Patrick Kane No Longer NHL 16 Cover Athlete - New Cover Revealed

[RaychelSnr]

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks is currently under police investigation for alleged events that involve him and a woman in her 20s. This obviously put EA in a tough spot, and a spokesperson from the company responded today with an official statement cutting all ties with Kane:

Quote:

"In light of the ongoing investigation involving Patrick Kane, he will no longer be a spokesperson for the launch of EA Sports NHL 16. He will not appear on the EA Sports NHL 16 cover nor participate in other EA Sports NHL 16 promotional activities."

It will be interesting if EA replaces Kane with another star or just goes with Jonathan Toews as the lone cover athlete.

UPDATE: The NHL 16 pre-order page has new cover art, featuring Jonathan Toews.

UPDATE #2: Another view of the new NHL 16 cover.

[Hammettf2b]

It was only a matter of time. EA had to do something.

[Stormyhog]

Quote: Originally Posted by MMChrisS

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks is currently under police investigation, reportedly involving something that happened between him and a woman in her 20s. This obviously put EA in a tough spot, and they responded today with an official statement cutting all ties with Kane: It will be interesting if EA replaces Kane with another star or just goes with Jonathan Toews as the lone coverman.

Judging by EA's twitter banner look's like Toews will go it alone. https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNHL

[Dazraz]

I would much rather developers stopped spending money on cover stars & invested more in the quality of the game. A game cover means nothing. Would you decide or not decide to buy a game based on a cover star? Surely not.

[ThreeKing]

As big of a Hawks fan as I am, and even if he's 100% innocent, this is the right move. There's just been too many incidents with him and this is not a case of negative press is good press.

If he is innocent, he needs to get some help. If he's guilty, he should be in jail.

[Pezell04x]

Good.

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[huntt26]

Cover looks much improved. Not as posed looking.

[Steve_OS]

Updated OP w/ new cover.