{"id":486974,"date":"2025-11-14T08:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:54:52","slug":"nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL 22 Adds Women\u2019s National Teams For First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/27\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about time. The women\u2019s game of hockey is finally making its way to EA\u2019s NHL series. The latest NHL 22 patch introduces playable women\u2019s teams and full IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) rosters to the game, just in time to generate hype for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. This means you\u2019ll be able to take the ice as some of the great icons making a name for themselves in the sport, from Team USA\u2019s speedy Kendall Coyne-Schofield to Team Canada\u2019s \u201cCaptain Clutch\u201d Marie-Philip Poulin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a great moment for the women\u2019s game, and the impact isn\u2019t lost on the players. Marie-Philip Poulin said in an EA Sports press release that\u00a0\u201cIt\u00a0has been such a privilege to lace up my digital skates for the very first time in NHL<br \/>\n22, and to get to do so while playing for my country makes it all the more surreal.&#8221; She continued, &#8220;Representation matters, and I\u2019m thrilled that every young girl who picks up a controller to play NHL 22 can feel like hockey is a sport for her, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p>You can watch the trailer above to see elite talents, like Hilary Knight, Sarah Nurse, and Amanda Kessel, react to the news and further discuss its significance. While the trailer also provides our first look at these players on the virtual ice, it will be interesting to see how EA Vancouver represents the different style of play in women\u2019s hockey, which relies less on the body and focuses more on stick play to separate players from the puck. There\u2019s also more puck possession and chances to score in the women\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The update also makes the IIHF Men\u2019s World Championship playable. EA confirmed sixteen international men\u2019s teams and ten international women\u2019s teams will be available for their respective World Championship modes alongside other popular destinations, such as Online Versus, Threes Now, and Shootout. The latest patch will go live shortly after the latest episode of EA Sports and Uninterrupted Canada\u2019s five-part digital series <em>Breaking Ice<\/em>, which profiles champions of diversity in hockey.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the latest update in the patch notes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ea.com\/games\/nhl\/nhl-22\/news\/january-patch-notes?utm_campaign=nhl22_hd_ww_ic_soco_twt_easportsnhl-patchnotes-january&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;cid=72733&#038;ts=1643135072286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/27\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to watch embedded media It\u2019s about time. The women\u2019s game of hockey is finally making its way to EA\u2019s NHL series. The latest NHL 22 patch introduces playable women\u2019s teams and full IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) rosters to the game, just in time to generate hype for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. This means you\u2019ll be able to take the ice as some of the great icons making a name for themselves in the sport, from Team USA\u2019s speedy Kendall Coyne-Schofield to Team Canada\u2019s \u201cCaptain Clutch\u201d Marie-Philip Poulin.\u00a0 This is a great moment for the women\u2019s game, and the impact isn\u2019t lost on the players. Marie-Philip Poulin said in an EA Sports press release that\u00a0\u201cIt\u00a0has been such a privilege to lace up my&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nhl-22-adds-womens-national-teams-for-first-time\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NHL 22 Adds Women\u2019s National Teams For First Time | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Click to watch embedded media It\u2019s about time. 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