NHL 2004 is an ice hockey sports video game developed by EA Black Box. It is the successor to NHL 2003 . The game adds three European Elite Leagues: Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Sweden's Elitserien (SEL), and Finland's SM-liiga .

Oct 12, 2023 · Take a stroll down memory lane with every NHL cover star since 1991 and EA’s first NHL game.

Dec 2, 2003 · EA Sports has replaced Thrashers RW Dany Heatley with Avalanche C Joe Sakic as the cover athlete of its "NHL 2004" video game after Heatley's car accident claimed the life of teammate Dan Snyder in October, according to Wayne Karl of THE HOCKEY NEWS.

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Jan 2, 2019 · For the uninitiated: The original NHL 2004 cover had Dany Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers. Heatley was responsible for a car accident that killed his teammate in September of 2003 – right after the game shipped for release. EA responded by …

More recently, Claude Giroux was featured on the cover of NHL 13 and Martin Brodeur was on the cover of NHL 14. On June 24, 2014, EA Sports announced at the 2014 NHL Awards in Las Vegas that Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins would be the official cover athlete for NHL 15 .

NHL 2004, developed by the EA Black Box studios, is the successor to NHL 2003, and is widely considered to be a major turning point in the series. The game adds 3 European Elite Leagues - Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Sweden's Elitserien and Finland's SM-liiga.

EA originally released NHL 2004 with Dany Heatley on the cover. Six days after the release of the game, Heatley was driving recklessly and caused an accident which eventually led to the death of teammate Dan Synder. In response, EA appointed Joe Sakic as the new cover athlete.

NHL 2004 (2003) Joe Sakic graced the cover of NHL '04. Hit the LIKE if you played this!