NHL Slapshot

NHL Slapshot is EA Sports' first ice hockey video game on the Wii, released in 2010.^[1] It was the first game in the NHL series since NHL 2005 to receive an Everyone rating from the ESRB, mainly because the game does not include fighting.

NHL Slapshot
Developer(s)	EA Canada
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NHL series
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	NA: September 7, 2010[1] EU: September 16, 2010
Genre(s)	Sports (ice hockey)
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer

Game cover

Wayne Gretzky is the game's cover athlete. This marked the first time that the EA Sports NHL series featured a retired ice hockey player on the cover as well as Wayne Gretzky's first appearance on a cover of a video game since Gretzky NHL 2006.^[1]

Hockey stick peripheral

The hockey stick peripheral for NHL Slapshot

A miniature hockey stick peripheral was released with the game, allowing (but not requiring) the player to insert the Wii Remote and its Nunchuk attachment and simulate playing with a real hockey stick.^[1][2]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	76/100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
1Up.com	B[4]
G4	[5]
Game Informer	7/10[6]
GameSpot	8/10[7]
GamesRadar+	[8]
GameTrailers	6.9/10[9]
GameZone	6.5/10[10]
IGN	8/10[11]
Nintendo Power	6/10[12]
Nintendo World Report	8/10[13]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3]

See also

• NHL 11, another ice hockey video game by EA Sports, released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
• NHL 2K11, another ice hockey video game, by 2K Sports for the Wii and iOS