NHL Hockey 94 (Genesis)

NHL 94 is the third installment in the EA Sports NHL series.

Exception Handler#

If the game ever crashes, it'll display an exception handler at the top of the screen.

Leftover NHLPA 93 Graphics#

The Pro Set Trading Cards logo is partially stored within the pause menu graphics. Some of the tiles; however, were overwritten.

Revisional Changes#

The game was later re-released as a bonus feature in the PlayStation 2 version of NHL 06. Due to legal issues, a few changes had to be made:

Developer Logos#

Original	NHL 06
	N/A

The High Score Productions/Mark Lesser screen was removed.

Title Screen#

Original	NHL 06

"Licensed by Sega Enterprises Ltd." was removed, and the text does not scroll down to reveal the credits.

Hartford Whalers#

Original	NHL 06

As the NHL didn't have the rights to use their name and logo at the time NHL 06 was released, the Hartford Whalers are instead called the Hartford Canes (a nod to their post-1997 relocation as the Carolina Hurricanes) with a fictional logo based on the Hurricanes' to match (they do keep the Whalers' colors, however).

Tonight's Matchup#

Original	NHL 06

Hi, I'm Ron Barr for EA 
Sports.

Welcome to a sold out
(arena). Tonight's
National Hockey League game features the (visiting team)
and (home team).

Welcome to (home team's city).

Tonight's National Hockey League game features the (visiting team)
and (home team).

Ron Barr was removed, the text box was moved up, and the text itself was changed.

Players#

Original	NHL 06

All players were replaced with generic ones, and all player pictures were replaced with silhouettes.

Unused Text#

Arena Names#

The data for each team includes the name of their arena. Because of the changes to the matchup screen text (as noted above), all arena names are never seen. Oddly, quite a few of them were changed despite this. Those are denoted in the table below:

Player Names#

While all of the players in the game were replaced with generic ones (as noted above), the names for up to 2 players from the original version remain in each team's data. These players are always the last one(s) listed and are always defensemen (the names of players marked with a * are partially cut off):

Team Data Oddities#

• The data for the Dallas Stars is located in between the data for the Los Angeles Kings and the data for the Montreal Canadiens. This is a remnant of the Stars' 1993 relocation from Minnesota.
• The data for the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets are in reverse order (Winnipeg's is before Washington's).
• The data for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Florida Panthers are located after the data for the Washington Capitals. This is likely because they were expansion teams that year, so their data was simply added to the end. Additionally, Florida's data comes before Anaheim's.