Cheat codes:
While playing, enter any of the following codes:

awaygoal = gives away team a goal
homegoal gives home team a goal
zambo brings the Zamboni out on the ice during the game
spots = shows the pre-game spotlights
penalty = brings a penalty to the team without the puck
injury = cause and injury
victory = fireworks
flash = camera flashes from crowd
check = auto check on contact with opposing player
grab = auto stick hold on contact with opposing player
mantil = gives players elongated arms, legs, and necks
nhlkids = makes players smaller

Super players:
For super players just go to player management then create player and enter in a name of a player that is rated 99. ie. Joe Sakic. It will then ask if you want to use his ratings say yes. to work you have to go to his ratings first and put them how you like them. Then you can go back and change his name. You have to be careful because if you change something important like his playing type it will reset his points. Also you can put in the name of one of the guys in the credits and you will get their ratings but most are not very good.

Announcer says names for created players:
If you use a name that is firly common, for example, Andy, then the announcers in the game will say "Andy, picks up the puck..." or "Andy Scores!" when you make a play or score a goal. They actually use your name.

EA Sports Team:
To get the "EA Sports" team start an exhibition game and press L2 and R2 repeatedly.(This code only works in exhibition)

Free player for your team:
Turn on wavers. This will allow you to drop players from any one team and add them to any other team.