Stamkos was the NHL’s second-leading goal scorer this past season, and finished fifth in total points. He is the second Tampa Bay Lightning player to make the NHL cover; the first was Vincent Lecavalier on the cover of NHL 06.
Stamkos was the NHL’s second-leading goal scorer this past season, and finished fifth in total points. He is the second Tampa Bay Lightning player to make the NHL cover; the first was Vincent Lecavalier on the cover of NHL 06.
Don Danbury
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:26 PMI heard NHL 2012 is more of an open world sandbox game like GTA set in Vancouver where you go around destroying stuff and get points for how much damage you cause.
alex
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:27 PMBS how the hell does a tampa player make front >>
MikeC
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:38 PMBecause he’s young and exciting and they feel like there is a lot to come from him. Like how they did Phaneuf a couple of years back (he bombed nicely though), it’s a subtle “Keep an eye on this player” type of thing.
Trav
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:15 AMNot to mention Tampa’s a very good team lol. Why shouldn’t they get a player on the cover?
Simon
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 12:58 PMThat’s a horrible boxart. Looks fanmade. Has a goaltender ever been on the cover? Thomas deserves it after how he played all year.
Blackhawk
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 4:34 PMMeh. Toews’ cover was the best. This one looks a bit fake. Hopefully they’ll touch it up before release