A player's success will be measured by the number of positive influences they have on their franchise. Battle for the Cup Mode: This mode allows players to choose two opposing teams and pit them against each other in the Stanley Cup Final. Players have the option to play a 1, 3, 5, or 7 game elimination round. The winning team will be presented with the Stanley Cup. First-person fighting view - The traditional third-person view during fights has been replaced with a first-person view. In addition to the standard NHL and AHL leagues, NHL 10 also features the Swedish Elitserien, Finland's SM-liiga, Germany's DEL, and the Czech O2 Extraliga, all of which were featured in the previous installment, NHL 09. This game also adds a new league, the Swiss National League A. Despite being featured in NHL 09 as the Russian Superleague and being one of the highest-ranked hockey leagues in the world, the Kontinental Hockey League was not featured in NHL 10. Like the previous game, NHL 10 features national teams from multiple countries; however they are not licensed by the IIHF and as such, the rosters used are not the official ones, and some countries' teams such as Great Britain's, Italy's, and Japan's had to use fictional players on the rosters due to the lack of players and teams from their respective countries in the game. Reception The game received "generally favorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. References External links Official EA NHL 10 Game Page 2009 video games Electronic Arts games Xbox 360 games PlayStation 3 games NHL (video game series) EA Sports games Sports video games with career mode Video games set in 2009 Video games set in 2010 Video games set in the United States Video games set in Canada Video games developed in Canada