At SB Nation, it’s Video Game week, and what more appropriate topic to discuss than the NHL series of games published by EA.
Ever since 1991, when “NHL Hockey” was published for the Sega Genesis, the series has seen yearly installments, all complete with roster updates, different mechanics, and gameplay changes (or sometimes no changes at all, thanks EA). Personally, my first version of the game was NHL 99’, featuring Eric Lindros on the cover, for the Nintendo 64, though as is indicated in the title of this article, my favorite version has to be, without a doubt, NHL 06.