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NHL 07 for PlayStation 2
NHL 07 for PlayStation 2 revolves around finding space on the ice and moving the puck at the right moment. The right analog stick sends a pass in the chosen direction; combining that motion with pressing the stick produces a lifted pass. Shooting remains assigned to buttons. Player roles help you build attacks: a finisher needs a different position from a playmaker or a defensively minded player.
Dynasty lets you manage an NHL side or a European Elite league team for up to ten seasons. You combine games with trades, contracts, scouting and line arrangements. The salary cap forces choices, while player morale and the owner's trust shape your club's story. Moving a player to the minor league team can free room in the budget. You therefore follow not just the score, but also its consequences for your squad.
For shorter sessions there are exhibition games, a World Tournament, Free 4 All with one goal and a shootout challenge. Seasons can also be played with European teams. Locally, NHL 07 supports up to eight simultaneous participants, each with a separate controller. More than two players require PS2 Multitaps; eight require two. Two players can get started with two controllers and no expansion. On a shared team, it is especially important to agree who applies pressure and who covers the passing lane or the space at the back.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
NHL 07 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of NHL 07
NHL 07 arrived on the European PlayStation 2 in 2006. Electronic Arts assigned the PS2 branch to EA Montreal, while the series also made a separate move onto Xbox 360 that year. On PS2 the game remained connected to the established match and Dynasty structure. That produced a different development path from the new console edition. Buttons for shooting and a right stick for directed passes give this instalment its own recognisable place within that PS2 line.
European leagues gained a larger role in the longer campaigns. Season and Dynasty could now be built around those teams, rather than using them only in individual games. The Swedish, Finnish, German and Czech leagues brought a different collection of clubs alongside the NHL. That changed the choice at the start of a campaign: club development no longer had to be experienced solely from a North American perspective. Trades, scouting and line composition continued to support the decisions between games.
The PS2 edition linked different forms of progress. You could guide an entire team through a season, follow players over a longer period or choose a short challenge instead. Saved Season and Dynasty progress could also be exchanged with the corresponding PSP release. EA was thus seeking a connection between playing at home and on the move, without the two devices having identical controls. NHL 07 captures a moment when existing consoles, portable play and new hardware were all present within the same annual sports series.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
NHL 06 for PS2 shares direct matches and Dynasty's ten seasons with NHL 07. The right stick has another task there: performing special shots, while NHL 07 uses it mainly for directed passes. European Elite leagues also have a clearer place in the later Dynasty. You therefore recognise the club campaign, but both your team choices and the way you move an attack towards a free player change.
NHL 2003 for PS2 also combines hockey matches with a longer club career. Dynamic Deke and the GameBreaker meter put a distinctive emphasis on individual moves and a temporary slowing of play. NHL 07 instead uses the right stick to distribute the puck precisely and also lets European teams begin a Dynasty. Both give you influence beyond the ordinary pass and shoot buttons, but apply it to different moments within a game and a campaign.
NHL 2001 for PS2 already offers several ways to play hockey through seasons, playoffs, tournaments and shootouts. NHL 07 develops that general idea with Dynasty, scouting, player morale and the owner's trust. Directed passing with the right stick also gives the controls a different emphasis. Both alternate short matches and longer competitions; the later instalment mainly gives greater coherence to the decisions surrounding a club.
ESPN NHL 2K5 for PS2, like NHL 07, lets you play matches and build an organisation. The 2K game emphasises areas including worldwide scouting and minor league coaching, alongside physical contests through Intense Contact Control. NHL 07 links its own Dynasty to salary room, player morale and the owner's trust. Both therefore look beyond the next goal, but use different management systems and control emphases to convey that longer club development.
NHL 2K9 for PS2 shares full hockey matches and a Franchise campaign with NHL 07. The 2K edition lets you choose between a button layout and a layout using shoulder buttons for the main actions. NHL 07 gives the right stick a prominent role in passing and offers European teams within Dynasty. The choice is therefore about more than squads from another year: it also concerns how you control team play and begin a club campaign.
