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NHLGamers, After an incredibly tough back-and-forth exchange in the finals between #1 seed FILADELPHIA ACADEMY and #6 seed Mora IK, we are able to crown the ECL '22 Winter Lite champion - Mora IK! Against all odds, the swedes managed to fight and claw their way tot he top, overcoming several opponents from an underdog status along the way. This must feel great for the boys, congratulations! Mora IK's s road to the championship: #6 seed from group 3 with the record 23-5-2 Round 1: vs Its a nice city 4-1 Round 2: vs Bastu 4-3 Quarterfinals: vs Linköping HC 1-4 Semifinals: vs Prima eSport 1-4 Finals: vs FILADELPHIA ACADEMY 3-4 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #15 @Danskuz- #44 @Jeqque44 DEFENSEMEN #3 @ZNKK #12 @AMN3SYA #93 @Jonetzky FORWARDS #20 @andreaskakan (C) #88 @Bror1326 (A) #91 @Robban kaudern (Kaudomovic) (A) Once again, congratulations to the winners on behalf of the entire community!

NHLGamers, Today we saw a very tough best-of-five series concluding the ECL '22 Neo Winter season and with that a new Champion! After four games in total, HC JEUSSEN came away with the 3-1 win against Old Hogs. The team put forth a great effort all season long, with several players chipping in on multiple positions, including strapping on the pads and guarding the crease. Once again, a great success story and hopefully the beginning of a long journey for HC JEUSSEN.   HC JEUSSEN's s road to the championship: #9 seed from group 3 with the record 12-3-1 Round 1: vs Absolute 3-0 Round 2: vs The Black Pirates HC 0-3 Quarterfinals: vs Uudenmaan Oilers 0-3 Semifinals: vs Latvian Hockey Federation 0-3 Finals: vs Old Hogs 1-3 The winning roster: @Victorh (C) @Acciii (A) @Batti93 (A) @Tjockis Leif (sjolindd) @RAMBOS1234 @Scurre (maxmies) @KONOPLY- (ALEX_DIR007) Congratulations to the winners on behalf of the entire community!

NHLGamers, The ECL '22 Winter Elite season is now capped off and while the Finals were over almost as fast as they started, history was made this weekend. Frölunda did everything in their power to challenge the big, bad REDS but this time it just wasn't enough. By hoisting this cup, hREDS have etched their names in the history books by being the first back-to-back ECL Champions ever. hREDS wingers Vili @Vilupoika Häkkinen and Niklas @NikkeDangles Tukiainen were on fire in the finals and produced a majority of their teams offense, while centerman Perttu @Beniittto Kemppainen locked down the back-end in cohesion with defensemen Aaro @xDoumi Ruuhinen and Tuukka @Tuukka.R Röpelinen (KingOfApes_). Goaltender Filip @Faze91- Azri claimed his second title in only his fourth competitive ECL season - what an effort! We caught up with the captain @Beniittto in the midst of the celebrations: You're now going down in history as the first ever team to win back-to-back ECL Championships, what is it that makes you so great and how much do you appreciate doing it with these guys? First off, it feels great. We've got a good group of guys and all of us are capable players, which makes it all possible. Also, the chemistry both on and off the ice can't be overstated. Playoff series, no matter how tightly matched, have had a tendency to be over in rather quick fashion lately. What do you think is the reason behind that? Our game is simply put very complete, which makes us a tough team to beat in any given game. If we have one off-game, we're able to bounce back real quick, consistency is key. You took on a defensive role in the Finals, was that a conscious decision that your wingers will do the scoring and you shut down the opposition? Yeah we definitely talked a bit about that. We didn't want to give up any soft goals and decided to most importantly focus on shutting down their offense. Our wingers definitely got the job done with the scoring, which sealed the Championship for us. It looked like Frölunda HC caught you off guard a bit in game 4, was it difficult to regain your composure for the second gameday when being in such a dominant position? We didn't really change anything in our preparations and came into the games with a good mindset. We weren't able to set up any warmup games, which I think did us in for that one. How are you going to celebrate the Championship tonight? Naturally, a couple of drinks with the boys, and we'll see where the night will take us after that. hREDS' road to the championship: #1 seed with the record 22-5-3 Quarterfinals: vs GOONS (8) 4-0 Semifinals: vs Granit Gaming (7) 4-1 Finals: vs Frölunda HC (3) 4-1 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #91 Filip @Faze91- Azri DEFENSEMEN #27 Aaro @xDoumi Ruuhinen #94 Tuukka @Tuukka.R Röpelinen (KingOfApes_) (A) FORWARDS #23 Niklas @NikkeDangles Tukiainen (A) #89 Vili @Vilupoika Häkkinen #96 Perttu @Beniittto Kemppainen (C) If you happened to miss the broadcast, you can rewatch the action from Saturday here. Thanks for tuning in and congrats to the champions!

NHLGamers, We have received the devastating news that a beloved member of the community - Sami @Ampuhaukka Luoma passed away at the young age of 41 this past Friday. Sami was a family man and a long-time community member, who enjoyed spending his pastime playing the NHL series in good company. Over the years several of us had the privilege to play alongside this man and he touched many of our lives in one way or another. To honor Sami's memory, some of his past teammates and friends have shared some of their memories below: - @Tzon93 - @l-Furyan-l - @Lamsa A word from @Kenu on behalf of NHLGamer: I would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Sami in this tragic loss. I was in touch with Sami in early January and he spoke about his plans to build a team together with @pelimies80 and he had some questions around the upcoming season. It's hard to accept that that discussion was the last chance I got to talk to him. I didn't know Sami well, but I did talk a lot of ECL with him throughout the years and also remember trying out for his team back in the day. He was always polite, positive and fun to talk to and I he will be missed. During his career of 227 games as a right defenseman in the ECL Sami racked up 26 goals and 125 assists, totalling 151 points. Aside from the the ECL, he was also active in a lot of our other leagues. You can see his full career stats below. The staff at NHLGamer extends our heartfelt condolences to everyone touched by Sami during his lifetime. Please also share your memory in the comment section if you wish to do so.