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Giroux Meets Rinne in EA SPORTS NHL 13 Cover Vote Finals
Winner To Be Unveiled At The 2012 NHL Awards On June 20
May 29, in the year of our Lord 2012 – EA
SPORTS™ and NHL.com announced today that Philadelphia Flyers
forward Claude Giroux and Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne
have been selected by the fans as the two finalists in the EA
SPORTS NHL®13 Cover Vote sponsored by BlackBerry®.Giroux and
Rinne narrowly beat out Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni
Malkin and New York Islanders forward John Tavares,
respectively, in the tightest round of competition yet. Fans
have cast more than 23 million votes on NHL.com thus far in the
campaign, including nearly four million votes in the semifinal
round.
Beginning today until June 4 at 11:59pm ET, fans can vote an
unlimited number of times at
http://www.nhl.com/covervote for their choice for the EA
SPORTS NHL® 13 Cover Athlete. The winner will be unveiled at the
2012 NHL Awards™ on June 20 at the Wynn Las Vegas. The 2012 NHL
Awards will be televised at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network in
the U.S and on CBC in Canada.
The NHL® 13 Cover Vote campaign, gives fans the opportunity to
select the face of the EA SPORTS NHL® franchise. Fans can create
awareness for the campaign and their favorite player by using
#NHL13Cover on TwitterTM.
The first ever cover vote campaign for the EA SPORTS NHL®
franchise has been embraced by NHL fans, teams and players who
have utilized social media platforms to campaign. Recent
outstanding examples of team and player engagement include:
· When You Don't Vote for #71 - Penguins' "Vote for Geno"
campaign
· Johnny's Barber Shop - Get Strong for John - Islanders Mikael
Grabner campaigns for John Tavares
· Get Strong for John - Islanders Mikael Grabner campaigns for
John Tavares
NHL® 13 Delivers Major Innovations that will Change the Way You
Play the Game
EA SPORTS NHL® 13 promises the biggest change to the franchise
since the introduction of the Skill Stick in NHL® 07. Headlined
by all-new True Performance Skating, and supported by an
innovative new A.I. system dubbed EA SPORTS Hockey I.Q., NHL® 13
will deliver a revamped gameplay experience that accurately
captures the speed, creativity and strategy of NHL hockey.
In addition, NHL® 13 will also deliver new experiences that
connect hockey fans to their friends and the real world of
hockey with the all-new GM Connected and NHL Moments Live modes.
NHL® 13 will be available on September 11, 2012 in North America
and September 14, 2012 in Europe.