Update 4/8/26

let’s have our voices heard! Since NHL 24 I haven’t been able to win a face off because of these controls. Why not have an option for us especially since disabled cannot use it at all.

Update 7/18/25

I fear the next year series will be without this feature yet again. To hold you over please enjoy

https://youtu.be/K7bHQY_PQPo?si=QD_VvPyWWkAgQMwk

Update 8/30/24

Our voices were not heard.

https://youtube.com/shorts/u8WBE0AY4Q0?si=PwZ6CWV2Yp8bh7iG

I will not be buying NHL 25

Update 4/15/24

The continued support from y’all has been great. I finally had some time to try NHL 24 and while the hybrid controls are mostly the same, I have yet to win a faceoff, do a Michigan, rush up the ice — basically small things but when you play games over and over, it’s gets old. Let’s hope NHL 25 brings these controls back and after hitting 200 signatures we ain’t stopping till we get the controls back. Thank you!

Update 3/9/24

Even after this support it appears we won’t have this feature for NHL 24, however let’s make EA think twice before not including them again in NHL 25. As a fan of the series, I hope they make a game for me and you to enjoy.

This is a slight to the disabled community who play these games. These controls have been around for 20 years and there doesn’t seem to be a reason not to include them in the EA NHL 24 series.

A little about me. I got into hockey in 1993. Local team was the OKC Blazers and I was a Sega Genesis players so you know I had to play the 93’ EA Series. I instantly fell in love with the sport! I have probably played every title since. I was extremely disappointed EA didn’t add these controls.

If you want to learn more about this issue, here is an article about it

https://caniplaythat.com/2023/08/29/disabled-players-call-on-ea-to-bring-back-nhl-94-controls/

And here are how the controls work

https://youtu.be/Xy3fh97YFJM?si=2t8V4nLwsp-OL5MW

Update 1/19/2024

The support has been resounding, let’s keep this going and force EA to give us these controls back, not hybrid controls!

As a special thanks to all the people who donated, here are my ps4 files. If you have a copy of NHL 18, I have an updated EA NHL 18 with edits and players missing from the series including up to EA NHL 24! This has been a passion project of mine! All you need to do is dowload this file below. (This will only work for PlayStation 4 & 5 and in the USA)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dep6R8GKBcRYmJeGf_QbiLZuBU9FlQzh/view?usp=drivesdk

And use a unzipper to collect these files and make playable on NHL 18. Please google to see how to use these files or comment here for more help.  The list of players I created are here. 

https://youtu.be/4SjtKzVA0nk?si=Bp0KYl-VqBJNTWrD

Again the real reward will be when EA listens to their fans and add NHL 94 controls back to this series. As many can see, we want this feature back!