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SportsGamers, This season, our ECL Elite Player Awards vote will return and all of you will have the opportunity to impact who will receive the individual awards at the end of the season. We have six categories in total with five nominees in each category. While some nominees have been selected due to their statistically superior performance, there has been space for a slightly more subjective approach too. We've had a jury pick out two of the five nominees in all five categories based on their votes. Voting will open effective immediately and we're asking you to cast your votes by Tuesday, February 21st at 23:59 CET. The awards will be presented in the ECL '23 Winter Finals broadcasts on Friday, February 24th. Make sure to cast your vote in order to support your favorite player! Here's a list of all the nominees in all the different award categories. You'll find the embedded poll at the end of each category, so make sure to cast your votes!   Top Forward The Top Forward award is awarded to a player that has excelled above the competition in their forward position. Arttu @laitineen64 Laitinen, Tunnel Vision  The young winger moved from GOONS to Tunnel Vision in the offseason as the replacement of Jere @jxrska Laukka and took off immediately. He has been able to score from anywhere in the offensive zone and with the hot stick, bounces seemed to favor him all season long too! Perttu @Beniittto Kemppainen, hREDS  Perhaps the best centerman in the game is able to elevate players flanking him while simultaneously being very reliable defensively. An unusually high scoring centerman, who finished #2 in the scoring race this season. Niklas @NikkeDangles Tukiainen, hREDS  The hREDS prodigy has cemented his position as one of the absolute top forwards in the Elite division and had an excellent season, earning him 3rd place in the scoring race.  Wade @Wpaanane Paananen, JANO  Ahead of the season, expectations for JANO were somewhere around the no-mans-land, but the team quickly showed that they've been able to gel together, and winger wpaanane had greatly elevated his level of play just in time for his rookie season in Elite.  Valtteri @Vattuyy Virtanen, Tunnel Vision  One of the most efficient scorers in Elite already last season continued in great form also this season. Now with a different winger duo beside him, Vattuyy looks even more versatile than before.   Powered by Poll Maker     As stated, the voting will be open until Tuesday, February 21st at 23:59 CEST, so make sure to cast your votes before that and tune in to the finals broadcast on Friday February 24th for all the action and the voting results!

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!