[quote name='Vulcan2422']Also, I was wondering for those that saw me play, What do you think I could Improve on? I was playing Left D(#2-Russell) last night Cause somebody took my Right D

It's all good though.
I think my problem is when it's a one on one and I go to check and it completely misses. Also IMHO, The cross checking penalties are bogus, half the time you get them, half the time you don't.[/quote]
I wanted to answer this question because I'd like people's feedback as well. The biggest thing I noticed in the couple games I played with is that you had a few bad penalties (all of which were cross checking, I think). I know it's dumb to tell a defenseman to not hit people so much, but most of the time the game calls it when you hit somebody who is not anywhere near the puck.
It's tough playing defense without completely taking guys out of plays, but just stay in your area, and be ready to hit. Also, just be ready to dive to block passes/shots down near the goal.
I know for me personally, I've almost gotten used to playing a defensive center. I've played with a lot of defensemen online who play terrible defense, so I spend a lot of my time protecting the goal and diving to block shots. This causes me to be slow getting back up the ice when we get the puck.
I played a few random games last night to work, and I did less of this. I still played defense, but if the puck got down along the boards where one of my defensemen could get it, I started to break up ice. It lead to a lot more scoring opportunities. Since the CAG team doesn't score many goals, I feel like I gotta up my game in that regard.
My other problem is faceoffs. I've been scouring the internet for the exact strategy to use (it still baffles me that EA couldn't bother to tell you how to win a faceoff in the manual). The best strategy I've found is to hold the left stick toward a defenseman, and as the puck is about to hit the ice, flick the right stick down. It still said that faceoff ratings come greatly into play, but this gives you the best chance.
I even moved all my NHL 09 data to a memory card to see if starting over and throwing all my points at the "faceoff" stat would make any difference. I started out with a rating of 80 for faceoffs, but added all 7 points to it to make it 87. I then played a few games, and still won like 5 out of 28 faceoffs. My BAP that I had been using has a rating of 80 (which I thought was good enough). Should I just be playing more to up my stats?
Anyway, that's where I think my problems lie. I enjoy playing center, and think I do a pretty good job passing (passing rating is a 90) and setting guys up for goals. If I could just start winning AT LEAST 50% of the faceoffs and leading the charge a little better, I know it would help the team.