NHL 2002

NHL 2002
Cover art featuring Mario Lemieux
Developer(s)EA Canada
Budcat Creations (GBA)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNHL series
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance
Release
September 18, 2001
  • Windows
    • NA: September 18, 2001[1]
    • EU: October 5, 2001
    PlayStation 2
    • NA: September 25, 2001[2]
    • EU: October 19, 2001
    Xbox
    • NA: December 11, 2001[3]
    • EU: March 14, 2002
    Game Boy Advance
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a comeback after being retired for three and a half years. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on Xbox.

NHL 2002 was the only game in the series to be released on the Game Boy Advance. This version is an updated port of NHL 96 for the SNES,[5] and contains many features from that past title.

Bill Clement is replaced by Don Taylor for NHL 2002. Taylor's quirky and often slapstick commentary style drew mixed reception from fans of the game.

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  2. ^ IGN staff (September 25, 2001). "Five New PS2 Titles Ship". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ IGN Staff (January 8, 2002). "Xbox Reader's Vote 2001: Sports". IGN. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "NHL 2002". IGN. Archived from the original on June 19, 2004. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Craig Harris (March 18, 2002). "NHL 2002 (GBA)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2024.