''NHL FaceOff 2001'' is an ice hockey video game developed by SolWorks for

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for PlayStation 2, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for both games in 2000–2001. On the cover is then- Toronto Maple Leafs player

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Reception

The PlayStation version received "generally favorable reviews", while the PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Tom Russo of ''

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'' said that the latter console version was "Not terrible hockey, but it's a farm-league, rookie effort to the polished package and graphical splendor of EA's '' NHL 2001''."

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* 2000 video games NHL FaceOff North America-exclusive video games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in 2001 {{hockey-videogame-stub