NHL 97 (Genesis)

NHL 97 is the sixth installment in the EA Sports NHL series for the Sega Genesis.

Unused Arena Names#

Like in NHL 96, NHL 97 also features the unused arena names. The majority of them are still the same, with the exceptions being relocated teams and the additions of the All Stars and secret teams.

Team	Arena
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim
Boston Bruins	Boston Garden
Buffalo Sabres	Memorial Auditorium
Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome
Chicago Blackhawks	United Center
Colorado Avalanche	Nichols Arena
Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena
Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Sports Arena
Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum
Florida Panthers	Miami Arena
Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center
Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum
Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum
New Jersey Devils	Byrne Meadowlands Arena
New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum
New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden
Ottawa Senators	Ottawa Civic Center
Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum
Phoenix Coyotes	America West Arena
Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena
San Jose Sharks	San Jose Arena
St. Louis Blues	Kiel Center
Tampa Bay Lightning	Thunderdome
Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens
Vancouver Canucks	General Motors Place
Washington Capitals	US Air Arena
EA Sports	EA Sports Arena
Renegades	Skate World
Team Canada	Unknown
Team USA	Unknown
Team Europe	Unknown
All Stars East	Fleet Center
All Stars West	Fleet Center

Unused and Early Developmental Text#

Starting at offset 0x91AF8, there is unused text relating to a non-existing team match-up screen.

Welcome to a sold out ^.  Tonight's National Hockey League game features the + *% and _ =#.

Right afterwards is information about an early build of NHL 96.

This is NHL96 Milestone 7.
Features first cut at season mode without awards and celebrations and missing some screens.

Directly after that is the rest of the old team match-up dialogue.

For { < is on a hot streak, but | is off his game. 
For } > is on a hot streak, but \ is off his game. 
The ^ crowd record is @ dB. 
Hit the start button to begin.  
Use the A and C buttons to cycle through matchups. 
Lately $ has been playing well. 
Lately $ has been playing extremely well.

Stored at x18B11 is text referencing a debug screen:

{}-select item
[]-make choice

debug screen

v · t · e The NHL series

EA Sports
Genesis	NHL Hockey • NHL Hockey '94 • NHL '95 • NHL '96 • NHL '97 • NHL '98
Sega CD	NHL Hockey '94
SNES	NHL '95 • NHL '96 • NHL '97 • NHL '98
Nintendo 64	NHL '99
Game Boy (Color)	NHL Hockey '95 • NHL '96 • NHL 2000
Wii	NHL Slapshot
PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows	NHL 2004
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	NHL '12

Other
Arcade	2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge
Genesis	NHL All-Star Hockey '95
SNES	NHL Stanley Cup
Nintendo 64	NHL Breakaway '98 • NHL Breakaway '99 • NHL Blades of Steel '99
Game Boy (Color)	NHL Blades of Steel • NHL Blades of Steel 2000
PlayStation	2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge • NHL Powerplay '96 • NHL FaceOff 98
PlayStation 2	NHL 2K8
Windows	NHL Powerplay '98