Much like the ongoing Madden NFL 13 cover vote, EA Sports will be putting players from each team up against one another to decide who gets to be on the cover of their upcoming NHL 13 game. Just about as under-the-radar as the sport itself, the yearly NHL releases from EA are generally much more well-received than their pro football counterparts. It also helps that there's not a curse associated with the NHL game, but that's an entirely different story.
↵Back to the point - before they get down to voting player vs. player between the associated teams, the cover vote is putting two players from the same team up against one another to decide who will represent said team. For the Detroit Red Wings, it's goaltender Jimmy Howard and forward Pavel Datsyuk. You can go vote here, even if it does seem just a tad pointless and tipped in Datsyuk's favor, given his popularity. At the very least, Howard has been able to acknowledge this:
↵↵↵Jimmy Howard said that it's 'David vs. Goliath' matching up against Datsyuk to be on the cover of NHL 13. Each team will have one rep.
↵— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) March 29, 2012
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