NHL 12 cover athlete to be announced at Awards
Posted by EA SPORTS at 13:45PM on Friday, June, 17, 2011


Last spring, Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane pulled off quite the feat. Sure, there was that Stanley Cup title in which they both figured prominently -- Toews winning the Conn Smythe and Kane potting the Cup-winner -- but in addition to that championship, the duo also made some history when Toews was named the cover athlete for EA SPORTS NHL '11, marking the first time that teammates took the honor in back-to-back years. Kane had graced the cover of EA SPORTS NHL '10 with his trademark mouthpiece hanging out between his teeth.

No one can say for certainty if Patrick Sharp or Marian Hossa will give the Blackhawks an EA cover hat trick, or if someone such as Boston's Tim Thomas could be the second straight cover athlete to receive the honor after lifting the Cup for the first time.

But it will be somebody. And at the 2011 NHL Awards, we'll all find out who.

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