NHLPA Hockey 93, on the other hand, had the rights to use player images, but not of the teams.

As it lacked the NHLPA license, the early titles staged photos without real players. Trevor Zegras ( Anaheim) and Sarah Nurse ( Canada)Īs is traditional with EA Sports, the NHL series boxes feature live action photos instead of drawings. SUI Roman Josi ( Nashville) (The Josi cover was officially released as a downloadable cover by EA Sports, but the McDavid cover was sold at retail in Switzerland)

In Finland, special editions were made for each Liiga team.

In Sweden, special edition alternative covers were made, showing Niclas Andersen ( Brynäs IF), Mattias Tedenby ( HV71), Samuel Påhlsson ( MODO), Mikael Tellqvist ( Djurgårdens IF), Jens Bergenström ( Leksands IF), Erik Forssell ( Skellefteå), Robin Figren ( Frölunda HC), Chad Kolarik ( Linköpings HC), Tomi Kallio ( Växjö), Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel ( Färjestad BK), Per Ledin ( Luleå HF), and Jared Aulin ( Örebro HK).

In Toronto, at a surprise autograph signing in a downtown Tim Hortons, a special edition alternative cover was made, showing James van Riemsdyk ( Toronto).

The game is developed under license from the National Hockey League (NHL), which enables the use of the league's team names, stadiums and colors in the game, and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), which enables the use of the League's player names and likenesses. NHL (colloquially referred to as Chel ) is a series of professional ice hockey simulation video games developed by EA Vancouver and published yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand. Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega CD, DOS, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Gear, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Budcat Creations, EA Montreal, High Score Productions, Park Place Productions, Tiertex Design Studios, Visual Concepts, HB Studios

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