
"I can't wait to play this year's version with my friends and teammates, and I am equally excited to see fans unleash my Michigan flip pass, which the team at EA SPORTS has managed to get into the game." "As someone who has played EA SPORTS NHL since I was kid, it is a dream come true to be on the cover this year with Sarah," Zegras said in the same press release. I hope that the increased representation of women in such a prominent game will inspire young girls everywhere to know that there is a place for them in hockey." "Hockey is really for everybody and I'm excited that NHL 23 is celebrating the diversity and inclusivity of the sport. "It is such a tremendous honor to be the first woman on the cover of the EA SPORTS NHL franchise," Nurse said in a press release. Tweet from What���s better than one cover athlete?Your two official #NHL23 cover athletes and ������������See the full reveal tomorrow ������ /06XIVh92ud

An official trailer of the video game was released by EA Sports on their YouTube account Thursday.

Nurse, who plays for the Canada's women's national hockey team, is the first woman to appear on the cover of the EA Sports NHL video game series.ĮA Sports made the announcement on their Twitter account. Everyone obviously did that, but I thought those two kind of stood out to me.Zegras is the first Anaheim Ducks player to be featured on the cover of the NHL video game. “I thought Jack Hughes’ move was well thought out, he put a lot of work into it. “I think Zegras was, I mean the move was pretty amazing, right?,” he told reporters, as seen on ESPN. Social media erupted after the event and Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron even weighed in. NHL fans all over were disappointed in the end result of the Breakaway challenge when Anaheim Ducks center Trevor Zegras didn’t earn the top spot.Īlex Pietrangelo of the Vegas Golden Knights technically took home the award thanks to some shenanigans from actor Jon Hamm, but really the debate was between Zegras and New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes

The NHL All-Star Skills Competition took place Friday night and it was a show from start to finish.įrom classic events like the hardest shot or accuracy shooting, to new events like the Fountain Face-Off and 21 in ’22, there was something for everyone.

Patrice Bergeron Weighs In On Trevor Zegras-Jack Hughes Skills Debate
