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Frölunda HC is one of the most prestigious Swedish hockey clubs especially since the turn of the century, and the club hailing from Gothenburg in southwestern Sweden is now entering the esports scene with a similarly ambitious initiative. That entails that NHL gaming powerhouse FILADELPHIA will in the future dress in red, green and white for the Indians. In addition to signing the most accomplished roster in the history of the sport, Frölunda also launches an academy team for upcoming talents and a regional team comprised of local players, both receiving coaching and advice from first team captain Casper @ICappeI Lundgren. "For me, personally, this is a dream come true since childhood. I've grown up with Frölunda and watching hockey at their home arena Scandinavium", says @ICappeI, who is the starting goaltender for the team and also recently joined the Frölunda HC organization in the role of esports manager. Naturally the club also starts their esports journey with the game Cappe is most familiar with, EA Sports NHL. "I feel like we (FILA) have wanted to be very patient in regards to finding the right fit with an organization. We've had several opportunities but chosen not to pursue any of them in favor of finding the perfect fit, where we have similar long term goals that align. When Frölunda made it known to us that there was interest, the entire team got an incredible boost of energy. They have a vision of pushing the entire NHL gaming scene forward and are showing that initiative by having three full squads join the upcoming season of ECL", the captain continues. Most recently, FILADELPHIA were crowned FCL champions, to end another successful season of NHL gaming, capping off their NHL 21 campaign. Now they're excited to start their NHL 22 journey in their fresh new jerseys and are doing so with a virtually unchanged roster, only adding experienced Mattias @Tacterz Hjelm as a utility player to help them out in tight situations. The initiative of having three rosters represent the club right from the get-go is unheard of in the NHL gaming scene and the idea came from Cappe as he got to work in his new role at Frölunda. "I believe that this is the way to do it and it's totally in line with what Frölunda are working towards with their hockey operations. I also think that other clubs will pick up on this and follow our lead, focusing more on the depth in their organization. It's very important to focus on the youth and younger players, there are lots of players out there with the ambition of one day representing Frölunda but perhaps don't have the physical capabilities to do so." Christian Lechtaler, club president for Frölunda HC expresses his excitement about the clubs new branch: "Esports is a new challenge for Frölunda. I'm excited to follow Caspers initiative to combine an elite squad with two local teams. The set up is totally in line with what we're working on on the hockey side - youth, academy and first team." In addition to playing for the regional team, Robin @Robin Barbosa Barbosa will be putting his skills to the test as a content creator for the organization. He has already built a following with his NHL videos on Youtube and is now connected with the competitive gaming scene in order to horizontally integrate. "I'm very happy to have Robin on board working on content related to his Youtube channel. He is a very devoted local guy from Gothenburg who I'm glad to have connected with the competitive gaming scene.", Cappe finishes.

NHLGamers, We're happy to have had a good amount of teams register for the ECL Warmup Tournament, which starts today! The exact number of teams registered were 27 for the Elite & Pro-tournament, 112 for the Lite & Core tournament and 54 for the Neo & Newcomers tournament. Here's how it's all going to unfold: Elite & Pro Groups Schedule Three groups holding 9 teams each Double-header gamedays Regular season 18.11 - 8.12 Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Five teams from each group make playoffs + best 6th ranked team (BO3) Playoff dates: 9-12.12 (RO16) 13-14.12 (Quarterfinals) 15-16.12 (Semifinals) 19-20.12 (Finals) Lite & Core Groups Schedule Please note that some changes have been made to the format due to the amount of teams signed up. Mainly one playoff round has been added. Ten groups holding 11-12 teams each Double-header gamedays Regular season 18.11 - 6.12 Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Six teams from each group make playoffs + four best 7th ranked teams (BO3) Playoff dates: 8-9.12 (RO64) 12-13.12 (RO32) 14-15.12 (RO16) 16-19.12 (Quarterfinals) 20.12 (Semifinals) 21.12 (Finals) Neo & Newcomers Groups Schedule Six groups holding 9 teams each Double-header gamedays Regular season 18.11 - 6.12 Default gamedays on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Five teams from each group make playoffs + two best 6th ranked teams (BO3) Playoff dates: 8-9.12 (RO32) 12-13.12 (RO16) 14-15.12 (Quarterfinals) 16-19.12 (Semifinals) 20-21.12 (Finals) Rules We hope you all enjoy and remember to play by the rules! Although the Warmup Tournament will not be under as strict scrutiny as the ECL, we want to remind you to respect your opponents and go about the games just as you would when playing real ECL league matchups. Tiebreakers If teams are tied in points after the group stage, we will utilize these usual tiebreakers * Wins (including OT-wins) Head-to-head record (points in mutual games) Goal difference (across all games played) Scored goals (across all games played) *In the event of the tiebreakers being applied to teams from differing group sizes, ‘wins’ will be represented as a percentage, head-to-head will naturally be disregarded, goal difference will be made into an ‘average per game’ amount, goals scored will (like goal difference before it) be converted into an ‘average per game’, then finally, if all else fails to break the tie between two teams, a coin flip will decide. Playoffs Playoff teams will be seeded against all playoff-bound teams from best to worst according to the system detailed below, as well as with the general tiebreakers mentioned above Group winners Group runners-up Teams that finished 3rd Teams that finished 4th Teams that finished 5th Teams that finished 6th We hope you're as excited as we are to get back into the action - have fun!