NHL Hitz 20-02 (sometimes called NHL Hitz 2002) is an arcade-style ice hockey videogame released by Midway. Midway launched this game along with NFL Blitz. The game was a launch title for the Nintendo Gamecube and was also released on Xbox and PlayStation 2. It differs from EA Sports' traditional NHL games in that it does not try to accurately simulate real-life ice hockey. The rules are much more relaxed and the attributes of players dramatically increased, giving the game its arcadish feel. The game is most notable for its use of a limited number of players (three skaters on the ice at any time plus one goaltender, with only 7 total players to choose from).

This title features a series of famous songs like 6 Gig - Hit the Ground, Fuel (band) - Scar, Good Charlotte - Festival Song, Korn - Make Me Bad, Limp Bizkit - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) and Staind - Mudshovel. Here are a couple of codes which are useful if you want to have more fun during the game:

Codes

Play with the hockey ball.
1-3-3 Left = Hockey Ball

The NHL Hitz Icon codes
Press B-Y-X to change the icons in the first, second and third boxes respectively at the match-up screen. The numbers in the following list indicate the number of times each button is pressed. After the icons have been changed, press the analog stick in the indicated direction to enable the code. For example to enter 1-2-3 left, press A, Y(2), X(3), then left.

2-0-0 Right = Big Head Player

3-0-0 Right = Huge Head Player

2-2-0 Left = Big Head Team

3-3-0 Left = Huge Head Team

2-3-4 Down = Big Hitz

3-2-1 Down = Late Hitz

1-0-4 Right = Hitz Time

2-1-0 Right = No Crowd

4-2-3 Right = Pinball Boards

1-0-1 Up = Show shot speed

2-0-1 Up = Show the team's hot spot

4-2-4 Down = No Fake Shots

1-1-1 Down = No Puck Out

2-1-3 Left = No One-Timers

1-2-1 Up = Big puck

3-2-1 Up = Huge puck

2-1-2 Left = Bulldozer puck

1-3-2 Down = Tennis Ball

1-2-1 Left = Snow Mode

1-4-1 Left = Rain Mode

0-1-2 Right = Domino Effect

0-0-2 Up = Turbo Boost

4-1-3 Right = Unlimited turbo

2-0-2 Left = Win fights for goals

2-2-2 Down = Skills versus

3-2-3 Left = First to 7 wins

3-3-3 Right = More time to enter codes

0-1-0 Down = Disable previous code

Secrets

Easy Credits
To get easy credits, start a game on All-Star difficulty. During the middle of the game, switch it back to rookie, and the opposing team will be on rookie difficulty, but you will still get credits for playing on All-star difficulty.

More Easy Credits
Enter the ''First to 7 Wins'' code (Press B twice, Y 3 times, and X twice, then press left) and start a game on Rookie. After you have finished the game, remember to press start and switch the game difficulty to All-Star. Voilla, 200 easy credits!

Here's a Knights versus Red Wings hardcore derby: