For the first time in the history of EA Sports’ NHL series, two teammates and the Stanley Cup will appear on the cover as NHL 16 will feature Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. The last time the cover included two athletes was NHL 96, but that one showed Steve Yzerman and Scott Stevens competing against each other.
“Being teamed up with Jonathan for the NHL 16 cover is a great feeling,” Kane said, per EA Sports. “I never would have imagined being on the cover twice, and the fact this is happening on top of our team taking home the Cup is unreal.”
Kane was featured on NHL 10 while Jonathan Toews was the cover athletes a year later. They’re the first players to appear on the worldwide cover twice.
NHL 16 will be out in North America on September 15. You can see the game’s E3 trailer below:
I didn’t quite make the cover for NHL16 @EASPORTSNHL but I’ll take it!!! #honored #blessed pic.twitter.com/2JfScQbIBX
— Strombone (@strombone1) May 19, 2015
