![]() In NHLPA '93 and NHL '94, Emmy award-winning sportscaster Ron Barr gives a pre-game scouting report prior to each game. List of Cover Stars Standard Edition Cover AthleteĪnaheim Ducks AND Canadian women's national ice hockey team Until NHL 21, regional covers were also produced featuring NHL players from that region. On June 21, 2017, during the 2017 NHL Awards, EA announced that Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers would be the cover athlete on NHL 18. Louis Blues was to appear on the cover of NHL 17. ![]() At the 2016 NHL Awards, it was announced that Vladimir Tarasenko of the St. However, on August 12, 2015, EA announced that Kane would not be appearing on the cover or participating in any promotional activities for the game in light of a criminal investigation he was involved in. In 2015, during the NHL awards, it was announced that the cover of NHL 16 would feature Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane carrying the Stanley Cup together. On June 24, 2014, EA Sports announced at the 2014 NHL Awards in Las Vegas that Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins would be the official cover athlete for NHL 15. More recently, Claude Giroux was featured on the cover of NHL 13 and Martin Brodeur was on the cover of NHL 14. NHL 96 featured New Jersey's Scott Stevens and Detroit's Steve Yzerman. NHL 95 featured an in-goal camera during a goal scored by Alexei Kovalev of the New York Rangers during the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals against Kirk McLean of the Vancouver Canucks. This changed with NHL 94, which featured a goal situation for Tomas Sandstrom ( Los Angeles Kings) against Andy Moog ( Boston Bruins). This photo is surrounded by eight small portraits of players ( Steve Yzerman, Andy Moog, Pat LaFontaine, Brian Leetch, Ray Bourque, Patrick Roy, Jeremy Roenick, and Rick Tocchet). ![]() On this cover, the main action photo features the New York Rangers' Randy Moller checking the Philadelphia Flyers' Rod Brind'Amour while Rangers goaltender Mike Richter makes a save (in this photo there is the logo of the New York Rangers located on the bottom right of the goaltender's pants). NHLPA Hockey 93, on the other hand, had the rights to use player images, but not of the teams. As it lacked the NHLPA license, the early titles staged photos without real players. Trevor Zegras ( Anaheim) and Sarah Nurse ( Canada)Īs is traditional with EA Sports, the NHL series boxes feature live action photos instead of drawings. SUI Roman Josi ( Nashville) (The Josi cover was officially released as a downloadable cover by EA Sports, but the McDavid cover was sold at retail in Switzerland)
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