NHL ALLSTAR P.K. Subban who signed a $72 million dollar deal with the Nashville Predators in 2014 is the first Nashville Predator for EA SPORTS Annual Hockey game featured on the cover.

This marks the second time that a Black player will appear on the cover of an NHL video game. Jarome Iginlaappeared on the cover of “NHL 2003.” In an interview with the Hockey News, Subban says he was a fan of Iginla in his youth. He also was a video game fan growing up, playing them with his brothers (including Malcolm Subban, the Las Vegas Golden Knights’ goalie).

As for the new features of “NHL 19,” they include:

• A pond hockey mode.
• Customization features for creating characters.
• “Real Player Motion (RPM) Tech” animation for the characters.
• Competing “against over 200 of the greatest hockey legends to ever play the sport, including Wayne Gretzky.”

Subban’s only appearing on the conventional versions of the game. The “Legend” and “Ultimate” editions of the games feature the game’s most famous player, Wayne Gretzky. It’s from different points of his career: the Legend edition shows him in his Edmonton Oilers uniform, while the Ultimate edition shows Gretzky in his Los Angeles Kings uniform.