NHL 2002

NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports in 2001. It is the predecessor to "NHL 2003". The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux, who had just made a comeback after being retired for three and a half years. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on Xbox.
Features.
Bill Clement is replaced by Don Taylor for "NHL 2002". Taylor's quirky and often slapstick commentary style drew mixed reception from fans of the game.
GBA version.
NHL 2002 was the only game in the series to be released on the Game Boy Advance. This version is an updated port of NHL 96 for the SNES, and contains many features from that past title.
Reception.
Jim Preston reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for "Next Generation", rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "only frustrating defensive controls mar another brilliant effort from EA Sports".
The PlayStation 2 version received "universal acclaim", while the rest of the console versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
The editors of "Computer Games Magazine" nominated "NHL 2002" as the best sports game of 2001, but ultimately gave the award to "High Heat Baseball 2002". It was also a runner-up in "GameSpot"s annual award category for the best traditional sports console game, which went to "NBA 2K2".