NHL 14

NHL 14
Cover featuring Martin Brodeur
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNHL series
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: September 10, 2013[1]
  • AU: September 12, 2013
  • EU: September 13, 2013[1]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NHL 14 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It is the 23rd installment of the NHL series and was released in September 2013.[1] However, the game was released on September 7, 2013 for subscribers of the EA Sports Season Ticket service.[citation needed]

Like the NHL 13 cover, anybody could vote on the player(s) they wished to see on the cover of NHL 14. The vote started on April 22, 2013 with 60 NHL players (2 players per team) in a single-elimination voting with two players in each match-up, and was closed on June 2, 2013.[2][3] Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur and Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky qualified for the final,[4] and Martin Brodeur was announced as the winner on June 28, 2013.[5] NHL 14 marked the first time since NHL 97 that a goaltender was featured on the official cover (John Vanbiesbrouck was on the cover that year), as well as the first goaltender on any official ice hockey video game cover since Marty Turco on 2K Sports' NHL 2K6. Jonas Hiller was featured on the cover of NHL 12, but only in PAL regions.

  1. ^ a b c Goldfarb, Andrew (April 15, 2013). "NHL 14 Release Date Announced". IGN. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "NHL 14 cover vote starts April 22". EA Sports. April 20, 2013. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "NHL '14 EA Cover Vote Sweepstakes" (PDF). National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Halford, Mike (May 27, 2013). "It's Brodeur vs. Bobrovsky in NHL '14 cover vote final". ProHockeyTalk. NBC Sports. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "NHL 14 Cover Reveal". EA Sports. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.