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SportsGamers, At the end of an impressive Playoffs run and a thriller of a Finals series, we are able to crown Tohtorit the ECL '23 Winter Pro Champions! This team took their time to get going, managed to barely squeak into the Playoffs after the Group Stage, but eventually were unstoppable in the postseason. With their Championship, not only does Tohtorit secure the largest share of the 5500€ prize pool, but also manage to gain promotion to the European Top 16 for their ECL '23 Spring campaign. Leksands IF will have to get over their tough Finals loss quick, and turn their course towards an important relegation battle against Elite #15 Växjö Lakers in an exciting SHL rivalry matchup! Tohtorit's road to the championship: #8 seed from Group 1 with the record 17-10-3 Round 1: vs Renascor (1) 4-1 Quarterfinals: vs Be a Bro (1) 4-3 Semifinals: vs Örebro Hockey (3) 4-3 Finals: vs Leksands IF (7) 4-3 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #21 @Stammer70 #82 @Simbanho DEFENSEMEN #16 @Ojala16 (C) #93 @tominointi (A) FORWARDS #63 @Ristimaki12 (A) #66 @ADETIKKI (Dillynger) #88 @Harlowi- On behalf of the entire SportsGamer community, we congratulate the Champions and extend a warm thank you to all participants!

SportsGamers, the Player Spotlight series is making its return with the objective of showcasing gamers that would perhaps otherwise fall outside normal reporting, but that we want to get to know better. Our strength is this community, so let's get to know each other! After a longer hiatus, we're now back with another Player Spotlight, and this time we're having a chat with one of the most dominant players in the Lite division this season. Patrik @Winci Wenzel and his team Pirati Chomutov Esports have been tearing up the division with their rapidfire offense and are about to start their Semifinals series against Gunners HC tonight. We're all excited to see how far this team can go! 1. What was your first experience with the EASHL mode in NHL? I think it was in NHL 19, that was the first time I played the game since NHL 07 on the PSP. I started playing with team HC hybridi and jumped into my first season in ECL Neo. 2. What’s the best part of playing for your current club? Definitely the fact that we get huge support from the Piráti Chomutov team. Also I can't forget my teammates, I have known several of them for a long time and I am glad that we managed to get together like this again. 3. What is your greatest NHL gaming memory? So far it would definitely be the season in ECL 11 Lite, where we reached the semi-finals with Grenoble BDL Esport and also the next our first season in ECL Pro, when we managed to reach the playoffs. 4. Describe your perfect breakfast! I dont have breakfast very often, but when I do my favorite is scrambled eggs with toast and bacon. 5. You're GM for a day and get to pick any player for your 6v6 team but none of your current teammates. Who's in your starting six and why? I will choose based on who I had the opportunity to play with or against. @xLeikku- @dzouvi - @Pappen @Mikax222 - @ripKeisari @sumskoy26 6. What was your dream job growing up and what do you currently do? When I was a kid I wanted to be a hockey player, now I work for a company that provides heat and domestic hot water. 7. Do you play or have you played hockey? I played hockey for 10 years, but I injured my leg for a long time, so i quit. 8. What’s your best hockey memory? When my hometown team HC VERVA Litvínov won their first title in the Czech Tipsport Extraliga in 2015. 9. What do you like to do in your spare time besides playing NHL? I also like to play other games like FIFA or F1. I like to watch sports events of any kind and I like to spend some time with my family or friends. 10. Pizza with three toppings, what are your choices? Pepperoni, ham and mozzarella cheese. 11. You're the locker room DJ and get one song to hype up your team. What do you play? Kabát - Dole v dole 12. How did you come up with your PSN ID? My last name is Wenzel, so my friends started calling me Winci. But Winci was already taken as PSN ID, so i just had to add something. 13. Who’s the best player in the ECL according to you? I think @laitineen64 is really fun to watch. 14. Describe your ideal holiday! I would like to travel with my dad to USA for match of NHL. 15. Now it's up to you to suggest who we should interview next. Who do you want to hear from and why? I think @Kumbik would make a great interview.   Feel free to also suggest who you'd want to see in the Player Spotlight-series. Also, if there are any questions you'd like us to add to the arsenal, let us know!

SportsGamers, The Lite Semifinals are about to unfold in the upcoming days and with that, we've got four teams left, fighting for title and direct promotion in addition for the biggest share of the Prize pool. Make sure to tune in to the streams to root for your favorite teams! Schedule RO32: 22.-25.1.2023 RO16: 29.1-1.2.2023 Quarterfinals: 5.-8.2.2023 Semifinals: 12.-15.2.2023 Finals: 19.-22.2.2023 Without further ado, here are all of our matchups: Six Sticks Misfits (1) vs  Project X (7) Six Sticks Misfits have now sent two Central European teams packing in back-to-back rounds of Playoff action, now making the return to their home server, they'll be facing Project X, a similar, quite experienced Finnish squad with a lot of upside. Both teams are some of the more offensively powerful squads in the league, and they've actually scored the exact same amount of goals in the Playoffs thus far, with Project X only taking one game longer to do so. This series could very well come down to which team better manages to shut down their own end, and statistically, Six Stick have been way better at that, with their 1,81 GAA against Project X's 2,18 GAA throughout the Playoffs. Six Sticks have been a bit undisciplined at times, but Project X's powerplay haven't been all too hot in the postseason, so we'll expect this one to be settled in a 5-on-5 setting.  Prediction: 4-2, Six Sticks Misfits.    Gunners HC (3) vs  Pirati Chomutov Esports (5) Keep your eyes on this one! Gunners HC have put on an excellent defensive performance throughout the season, whereas Pirati Chomutov Esports have been on the other end of the spectrum, seemingly scoring at will, while not having the need to sweat about letting in some goals at times. Gunners' captain @Aarons has managed to compile a roster with the perfect balance of experience and youth, that has combined into an extremely well oiled machine, able to slow down any offense thrown at them. Now they're in for their biggest challenge yet, taking on the speedy wingers of the Pirates in @Adri1_SCP and @Winci, who receive great support from centerman @Kumbik. We're in for a battle of two very different styles of play, and couldn't be more excited to watch it unfold.  Prediction: 4-3, Gunners HC.  

SportsGamers, Tonight we'll see a true eHockey spectacle with the full best-of-seven series of the ECL '23 Winter Pro Finals unfolding. Both LEksands IF and Tohtorit have trodden a somewhat unlikely path to the Finals. At this point, both teams have managed to peak at the right moment and are coming into the Finals in great form. It's always interesting to see a full series go off in one night, as there's always the chance of one team just being off their game. Join the stream tonight to see what will happen!   (7)  Leksands IF vs (8)  Tohtorit TOP SCORER @Bror1326 16 GP, 16+24=40 vs @Harlowi- 19 GP, 19+18=37 GOALTENDER @I-Lillebror-I 16 GP, 12 W, 81,31 SV%, 2.5 GAA, 2 SO vs @Stammer70 19 GP, 12 W, 83,25 SV%, 1.84 GAA, 4 SO REGULAR SEASON RECORD 18-9-3 vs 17-10-3 REGULAR SEASON SERIES 2-1, 3-4 These two teams met already in the group stage, in the second matchup of the season and ended up splitting points in two one goal games. At this point, close to two months has passed since, and it seems like both teams have really found their stride in the Playoffs, while they perhaps underperformed a bit in the regular season. For Leksand, the Nidalen brothers have went have really popped off and @Bror1326 has earned himself the top spot in Playoff scoring, looking to continue his great run, while the other brother @I-Lillebror-I has been great in net for the team. This is not to forget a great supporting cast, who can provide secondary scoring and hold down the fort for the go-to-guys to do their thing.  Tohtorit are coming into the Finals off of a thrilling game seven win against Örebro Hockey, where Tohtorit took each of their four wins with a margin of only one goal. The player of the series for them was definitely goaltender @Stammer70, who is rightfully representing his team with an impressive stat line on a deep playoff run. Tohtorit's most efficient scorer has been @Harlowi-, who has slowly started to warm up and really found his game when the stakes are getting higher. Now in a final push for the championship, we could end up seeing Tohtorit throwing caution to the wind and really going for it in a shootout-style series against a team that can really hang in there with the best of them.  Prediction: 4-3, Leksands IF.