Developer(s)	Page 44 Studios
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: September 20, 2005 PlayStation Portable NA: October 4, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS2	PSP
Metacritic	62/100[1]	65/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS2	PSP
Game Informer	7/10[3]	N/A
GameSpot	6.5/10[4]	6.3/10[5]
GameSpy	[6]	[7]
GameZone	8/10[8]	7.2/10[9]
IGN	6.8/10[10]	7/10[11]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[12]	[13]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	5/10[14]	6.5/10[15]
X-Play	[16]	[17]

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2][1]