Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras and Team Canada forward Sarah Nurse are the cover athletes for NHL 23, EA Sports announced Wednesday, noting that Nurse is the first women's hockey player to grace the cover of its NHL video game.

"It's something that I never even thought was in the realm of possibilities," Nurse, who starred in Canada's dominant gold-medal win at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, told ESPN. "I never even dreamed of being on it. And so I think that it's huge, and I think that it just speaks for where women's hockey is right now, the visibility and the value that people see in women's hockey."

Jacob Trouba was named captain of the New York Rangers on Tuesday.
He is the 28th player to be named captain in Rangers history. Mark Messier held the position twice, from 1991-97 and again from 2000-04.

"It's a huge honor and something that means something, especially here in this organization with the history and the past players that have been captain before me," Trouba said. "As a kid I grew up watching [Brian] Leetch and Messier, [Chris] Drury and [Jaromir] Jagr. ... You come here and you learn more about the history of the guys that were before them. You see pictures, you see jerseys around this place.

"It's now my turn to carry that legacy on for those guys."

The 28-year-old defenseman is the Rangers' first captain in more than four years, since defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 26, 2018.

Patrick Marleau will have his No. 12 retired by the San Jose Sharks on Feb. 25, 2023, before a game against the Chicago Blackhawks at SAP Center in San Jose.

The forward, who will be the first Sharks player to receive the honor, played 21 seasons for San Jose and is its leader in games played (1,607), goals (522) and points (1,111), and is second in assists (589) behind Joe Thornton (804).

Marleau last played in the NHL in 2020-21 when he played in 56 games for the Sharks, scoring nine points (four goals, five assists).

He is the NHL leader in games played (1,779).