Supply: EA Sports activities
EA Sports activities has unveiled particulars concerning the upcoming Oct. 4 launch for NHL 25.
The sport was formally introduced on Thursday, with Jack, Quinn and Luke Hughes revealed to be the quilt athletes whereas additionally unveiling the official reveal trailer.
The Hughes brothers had been all elite prospects who wound up being chosen within the high 10 of their respective draft class. Jack was the No. 1 total decide by the New Jersey Devils in 2019. Luke joined him on the Devils when he was chosen fourth in 2021.
Quinn, the oldest at 24 years previous, was drafted No. 7 by the Vancouver Canucks in 2018. When the Devils and Canucks performed in Vancouver final season on Dec. 5, it marked the first time they shared the ice in an organized sport at any degree.
“In fact you dream you are going to play along with your brothers within the NHL in the future,” Jack stated previous to that matchup. “You are within the basement, hanging out, enjoying, however you by no means actually suppose it is going to turn into a actuality. For it to occur, it is undoubtedly fairly wild. It is three children in a single sport.”
Quinn is the reigning Norris Trophy winner and was voted the fifteenth captain in Canucks’ historical past previous to the beginning of the 2023-24 season. Luke was named to the All-Rookie crew final season after racking up 47 factors in 82 video games. Jack has made the All-Star crew in every of the previous three seasons.
Now, the Hughes’ trio would be the first set of brothers to grace the quilt of a serious sports activities online game. That is the second time in three years that EA Sports activities has featured a number of cowl athletes. Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Geese and Sarah Nurse of the Canadian girls’s nationwide crew had been on the quilt of NHL 23.
NHL 25 can be obtainable for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S.
