Though it stretched on in tedious fashion for nearly three months the cover campaign for NHL 13 collected over 25 million votes by the time it was completed. The announcement of the winner came this evening as Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux came out on top to become the NHL 13 cover athlete – defeating Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne in the finals.
To celebrate the news EA Sports released a new trailer for NHL 13 starring Giroux. Continue on to check it out and leave any thoughts on the video and the end result of the cover tournament in the comments!Â