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NHLGamers, It's time to kick off the ECL season for our Pro, Lite and Neo divisions this week. With that being on the agenda, there was a need for some promotions for vacant spots in ECL Pro. These vacant spots have been left by teams who have either disbanded or simply not signed up for ECL Pro in ECL 9. After promoting the expected four teams (Oton Letkutemppu, Vesa Pompa, Cheers Hockey & We Kings) at the end of the ECL 8 Lite season, a total of eleven spots were open in the division for this season, out of which two were filled with automatic promotions based on performance in ECL 8 Lite (Quarterfinal losers). The two teams promoted based on these criteria are Prowlers Esports (formerly Prowlers) and Virtual Horizons eSports (formerly Blackdawgs). After that, nine spots remained to be filled. The selection of teams receiving promotions has been made based on team history, previous merits and perception of skill and recent performance. Without further ado, here are your ECL 9 Pro groups (promoted teams in bold): Group 1: Cheers Hockey Children of Ice GHETTO FIREBIRDS HC Wildcard Horror Hockey Me Carvoset Nightmare Nordic Stars Oton Letkutemppu Pata Hellalla Resurrection Shooting Stars Silver Sword Griffins The Syndicate Vesa Pompa HC Virtual Horizons eSports Group 2: Alliance HT Bellizzi Black Horse Cowabunga Hockey Delusion Freddie Mercury Institute Gotham Knights Kaupallinen Yhteistyo Nordic Lightning Prowlers Esports Rakish Reality Check Sandstorm Vaxjo Lakers HC We Kings ZSC Lions The schedule has been generated and games will be ready to begin on the evening of Monday, 17th of November.

NHLGamers, We had an astonishing number of teams sign up for ECL Lite this season and while we had originally planned to cap it at 48 teams, we decided to raise the number to 64. The teams that ended up outside these 64 teams and the teams that signed up for ECL Neo will play in ECL Neo during the ECL 9 season. We will go into more depth about that division in our next news story in just a moment. Below is the complete list of the teams participating in our Lite division this season and in which groups they will play. ECL 9 Lite - 6 Groups ECL Lite will be played in six groups consisting of 10-11 teams each. With 2 games against each opponent, this results in a 18-20 game regular season. A total of 32 teams will make the playoffs. Group 1: Ace Holes Angry Cats Bockens Hokurit Hundred Acre Wood Kouvola Screaming Eagles Latrodectus Mactans Pahat Pommittajat Polarbears HC Riven Johdolla Rosvosektori Group 2: 5th Line Heroes Carolus Icemen Clumsy Penguins Dead Presidents EV Duisburg Niederrhein Canucks Powerhouse Hockey Sack Brothers Sulkavan Sudet WEREWOLVES HC Western Express Group 3: Black Tigers Charleswood Chiefs Clowns On Ice Company of Geeks HUIPPUPASSI Ice Aliens eSports Jortikan Tossut Finnish Hockey Legends Robbery Saucer Hockey Tsingis Khanes Group 4: Breakers Of The Bone DEG eSports Elamam Kiekko GREED HanaaHC Last Period Nordic Nosebleed Savo Bears Rusty Bulls Tarpion Pallo Taskubilis Group 5: Broken Ankles Ducktales BK EBR eSports Official Honis Kansanelakelaitos Kaukosen Luistin Lucky Strike Nearbird Fighters Rookie Mistakes Syntax Error Group 6: Afrodunk Eagle Town Hockey Infamous Kesäloma Murohoki MOCKBA Old Farts UKnighted HC Unknown Ice Breakers Virtuoso Playoffs A total of 32 teams will make the playoffs The top 5 teams from each group will progress to the playoffs Out of all the remaining teams across all groups, the top 2 based on PPG will be selected to advance. Playoff Seeding Group winners are seeded #1-6 Group runners-up #7-12 Teams that finished 3rd #13-18 Teams that finished 4th #19-24 Teams that finished 5th #25-30 Remaining teams with the highest PPG #31-32 The seeding of the teams within these levels will be decided using the usual tiebreakers, found in the ECL 9 rulebook section 11.3. Season schedule: Regular season: 19.11-15.12 Round 1: 16.-23.12 Round 2: 29.12-5.1 Quarterfinals: 7.-14.1 Semifinals: 16.-23.1 Finals: 25.1.-1.2. Team management tools All teams have been created, the team management tools on the main page have been unlocked for the team captains* (find the Team Tools dropdown in the top right corner of the menu). All players need to be invited to the team rosters ahead of your first game. Please note that all invited players need to accept the invitation (there will be a popup alert on the main page for them) before they show up on the team roster and can start playing! * Some team captains are being fixed in the morning and may currently be displaying legacy information. ** Due to the number of new logos - it may take a while before your logo is updated. Please be patient for a couple days before asking if you already submitted your logo. Please find the schedule here. Have fun and see you on the ice!

NHLGamers, What a weekend it's been at GameXpo and the IS Cup 4 finals! We were treated to the absolute maximum amount of games possible as all of the series were extended to the max three, five or seven games possible for each series. The reigning IS Cup Champion FILADELPHIA was dethroned, but the juggernaut HAVU Gaming went on racking up championships by adding the IS Cup to their trophy case. What a final series we had, it seemed like HAVU was going take it and run but Delusion put up an impressive fight. HAVU Gaming 🏆 Group stage record: 12-0-0 (1st) Round 1: vs We Kings 3-0 Round 2: vs Vaxjo Lakers HC 3-0 Quarterfinals: vs Roots 3-0 Semifinals: vs Butterfly Effect 3-2 Finals: vs Delusion XXX LW #6 Ilmari @Buantso Lehkonen C #13 Risto @Dominointi Järvi RW #91 Tuukka @FlyerKungen Kuha LD #78 Kristian-Mikael @Nassustelija Katajisto RD #43 Wille @willekunq Juntunen G #88 Hannes @Hansulinho Kettunen Other players on roster: FWD Kristian @kriketski17 Veijola D Vesa @VesKuLiNe Voutilainen G Reittu @Roisto999 Hynynen Delusion 🥈 Group stage record: 14-0-0 (2nd) Round 1: vs Shooting Stars 3-0 Round 2: vs Reality Check 3-0 Quarterfinals: vs POGGERS 3-0 Semifinals: vs FILADELPHIA 3-2 LW #9 Joakim @Joukki Nyholm C #96 Perttu @Beniittto Kemppainen RW #21 Tuukka @Tuukka.R Röpelinen LD #82 Janne @Janzuh Nyqvist RD #63 Ilmari @Ilmari_30 Töyrylä G #25 Casper @ICappeI Lundgren Other players on roster: G Janne @JanneK. Komsa FILADELPHIA 🥉 Regular season record: 11-1-0 (5th) Round 1: vs Oton Letkutemppu 3-0 Quarterfinals: vs Vesa Pompa HC 3-0 Semifinals: vs TIKI TALK 3-0 Bronze Game: vs Butterfly Effect 2-1 LW #44 Paul @PleeMaker Arontie C #86 Joonas @Juunas Paatiala RW #25 Erik @Eki Tammenpää LD #40 Joel @jtorro1233 Tourunen RD #7 Aleksi @vatalisti Loimuvirta G #8 Mika @FinKonna Paasinkontu Other players on roster: D Joonas @SUPERVIRTA Virta G Oskari @sibeelius Grönroos Butterfly Effect Regular season record: 11-1-0 (6th) Round 1: vs GHETTO FIREBIRDS 2-0 Quarterfinals: vs Unlucky Boys HC 2-0 Semifinals: vs HAVU Gaming 2-3 Bronze Game: vs FILADELPHIA 1-2 LW #89 Vili @Vilupoika Häkkinen C #91 Jere @jergelii Jortama RW #23 Niklas @NikkeDangles Tukiainen LD #27 Aaro @xDoumi Ruuhinen RD #39 Ville-Petteri @vviljo Särmä G #92 Petri-Christian @PCJP Pelkonen Other players on roster: D Teemu @Xteemuz Polttila G Rami @ramseyy2 Rissanen We would like to extend a warm thank you to all participants and viewers, congratulations to HAVU Gaming on yet another championship! Stay tuned for a more detailed review and more soon!

NHLGamers, We're almost there, the most anticipated league of the year is starting and you still have time to join the action! ECL 9 Elite kicked off with a bang last night and next week will be your turn to show us what you've got. This season, we're also introducing the ECL Neo, a division for new NHL gamers to get adjusted to playing in a league and the requirements that it has on a team and its players. See it as an incubator for future potential. ECL Neo will also be suitable for players who want to play games at a less stressful pace as this division only has two suggested weekly game days. Alongside Neo, we will run Lite, Pro and Elite as usual. Sign up NOW, as the signups will close tomorrow, Friday 15th of November at 23:59 CET. Sign up for ECL 9 Pro here 32 teams Sign up: ECL Pro eligible teams Gamedays: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday Regular season: Two groups Playoffs: 16 teams Best-of-7 8 days per round Sign up for ECL 9 Lite here 48-64 teams (TBC) Sign up: Anyone can apply for ECL Lite Teams will be decided by Franchise history, Roster composition and EASHL record ECL Lite registrants are also allowed to apply for a spot in ECL Pro Teams signing up for ECL Lite that don't make it into ECL Pro or ECL Lite will be automatically placed in ECL Neo Gamedays: Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday Regular season: Four groups Playoffs: 32 teams Best-of-7 8 days per round Sign up for ECL 9 Neo here 32+ teams Sign up: Without restrictions Gamedays: Wednesday & Sunday Regular season: Four groups Playoffs: 16 teams Best-of-5 7 days per round Gather your team, sign up and we'll see you on the ice!