Giroux Faces Malkin, Tavares Meets Rinne in EA SPORTS NHL 13 Cover Vote Semifinals

The following is a press release sent to us by the NHL division of EA Sports concerning the Cover vote for NHL 13, so get out and cast your vote for one of these four stars:

Sponsored By BlackBerry And Hosted On?NHL.com, More Than 19.5 Million Fan Votes Cast To Date in the First Ever EA SPORTS NHL Cover Athlete Campaign

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May 24, 2012?? EA SPORTS? and?NHL.com?announced today that the semifinals matchups for the EA SPORTSNHL^?13?Cover Vote, sponsored by BlackBerry^?, will be Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux versus Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin and New York Islanders forward John Tavares against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.? Fans have cast more than 19.5 million votes to date. Beginning today at?http://www.nhl.com/covervote, fans can vote an unlimited number of times for their favorite player to advance to the finals. The winner of the cover vote campaign will be unveiled as the EA SPORTS?NHL^??13?Cover Athlete at the 2012 NHL Awards? on June 20 at the Wynn Las Vegas (7pm ET on NBC Sports Network in the U.S. and CBC in Canada).

NHL?13?Cover Vote?Semifinals Breakdown
Bracket A	Bracket B
Claude Giroux vs. Evgeni Malkin	John Tavares vs. Pekka Rinne

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NHL 13?Cover Athlete Voting Schedule:

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??????????May 24 ? May 28:?Semifinals

??????????May 29 ? June 4:?Finals

The?NHL 13?Cover Vote campaign, gives fans the opportunity to select the face of the?EA SPORTS?NHL^??franchise. Fans can create awareness for the campaign and their favorite player by using?#NHL13Cover?on Twitter.

The first ever cover vote campaign for the EA SPORTS?NHL^??franchise has been embraced by NHL fans, teams and players who have utilized social media platforms to campaign. Recent outstanding examples of team and player engagement include:

Assets:

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For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums and game communities, please visit?www.easports.com?to connect, share and compete. EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sports through industry-leading sports videogames, including?Madden NFL?football,?FIFA Soccer,?NHL??hockey,?NBA LIVE?basketball,?NCAA? Football,?Tiger Woods PGA TOUR??golf,?SSX^TM,?and?Fight Night?boxing. For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums and game apps, please visit?www.easports.com.

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