NHL 2K6 Walkthrough

NHL 2K6 is a very quick and easy way to earn 1000 Gamerscore in under 30 minutes, if you know what you’re doing. Follow the easy tips found in this guide, and you’ll be skating your way towards another 100% game in no time. Please note that this game is easiest to complete with 4 controllers, and therefore this guide will be written with that assumption in mind. The main features of this guide will require you to do the following:

1. Adjust game rules and statistic sliders to favor your team heavily. This allows you to complete all the achievements in one game. You will also have to set the difficulty to All-Star, the second Highest, to be eligible for all of the achievements. Check the Story Walkthrough section of this guide for a full description on which sliders to change, and which to leave alone.
2. Use and understand very basic controls involved with this game. These are: passing, shooting, and fouling. They are described in the General Hints and Tips section of this walkthrough, but I put reminders in during the Story Walkthrough as well.
3. Follow the instructions found in this guide to score several goals in different situations to unlock all 5 achievements. The different situations are: scoring in the first minute, scoring with a defender, scoring while two men down, scoring on a penalty shot, and scoring on a breakaway.
4. Have fun and enjoy your easy 1000 Gamerscore!

The main thing that makes this game so simple is the game sliders that allow you to adjust the stats of both human controlled players, and CPU players, to your advantage. As soon as you enter the game, go into the options menu and adjust your game sliders to your heart's content. I will go over the sliders I suggest changing, as well as the rules and game settings in the Story Walkthrough section of this guide.

Now to really help you get these achievements as quickly as possible, 4 controllers are recommended. Here is a basic overview of how to perform the actions required of you to earn the achievements in NHL 2K6:

OFFENSE:

• Left Stick: Move Player/Aim Pass
• A: Pass
• X: Shoot
• RT: Speed Burst

DEFENSE:

• Left Stick: Move Player
• Right Stick: Intense Contact (This is how you get players sent to the penalty box)
• A: Change Player

These are basically all of the controls you will need to use in the game. There are obviously many other abilities associated with this game, but we will only be using these basics. If you own it, read your instruction manual to learn fancier moves such as dekes. This may make scoring some of the necessary goals a bit easier for you.

Upon loading the game and choosing your preferred team, go into the options menu then select setup. When we're in this menu we will be changing quite a few things. So to keep track I have made a list below that you can follow.

RULES:

• Change the skill level to All-Star. This is the second highest difficulty, but it will make you eligible for all 5 achievements in the game.
• Change the period length to 20 minutes. Achievements in this game pop as soon as they are earned, so you can quit out if you earn all of the achievements early.
• Turn off Offside to avoid unnecessary face-offs and stoppages
• Make sure you leave the icing rule turned on. I used this for my technique on earning the Breakaway goal achievement.

PENALTIES:

• Turn all of the penalties settings to their maximum. Make sure you scroll down because there is a slider to increase penalty-shot likelihood, which will help immensely.

GAMEPLAY - HUMAN

• Turn all of the sliders to the maximum except for the following five: Goalie skill, fatigue effect, goalie anticipation, goalie cover depth, and goalie saves. Change those five sliders down to the minimum.

GAMEPLAY - CPU

• You can turn all of these down to 0. If you wish, you can make fatigue effect 100, but it really shouldn't make a difference.

Once all of the sliders are done, let’s get to playing. Start up any type of game, just a quick game will do. Choose a team to beat up on, whether it be an NHL team, or an International team. Just make sure this team has low stats. Countries such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, or Latvia will do nicely. Pick a stacked team such as Canada, or one of the All-Star teams for yourself. Place Player 1 on the stacked team, and the other three controllers on the other.

As soon as the puck drops hit A and move your stick to the left, right, or backwards to win the face-off. When you gain possession make sure you pass the puck to a defenseman. Pause the game with your second controller, go into team strategy, and pull your goalie using the option at the bottom of this menu. Now un-pause and pick up your main controller again. Skate in with your defender, get clear of any blockers, and shoot with X. If it goes in you’ll pop:

Score in Under 1:00 (All-Star)

Score a goal in the first minute of play on All-Star difficulty or higher.

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Score goal with defenseman (Pro)

Score a goal with a defenseman on Pro difficulty or higher.

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If somehow this didn't happen within the first minute of the match (as unthinkable as that might seem), you can pause the game, select exit, and replay, instead of waiting until the end of this game to earn the score within 1 minute achievement.

Now with your main controller start using the right stick to attack the other team and get penalties. You want to get two players sent to the penalty box at the same time. If you’re unsure, check the score box and it should say “2-Man Advantage”. Once this happens, pause the game with your second controller and pull the goalie again. Now get a hold of the puck with your first controller and pop it in the empty net. You will unlock:

Score goal when 2 men down (Pro)

Score a goal when 2 men down on Pro difficulty or higher.

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All credit for the following solution goes to TAREKEGYPT & his solution on this site.

Let’s move on to possibly the toughest achievement in this game. The penalty shot. I'm going to break this into simple steps to make this as easy to follow as possible. Keep in mind that this is the achievement where you will use your four controllers, so the following solution is directed as though you have them.

1. Pick up one of the controllers set to the opposing team. Begin hitting the players on your stacked team illegally by using the Right Stick. You need to get two men sent to the penalty box, remember to check the score box to ensure it says "two man advantage".
2. Once you have two players in the penalty box, move all three players (which are all human controlled) into your end of the rink. That means there will be 3 human controlled players near your stacked teams goalie.
3. Grab controller 1 again and get control of the puck. Skate forward until you are in the other team's zone, near the goalie you have been scoring on all game. Your setup should look like this:
   
4. Still in control of the player on the stacked team with the puck near the opponents net, press and hold the X button (shoot). Do not let go of the button!
5. Pick up any of the three controllers on the other team once again and bring him towards the player with the puck (you should still be pressing X on controller 1). When you reach him, use the Right Stick to foul him and hopefully draw a penalty. Since we've turned up all the penalty sliders you should get one right away. If you don't, simply skate around and come back at the player with the puck and try again.
6. Once the referee awards the penalty shot, all you have to do is score. This is why we lowered all of the Human goalie stats to 0. I personally missed on two attempts before scoring. It just takes a little practice and technique, so don’t get discouraged. Once you pop one in, you’ll unlock:

Score on penalty shot (All-Star)

Score a penalty shot on All-Star difficulty or higher.

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Now we only have one achievement remaining, to score on a breakaway. I tried this a couple different ways, including using a 2-man advantage with 4 controllers, and I just couldn’t seem to get it to pop. If you’re anything like me, try this technique and you should be able to grab it in no time. Once again, here are the steps to earn this achievement in the easiest way I could find:

1. Take all 3 controllers off of the opposing team; you should only have one controller set to your stacked team remaining in the game. My rationale for playing against the computer here is that we've lowered ALL of their stats (including speed, etc.) so we will be able to move much much faster than they can.
2. Now you want to get control of the puck and commit icing. Icing is when you dump the puck in behind the opponents net from beyond the halfway line (your team's half of the rink). Use the A (passing) button to dump the puck in. Any shot you take will go right at the opponent's goal. A player from the other team must touch the puck first, so pull back any of your CPU players that fly in to touch it.
3. Because of icing, a face-off will come back into your end of the rink. This means that all of the opponent's players are in your half of the ice. Win this faceoff (using the A button) and blast up the ice with whichever player got control of the puck. Use RT to give that player a speed burst and you should be on a breakaway before you even cross the halfway line.
4. Now simply score the goal, just like you did in the penalty shot achievement. It can take a few tries so don't get discouraged. You can pause the game, bring back one controller on the other team, and pull the goalie if you wish, but it should be just as easy (and maybe more satisfying?) to put one in past the goalie. For scoring the goal you will unlock:

Score on a breakaway (Amateur)

Score a goal on a breakaway on Amateur difficulty or higher.

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There you have it folks, an easy 1000 Gamerscore and another 100% game.