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Happy New Year NHLGamers! The reinvented ECL '22 is just around the corner with several of our divisions about to start within the next few days and the Elite campaign kicking off in a bit over a week. This marks the start for the ECL '22 Winter season, but also for a period of prime NHL esports competition all the way until June. Here we have collected the most relevant information for you in one place. For our newer users, if you have any questions, we suggest you start by taking a look in our Frequently Asked Questions section. If you're unable to find the answer to your question, please contact support. If there's someone reading this, wondering what the ECL is: The ECL is the pinnacle of European NHL esports - a league where all the best European NHL gamers create teams and compete against each other in the game mode EASHL (6v6) for the title of Best EASHL Team in Europe. The league currently features five divisions, so action is guaranteed for everyone regardless of skill level and experience! For a deeper look, read this article. PLEASE NOTE: Below are a few key notes that we wouldn't want any of our players and captains to miss: ⚠️ Due to changes to the EA API, currently only the statistics for the last five games per team can be retrieved for reporting. This means that games should be reported immediately after they have been completed. This also means that any issues with reporting must be resolved immediately. Thus, please contact support immediately if you are unable to report your game. ⚠️ ECL '22 Winter Rulebook is now downloadable and can also be accessed through the link via the league menus. Communicating with your opponents: Teams must, at the very least, attempt to reach out and contact their opponent(s) before a default schedule game. Simply waiting until the time as generated by the schedule, challenging an opponent, then filing for WOs if the opponent does not show will not be deemed acceptable. In addition to this, teams ideally should be in contact 12-24hrs before the default scheduled time, if no reply has been received by the other team despite your best attempts to contact them, then please contact support. Regular Season Dates: ECL Neo 2.1.-3.2. ECL Core 2.1.-3.2. ECL Lite 2.1.-3.2. ECL Pro 3.1.- 3.2. ECL Elite 10.1.-10.2. * All games must be played and reported by 23:59 CET on the last game day. If the games are unreported and there is no support request made on time, no points will be awarded to either team. Playoff Dates: ECL Neo 6.2.-6.3. ECL Core 6.2.-13.3. ECL Lite 8.2.-16.3. ECL Pro 7.2.-1.3. ECL Elite 14.2.-5.3. * Each playoff round must be played according to the period defined in the rulebook. Transfer Deadline: ECL Neo 16.1. ECL Core 16.1. ECL Lite 16.1. ECL Pro 16.1. ECL Elite 23.1. * Transfers must be made by 23:59 CET on the Transfer Deadline date. ECL '22 Winter Gamedays In ECL '22 Winter, Neo will continue acting as the entry level into competitive virtual hockey and with that, will continue at the pace of two gamedays each week. Our other divisions will run at the pace of three weekly gamedays with Elite hosting three broadcasts weekly and Pro one. Gamedays: ECL Neo Wednesday Sunday ECL Core Tuesday Thursday Sunday ECL Lite Tuesday Wednesday Sunday ECL Pro Monday Tuesday -> ECL Pro Broadcast 📺 Thursday ECL Elite Monday -> ECL Elite Broadcast 📺 Wednesday -> ECL Elite Broadcast 📺 Thursday -> ECL Elite Broadcast 📺 The divisions framework for the ECL '22 Winter will follow the same logic as for the previous season. We will have a total of five divisions with the following team allocation: Elite 16 teams, Pro 32 teams, Lite 64 teams, Core 103 teams and Neo 40 teams. ECL Elite: 16 teams Regular season: One group Playoffs: 8 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Monday Wednesday Thursday Prize pool: 11 000 € (total 33 000 € in ECL '22 Elite) ECL Pro: 32 teams Sign up: ECL Pro eligible teams Open spots will be decided based on Qualifiers Regular season: Two groups Playoffs: 16 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Monday Tuesday Thursday Prize pool: TBA once licenses have been processed. ECL Lite: 64 teams Regular season: 4 Groups of 16 teams Playoffs: 32 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Tuesday Wednesday Sunday Prize pool: TBA once licenses have been processed. ECL Core: 103 teams Regular season: 8 groups of 13 Playoffs: 64 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Tuesday Thursday Sunday Prize pool: TBA once licenses have been processed. ECL Neo: 40 teams Regular season: 4 groups of 10 Playoffs: TBD Best-of-5 Gamedays: Wednesday Sunday Social media Here's an update to the social media instructions. Our sponsors this season are Kouvolan Lakritsi, Wilhelm & St Hockey. Twitter: When posting tweets of your lineups, matchups, recaps, clips, articles - or any other content you might want to create - please make sure to tag the following accounts and hashtag: @SportsGamerGG #ECL22Winter #NHL22 #esports #kouvolanlakritsi #MukanaWilhelm Instagram: When posting on Instagram, please make sure to tag the following accounts and hashtag: @SportsGamerGG #ECL22Winter #NHL22 #esports #kouvolanlakritsi #MukanaWilhelm Note: It is super helpful and critical for us to succeed in getting our partners tagged, so they get the necessary mentions and interaction to validate their participation in the future. That being said, it is understandable that there may be circumstances due to your other partners where you are unable to tag competition etc. Your support is appreciated. As there are quite a few hashtags by now, especially from a Twitter perspective with limited characters, we recommend using at least #ECL22Winter in the text part of the tweet and leave the sponsor tags for the end. If you need to cut out tags, remove #esports and #NHL22. For Instagram this shouldn't be an issue. PS: We would love for you to follow our social channels, as they are an integral part of the ECL season. Discord Instagram Facebook Twitch Twitter

NHLGamers,  Christmas is just around the corner and the many months of waiting are soon over. The new ECL Winter season is already on the doorstep. The ECL experienced some structural changes for the coming season, which we are very confident will only strengthen and grow the league moving forward. If you haven't read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL '22 Winter season article. We would like to remind you that registration for Elite, Pro and Lite teams for the upcoming ECL Winter season will end tomorrow, Friday 17th of December at 23:59 CET. Core and Neo teams can still sign-up until on Monday 27th of December at 23:59CET.   ECL Elite: 2.- 17.12. ⚠️ ECL Pro: 2.- 17.12. ⚠️ ECL Lite: 2.- 17.12. ⚠️ ECL Core: 2.- 27.12. ECL Neo: 2.- 27.12.   *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support.

NHLGamers, Ahead of the first ever ECL Winter for the '22 season, we have some qualifying ahead of us and with that, let's get right to it with the info to follow below: Firstly, ECL '22 Winter Pro and Lite Qualifiers will start officially on Monday, December 13th. The Qualifiers will be completed at an intensive pace, and therefore it is advisable for teams participating in the Qualifiers not to attend our ECL Warmup playoffs. Here are the schedules for the respective Qualifiers (all dates in December): NOTE! The games of Monday 13th will be moved to Thursday 16th due to issues caused by the newest EA Sports NHL tuner. Pro Qualifiers: Round 1: Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th Round 2: Sunday 19th, Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st BO5 series (where needed): Wednesday 22nd Lite Qualifiers: Round 1: Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th BO5 series (where needed): Sunday 19th, Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd In our Lite & Pro Qualifier registartions article, we stated the following logic as a basis of filling potential open spots in divisions and Qualifiers: Based on that logic, to fill the available spots after sign-ups, the following ECL 12 Lite teams have gained the right to participate in the Pro Qualifier: Spirit AfroDunk Baby Goons Due to us having a total of seven Pro Wildcard applicants fulfilling the requirements for a Pro Qualifier Wildcard spot, we made the decision to allow these teams play a pre-qualifier determining which teams will get the four Pro Qualifier spots. The teams not entered into the Pro Qualifier will be entered into the Wildcard spots in the Lite Qualifier. Below are the Wildcard teams: Alliance HT Bastu Fiasko Nemesis Prima eSport Vaxjo Lakers WannaCry After sign-ups closed and the number of available spots was determined, none of the ECL 12 Lite relegated teams were interested in participating, due to that the following ECL 12 Core teams have gained the right to participate in the Lite Qualifier. Its a nice city Virtuoso Mora IK esport Including Me Kymmenelta baariin New Jersey Blessed Suedis Lite Qualifier teams: Teams that applied and are eligible for an ECL '22 Winter Lite Wildcard spot: SEVERSTAL CHEREPOVETS The Lite Qualifier teams will be played in two stages, here is a breakdown of the structure: Four groups, six teams - the Top 2 out of each group will gain direct promotion to Lite, the Mid 2 will advance to stage 2 and the Bottom 2 will play in Core. The remaining eight teams will clash for best-of-five series to determine the who will gain spots in the Lite division. We wish all participating good luck in the Qualifiers, play hard, play fair and most importantly have fun!