The ULTIMATE Guide to DEFENSE in NHL 19 (Tips and Tricks)
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2018
- Find out the best tips and tricks to playing defense in this NHL 19 video! You will learn the different tools that you can utilize to playing defense, the best times to use them, and how to defend the different areas of the ice. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments and I'd be happy to answer them!
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Played my first game ever and got so so many penalties
I'm guessing that most of the penalties were from poke checks. Poke checks are just a defensive tool you have to get used to over time. It's very sensitive, because you have to do them at the right time from the right distance. For beginner players I would recommend the defensive skill stick instead by holding down the poke check button. That way, you can control how you move your stick with the right stick and can let go before you touch the opposing player's skates.
Great video! I couldn't figure out how to do the hip check so thanks for that it really helped a lot. Keep up the good work dude.
Dear defenders: Crouch blocking in the slot to stop a 2-on-1 or a cross-crease is NOT playing defense. You take yourself completely out of the play and good players pass it right around you for an easy tap-in. Stay on your damn skates and cover the pass receiver. Stick lift him, bump him, or deflect/intercept the pass. Just be ON HIM, not bending over like a moron as they blow by you for the goal. Signed, a goalie who has played way too many drop-ins.
My favorite is the Dman who wants to sit in front of you holding L1 thinking he is helping you... I'm like, bruh... we dont need 2 goalies go play defence
I understand this is an older comment and I doubt you will even acknowledge this notification if you receive it but as a defenseman who plays somewhat competitively (LG) I do not agree with the blanket statement of “stay on your skates”. If you mainly play drop ins or 3v3 I can easily see how you came to this conclusion as the pass block and dive/block or flat on the ice block, (we’ll just call it the flat block) are often used incorrectly. By incorrectly I mean they are held for too long. In my experience the average player uses the blocks in the correct situation but they hold the action for too long. Not to toot my own horn as that’s not the point of this comment but I would consider myself an above average defenseman in LG and what I think is better than telling defenseman to stay on their skates it to let them know when exactly to time these maneuvers. Defense is fairly simple and a good defenseman should be able to read a 2-on-1 fairly easily if you have put in the hours and seen enough of them. A great defenseman will stay in the passing lane of a 2-on-1 for as long as possible and then go down into the flat block when the only option left for the offensive team is to either take a relatively sharp angle shot, a very limited short side deke, or force a back door pass. I have timed many successful pass blocks over the years and it is hard for me to say a defenseman should never leave his skates. If you have a goalie you can trust and you know he is going to trust you to cover the pass, then by all means go down to block the pass. After all, EA really screwed defensemen this year and didn’t give them a strength to countering pass plays. The tie up animations in front of the net very rarely stick and when they do it often results in a high stick or interference penalty for the defenseman.
@@tylerray3075 If you take away the passing opportunity, a good goalie will stop the shooter the vast majority of the time. You may be able to do it by dive-blocking, but the vast majority of D men, including in LG, can't. Good players either just skate an extra step and pass around it, or I've even seen them sauce it right over the prone D man.
I'm not saying either move cannot be useful when applied at the correct time. However, if I had a dollar for every goal scored against me where my D man was couching blocking in the slot while the attackers just laughed, I'd have retired by now. In most situations, I believe it's far more useful to stay on your skates.
Wade Williams you're apart of the plague of why this game isn't competitive as 2009-2013. You could play a drop in and play a real like simulation style. Goalies would love when D men used all their resources. You're just the kind of goalie who blames defense 9/10 for not playing 110% shutdown D. Dumbass
To the other guy, I agree to a certain extent to what you said here. The issue is that they have taken out the normal blocking engine since the cross over to the new systems. Laying flat will lead you to laying in a opposite direction 90% of the time. There's no doing it right or wrong. Unless you're skating back chasing the play which at that point won't help but you need to be at a 12 o'clock commitment of some right. That won't help against the cross crease which sucks. They have screwed us D man over in this game. The crouch block is only useful when they are behind your own net. In other words it activates that new motion where you can use your stick to cut off the lane if you're swift enough with that tool ( I am). Those timely blocks that you remember from the PS3/Xbox360 days are over. It's already been debunked on the actual EA NHL forum with tons of evidence of past footage. Have you ever noticed well timed blocks now turn into automatic goals? Your best bet if you like blocking high slot or point shots in 6v6 is to stand right in the way without doing anything. The animation of your dude getting blasted with a puck will appear instead but it works. Try it out in versus mode when you face a good opponent who likes to setup in the OZ.
I still don't agree with the original comment. But not because it's a bad tactic. CPU or human goalie, it doesn't matter. If you're defending a 2v1 than make it a mini breakaway. If your goalie is good than they'll understand right away why you're taking away that passing lane. It doesn't matter if it's your quadrant or not, cover the open man. From there try to play chicken and see if the puck carrier cuts into the middle to low slot. Be ready for either the poke check or to make a big hit. Again they fucked over the D. The shuffle won't work so your guy cutting off a angle will be a challenge.
As for Stick tie ups. I use to think they were useless but now I actually abuse that. You should flick the hitting button lightly (Right analog stick) if someone is setup in anywhere in between the circles (low slot) Once you get a feel for it you won't be taking any penalties. Those flicks will push the other guy out of position. Also use the stick tie up. Just know that you can't use it if you're behind your man or else it will end up as a high stick penalty.
I'm really pissed that they got rid of another important block. Remember that animation where a guy would put his skates together and skate towards the puck carrier? It use to involve pressing R1 and L1 before when the laying down was just one button. It was made for mainly forwards to block the point shots. It took 100% skill but it was effective for the D men as well. This game could be so much more than it is now.
How do you acheived the be a pro ficus pony guard the net(be a pro defense)??
Thanks for doing this! It's really helped my game. Since the update it's been really hard for me to score and now I can stop their scoring much better
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Great Video. Holding the poke check button took a few games to get use to but its so clutch now.
Didn't know about the shove, hip checks or board pins, so thank you!
Great video!
My specialty is defense. I don’t wave the defensive stick. I use it to direct the luck carrier where I want him. So if he’s coming down the boards I’ll ride him all the way down with my stick in position.
The top offensive players will draw a penalty.
If I’m covering the luck carrier and we are even. I start my stick away from him and sweep around the front of him and it’s a very successful tactic.
Step 1 skate backwards and smash the poke check button as many times as possible. If that doesn't work go to step 2 and smash the stick lift button if that doesn't work take control of the goalie and dive for the legs.
My friend always does this and ends up accidentally pressing x then changing the defense formations XD
I didn't know how to hip check before this. Now I do!
Your videos are amazing. I'm a 42 year old teacher who hasn't played NHL since 2005. Holy catch-up! On D I have such a hard time closing the gaps when someone comes in on the boards. They either wait me out, cut to the middle ...or wait for me to skate by. Help!
Hey there! Thanks for watching my videos and supporting me. The boards are definitely tricky to deal with, the best way to play defense against that would be to defend the middle and hope that they stick to the boards, when they do, you hold Y or Triangle to pin them to the boards and give them little hope in doing anything else.
I see Brianstormed video, I like it instantly. Simple as that
Just downloaded NHL19 after watching enforcer on Netflix, problem is I'm English and have never played before so thank you for this video let's see if I can put it too good use lol
Jonathan Sayers mate, I did the same thing 😂 I used to play NHL 99 on the PS2!
Could u do a video on zone entry in NHL19, and how to set up in the offensive zone?
Working on it!
@@Brianstormed thanks. Your giving me hope to stick with this game
20:37 that green player is like me after 3 beers xD
Lmao, glad I kept that in there 😏
How do you change players manually instead of just R2? Do you find it greatly helps your defence to switch to the player closest to the player who's about to get the puck?
Hold R2 and with your right stick point in the direction of the player you want to change to
Do you have any videos on how to protect the puck better?
I'd say try this video from NHL 18: czcams.com/video/9eqohHTtADY/video.html
I know this video is for defense, but I'm having trouble entering my opponent's zone if they play good defense. If they don't come towards me and just stay with me by skating backwards, it feels like I have no options. Somehow my teammates are all covered and I can't get an entry with the puck carrier. I've tried dumping the puck, but haven't had much success as my opponent can usually get there first. Meanwhile, if I try to defend a rush, I'll be right in front of my opponent and he just skates right through me. I've tried using the skill stick as well as adjusting my strategies to have my players come to my end immediately after my opponent gains possession, but it just doesn't seem to work.
TL;DR: What are good ways to enter the zone, and do you have any extra tips for defending my opponent entering my zone? I was thinking of recording one of my games if that helps.
Don't think in a linear way. Lots of lateral movement and passes before you even get to the blue line will help. Also, north to south passes early in the rush will open up more options as well. Ex: skate to red line, pass back to a defensemen at your blue line, now you have 3 forwards skating up to their blue line with some momentum. One of those 3 forwards will be your best option. Plus this way after zone entry you have options to burn the side, or if you're cut off you'll often have the player cutting to the middle to drop pass/pass back to or the defender entering the zone to go straight back to. If your opponent is blocking those options and you can't burn em on the side then there's a good chance the far side winger will be open for a pass hard around the opponents net.
Sorry, I might not have elaborated enough on my issues. Whenever I try to pass back to a defenseman or forward who's behind my puck carrier, it just seems like my opponent has all my options covered. I suppose that means I should have an easier time breaking in straight into the zone, but it just doesn't seem to work for me. I'll keep trying different methods and your idea of wrapping it around my opponent's boards. Thanks for the advice!
Definitely look into recording gameplay if you want specific feedback. Kapxis gave great tips on entering the zone quickly and slowly. There is a third option available to you and that's passing it across from one side of the blue line to a forward with momentum entering the zone on the other. The way that I tend to enter the zone is go toward the side where there is less people, and the side where the opposing player is not in control of a skater. Then when you are across the blue line you can go forward and pass back, go forward if there is no resistance, go forward then back and then pass forward, or pass back across as you enter. My next video will cover zone entry but I hope this has helped!
Those sound like good ideas, I'll definitely try them out. I've already had much more success as my last game was a much closer one.
Bstorm we need a update buddy specifically how to defend backskating 1 on 1. You can't poke and in the beta you can't hit so what's my options besides just staying in front of them and letting them back me down like they are Shaq on ice?
What camera angle are you using please?
Zone
Poke check now can trip players that don’t have the puck. It’s almost a pointless play to poke now. I only use it to intercept passes when on a player driving to the net.
Heyy storm...I accidentally quick sold my expired Vincent Trocheck. Is there anything I can do or I'm I just S.O.L....Thanks
Unfortunately there isn't anything you can do, you might be able to just get away with making the lower Gatorade cards and sell them, and then buy the trocheck if you wanted him
I pulled Jari Kurri in the trade in sets twice 😂
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When are we going to get a NHL game where you defend like real hockey?
do people stiil play this game after the "tuners"?
Yes they do, haha
Umm, you can get called for charging in eashl
In 3s or 6s? My center runs a big build and always barrels into people full speed without getting a charging penalty in 3s.
Can confirm for 6s, not sure about 3s though.
6s for sure but I think they tuned it way down, not called nearly as often as 18
Hmm, I thought 6s would've had the same rules as 3's but I guess I was wrong, my mistake!
Brianstormed I think they give you a bit more leeway in 3s bc every penalty is a ps but idk just speculating
tip 1 switch to center
tip 2 sit in between hash marks
tip 3 put your controller down until you get the puck
Well I don't teach that around here.
if you want to win at this game, listen to connor
This will only work against average opponents. If you play anyone good and do this non actively you'll get picked apart.
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Hey brianstomed. Pm me I came up with some stats that are friggin nasty. Think u will love em
Strats? You'd have to PM first since I wouldn't know where to find you 😂
Hold the poke button
Defensive skill stick!
This vid before 1k to 1M. SMH
That was one of my most recent videos lol
How do I block a god dam shot
Ppl have to practice to play but ppl who actually play hockey just know how to play all EA hockey sports
Terve tultiin välillä tännekkin..
yes
Pk not good at defense btw
Playing NHL 19 is like trying to find the excitement you got from your first time drinking. Your just chasing. Piece of shit game.