Panjodh Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 October 5, 2011 EA Sports NHL 12 Season Simulation Predicts Penguins Will Become Stanley Cup Champions in 2012 REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A simulation run by EA SPORTS™ NHL® 12 predicts that Sidney Crosby, despite missing almost 17 games during the regular season, will lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a second place finish in the Eastern Conference standings (100 points) and their fourth Stanley Cup® Championship. Crosby will be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Penguins take home the Stanley Cup in a decisive 4-2 series win against a resurgent Chicago Blackhawks team. The Vancouver Canucks will capture the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back years with 114 points during the regular season. The EA SPORTS NHL franchise has a history of successful simulation predictions, accurately selecting: the Chicago Blackhawks as the 2010 Stanley Cup® champions; the Vancouver Canucks® as the 2011 Presidents' Trophy winner; and the 2011 Stanley Cup Final matchup of the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks. NHL 12 Season Sim (Photo: Business Wire) According to the simulation, last year's Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins will be unable to claim back-to-back glory as the new-look Philadelphia Flyers will eliminate the former champions during the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in five games. The Vancouver Canucks will lose in the Western Conference Final to the Chicago Blackhawks in seven games, adding fuel to the rivalry that has gripped the two cities in recent years. Other notable team storylines the simulation predicted for the 2011-2012 NHL season are as follows: The Toronto Maple Leafs will squeak out an eighth place finish in the Eastern Conference, making the Playoffs for the first time in seven seasons The Minnesota Wild will finish eighth in the Western Conference and will make the Playoffs for the first time since 2008 The Tampa Bay Lightning will once again miss out on the Stanley Cup Final; eliminated by the Penguins in a seven game Eastern Conference Final Several individual players also stood out in the NHL® 12 simulation. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will once again lead the League offensively, posting 110 points and will take home several pieces of hardware, winning the Art Ross, Ted Lindsay and the Hart Memorial trophies. NHL®12 Cover Athlete Steven Stamkos will capture the Rocket Richard Trophy with 53 goals. The Nashville Predators' Shea Weber will capture the James Norris Memorial Trophy and Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will take home the Frank J. Selke Trophy. Brayden Schenn will thrive with the Philadelphia Flyers in his rookie season and will be awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy. Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers will take home his first ever Vezina Trophy as the league's best goalie, leading all netminders with 41 wins and nine shutouts. A simulation is conducted by artificial intelligence or logic of the videogame that uses real-life data from each player. Results are extrapolated by the videogame when two teams match up based on player ratings, line combinations, and include variances such as injuries and hot streaks to give a realistic outcome of a game or series. EA SPORTS NHL®12 authentically captures hockey as it is played on the ice with more than 300 gameplay refinements highlighted by three key innovations: Anticipation AI, Dynamic Goalies and the Full Contact Physics Engine. Anticipation AI takes NHL® 12 to the next level as players will now intuitively determine their next move by reading and anticipating the play. With the Full Contact Physics Engine, size and strength matter. NHL®12 continues to innovate by giving you true to life collisions and control over the battles around the crease. With Dynamic Goalies, goalies are live for the first time ever. Players can make contact with goalies as they crash the crease and goalies will battle through traffic in front of the net as they fight through screens to make awe-inspiring saves. New in EA SPORTS NHL®12 is the introduction of legends; nine former NHL greats — including Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, and Mario Lemieux — will be integrated into the game across virtually every mode, including the all-new Be A Legend Mode. Be the next great legend in the revamped Be A Pro mode. Play as your created pro and earn every shift on the ice with stellar play, big hits, and spectacular goals as you progress towards greatness. New to the mode is the ability to simulate to your next shift with the all-new EA SPORTS Action Tracker, which tracks and presents every major event that takes place while your character is off the ice. This feature will enhance the gameplay experience as gamers will now spend less time watching from the bench and more time playing, while still being aware of the game situation as they step back onto the ice for their next shift. Assets: B-roll footage of the EA SPORTS Stanley Cup Final simulation between Pittsburgh and Chicago, screen shots and an excel document showcasing full season standings and statistics, including point leaders, award winners, and playoff bracket for this simulation are available at info.ea.com. NHL®12 was developed at EA Canada in Vancouver and is rated ESRB 10+ and PEGI 16; visit www.esrb.org and www.pegi.info for more information. For more information on NHL®12, please visit www.easports.com/nhl or become a fan of EA SPORTS NHL on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/easportsnhl and follow us on Twitter via http://www.twitter.com/easportsnhl. For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums, and game communities, please visit www.easports.com to connect, share and compete. 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I Dangled Out Of The Womb Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Vancouver is too deep of a team for Phoenix to step up to. I like EA Sports and all, but their simulation is flawed, IMO, because they can't factor in human emotion and random individual plays, such as Edler going end to end again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasetheCanuck Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Vancouver > Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edler Is a Beast Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yeah, well EA and Bioware thought that Mass Effect ending would be great too, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Well, I guess that's it guys.... Better luck next year LOL! EA, WHATTA joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancity_77 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Ill stick with the more credible source Maggie the Monkey for my predictions thank you.EA doesnt know squat about hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Well since we haven't determined whether we will be first or second, and whether or not Phoenix will even make the playoffs, it's a little early to be making these kinds of predictions. We could just as well play LA or San Jose, which would change their entire simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Alright...see ya in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck or Die Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 They said we'd win the cup last year. Well, I say we are winning it this year, and also this year EA will be way off. Hell, so far they already seem way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiun Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Last year EA's simulation was incredibly accurate, but it's still important to know that these things aren't perfect. Besides, we might not even end up playing Phoenix in the first round. I do think our competition is going to be much stiffer than it was last year, and last year was no cakewalk. I think our boys are going to be ready for it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Ya, no. Where's the link? Simulation at beginning of season had Canucks losing to Hawks in conference finals. As far as I know, e.a ONLY does a simulation at the beginning of the season and before playoffs start - and season is not over yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovetheNuks Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 EA made predictions in October last year. They haven't come up with anything new yet for the playoffs. The predictions they made in October have already been proven wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverStyle Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Losing Daniel will be a huge blow for this team come playoff time. I'm really hoping that he is healthy enough to go as the playoffs begin, if not by the 2nd round anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linden16kesler17 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 <<The Toronto Maple Leafs will squeak out an eighth place finish in the Eastern Conference, making the Playoffs for the first time in seven seasons>> This is exactly where I get off the EA truck lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 1. The seedings aren't known yet. 2. An awful lot of their October predictions are way off. 3. They still had Pittsburgh winning cup back in October. Now that it's March, that could still come true. TOML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Chili Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 played nhl video game on and off. 'm avg player. I play it on my difficulty lvl and i don't do trades that rob AI teams of their star players. i try to keep the rosters updated as much as possible. Of course I used the Vancouver Canucks. 1st Season: 'm a newbie playing the game. SCF finals ended up being Chicago vs Flyers with Blackhawks winning. That year, it happened in real life with Chicago beating philadelphia to win the cup. Then I put down the game for several months. Picked up playing again during last season: Stanley cup finals : Vancouver vs Boston, but instead of Bruins winning, I won the cup 4-2 with Henrik as the conn smythe. This ended up being the finals but it sucks Boston won irl. Then I took a few months off from playing. This Season: I got my canucks to second round with ease only to be swept by Nashville in the second round. Conf finals: Nashville-LA (barely squeezed in the playoffs) and Pittsburgh vs Boston Stanley Cup finals : LA vs Pittsburgh with LA winning the cup. Yikes, 3rd straight prediction wont be happening in real life anyways:D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner1955 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 canucks can jus ignore e a sports predictions and take each game 1 game at a time we know they can so do the rest of the teams go canucks go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believe-in-blue23 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Phoenix??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevernucks19 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Didn't they get Chicago winning the Cup in 2010 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead53 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 In 2009 and 2010, they accurately predicted the winners, and they were 12/14 last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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