Simply designed games like Hat Trick depend almost entirely on the gameplay/control mech. Playing Hat Trick is a good time because of how fun it is to control your player on the ice. You skate down the puck, pick it up, shoot and score. Meanwhile your opponent, is chasing you and the puck down the whole time. There is a momentum/slide-on-the-ice effect that makes the control particularly enjoyable to play, they emulated the lack of friction on the ice well. Speaking of ice effect, a cool little touch is that you see your skate marks on the clean ice as the game progresses - crack out the Zamboni! (On a side note, I once stole a Zamboni and drove it around the hockey rink when I was in college - how many people can make that claim?)
You also control your goalie (simultaneously). He simply goes back and forth in net. So you have to judge when the puck is close to your net whether to use the control to get your player to the puck, or pay attention to controlling your goalie.
It's one of those games that is extremely fun with two players. And if the game is tied, it automatically goes into O.T. Good stuff.
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