In Toronto, at a surprise autograph signing in a downtown Tim Hortons, a special edition alternative cover was made, showing James van Riemsdyk ( Toronto).

In NHL 99, the career mode was added and in NHL 2000, the tournament mode. In NHL 98, 18 national teams were already included. NHL 97 was the first full 3D installment, the national teams of Canada, USA and Russia have been added, the other two teams contain a compilation of the best European players. NHL 96 was in 3D with 2D player textures, fights are back (most recently in the first two games).

In NHL 95 were added game modes exhibition, training, shootout and the possibility to change individual players in teams. NHL '94 has already been officially licensed by the NHL. NHLPA Hockey '93 was without the NHL license, so instead of NHL team names and logos, there were only cities. In NHL Hockey from 1991, the game modes were season and playoff, and due to the license, the game was called EA Hockey in Europe and featured 22 national teams instead. The game is developed under license from the National Hockey League (NHL), which enables the use of the league's team names, stadiums and colors in the game, and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), which enables the use of the League's player names and likenesses. NHL (colloquially referred to as Chel ) is a series of professional ice hockey simulation video games developed by EA Vancouver and published yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand. Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega CD, DOS, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Gear, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X

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