Lexi Peters

Lexi Peters (a native of Buffalo, New York) became the first female ice hockey player to appear in an EA Sports NHL Hockey video game[1] after appearing in NHL 12.

EA Sports

Origins

In previous experiences with EA Sports’ NHL titles, she spent hours with the custom team features in an attempt to recreate the Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles (an all-girls team Peters plays for). The various titles player creation options did not include a female character build.[2] Peters asked her father why there were no female characters in past video games. Her dad suggested that she write a letter to the company and inquire about it. She has been playing hockey in the Buffalo area since 2007.[3] David Littman, the lead producer of the EA Sports NHL Game received permission from the NHL and EA's lawyers to include Lexi Peters in their EA Sports NHL 12 video game (released on September 13, 2011).[4] EA Sports informed Lexi that they were going to have her as the game's "default" female player that gamers would be able to customize.

Awards and honors

Peters was selected by The Hockey News on its annual list of the 100 People of Power and Influence in Ice Hockey. For the 2012 list, Peters ranked at number 100.[5]

Peters was included in the 2014 version of the Gamers edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.

References

  1. ↑ "Buffalo Girl Convinces EA to put a Female Face on NHL Hockey". buffalosabresnation.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Teenage girl finds herself in NHL 12 after asking EA Sports why its games lacked female players | ProHockeyTalk". prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  3. ↑ http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2011-09-11/first-female-character-to-appear-in-nhl-12-video-game
  4. ↑ "14-Year-Old Girl Appears In NHL Video Game | ThePostGame". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  5. ↑ The Hockey News, Issue Date: January 16, 2012, Volume 65, Number 14, Senior Editor: Brian Costello, Published by Transcontinental Medial, p. 30
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