NHL (video game series)

NHL
GenreSports (ice hockey)
Developer
PublisherEA Sports
PlatformsGame Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Game Gear, MS-DOS, Nintendo 64, Playstation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, SNES, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Wii, Windows
First releaseNHL Hockey
August 1991
Latest releaseNHL 26
September 12, 2025

NHL (colloquially referred to as Chel) is a series of professional ice hockey simulation video games developed by EA Vancouver and published yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand. The game is developed under license from the National Hockey League (NHL), which enables the use of the league's team names, arenas and colors in the game, and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), which enables the use of the league's player names and likenesses.