The NHL playoffs are in full swing, but EA Sports is already thinking about next season. The megapublisher recently announced that NHL 17 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One this Fall and they’re asking fans to once again select the cover athlete. Here’s what the first round of voting looks like:
| Jamie Benn (#NHL17Benn) | VS | Aleksander Barkov (#NHL17Barkov) |
| Joe Pavelski (#NHL17Pavelski) | VS | Anze Kopitar (#NHL17Kopitar) |
| Connor McDavid (#NHL17McDavid) | VS | Jakub Voracek (#NHL17Voracek) |
| Victor Hedman (#NHL17Hedman) | VS | Vladimir Tarasenko (#NHL17Tarasenko) |
The contest is now open at NHL.com, or you can cast your vote through Twitter using the hashtags above. Fans can vote as many times as they like, and tweets count double on “Twitter Vote Thursdays.”
In addition to the cover athlete vote, EA also released their “Vision Trailer” for NHL 17, which shows “how the team [at EA Canada] is working directly with fans to build the biggest and most exciting hockey game to date.”
