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NHL 12 Update: Yzerman Confirmed as Legend
by Doug Miller on 08/16/11 at 06:18 PM ET
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Just caught this via EA’s NHL 12 Twitter feed moments ago…
Steve Yzerman makes his return to the videogame world as a legend in #NHL12 - @DetroitRedWings fans, love it? http://t.co/89rFPjI
Click here for the full sized screenshot via EA’s NHL 12 Twitter account.
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Tags: ea+sports+nhl+12,
steve+yzerman
NHL 12 Update: Soundtrack List Released
by Doug Miller on 08/16/11 at 02:16 PM ET
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While I await the upcoming news on the next batch of Legends to be released, I happened to catch this tidbit of news that just broke. EA has just released a new blog, which includes the official soundtrack list for NHL 12. Including two all-new songs off upcoming albums by Anthrax and Bush.
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Tags: ea+sports+nhl+12
Around the Leagues - Week of 8/7/11
by Doug Miller on 08/15/11 at 01:00 PM ET
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It’s that time of week again… well, actually a day late, as yesterday’s news was to juicy to pass up, and there was more news this week than I expected. Anyway, it’s news round-up time. As I bring you news tidbits from around the CHL and NCAA Hockey from the last week. Honestly, I don’t even really enjoy doing these because there isn’t a lot of “writing” involved on my part… but alas… I have yet to have any better ideas… and I’ll be quite happy once the season gets rolling.
So here we go…
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Tags: college+hockey,
ontario+hockey+league,
quebec+major+junior+hockey+league,
western+hockey+league
NHL 12 Update: Gretzky Talks Legends
by Doug Miller on 08/14/11 at 05:22 PM ET
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In an exclusive interview with Game Hunters, USA Today’s branch of video game coverage, The Great One sat down to talk with them briefly about NHL 12, as well as hockey past, present, and future.
Normally, I’d just link to the interview, but it is Sunday, and I’m looking for something to break the dull of boredom that is putting together those “Around the Leagues” updates together. So I’ll bring you the full thing, with some of my own side comments when appropriate.
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Tags: ea+sports+nhl+12,
wayne+gretzky
NHL 12 Update: More Legends Info and Demo Details
by Doug Miller on 08/13/11 at 11:59 AM ET
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Via a new producer blog released by EA late yesterday, we have some more details now how the new “Legends” will be incorporated into NHL 12. Also, before that, I missed some news about the game demo, which was released on Thursday via another exclusive with Operation Sports. There has also been a new quick-clip released on the multiple EASHL player builds.
Read on, as I’ll get into all of this and begin breaking it down for further analysis.
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Tags: ea+sports+nhl+12
NHL 12 Overnight Update: The First Three Official Legends
by Doug Miller on 08/12/11 at 05:55 AM ET
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In what was fairly foreseeable, EA Sports in partnership with GameTrailers TV revealed yet another short teaser about the “Legends” coming to NHL 12. Saved for the very last segment of GTTV’s half-hour block on Spike TV. This confirmed a few highly suspected things, and also killed other possible rumors… but did give us some solid new info for sure.
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Tags: chris+chelios,
ea+sports+nhl+12,
ray+bourque,
wayne+gretzky
NHL 12 Mid-Week Update: Legends Teaser Trailer Breakdown
by Doug Miller on 08/09/11 at 05:49 PM ET
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Yesterday, via an exclusive with gametrailers.com EA Sports released a teaser trailer for the “Legends” to be featured in NHL 12. All but pretty much confirming that this is indeed the “big announcement” they have been talking about since day one. As we are just about a mere month away from the game’s release in Europe on September 9, and North America on September 13.
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Tags: ea+sports+nhl+12,
gordie+howe,
mario+lemieux,
wayne+gretzky
NHL 12 Update: Presentation, HUT, EASHL and Achievements
by Doug Miller on 08/06/11 at 04:41 PM ET
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Alright, well this is a pretty massive update, so let’s get right into the thick of things. Starting with the minor stuff, the new EA Producer Blog on Presentation, posted up Wednesday by EA’s Presentation Producer for NHL 12, Ben Ross.
All of the following quoted excerpts in the following section are from that EA Presentation Blog, unless otherwise noted.
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NCAA Player Profile: Shawn Hunwick
by Doug Miller on 08/04/11 at 02:10 PM ET
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School: University of Michigan (CCHA)
Class: Fifth-Year Senior
Position: Goaltender
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 166 lbs
Age: 24
Glove: Left
Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Last season, goaltender Shawn Hunwick became one of the biggest stories in college hockey. He had an amazing Cinderella-story season, the likes of which are the kind of thing you usually only see in fictional Hollywood movies.
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Tags: shawn+hunwick,
university+of+michigan
A Look Back at “The Game” That Created “Hockeytown”
by Doug Miller on 08/02/11 at 01:53 PM ET
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Alright, I’m sure I’ll take some heat for this, for multiple reasons, but mostly because it goes outside my blog’s rage of coverage which is listed as “everything but the NHL”. In my defense though, this isn’t news; it’s just a retrospective look at some hockey history. Plus, ever since the recent retirement of Chris Osgood, I’ve been thinking about writing about this, and providing my personal perspective on what I feel is one of the most historic games in Detroit Red Wings franchise history, at least among the games that have been played in my lifetime (1987 to present).
As a young kid growing up in Metro-Detroit, I started casually watching hockey in 1991 - mostly the Red Wings; although I soon developed a love for the Boston Bruins as well, for some unknown reason. Once I watched my first hockey game, I instantly became a fan of the sport, as I found it to be far more entertaining and exciting than football, baseball, and basketball. I quickly learned how to skate and then starting playing hockey, but I still wouldn’t consider my young self much more than a moderate fan of hockey… until May 16, 1996… when St. Louis played Detroit in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals.
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Tags: chris+osgood,
hockeytown,
jon+casey,
steve+yzerman
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