Hints

Player with Instant 69 Goal Record:
Go to create a player and enter Shawn Bates as a name. Enter the remaining stats as desired. Place him on a team and score a goal. You will see that he now has 70 goals.

Easy Goal:
Go to the side of your opponent's goal and pass it to the Center, who should be in front of the net. While the puck is being passed, press Square to do a one timer. If you do it fast enough, you should score.

Pull other Team's Goalie:
Pause game play and select "Control Setup". Switch to the other team, then select "Team Settings", then "Goalie Control", then "Pulled". Select "OK". Resume game play as the other team for approximately five seconds. Pause game play and switch back to your original team. When the game is resumed, the other team's goalie should be pulled.

Third Jerseys:
Select the team that you wish to play at the "Controller Selection" screen. When you pick your team, press Down two or three times. The bottom of the screen will display which jersey the team will be wearing (home, away, or third). The following teams have a third jersey: Anaheim, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Florida, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Washington.

Create an All-Star Team:
Go to "Transactions", then select "Release player". Go to all of the players you want and release them. Then, go to your team and release just enough people so that you can place the good players on your team.

Create an Overall 99 Player:
Select "Create Player" and enter a name, height, weight, etc. For attributes, set everything to 99 except for Endurance, Aggression, Checking, and Fighting. You should have 37 points remaining. Set Aggression, Endurance, Checking, and Fighting to 49. You should have 1 point remaining -- do not use it. Go to "Sign Free Agent", and your created player will be an overall 99.

Create an Overall 99 Goalie:
Select "Create Player" and enter a name, height, weight, etc. Set the remaining attributes as follows:

Dexterity: 41
Reflexes: 98
Aggression: 41
Puck Control: 98
Size: 98
Angles: 98
Recover: 98
Rebounds: 98 
Then, go to "Sign Player" and your created player (goalie) will be an overall 99.

Hint: Team ratings:

North American All-Stars: 99
Canada: 97
Colorado Avalanche: 97
USA: 97
Sweden: 96
Detroit Red Wings: 95
Dallas Stars: 94
Philadelphia Flyers: 94
World All-Stars: 94
St. Louis Blues: 93
Czech Republic: 92
New Jersey Devils: 91
Russia: 88
Toronto Maple Leafs: 88
Los Angeles Kings: 87
Phoenix Coyotes : 87
Pittsburgh Penguins: 87
Buffalo Sabres: 86
New York Rangers: 86
Ottawa Senators: 86
Washington Capitals: 86
Finland: 85
Florida Panthers: 85
San Jose Sharks: 85
Anaheim Mighty Ducks: 84
Edmonton Oilers: 84
Boston Bruins: 83
Carolina Hurricanes: 83
Chicago Blackhawks: 83
Germany: 82
Vancouver Canucks: 81
Calgary Flames: 79
Montreal Canadians: 79
New York Islanders: 79
Slovakia: 78
Columbus Blue Jackets: 74
Tampa Bay Lightning: 74
Nashville Predators: 71
Minnesota Wild: 70
Atlanta Thrashers: 69 

Hint: Key players:

Anaheim
P. Kariya: 96
T. Selanne: 95 
Atlanta
D. Audette: 80 
Boston
J. Allison: 87
B. Dafoe: 86
Buffalo
D. Hasek: 95
M. Satan: 89
D. Gilmour: 86 
Calgary
V. Bure: 90
P. Housley: 85
Carolina
S. Ozolinsh: 92
R. Francis: 87
A. Irbe: 87
Chicago
T. Amonte: 95
B. Mironov: 86
S. Thibault: 84
Colorado
J. Sakic: 98
P. Roy: 96
P. Forsberg: 95
R. Bourque: 93 
Columbus
R. Tugnutt: 83
Dallas
E. Belfour: 97
M. Modano: 95
D. Hatcher: 90
S. Zubov: 89
J. Nieuwendyk: 87 
Detroit
S. Yzerman: 95
B. Shanahan: 91
C. Osgood: 90
C. Chelios: 89 
Edmonton
D. Weight: 90
B. Guerin: 87
T. Salo: 87 
Florida
P. Bure: 98
R. Whitney: 88
R. Svehla: 87 
Los Angeles
R. Blake: 96
Z. Palffy: 92
L. Robitaille: 90
L. Stumpel: 87 
Minnesota
J. McLennan: 78 
Montreal
J. Hackett: 87

S. Koivu: 86 
Nashville
C. Ronning: 81
M. Dunham: 81 
New Jersey
M. Brodeur: 99
P. Elias: 89
S. Niedermayer: 89
S. Stevens: 88
P. Sykora: 87 
New York Islanders
P. Hamrlik: 86
M. Czerkowski: 85
New York Rangers
M. Richter: 89
B. Leetch: 88
T. Fleury: 86
P. Nedved: 86 
Ottawa
D. Alfredsson: 90
R. Bonk: 84
T. Barrasso: 83
Philadelphia
J. Leclair: 96
E. Lindros: 93
M. Recchi: 92
E. Desjardins: 91
K. Primeau: 88 
Phoenix
J. Roenick: 92
K. Trachuk: 90
T. Numminen: 87
Pittsburgh
J. Jagr: 99
A. Kovalev: 87
M. Straka: 87
St. Louis
C. Pronger: 99
P. Demitra:94
A. MacInnis: 93
P. Tourgeon: 92
R. Turek: 92 
San Jose
O. Nolan: 92
V. Damphousse: 86
J. Friesen: 86
Tampa Bay
V. Lecavalier: 86
P. Svoboda: 77 
Toronto
C. Joseph: 96
M. Sundin: 95
S. Thomas: 85
Vancouver
M. Naslund: 86
M. Ohlund:86
F. Potvin: 84 
Washington
G. Kolzig: 92
S. Gonchar: 86
A. Oates: 86
P. Bondra: 85  

Thanks to Revolution readers Ben Knauff!