Canadian hockey player Sarah Nurse will become the first woman on the cover of the video game NHL 23.
Posted at 11:35 a.m.
Nurse will share the honor of the latest edition of the hockey video game developed by EA Sports with Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras.
The 27-year-old Nurse recently helped Canada win gold at the Beijing Olympics. She had five goals and 13 assists in seven tournament games. She also won silver with Canada at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
For his part, Zegras was a finalist for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding rookie in the NHL. In his first season as a pro, he had 23 goals and 38 assists in 75 games.
Zegras is known for his creative maneuvers around the net. He scored two “Michigan” goals last season, January 27 in Montreal and the 1er April in Arizona.
He also chipped in from the back of the net for teammate Sonny Milano to score on the airborne puck on Dec. 7 at Buffalo. This maneuver has been added to the game NHL 23.
In recent editions of the game NHL from EA Sports, Auston Matthews (2021), Alex Ovechkin (2021), Auston Matthews (2020), PK Subban (2019) and Connor McDavid (2018) ended up on the cover.