For the first time ever, the cover athlete for the NHL series was put up to a vote by fans of EA Sports and earlier this week the company revealed that Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers had won the vote. Earlier today the company revealed the cover with Giroux’s image which can be seen above.
Also revealed was some gameplay footage of Giroux’s character in action which can be seen below. Those looking to pick up the game itself will need to wait until September 11th in North America while Europeans must wait until September 14th before they can pick up the title on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.