EA SPORTS NHL 13 Cover Vote Narrows to 32 Players

Today the 32 NHL players who have been selected to take part in the next round of the EA SPORTS NHL®13 Cover Vote were announced. Sponsored by BlackBerry, the second round of the cover vote campaign, which begins today and ends April 22 shifts to a 32-player leaderboard format where the top 16 vote-getters advance to a 16-player bracket. The winner of the cover vote campaign 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.

Among the 32 winners advancing to the next round in the campaign are NHL regular-season points-leader Evgeni Malkin, 60-goal scorer and NHL®12Cover Athlete Steven Stamkos, and 2011 Hart Trophy winner Corey Perry. The complete list of team winners and the two wild card selections are listed below:

NHL 13 Cover Vote Team Round Winners

Anaheim Ducks

Corey Perry

New Jersey Devils

Ilya Kovalchuk

Boston Bruins

Tyler Seguin

New York Islanders

John Tavares

Buffalo Sabres

Thomas Vanek

New York Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

Calgary Flames

Mikael Backlund

Ottawa Senators

Erik Karlsson

Carolina Hurricanes

Jeff Skinner

Philadelphia Flyers

Claude Giroux

Chicago Blackhawks

Patrick Sharp

Phoenix Coyotes

Shane Doan

Colorado Avalanche

Matt Duchene

Pittsburgh Penguins

Evgeni Malkin

Columbus Blue Jackets

R.J. Umberger

St. Louis Blues

T.J. Oshie

Dallas Stars

Jamie Benn

San Jose Sharks

Logan Couture

Detroit Red Wings

Pavel Datsyuk

Tampa Bay Lightning

Steven Stamkos

Edmonton Oilers

Jordan Eberle

Toronto Maple Leafs

Phil Kessel

Florida Panthers

Stephen Weiss

Vancouver Canucks

Henrik Sedin

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar

Washington Capitals

Brooks Laich

Minnesota Wild

Mikko Koivu

Winnipeg Jets

Evander Kane

Montreal Canadiens

P.K. Subban

Eastern Conference Wild Card*

Scott Hartnell

Nashville Predators

Pekka Rinne

Western Conference Wild Card*

David Perron

The first ever cover vote campaign for the EA SPORTS NHL franchise has been embraced by both NHL fans and NHL players with more than 9 million votes cast thus far. NHL players have done a great job connecting with fans and creating some cool content. Here are some of the top examples:

·         Vote Hiller for EA SPORTS NHL 13 Cover Campaign Video - YouTube

·         Henrik Lundqvist and Brad Richards rally for Brandon Prust's vote - Twitter

·         Vote Hartnell for EA SPORTS NHL 13 Cover Campaign Video - YouTube

Fans worldwide are able to vote an unlimited number of times and are encouraged to vote as often as possible at NHL.com/CoverVote to ensure their favorite player advances through the rounds. Fans can also show their support by tweeting their picks using #NHL13Cover on Twitter. 

EA SPORTS NHL 13 “You’re Covered” Facebook Application

Want to see what it’s like to grace the cover of NHL 13? Head to the EA SPORTS NHL Facebook page. Fans of the page will be able to pick their favorite team, upload their picture and create their very own personalized NHL 13 cover.