Today, EA Sports and the Canadian Hockey League announced a four year deal that will bring the Chl into EA’s NHL gaming series, starting with NHL 11. The Chl is a junior league for hockey players from the ages of 16 to 20. Many of today’s greats sharpened their skills in the Chl including: Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Patrick Kane and Sidney Crosby.
“The Chl is very excited to partner with an industry leader like EA Sports to create a brand new way for Chl fans to associate with their favorite Chl teams and players,” said David Branch, President, Chl. “This opportunity also provides EA Sports fans around the world the ability to learn more about the next wave of NHL stars as they compete in the best development league in the world.”
You too can now come up through the ranks in Be A Pro mode by going through the Chl.
“The Chl is very excited to partner with an industry leader like EA Sports to create a brand new way for Chl fans to associate with their favorite Chl teams and players,” said David Branch, President, Chl. “This opportunity also provides EA Sports fans around the world the ability to learn more about the next wave of NHL stars as they compete in the best development league in the world.”
You too can now come up through the ranks in Be A Pro mode by going through the Chl.
- 5/22/2010
- by T.J. Lauerman
- GameRant
Nearly entering its fifth season on this coming Sunday, September 7, HBO original series "Entourage" threw down season 5 premiere event at Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on Wednesday, September 3. Joining the celebration were many of the Hollywood A-list celebrities and others.
Most of the series' cast ensemble, including Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jeremy Piven, Rex Lee, Jerry Ferrara and Perrey Reeves, arrived in their best possible suits or dresses and posed for the press. They were also joined by executive producer, Mark Wahlberg and writer Doug Ellin.
Apart from the major cast, several actors who have recurring roles in the series, such as Constance Zimmer, Carla Gugino, Jordan Belfi and Leighton Meester, had also attended the premiere. Other celebrity guests coming out for the special occasion were Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Bow Wow, Monica Seles, Aida Turturro, Vincent Lecavalier, Lee Tergesen, Martin Brodeur, New York Rangers' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and designer Monique Lhuillier.
Most of the series' cast ensemble, including Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jeremy Piven, Rex Lee, Jerry Ferrara and Perrey Reeves, arrived in their best possible suits or dresses and posed for the press. They were also joined by executive producer, Mark Wahlberg and writer Doug Ellin.
Apart from the major cast, several actors who have recurring roles in the series, such as Constance Zimmer, Carla Gugino, Jordan Belfi and Leighton Meester, had also attended the premiere. Other celebrity guests coming out for the special occasion were Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Bow Wow, Monica Seles, Aida Turturro, Vincent Lecavalier, Lee Tergesen, Martin Brodeur, New York Rangers' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and designer Monique Lhuillier.
- 9/4/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Palm Pictures
This painfully earnest sports biopic tells the story of Maurice Richard, the legendary hockey player from Quebec who enjoyed a landmark career in the NHL for two decades, leading the Montreal Canadiens to eight Stanley Cups in the 1940s and '50s. The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard will appeal mostly to hockey fans already familiar with the subject matter, it's a well-made, inspirational effort that beautifully conveys its period and milieu. It also boasts an excellent and impressively athletic performance by star Roy Dupuis, whose uncanny resemblance to Richard already has been exploited in a television miniseries.
The film, directed by Charles Biname and the winner of no fewer than nine Genie Awards, is receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Cinema Village.
Depicting Richard's life from his working-class early years -- when he was deemed too fragile to play the physically demanding sport -- to the 1955 riot in Montreal after he was handed a suspension by the league, the film painstakingly and movingly examines the prejudice from NHL officials and players suffered by French-speaking Canadians.
Reminiscent of such similarly themed films as Cinderella Man in its depiction of a impoverished underdog rising to the top, the film beautifully re-creates the period in which it is set, its visual look particularly aided by Pierre Gill's atmospheric lensing.
Determined to cover nearly every aspect of its subject's lengthy career, The Rocket does become a little repetitious in the process. Relieving the occasional bouts of dramatic tedium are the superbly staged hockey sequences, which vividly depict the brutally violent aspects of the sport in its primitive, pre-helmet days.
Hockey fans will be particularly gratified by the presence of numerous current NHL stars participating in the action, including Vincent Lecavalier, Ian Laperriere, Pascal Dupuis and Sean Avery.
This painfully earnest sports biopic tells the story of Maurice Richard, the legendary hockey player from Quebec who enjoyed a landmark career in the NHL for two decades, leading the Montreal Canadiens to eight Stanley Cups in the 1940s and '50s. The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard will appeal mostly to hockey fans already familiar with the subject matter, it's a well-made, inspirational effort that beautifully conveys its period and milieu. It also boasts an excellent and impressively athletic performance by star Roy Dupuis, whose uncanny resemblance to Richard already has been exploited in a television miniseries.
The film, directed by Charles Biname and the winner of no fewer than nine Genie Awards, is receiving its U.S. theatrical premiere at New York's Cinema Village.
Depicting Richard's life from his working-class early years -- when he was deemed too fragile to play the physically demanding sport -- to the 1955 riot in Montreal after he was handed a suspension by the league, the film painstakingly and movingly examines the prejudice from NHL officials and players suffered by French-speaking Canadians.
Reminiscent of such similarly themed films as Cinderella Man in its depiction of a impoverished underdog rising to the top, the film beautifully re-creates the period in which it is set, its visual look particularly aided by Pierre Gill's atmospheric lensing.
Determined to cover nearly every aspect of its subject's lengthy career, The Rocket does become a little repetitious in the process. Relieving the occasional bouts of dramatic tedium are the superbly staged hockey sequences, which vividly depict the brutally violent aspects of the sport in its primitive, pre-helmet days.
Hockey fans will be particularly gratified by the presence of numerous current NHL stars participating in the action, including Vincent Lecavalier, Ian Laperriere, Pascal Dupuis and Sean Avery.
- 12/5/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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