Most hockey players have three dreams. Play on an NHL team, win the Stanley Cup, and legitimately see yourself in a hockey video game (you know, without player creation and all that.) Well, those on the Plymouth Whalers can now knock one of those off.
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Fans of the
Plymouth Whalers minor-league hockey team will be
able to play their team in upcoming
Electronic Arts Inc. video
games, including the "EA Sports NHL'11".
The
Canadian Hockey
League — made up of the
Ontario Hockey League,
Western
Hockey League and
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League — has
inked a four-year deal to include its 60 teams for the first time in
upcoming EA Sports products.
The OHL's Whalers are owned by
Peter Karmanos Jr., the
Compuware Corp. founder who started the
Plymouth franchise in 1990 as the
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors.
The team plays at Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township that Karmanos
built in 1996.
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