Best Hockey Xbox 360 Games in 2026

The Speed, Skill, and Aggression of NHL Hockey – Experience the explosiveness, momentum and top-end speed of the world’s best players with True Performance Skating

Lace up the Skates - Live the Life of an NHL player as you take your Be a Pro character through the junior ranks and into the NHL

Manage Your Team to Glory– Create an NHL dynasty in Be a GM as you build your team through rookie drafts, trades and signings

16 family favorite arcade like mini-games including Darts, Hoop Shoot, Rootbeer Tapper, Table Hockey and more

Utilizes the Microsoft Kinect sensor (sold separately and required for play) which uses the natural movements of your body as the controller

Import your Xbox LIVE avatar for use in-game to represent you

Defensive Skill Stick - NHL 08 gave you true offensive prowess with the Skill Stick, and this year, you have the power to stop it. Block passing lanes with 360 control of your stick or kill an opponent's one timer game by lifting their stick just before they receive a pass

Be A Pro - A dynamic 3rd person camera puts you in the role of one player on a team. The Performance Tracker will rate your play in over 50 categories, to make sure you know what parts of your game need to improve. Start your career off in the ranks of the AHL and become one of the best in the NHL. Your very own hockey card will mark your progress, from your rookie beginnings to a potentially legendary ending

Create-A-Play Breakouts - create a winning strategy in both online and offline play. Make breakout plays from your own zone or set up behind your net and tell your right winger to look for the flip dump from the defenseman

This game is made to work with Kinect for Xbox360

Lace up your cleats, put on your pads, grab your bat and hit the hardwood in six exciting sports with the power of Kinect

Play football, soccer, baseball, hockey, basketball and golf together for the first time ever on Kinect for Xbox 360

Puck handle, deke, make spectacular defensive plays and battle for face-offs like never before with Full 360 degrees analog control of your stick

Exploit your opponent's defensive weak spots by executing breathtaking combo moves

Properly position your player's stick to swipe at the puck and win critical late game face-offs

Play your style of hockey at both ends of the ice, with on-the-fly coaching

Control your offensive flow by effortlessly crashing the net, screening the goalie or pinching your defensemen

Counter the attack by clearing out the crease, setting up a break out for an offensive rush, or clearing the zone

Play your style of hockey at both ends of the ice, with on-the-fly coaching - Control your offensive flow, by effortlessly crashing the net, screening the goalie or pinching your defensemen. Then, counter the attack by clearing out the crease, setting up a

Incredible new character animations for goaltending, checking, shooting and passing bring you authentic on-ice action

An unsurpassed franchise experience hinges a team's success on your ability to schedule workouts, scrimmages and manage team chemistry

All-New True Performance Skating - Driven by real-world physics and more than 1,000 new gameplay animations, True Performance Skating authentically replicates the explosiveness, momentum, and top-end speed of today's NHL players. With a new layer of creativity added in-game, combined with control offered by the Skill Stick, you now have the entire toolset of an NHL player at your fingertips.

EA SPORTS Hockey I.Q. - With a completely overhauled A.I. system players are now fully aware of others on the ice, resulting in quicker, smarter, and more true-to-life decision-making. EA SPORTS Hockey I.Q. also delivers the deepest and most customizable set of real-world hockey systems and strategies ever.

All-New GM Connected - The franchise's most popular mode connects you and friends with the real world of hockey, allowing you to manage, play, or coach in a 30-team, human-controlled league. You can also take your GM Connected experience with you using the mobile companion app, ensuring that you'll never miss a single moment.

Pick-Up-And-Play Controls - easy-to-learn controls that still provide depth for the season veteran. A player's first game will be as enjoyable as their one-thousandth, while the intuitive hybrid controls will provide depth for the experienced vet

Enhanced Gameplay - An arsenal of highlight reel-worthy superstar moves, blocked shots, stick-handling moves, hit-by-puck collisions, and a greatly-enhanced skating engine make up for an exciting hockey experience complete with more than 1,400 new gameplay animations

Presentation System - Pre-game intros, menus, new crowd animations, game summary replays, and brand new commentary featuring Randy Hahn and Drew Remenda of the San Jose Sharks

All-New Commentary Team - NHL 15 welcomes the NBC Sports commentary team of Mike Doc Emrick and Eddie Olczyk to the broadcast booth. Doc and Eddie will anticipate plays and ramp up their intensity to match the action on the ice with over 35,000 lines of brand-new commentary.

Multiplayer NHL Collision Physics - Year two of the critically-acclaimed NHL Collision Physics evolves to introduce true-to-life multiplayer collisions, net scrambles and player pileups, capturing the true desperation of every shift in the NHL.

The Complete Hockey Experience - Play old-school hockey with NHL 94 Anniversary Mode, suit up with an online team in EA SPORTS Hockey League, or build and play with your ultimate fantasy team in Hockey Ultimate Team. NHL15 brings with it the best sport game modes of a generation.

NHL Collision Physics - Developed from the same core technology that powers EA SPORTS FIFA’s critically-acclaimed Player Impact Engine, NHL Collision Physics introduces bigger, more thrilling hits, and truer-to-life collisions. A new left-stick control scheme makes delivering a game-changing hit simpler than ever.

Enforcer Engine - There is a code in hockey, when it is broken you have to respond. A first for the NHL franchise, Fight Night technology delivers a new 3rd person experience, physics-based punch targeting and player size differentiation to every fight, creating the most authentic and electrifying experience yet.

One-Touch Dekes - Feel like a superstar through a new, more responsive deking system controlled only with the left stick and one-button. From beginners to advanced players, the new controls allow for quicker dekes and intuitive combinations, creating more moves than ever before.

The Speed, Skill, and Aggression of NHL Hockey – Experience the explosiveness, momentum and top-end speed of the world’s best players with True Performance Skating

Lace up the Skates - Live the Life of an NHL player as you take your Be a Pro character through the junior ranks and into the NHL

Manage Your Team to Glory– Create an NHL dynasty in Be a GM as you build your team through rookie drafts, trades and signings