NHL 13 Crowns its Cover Star [UPDATE]

NHL 13 Crowns its Cover Star [UPDATE]

Come fly with me

Written by N0T PENNYS B0AT on 21 June 12 at 13:46 | Credit to Hustlinonradio

Update: Since the publication of this article, several screens of the cover star in action have been released, as have a pair of videos. Check them out in the story below!

Original Story
In West Philadelphia, drafted and trained; on the ice rink is where he spent most of his days...

After 24 million fan votes were tallied since the end of March, the cover vote for NHL 13 has been finalized and we have ourselves a winner. See him for yourself -- Philadelphia Flyers center, Claude Giroux.

Final cover 6/21/12


Giroux beat out Nashville's goalie, Pekka Rinne in the finals, who also had a very strong following of supporters, many of whom wanted to see a goalie grace the cover for the first time. In a statement from EA Sports, Giroux said this about his new position as coverboy:The support fans have given me throughout the campaign has been unbelievable. I am very excited to be on the cover of NHL 13 and I want to thank everyone who campaigned and voted for me - especially my teammates, the Flyers organization, and of course all the NHL fans who voted and tweeted.Here are several screens and a pair of videos to celebrate the announcement of the latest cover athlete:

Giroux 6

Giroux 5

Giroux 4

Giroux 3

Giroux 2

Giroux 1




Who did you vote for? Any Giroux or Rinne voters here? NHL 13 hits the rink on September 11th in North America and September 14th in Europe.
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drownedLTspeirs - so many games so little time
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giroux!
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I went for the two Buffalo guys (I believe it was Vanek and Pominvillle), just because their my favourite team, though I know they wouldn't make it very far. But Giroux seems like a good choice, though it would have been awesome for a goalie to make it, but I'd only really do that if the game had big change or more of a focus on goalies.
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September feels like years away, I just PRAY this is nothing like '12 in any way, shape, form, or Ultimate Team-having-ness.
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Yay! No Pred on the cover! I have hated them since they came in the league. BRING HOCKEY BACK TO CANADA BETTMAN.
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The Onyx Kid said:September feels like years away, I just PRAY this is nothing like '12 in any way, shape, form, or Ultimate Team-having-ness.Same here...something about EA servers and UT servers do not like my ISP...so annoying to not be able to get the easiest achvs since I can't connect to the server!

Unfortunately, pretty sure NHL, like FIFA, has a lot of people buying in to the micro transactions and EA likes making money, as the spread of UT across almost every EA Sports game must indicate.
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I voted for Matt and gabe on the avalanche team since its hometown. But o well
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I voted for Rinne...I really wanted to see a goalie on the cover since Couture got bounced.
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Posted on 21 June 12 at 07:37, Edited on 21 June 12 at 07:38 by mkollphoenixfan
Not a Flyers fan but that cover art is pretty nice. i wanted the Bruins players as they won the Stanley Cup last year and still Stamkos got the nod.
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As a flyers fan I'm glad he got the cover. Now all he needs is the big C on his chest Nd I will be even happier.
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GIROUUUUUUUUUUUUXXXXX
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so then i guess im getting the stanley cup edition.as a diehard Devils fan i cant buy a nhl game with a flyers player on it.
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Bman54X said:I went for the two Buffalo guys (I believe it was Vanek and Pominvillle), just because their my favourite team, though I know they wouldn't make it very far. But Giroux seems like a good choice, though it would have been awesome for a goalie to make it, but I'd only really do that if the game had big change or more of a focus on goalies.Another Sabres fan? Small world!

I don't think I voted, but Giroux is good.
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The rap needs to read "south Philadelphia" as that is where the stadium is located...unlike will smith who is from west Philly.
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This is the first NHL game I won't be buying since I was a kid, I have been very disappointed with the series for the past few years, they just seem to keep getting worse. And I just bought NHL 94 on the genesis, and Stanley Cup for the SNES, so I am good for hockey games for a long time now.
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I didn't vote, but I'm glad of the choice.
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Paully05 said:This is the first NHL game I won't be buying since I was a kid, I have been very disappointed with the series for the past few years, they just seem to keep getting worse. And I just bought NHL 94 on the genesis, and Stanley Cup for the SNES, so I am good for hockey games for a long time now.I was the same way the last two years, (nothing like nhl 96 on the the saturn) but Im jumping back into the series.......just going to put a malkin sticker over that damn dirty Flyer lol
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Posted on 21 June 12 at 12:46
Can't believe one of my Flyers made the cover...typical NHL move is to hate on anything wearing orange and black.
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Lets go flyers!

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