Vancouver Canucks’ Ryan Kesler is on NHL 2K11 cover
If Ryan Kesler’s name sounds familiar to you, then you’re either a fan of hockey (perhaps specifically, of the Vancouver Canucks), or you watched the USA hockey team make their way to a silver medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics last month. (Or both!) Well, if you plan on picking up 2K Sports’ NHL 2K11 when it launches exclusively for the Wii this fall, then you’ll become very familiar with Kesler’s face as well as his name — he’s the cover athlete for the game.
Kesler is the alternate captain for the Canucks, and last year, the team’s fans voted him as the Canucks’ MVP. He’s a great two-way (i.e., defensive as well as offensive) forward; he was one of the finalists for the Selke Trophy in 2009. You can see a photo of him in the gallery that was taken during a motion capture session at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
[image via Canucks.com]
