This game uses the same three-on-three style that debuted in Hitz 2002. The 2003 installment has larger rinks, bigger crowds, a referee, and animated coaches. All 30 NHL teams are represented with motion-capture animation, and you can build your own players with the Create-Player option. The game's Season mode now allows for trades, stat tracking, and player awards.

Up to four players can play each other in exhibition mode. Season mode puts you into a standard NHL schedule, but you can change to a shorter season if you want. There is also a small numer of hockey-related minigames, such as keep-away. Franchise mode is where you pick and name your team, name your players, and play against other teams to earn experience points. Those points can be used to upgrade your players in categories such as toughness, speed, passing, and agility. After beating all the lesser teams in a tier, you can move on to battle a "boss team" for that region. Beating that team nets you some new equipment for your players, which also improves their stats.

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Alternate Titles

"NHL Hitz 2003" -- Common spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	NHL Hitz 2003	PlayStation 2	$1.90
	NHL Hitz 20-03	GameCube	$8.73
	NHL Hitz 20-03	Game Boy Advance	$0.01
	NHL Hitz 2003	Xbox	$3.99
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Xbox World Australia (XWA)	Xbox	Mar, 2003	86 out of 100	86
GameZone	PlayStation 2	Oct 09, 2002	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Vortex	Xbox	Dec, 2002	8.5 out of 10	85
Gaming Target	PlayStation 2	Nov 21, 2002	8.3 out of 10	83
PGNx Media	PlayStation 2	Nov 19, 2002	8.25 out of 10	82
Gameplanet	Xbox	Jan 08, 2003		80
GameSpot	Xbox	Sep 26, 2002	7.8 out of 10	78
IGN	Game Boy Advance	Oct 16, 2002	7 out of 10	70
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Nov 07, 2002	14 out of 20	70
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Dec 20, 2002	14 out of 20	70