NHL 25: Best Skating Style, How to Skate Faster

Get ready to speed across the ice as quickly as possible by using the best skating style in NHL 25. While some things are always up to personal preference, there's a specific skating style that's become a favorite among most when playing World of Chel online.

Even if you're just spending time in Be A Pro, having the best skating style in NHL 25 is going to help you cover more ice in a shorter amount of time. What good is a breakaway towards the goalie if the defenders are faster and beat you there every time?

How to Skate Faster in NHL 25

First up, the best thing to keep in mind when you want to skate faster is using the Hustle ability. Fortunately, it's one of the simpler NHL 25 controls. Simply press the Left Stick (on Xbox) or L3 (on PlayStation) to activate Hustle. After you're used to using the move, it's actually more important to know when you should and shouldn't use Hustle.

For most sports games, it can be tempting to lean on a spring function as often as possible. For NHL 25, that can be a very bad habit which will likely just cause you to lose the puck and miss shots. While our details below about best skating style are specific to a few game modes, you'll probably be using Hustle in every single game.

Any player using Hustle will have significantly less puck control and could leave themselves wide open for a poke check or straight up steal by the opposing team. This means you should be careful about using it while crowded by defenders. If there are people close to you, it's better to keep regular pace and protect the puck while looking for an opening.

It's also best to stop Hustle by releasing the button once you're in the offensive zone. Any shots taking while in Hustle or just coming out of Hustle will have lower accuracy. Whether you're surrounded or not, try to release Hustle when you have enough room to return to a regular set position before taking the shot. Keep in mind that even when released, your glide will be helped by the momentum you had going into it, but if you release too late you'll either miss entirely or just plow into the goalie before you can get a shot off.

Best Skating Style in NHL 25

For those in Be A Pro enjoying the offline career mode, as well as players making a custom skater for World of Chel online, you can take things a step further by manually customizing your skating style. In this case, you'll be able to fine tune every aspect from stick height to spine angle.

In either game mode, head to Edit Player and pick Skating Styles on the bottom right of the screen where you'd also customize your player's gear. Here are all the specific attribute levels you'll need to create the best skating style in NHL 25:

• Spine Angle: 99
• Spine Curve: 0
• Stride Gait: 99
• Stride Distance: 99
• Stride Height: 33
• Upper Body Twist: 99
• Hustle Style: Style 3
• Hustle Arm Swing Motion: 99
• Hustle Arm Snap: 99
• One Handed Arm Swing: 99
• One Handed Stick Swing: 99
• One Handed Stick Height: 0
• Two Handed Stick Swing: 99
• Two Handed Stick Angle: 0
• Two Handed Stick Sweep: 99

This tends to be the favored setup for most players, but there is an adjustment you may want to make based on your own playstyle. If you'd rather be more upright and a bit closer to a standard shot position, set all the categories above Hustle Style to 0 rather than the numbers above.

That style likely won't be quite as fast, but you may prefer the way it feels when transitioning into a shot or quick pass. The easiest way to test these out is going to be in World of Chel via the Loadouts tab. Just enter Free Skate from Loadouts to feel out a particular skating style, and change it to jump in with a different style until you've found the perfect fit for the way you play NHL 25.