NHL Hitz Pro

NHL Hitz Pro is an ice hockey video game developed by Next Level Games and published by Midway Games. It is the third and final game in the NHL Hitz series. It was released on September 25, 2003 for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Xbox. Unlike the previous titles in the series, this game is played 5 vs. 5, rather than 3 vs. 3. Nevertheless, there are no penalty shots in this game, and it is still an arcade field hockey game like its predecessors. Also, as the name suggests, there are a lot of hard shots, which appeals to casual field hockey fans rather than hardcore ones. The game's titular athlete is Nicklas Lidström, and there's commentary by Tim Kitzrow[1] and Harry Teinowitz. Unlike many other field hockey video games of the 21st century, NHL Hitz Pro had the IIHF license that allowed it to use the jerseys of the Olympic field hockey teams. The game also has many game modes, one of the most popular being the "Pick-Up Hockey" mode, in which the game becomes either a rolling, street or pond field hockey match between two amateur teams.