Hi,Can I get some sort of confirmation on what impacts skating speed?I have a teammate who is being outpaced to the puck even though he is 95/95 and in full sprint. So my questions are1: Does height/size impact this? The other player was substantially larger. 2: Does skating style? The other player had on some gimmicky skating style. Ideally it would be nice to hear from the developers.

From what I understand, the speed stat is just what your max potential speed is. Depending on the situation, agility and acceleration can be more impactful to your overall quickness. For example, say two players with the same speed but different agility levels are racing from center ice to the goal line and back. The player with higher agility is going to win the race due to being able to stop quicker before racing back. As another example, say two players with the same speed but different acceleration levels are racing from center ice to the goal line. The player with the higher acceleration will win because that player is able to reach his max speed quicker and is thus able to breakaway from the other player. Ping plays a factor as well, because a player with lower latency is going to have their data packets being sent back and forth between their router and the game server faster, meaning their inputs get processed by the game server before a player with higher ping. So, say two players are racing from center ice to the goal line and back. If both players press the necessary buttons to skate and turn back at the exact same time, the player with lower ping will win because that player's inputs are being processed faster by the game server.

@EA_Aljo I don't think they're talking about the carrier. I think they're looking at the trailer in white and the green player chasing them. Green actually seems to enter hustle first and they're going relatively the same speed until they cross the blue line where the player in white pulls away.Without knowing the builds of those two players it's hard to say what's going on. Assuming they're relatively the same, I'd guess it's simply a case of one player running low on energy first.

There's definitely something happening in the OP's clip.When the players enter the neutral zone, the separation between them is a couple of strides:It seems that the instant the white player crosses the blue line, the separation doublesOf course, this could just be a fatigue thing (green hustled their energy down to yellow/red/zero) but the timing of the separation (immediately after entering the O-Zone) would easily lead one to believe there's something else at work.

Apologies for the late response. I have confirmed that skating styles make no difference with speed. The videos that were posted are speculation and are not factual. Also, regardless of body size/weight, speed is the same. Meaning, 90 speed is the same regardless of size and weight.

A percieved speed boost could be because of a few reasons.1. In my experience, forwards are CONSTANTLY hustling. They treat every chance at getting the puck like they're about to score the OT Game 7 winner in the Cup Final. On the flip side, defenders almost never need to hustle unless we're chasing down a forward on a breakaway.2. Stickhandling and shielding the puck at all slows you down tremendously. If a forward started to deke around on a breakaway, he'd probably get caught by the defender at some point. 3. Up until a patch this year, I believe you skated faster without the puck. I could be incorrect, though.

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MarvnZindler
New Ace
2 years ago
A percieved speed boost could be because of a few reasons.
1. In my experience, forwards are CONSTANTLY hustling. They treat every chance at getting the puck like they're about to score the OT Game 7 winner in the Cup Final. On the flip side, defenders almost never need to hustle unless we're chasing down a forward on a breakaway.
2. Stickhandling and shielding the puck at all slows you down tremendously. If a forward started to deke around on a breakaway, he'd probably get caught by the defender at some point.
3. Up until a patch this year, I believe you skated faster without the puck. I could be incorrect, though.
MikeyAU630
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
@SummerOfDekes wrote:
A percieved speed boost could be because of a few reasons.
1. In my experience, forwards are CONSTANTLY hustling. They treat every chance at getting the puck like they're about to score the OT Game 7 winner in the Cup Final. On the flip side, defenders almost never need to hustle unless we're chasing down a forward on a breakaway.
2. Stickhandling and shielding the puck at all slows you down tremendously. If a forward started to deke around on a breakaway, he'd probably get caught by the defender at some point.
3. Up until a patch this year, I believe you skated faster without the puck. I could be incorrect, though.
4. Generally speaking, defenseman have higher endurance than forwards of comparable quality.
hiperay
New Ace
2 years ago
@NeonSkyline21 @SummerOfDekesNail on the head for 1 and 2. Lack of energy means your max speed stat takes a hit so a dman who is always in the green will likely catch up to a winger in yellow or red even. Also regarding 3. You will always skate faster without the puck. There is a 3% skater speed penalty when skating with puck. Wheels xfactor will halve or remove this penalty entirely.
tuckermaine1
Rising Veteran
2 years ago
I find that statement odd coming from you - after all it was you who said -“Game developers for EA NHL are former players on the staff- also you asked me if - “I could tie my own skates and tape my own blade?”
This and all else you say will live on as true wisdom in the gaming world ..

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