NHL 27 Cover Reveal
Twenty-five years later, the Sharks are back on the cover
Macklin Celebrini is the cover athlete of NHL 27 and for once, the pick needs no defending.
The San Jose Sharks have waited twenty-five years to see one of their own on the cover of an NHL game. The last was Owen Nolan on NHL 2001, back when multiplayer mostly meant inviting a buddy over with a second controller.
The wait ends now: Macklin Celebrini is the cover athlete of NHL 27, as Lead Producer Andy Beaudoin and Senior Game Design Director Mike Inglehart announced during the game's press presentation. For once, the cover pick needs no defending.
Chel veterans already know him. In NHL 26, Celebrini was your mentor in Be A Pro mode, fully voiced by the man himself, walking your created rookie through the first steps of a pro career. Twelve months later, the tutorial guy got promoted to the box art.
The real-world résumé backs it up. Celebrini put up 30 points in his team's first 20 games this past season a feat matched in NHL history by exactly two players.
Above: NHL 27 Cover
Above: NHL 27 Delux Edition Cover
- Wayne Gretzky1980–81
- Sidney Crosby2006–07
- Macklin Celebrini2025–26
Beaudoin and Inglehart showed us plenty more than the cover. We'll have the full picture on NHL 27 later this week.
The official NHL 27 reveal trailer premieres July 16. Watch it here when it goes live.
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