heres some screens of the chl:

http://whl.ca/canadian-hockey-league-an ... ip-p142777

edit: more
http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/cana ... ip-p142779

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/canadian-hockey-league-and-ea-announce-new-partnership-p142779

Here's a story about the announcement.

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mechaphil

my fave part is they have the names and likenesses, i was worried it would be shit like "LW 18"

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

My favorite part is the CHL is gonna be tied right into Be A Pro and GM modes.

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mechaphil

that too, i guess i mean as far as expectations go, i hoped it was in the be a pro and such, so that didnt stick out as much, i was very surprised to see they had the rights for them in the game seeing as how in the past they couldnt put certain ahlers in the game til roster updates

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FIGHTER OF THE NIGHTMAN

"on the ice now for buffalo, looking for the pass, and gets it, afinogenov, couldnt get the shot away, now HE DOES, HE SCORES!!!! HOLY MACKEREL ROLE THE HIGH LIGHT FILM, MAXIM AFINOGENOV, WHAT A MOVE!!!!.... thats not fair... that was unbelievable"
-R.J. and Lorenz

be a pro starts off with you in the memorial cup, then you get drafted. that being said, heres a new screen shot. notice the non cat-eyed CHL certified itech mask.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_ ... DDPcBhfh0l

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Here's another great shot of that mask:

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mechaphil

I am pretty dam excited about this game.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

Be A Pro is gonna be fucking awesome now.

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mechaphil

Yeah but from reading on the EA forums it looks like you can only play in the memorial cup and not a full season, which sort of sucks

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Well yea. Can you imagine if they went balls out? You'd have to play through four years of junior (maybe two if lucky), get dumped in the AHL for a couple of seasons, and make it up to the NHL. That's a lot of work.

No wonder it's gonna start at the Memorial Cup.

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mechaphil

And this guy on EA forums should be shot for bitching about his game.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/537477.page

I know the CHL might be pointless to some Americans but really the CHL prospects make up of more then half of the NHL players right now. I wonder if NCAA will make it in NHL 11 just to appease the American audience.

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just call me Brad

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He's a doucher. I am loving the chance to play as BZK or any number of fun Dub teams.

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mechaphil

Plus when he makes the Sabres next year he can be easily transferred over.

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I. Just. Orgasmed.

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Unless you cheat at it and score lots of goals and go straight into the NHL from Juniors when you turn 18 like a few players.

I'd do that since I wouldn't want to have to wait so long. I wonder how they will rank your BAP player then, it might be the same as the prospects game where if you score a goal you're basically #1 overall. But at least you can actually play with and against the actual prospects now.

I still hope they allow you to upgrade the player quicker, I still hate how you're an 80 rated player and can score 70 goals and 150 points easily, I should be a 90+ player by then then.

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NCAA might be in an NHL game soon. Maybe in NHL11??

http://thepipelineshow.blogspot.com/201 ... n-way.html

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

That would be the greatest hockey game ever. The advanced mechanics of the EA NHL series with both CHL and NCAA D1 (I'm just assuming only D1) full integration. Damn.

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mechaphil

Here is another picture, I have never been this excited for a game in a long time.

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