The most likely time for this reveal to land would be EA Play Live, which is scheduled to take place on July 22, 2021. Following Alex Ovechkin gracing the cover of NHL 21, the favorites for this year include Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and even dark horse contenders like Brad Marchand. One of the first big reveals we'll likely see for NHL 22 should be exactly which NHL star is chosen as the cover athlete for this year's release. That gives us a speculative date for EA releasing the game on September 10 at earliest, and maybe September 17 at the latest.

Based on those dates, and barring any delays, we’d expect to see NHL 22 release date around that same mid-September release timeframe. NHL 18’s release date was on September 15, 2017, and NHL 17 was September 13 in North American (Sept. The title before it, NHL 20, came out on Friday, September 13, 2019, while NHL 19 launched on Friday, September 14, 2018. It was a later release date than usual due to development delay issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The game featured several editions, including a Great Eight Edition, and had an official release date of October 16, 2020. That’s when Alex Ovechkin was presented as the game’s cover star. When is the new EA hockey game’s release date?īack on August 24, 2020, we saw the official NHL 21 announcement trailer arrive (below). Here's everything we know so far about NHL 22 and exactly what release date players can expect. NHL 22 is an ice hockey simulation video game that is the sequel of NHL 21, which is going to be released on later 2021 on PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5.

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