The only game where I was able to watch the entire intro everytime before I played.

Still the best NHL intro to this day.

Watching this intro is like a religious experience

still gives chills. remember playing the shit out of this on pc. Hockey was better in the 90's.

Best NHL intro ever!!! 25 years later still exciting!

I remember that Owen Nolan goal at the all-star game. Pointing at the net and scored. # classic

Still the best NHL intro yet. Man I miss this! EA need to stop focusing on spending bucket loads on music licences and get back to in house music!

is it bad when you in your late 20s and early 30s and look back at these videos of games and other things and say dam I miss it so bad and want to be back in that time because everthing seem so easy then and enjoyable

back when EA sports wasn't a sell out or sucked

still get chills watching this intro, cuz when you heard the music you knew everybody was ready to hop on the sticks n go hard

Back when you were actually excited about the video intro of a video game.

Best intro in history ever!!!

This intro is so good! Probably the only intro I never skipped over.

This game inspired me to join and play hockey when I was 7 , became obsessed and knew all the players on every team, hockey was way better In the 90's

This intro was the reason why i fell in love with hockey. Epic!

I definitely think it's the best intro for any hockey game still, brings back memories, loved racking up the abuse of the official penalties.

And one of the best intros ever!!

Omg. I remember the first time hearing this in stereo! Still have this. Right after the intro comes a booming fade in with the dude saying: 'EA Sports NHL.....'98. Awesome shit!

Are you willing....to donate....your body? Got a problem....with authority? Would you stop a speeding bullet? Are you afraid......of the masked....man?

I spent a lot of hours in this game with my younger brother when we were kids... he went away of cancer 1 year ago and when I hear that music I almost cry

I wanna cry. This was the ultimate intro, when i have play ps 1. Thanks for this seeing about 26 years later 😂😊.

"This is great! And all I did was enter my name!" This is such a 90s intro! I love it!

EA sports presents NHL 98 Oh man the memories

It’s 2021 and 23 Years ago this came out and STILL the best intro !

1-й НХЛ в который я играл! Вспоминаю до сих пор с теплотой!

When everything mattered including 90's hockey!!!! I still get that rush watching this, yet when I play anything newer or watch anything current it bores the crap out of me?!!!

I remember playing this in college. I wasn't even into hockey at the time, but the intro alone got me into spending lots of hours in this game.

I don't think there is anything that can be more badass than this!!! What a sick and epic intro!!

Back when the NHL was epic.. this brings back great memories

Over 20 years old and still one of the greatest intros to any video game let alone sports game. If you know someone that wonders what's great about hockey...show this to them.

Back when I was 3 years old and the beginning "are you afraid of the masked man" part scared the shit out of me for some reason,Gaming on the computer oh my lord

25 years later and still the best intro ive ever seen

Oh god I remember this!! CHILLS. Would be awesome if EA brought these kind of intros back!! Love Kamenskys spingoal, GO AVS GO!

The only intro that made you actually want to turn off the game and strap on the gear after watching it and go play. Hell we even had it once played in our roller hockey warm ups

Watching this gives me goosebumps. Gr8est intro EVER!!!

Every year I watch this just before the start of the season and every year it gets me pumped up like nothing else.

Anyone else here because of the Oilers fan from Germany who fell in love with the team because of this intro?

Это была первая из трех моих игр. Играл в нее год. Практически каждый день. Сейчас смотрю - чуть не плачу ))

0:20 one of the coolest masks of all time

This was my first ever nhl game!! I wished all nhl intros were this sick.

это да. Блин, почти 15 лет прошло, а все равно игруха классная

aahhhh I remember the days when EA made great hockey games

От одной только заставки бегут мурашки... А какая в NHL 98 была музыка!? - Это ж просто бомба! В общем, легендарная для своего времени игра!

This is the only intro that I would watch EVERY time I played the game. Simply Epic!

This intro used to get me so hype as a little kid. Love that late 90's energy.

There it is. I was looking for exact that intro (especially Arnott going into the box). After NHL 98 I knew 90% of all NHL players and their teams. Loved that intro, loved that game.

oh man, the memories!! how did i ever forget this intro.... thanks

I remember playing this game when I was in High School....Staying up until 2 am when I was in the playoffs...Red Wings at it's BEST!! Still have the game!

My childhood was awesome

Love this! My fav intro to this day!

YEAH! I love this intro!!!

This was such a great game. Many a nights leaving my friends house pissed or elated.

Excellent intro nhl 98

That intro just melted my face!

Got goosebumps from all the memories it brought.

2nd best behind NHL 99 anthem

Oh this brings me waaaay back!!!

Even in 2024, NHL 98 INTRO still is the BEST! The gameplay also is amazing like NHL 14. Such a shame that NHL series fell apart forever ever since the PS4 port of NHL 15. 😭

NHL 98, 99 and 2000 were all amazing

It's almost depressing to see the presentation of this series today, compared to back then. EA is just so lazy with music anymore. Pulling some songs out of "Top 40" and slapping them into their games. Nothing memorable about NHL since around 2001. That's a really, really, long time.

Talk about bringing back memories!!

Phenomenal Intro. Everything fits here: Music, Editing, selection of Scenes, Voiceover. Everything. By the way: The game was fantastic too. That was the time when EA still stood for the highest quality.

I spent too much time playing this in college. Thanks for the upload.

Best NHL Game Intro! AWESOME!!!!

NHL 98 on PlayStation was the best. Great family times.

Aeeww yeah! This takes me back💪💪

I loved this game as a kid! And our national icon Peter Forsberg being on the cover makes it all the better .

So memorable. One of the best HHL's

This is probably THE COOLEST intro. I have several NHL games and I always come back to this intro.

ohh wow this brought back memories that i never even thought i had anymore

Watching this just gave me goosebumps. What a game

gave me chills. good times with this game

Awesome intro. This brings me back.

When ice hockey games where fun to play. R.I.P Uncle. Greetings from finland

Brings back good memories

I watched this every single time I played.

brings back soo many memories

The glitch goal in this was awesome

First Playstation hockey game I ever bought and to this day, still the best NHL intro ever.

Awesome loved the intros

О да... Она ещё была дико сложная, в сравнении с 2001 NHL, помню в лет 7-8 с отцом играли на двоих и придумывали тактики чтобы просто забить шайбу - это было круто и такой интерес, уже к сожалению не будет к какому либо спортивному симулятору)

If i could go back in time, I would never want to tell myself, the kid that bought NHL 98 and LOVED every second of it, how the EA NHL franchise became recycled money grabbing trash at some point. This game was made with so much love, its just nuts. NHL 98, 99, 2000... best NHL games.

oooh cant believe i found it,,best intro ever still sorry ea sports

То время, когда NHL в EA Sports делали профессионалы, а не менеджеры ))) Один саундтрек чего стоит! Спасибо (Thank you) за ностальгию!

I had this game. I loved the intro. It's so electric.

This is awesome! I played this game daily as a kid, I don't remember the intro being this brutal though!

Great guys in prime spotted.. Tony Amonte, Selanne, Nolan

My friend had this game. The moment I saw it, that's when I knew I had to save my money and get a PlayStation.

Hockey is the most fucking awesome sport, I love hockey! this intro always got me psyched up to play some Playstation Hockey!

This just gave me all the feels.

I loved this game so much. Hockey was life

I remember playing a league with my classmates back at elementary, playing against AI teams at home and occasionaly visiting friends at their place when we played agains each other.. saving results on a floppy disc that was passed around.. memories :)

‘98 editions the peak of EA greatness! NHL, FIFA, NFL, NBA. Just the GOATs.

“ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE MASKED MAN?!” -still think of this every time i see a goalie…

Dude, thank you so much.

@MAPLELEAFSdennis They don't even have intros anymore! I thought these intros were pretty boss, I watched them load up all the time. The one with the Garbage song was pretty amazing too (NHL 2000).

i used to watch this intro everytime i booted up the game. i didnt have a playstation though i had this on PC.

So epic lmAo I completely forgot 😂😂 it’s been like 22 years since I’ve seen this

I used to love playing as st louis with wayne gretzky, mike eastwood and others. this game was awsome.

epicness at its greatness