NHL 23 brings players together with the most socially connected Chel experience ever and adds women's players to the Ultimate Team.Electronic Arts is bringing hockey fans together with EA Sports NHL 23, the most authentic and immersive NHL game ever.
NHL 23 is greater together and will bring an all-new level of social play never before seen in the franchise when cross-platform matchmaking comes to the game in November 2022, allowing matchmaking between players of the same platform generation in World of Chel and Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT).
Powered by the Frostbite engine, NHL 23 brings fans new levels of authenticity with gameplay improvements that include over 500 new last chance playmaking animations, living arenas and atmosphere, deep franchise-mode customization and new ways to play HUT, including the addition of IIHF Women’s National Teams in HUT, allowing the best women’s and men’s players in the world to compete on one lineup.
EA Sports has also revealed two cover athletes for NHL 23 that represent an exciting new generation of hockey talent—Anaheim Ducks phenom Trevor Zegras and Canadian professional hockey and women’s national team member Sarah Nurse, the first woman to grace the cover of EA Sports NHL.
In a historic first, IIHF Women’s National Team members can now play alongside men in a Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) lineup, allowing players to make their dream team of the sport’s best players. After their introduction last year, national teams will continue to play a prominent role in NHL 23, as national team players will have both base and master items incorporated into HUT events. In addition, players can now compete in a variety of new rotating game themes in HUT Rivals. NHL 23 also introduces three additional tiers of HUT Rivals Rewards based on win or win streaks.
For the second year, the EA Sports NHL franchise returns to the legendary Frostbite engine, bringing whole new levels of visual immersion to the game. From electrifying new OT Winner, Hat Trick and Shootout celebrations that will hype you up, to raucous stadiums with overhauled levels of Crowd Awareness and Moment to Moment Reactions, NHL 23 has the most authentic in-game atmosphere in franchise history. A whole new series of Last Chance Puck Movement gameplay animations add even more excitement to the game, with over 500 new Stumble Action animations, loose puck plays and enhanced goalie AI.
Following the reveal of the NHL franchise’s first ever woman cover athlete with Sarah Nurse, EA Sports revealed the top women’s players at each position, including defenders, forwards and goalies in NHL 23.
Top 10 Forwards Nation Position OV Marie-Philip Poulin Canada C 94 Kendall Coyne Schofield USA LW 93 Hilary Knight USA RW 93 Brianne Jenner Canada C 92 Sarah Fillier Canada RW 92 Sarah Nurse Canada LW 91 Natalie Spooner Canada RW 91 Taylor Heise USA C 91 Amanda Kessel USA RW 89 Petra Nieminen Finland C 89 Top 10 Defenders Jenni Hiirikoski Finland 92 Megan Keller USA 91 Lee Stecklein USA 91 Jocelyne Larocque Canada 90 Renata Fast Canada 90 Erin Ambrose Canada 89 Cayla Barnes USA 89 Caroline Harvey USA 89 Ella Shelton Canada 88 Nelli Laitinen Finland 86 Top 10 Goalies Ann-Renee Desbiens Canada 92 Anni Keisala Finland 90 Nicole Hensley USA 90 Emerance Maschmeyer Canada 89 Klara Peslarova Czechia 88 Maddie Rooney USA 88 Andrea Braendli Switzerland 87 Meeri Raisanen Finland 87 Aerin Frankel USA 87 Kristen Campbell Canada 87
