Best Buy, Sony PlayStation®and Virgin Gaming gave hockey fans throughout Canada the chance to score ice cold cash and prizes in an exclusive online tournament in October and November 2011.
Grand Prize winner, Newsworthy1 from Toronto, Ontario, wins the ultimate hockey fan experience, including tickets, travel and accommodations to see his favorite NHL team play, and a seat to compete in the LIVE NHL 12 Challenge Series Tournament in New York in April 2012!
Newsworthy1 has been a problem with the controller since NHLPA’93 when blowing into game cartridges was part of the ritual. His final match in the Ultimate Fan Challenge came a few days before his birthday, and he may get to celebrate once more when he competes at the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series LIVE Finals in April, 2012.
Runner up in the NHL 12 Ultimate fan Challenge is Portugish from Cambridge, Ontario.Having scored 19 goals on an opponent at one point in his NHL® 12 career, there’s no denying Portugish’s skill on the virtual ice. When asked which word best describes his offensive game, he summed it up with “insane”.Be on the lookout for him when he takes his insane game to the EA SPORTS™ Challenge Series Online Qualifier Tournament.
To learn more about EA SPORTS Challenge Series, the individual tournaments and official rules, please visit www.easports.com/challengeseries.
