“I know it was you, EA Sports, and it breaks my heart. Not to mention, the black jersey was a mistake. Players who would don the cover would find themselves either injured, struggling or depressed due to never living up to the high skill level of their digital counterparts.Last year was the first time EA held a fan vote for the Madden cover and the results… were not good.
18. 17. I’m not sure what all the fine print is for, but if I wind up in a “Human Centi-pad” at least it was for a good cause.Sorry Lundqvist, “Highlander” rules apply. It breaks my heart”.Last year, during the Stanley Cup Fi-… that thing that happened, no matter what happened, win or lose every Canucks…
Each team has two players you can vote for, and while expected finalists/superstars like Evgeni Malkin, Claude Giroux and Henrik Lundqvist are in contention, there are some surprises in the running.These players don’t really have a shot at winning, but after the first Madden vote, who knows how much support a player will be able to drum up from their fans.Regardless, I don’t want to live in a world where David Legwand (Predators) or Brooks Laich (Capitals) are on the cover of NHL 13.The Canucks representatives in the vote are Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows. It came down to the anti-dog whisperer Michael Vick and a dude who had one half of a pretty good season, Buoyed by the fact that Cleveland went to war on his behalf, Hillis won… and then fulfilled the curse by being terrible all season.While the NHL version hasn’t had it players meet with similar maladies, they have decided to carry over the democratic process and have a fan vote on NHL.com.
With Giroux on the cover and our revolutionary new True Performance Skating engine, we feel great about delivering our most innovative title yet with NHL 13.” “Congratulations to Claude on being chosen by the fans as the EA SPORTS NHL 13 cover athlete,” says Adam Larry, NHLPA Director of Licensing and Associate Counsel. Presented by BlackBerry, anybody may vote on the player(s) they wish to see on the cover of the game. We are using Facebook commenting. NHL 2003, Cover: Jarome Iginla He deserved better).We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts.
The first round of competition pits teammate against teammate and starts today and runs until April 11, the first day of the 2012 Stanley Cup® Playoffs. The second cover with Toes suffers from the same problems as the NHL 12 and NHL 13 covers with unnecessary designs. If you encounter a comment that is abusive, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box to report spam or abuse. The ultimate prize is immortality via game cover. 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. Fans cast nearly 26 Million votes throughout the first ever EA SPORTS NHL Cover Vote Campaign, sponsored by BlackBerry. I can think of no better person to bridge that gap than Canucks captain Henrik Sedin.EA Sports announced recently that they will be holding a vote on NHL.com for the cover athlete for the new “NHL 13” video game. More recently, Claude Giroux was featured on the cover of NHL 13 and Martin Brodeur was on the cover of NHL 14. Fans cast nearly 26 million votes on NHL.com throughout the campaign, which ran from March 29 to June 4, including more than two million votes in the final. It’s science).Each NHL team has been given two candidates to compete in a democratic vote by the fans. NHL 11, Cover: Jonathan Toews. 365 Bloor St East, Toronto, ON, M4W3L4, www.postmedia.comThank you for subscribing to Postmedia's Newsletter.Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. Much like they're doing for their upcoming Madden 13, EA is running a poll to determine the cover athlete for the next iteration of their NHL franchise, NHL 13. Fans can vote for their favorite player to represent their team in the next round. 'NHL 13' (ALL) Cover Athlete Signed - Screens by Rainier on June 20, 2012 @ 6:08 p.m. PDT NHL 13 delivers a revamped gameplay experience that … There can be only one Henrik! (Note: The Canucks have had a captain make the cover before, but poor Markus Naslund was relegated to being on the cover for the disappointing NHL 05. This is another installment of the long running series which has been the premiere hockey video game series for the last bajillion years (don’t bother looking that up. The winning player will be unveiled as the EA SPORTS NHL® 13 Cover Athlete at the 2012 NHL Awards™ on June 20 at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas. There is currently an on-going vote deciding which player will be on the NHL 13 cover. Just like with football, the first rou As nice as it would be to see Burrows trolling North America on video game shelves this fall, Henrik is the smart-money bet.You should know that NHL.com requires that you register to vote. Why does it look like spikes or scratches are all over him as if it was a terribly designed tattoo. EA SPORTS NHL 13 will be available on September 14, 2012. I’m suggesting throwing your support behind Henrik, as fans from other teams will surely forget about him (no respect) but they will actively vote against Burrows. The yearly NFL video game, “Madden whatever” has a long-standing history of its cover honour going hand in hand with a curse. The NHL 13 Cover Vote campaign gave fans the opportunity to select the face of the EA SPORTS NHL franchise as they were able to vote for their favourite candidate at Last year, during the Stanley Cup Fi-… that thing that happened, no matter what happened, win or lose every Canucks fan had a digital security blanket we could wrap ourselves up in.Well, the sadness I felt when they were wrong was nothing compared to the foolishness I felt for putting so much faith in a computer simulation.After that (and putting two Blackhawks players on the cover in back to back years), I think it’s time EA Sports and the city of Vancouver made up.