ESPN NHL 2K5

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ESPN NHL 2K5
Martin St. Louis on the cover of ESPN NHL 2K5
Developer(s)	Kush Games
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	NHL 2K series
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release date	^NA 2004-08-30 ^PAL 2005-02-04
Genre(s)	Sports
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+

ESPN NHL 2K5 is an ice hockey simulation made by ESPN Videogames (now 2K Games) and published on the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. ESPN's Gary Thorne on play-by-play commentary and Bill Clement on color commentary calls all the action.

The game includes an extensive franchise mode where you can perform many team management functions, including hiring staff, managing player contracts, scouting new players and sending players back to minor teams for training. It also includes more traditional game modes like season, playoffs, exhibition and shootout. The game manual is also built into the software.

The 2004's edition of the game also introduces an advanced control setting which allows much more flexible control of your player, using the entire control pad rather than only a few buttons.

The cover of ESPN NHL 2K5, features Tampa Bay Lightning's Martin St. Louis.

1 Technical issues
2 Soundtrack
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Technical issues

The game was released with some bugs. When you score, the player's name does not always come up as it is supposed to. Also, when you select custom sounds and then adjust them, the arena horn volume goes to zero when you restart the game, so sound is commonly left as the default.

Another issue is that the game freezes rather frequently. Though the freezing doesn't appear to happen while playing the game on the Xbox 360.

[edit] Soundtrack

burnthe8track - In Full Return
burnthe8track - Two Worlds Apart
burnthe8track - My Own Flag
Calcutta - Consciously Unconscious
Calcutta - Get Away
Calcutta - Driving On
Calcutta - Crimson Sky
Calcutta - Alarms
Calcutta - The World Alone
Concept - Gothic Voices
Concept - Evolution!
Concept - Eternal Life
From Satellite - Fair is Fair
Grinder - Everything
Grinder - All That I Want
Grinder - No Fun
Halfway to Gone - Turnpike
Halfway to Gone - King of Mean
Heads Up - All I Need
Heads Up - A.R.H.
Heads Up - Picture Perfect
Novadriver - Void
Phil Ranelin - Sounds from the Village
Recliner - Making a Friend
Recliner - All Pleasure
Recliner - Bonus Track
Silent But Deadly - Red Ice
Silent But Deadly - Playoff Moustache
Silent But Deadly - Givin' 'Em Lumber
Trans Am - Play in the Summer
The Ultimate Lovers - Rock and Roll Fight