They may never play for the Stanley Cup, but the best EA Sports NHL 18 players in North America will soon play for a different prize.
That prize is the Snider Hockey Cup, named in memory of former Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider, and those adept gamers can earn up to $17,500 in prizes. The tournament is sponsored by Xbox and powered by World Gaming, and money raised through will go towards the Snider Youth Hockey Foundation.
“Ed Snider was a visionary. What better way to honor Ed than to be the first foundation to embrace the esport industry with this tournament that will ultimately benefit the student-athletes of the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation,” Scott Tharp, the president of the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation, said in a statement.