NHL 14 Cover Vote Down to 8 Candidates

[Steve_OS]

EA SPORTS NHL 14 Cover Vote Reaches Quarterfinals

EA SPORTS™, the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA®) and the National Hockey League (NHL®) announced today the quarterfinal matchups in the next round of the EA SPORTS NHL®14 Cover Vote. Voting for this round is now live and fans can vote an unlimited number of times at NHL.com/CoverVote. The round closes on May 19 at 11:59pm ET. The winner of the cover vote campaign will be revealed as the NHL 14 Cover Athlete during the 2013 Stanley Cup® Final.

NHL® 14 Cover Vote Round of 16 Recap

The Round of 16 featured some extraordinarily close matchups and included some notable upsets:

• The Battle of Pennsylvania: For the second year in a row, Evgeni Malkin has been defeated by a Philadelphia Flyers player. Last year, Malkin lost to NHL 13 Cover Athlete Claude Giroux in the semifinals. This year, Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds unseeded Malkin.
  
• As Close as they Come: At final tally, less than 100 votes separated winner Taylor Hall and his opponent Matt Duchene in this round.
  
• Two Maple Leafs Advance against Original SixTM Rivals: A strong Game Six performance may have helped Joffrey Lupul and James van Riemsdyk overcome their opponents, P.K. Subban and Tyler Seguin, respectively.

Twitter Vote Thursdays

This year fans can double their voting power by using these player specific hashtags on “Twitter Vote Thursdays.” Each player specific hashtag used on Twitter on Thursdays will be counted as two official votes. Fans can join the conversation about the cover vote every day by using #NHL14CoverVote on Twitter and Instagram.

NHL 14 will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. NHL 14 releases on Sept. 10, 2013, in North America and Sept. 13, 2013 worldwide.

[brianski71]

"The Battle of Pennsylvania: For the second year in a row, Evgeni Malkin has been defeated by a Philadelphia Flyers player. Last year, Malkin lost to NHL 13 Cover Athlete Claude Giroux in the semifinals. This year, Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds unseeded Malkin."

Wait a minute....who are the Flyers playing next week? Oh yeah......1975. Suck it, Philly. Go Pens.

[illmatic04]

no one likes the Penguins and especially Malkin & Crosby except for those Pens fans like u, so glad Malkin is out

[AZwildcats]

I hope john tavares wins the cover for nhl 14 I am for sure buying nhl 14 hahahaha I passed up nhl 13 and I will be playing with my flyers as usual or the phoenix coyotes hahahaha

[wisdom less13]

I'm a PENS fan, and can care less if Gino didn't get a cover vote. At least this voting has upsets unlike Madden's which seemed a bit set up from the brackets. No need to be so salty, illmatic...

[13whitebread]

Red wing should have been on the cover along time ago it's almost too late now buy I hope datsuyk gets it but would have been happier with a Canada player

[SWEAT DOGG]

More crap from EA giving the leafs two picks sighhhhh, would of been nice for at least one Bruin to be in there

[Bluejaysfan65]

Hopefully Lupul or Van Riemsdyk can get the cover. Not realistically though...