NHL 12

I decided to search for videos on how to do this and saw about 4-5 videos show up and they all had the same characteristics; The player would choose the Tampa Bay Lightning and play against any team of their choosing. Using Martin St. Louis, the player would wait for the other players to set up in the offensive zone. Then the player- still using Martin St. Louis- would go behind the net. Steven Stamkos would then start skating toward the high slot and be open for a pass from St. Louis. I attached a video showing this to save you the trouble of searching for it on youtube.


*THIS IS NOT MY VIDEO*

I found a way that seems almost guaranteed to have the bended knee option every time. We had 3 people do this, 2 on one side and one on the other, so he could pull the goalie. The guy working for the achievement will set up open in the slot on the one-timing side (so if a left hand shot, take a pass from the left side of your position - vice versa for right side), and NOT MOVE at all once in position. His teammate with the puck will send a pass over, and when that happens, the player taking the shot will hold down LT and flick down the right stick and assuming you're not moving, the bending knee shot will happen when you flick up on the right stick to finish your shot. All you have to do is make sure you hit the empty net that player 3 gave you.

This Achievement is actually easier than you think. You can pick any team want for this.(I chose Vancouver and played Acadie-Bathurst of the QMJHL. For settings, I put skill level on Rookie. Then I put the passing and shooting sliders all the way up for both Human and CPU. Remember to have Manual passing ON. Then I put the Goalie sliders all the way down. When trying to get this achievement, for example, if your left winger is skating down the ice, he needs to pass it to his right winger and he must be a left handed shooter. So basically if your left winger is a right handed shooter and you right winger is a left handed shooter, all you gotta do is pass it to them from the faceoff circle hard as you can by holding down the pass button and then after that just pull down on the right stick and push up as fast as you can like a normal slap shot on the right stick. It might take a couple of tries. It only took me like 3-4 tries.

The best way to get this achievement is on odd man rushes. When you're coming down on the left or right side of the goalie pass across the front of the net and shoot on goal (one-timer). As far as I have been able to tell it's a random action. Try to get this odd man rush a lot and your odds are increased. Good luck!

None of the previous solutions were helpful to me personally, so here is a specific solution that helped me out.

For this method, I used NHL Be a Pro mode and picked Steven Stamkos. When starting the season, change shooting and passing settings to benefit the human player. It's helpful to turn off penalties as well.

Here's the strategy I used in game:

1) Win faceoff with Stamkos and take puck behind your own net
2) Switch defense strategy to tight point using the left d-pad. This should get your players to bunch up around you in your own zone.
3) Start taking the puck up the right side behind Downie (#9)
4) The defender on Downie should switch to you around the faceoff line
5) Pass to Downie on the right side and start heading toward net by moving forward and slightly left
6) Hold down LT and the right joystick, while moving forward.
7) Press RT to take the pass from Downie, and push the right stick forward when the puck gets to Stamkos.

NOTE: This still takes a few tries. I think I got Stamkos on one knee about half a dozen times before I could connect. However, I did get this achievement within one Be a Pro game.

If you're having any issues, feel free to send me a message.