Last week, publisher Electronic Arts announced that the “Team of the Year” programme would return for ‘EA SPORTS NHL 26’, celebrating the best-of-the-best in hockey with fans being able to have a hand in that selection.
With that being said, here are the forward winners for NHL and PWHL respectively:
- Sarah Fillier, Forward, New York Sirens
- Connor McDavid, Center, Edmonton Oilers
- Leon Draisaitl, Forward, Edmonton Oilers
- Nathan MacKinnon, Forward, Colorado Avalanche
- Marie Philip-Poulin, Center, Montreal Victoire
- Hilary Knight, Forward, Seattle Torrent
The forward nominees are as follows and the winners have been available since 6 January:
NHL Forward Nominees:
- Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning
- David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins
- William Nylander – Toronto Maple Leafs
- Mikko Rantanen – Dallas Stars
PWHL Forward Nominees:
- Kendall Coyne Schofield – Minnesota Frost
- Taylor Heise – Minnesota Frost
- Daryl Watts – Toronto Sceptres
- Laura Stacey – Montreal Victoire
Defense and Goalie nominees should be live and available for voting in-game, so get to that! Winners announced and available in-game on 9 January at 10am PT.
EA SPORTS NHL 26 is available on Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles.
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