very good

User Rating: 8.3 | ESPN NHL Hockey PS2
On the whole, ESPN NHL Hockey is easily the finest hockey game I’ve had the pleasure of playing in a long time. It does have its faults, to be sure, but given the leaps and bounds by which the franchise has improved in only four seasons, I have no doubt that those flaws are simply room for growth. Granted, ESPN NHL Hockey has an advantage in that it had a head start to store shelves, but EA’s NHL 2004 and Midway’s NHL Hitz Pro (which, as of this writing, are just being released) would have to do something incredible to drag me away from ESPN NHL Hockey. This game is all you would expect and more from a collaboration between ESPN and Sega, and is an absolute must-have for any serious hockey fan.