Let’s Play Ice-Hockey
The Push Gaming video slot “Hockey Hero” has 40 betways and is a 5 × 4 game. This slot is played on a big ice rink decorated with the flags of successful ice hockey nations, where devoted fans can be heard chanting in support of their favorite players. Along with the three hockey heroes themselves, each of the huge win symbols is unique and includes a hockey puck, helmet, and skates. The RTP of the game is 97% with a betting range of $0.4-$100. Ice hockey is the sport that seems the strangest to us out of all the sports played worldwide. Not only that, but the game actively promotes fighting during matches with only a five-minute punishment—unless you take off your helmet, in which case you receive an additional two-minute penalty!
Interesting Symbols
Push Gaming used the letters A, K, Q, and J to symbolize various playing card icons for the symbols on the reels. Each of these symbols has been illustrated in vivid colors to fit the ice hockey motif as if they had been printed on a white card and placed just below the ice's surface.
An ice hockey puck, a pair of ice skates, and a player's helmet are among the other symbols on the reels that are much more closely related to the game's overall theme. The three hockey players, each dressed in his own color—either red, blue, or green—take up the majority of the reels for a variety of reasons. These symbols are all Super Stacked, with each character taking up four spaces on a reel, with the potential to draw some enormous prizes.
The massive gold trophy that serves as the wild's representation is already stacked, much like the player symbols, thus it has a very high chance of appearing in a winning line.
Benefitting Hockey Bonuses: Scoring Time!!
Similar to the wild, the scatter is an open goal that lacks its own entry into the paytable. But if you manage to land three scatter symbols anywhere on the reels, the free spins bonus round will start as soon as you do.
- Five free spins are yours when three goal symbols show up anywhere on the reels—they don't even have to be on a payline. The three players then show up after the ice rink has been cleared and are ready for the game to begin. Each character is highlighted by a moving spotlight before the free spins are awarded to one of the players. During the free spins, only this player will show up on the reels, but the rest of the symbols will still be present.
- The hold and respin feature is an added perk that this slot provides. All visible rows of a player's symbol on the first reel are filled whenever that player lands there. When the feature is engaged, a padlock appears in the corner of the symbol, awarding a respin with the possibility of some significant prizes.