EA Sports’ NHL video game has come a long way since it’s inception for the Sega Genesis console in 1991. However, the game has had an NHL player grace the cover beginning with their first video game (NHL Hockey) that was released in 1991 with L.A. Kings goaltender Glenn Healy on the cover.
It’s especially come a long way since the turn of the millennium in 2000 - keeping up with the trend of coming up with new ideas to go along with new players on the cover of the game. To keep up the trend of SB Nation’s video game theme this week, we may as well rank how the last twenty players have done.