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Finland completes a successful title defense in the 2023 IIHF eWorld Championship and seals a second onsecutive Championship on the virtual ice. After a thrilling comeback in the Semifinals, Canada was no match for the Finns in the Finals. The second consecutive IIHF eWorld Championships in the revamped format has concluded and with that, Finland has now hoisted the trophy for the second consecutive year. This season, Erik @Eki Tammenpää and Jesse @JesseL2002 Linden represented the Finnish Leijonat and proved excellent teamwork throughout the tournament as both players had their times to shine. In the Finals, team Finland managed to beat Canada, represented by Justin @Regs84 Reguly and Samuel @Canadiens 27 (CadCooks) Landry. As the 2022 Finals were some of the most thrilling action we've got to witness in NHL esports history, these Finals were decided with a wider margin. However, the Finns were in a pickle in the Semifinals against USA Hockey and barely squeezed through with an incredible comeback completed by Eki in game 4 of the series. How did it feel to play today, especially getting used to high ping games? @Eki: "I'd say it felt rather easy to play today 'cause we got used to the ping a bit yesterday in the Semifinals." @JesseL2002: "As Eki said, we had some time to get used to it yesterday and today it felt really smooth and did't go into the red zone at all." Eki, you played some tight games against Regs today, what are your thoughts on his game? "I've said it in previous interviews, and I've played Regs a few times in high stakes games before. He is definitely the best player I've played on the international stage and just levels ahead of the competition. Although they played with a worse team in the Finals, it felt like he had the advantage at times." Jesse, you managed to dominate your games today right from the get-go, what happened? "I don't even know, goals happened, that's for sure. The first game was definitely pretty good, and I managed to set a good tone for the day. I hadn't scouted my opponent and just went into the games with a clean slate. I felt like i had control of the games all along and although my opponent tied it at 3-3 at one point, I just kept scoring and everything seemed to go my way." @Eki: "About Jesse, I have to say he's been a great teammate throughout the tournament and afforded me to play without pressure in the Finals, in the Quarterfinals I also felt a bit off my game and he was excellent then also." Once again, congratulations to both Jesse and Eki for their Championship! 🏆

We’re back with the biggest Finnish eHockey event of the year, big cash prizes and bigger Championship titles in both 1v1 and 6v6 on the line! Sign up now to compete among the very best in the 2023 eHockey Finnish Championship. The competitive NHL 23 season is chugging along nicely and with that the time has come to announce the next season of the eHockey Finnish Championships, licensed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. In the eHockey Finnish Championships, there’s obviously a Championship title on the line, but also some big cash prizes with a 10 000€ prize pool, and great Leijonat prize packages for top performers. This could be your time to shine! For the Finnish landing page, click here. Participation requires purchase of an eHockey Pelipassi (purchases made in 2022 are still valid this season) and payment of a participation fee (5€/player). All participation fees go directly into funding the prize pool. Both the eHockey Pelipassi and participation fee can be paid and acquired in the Suomisport-portal. Starting in late March, this eHockey SM is the second of its sort and one of the cornerstones in the cooperation between SportsGamer and the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. The inaugural season was one full of exciting action and incredible turns of events. In late 2022, Jere @jxrska Laukka was crowned the Champion on the 1v1 side of things, whereas GOONS managed to claim the trophy on the 6v6 side. The reigning Champions will receive invites to the Playoff stage to defend their titles. As in previous iterations of the tournament, we’ll play for the title in both the 1v1 and 6v6 game modes of NHL 23. 1v1 will be played strictly on PlayStation 5, whereas 6v6 teams will be able to participate both with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game. SCHEDULE Signups: 6.3-25.3 Tournament: 27.3-6.5 See the full schedule listed per game mode below. SIGN UP FOR 6v6 HERE Schedule for the 6v6 eHockey Finnish Championship: Registrations: 5.-25.3. Tournament: 27.3.-6.5. Group stage: 27.3.-6.4. Playoffs Round 1 (64) 9.-10.4. Playoffs Round 2 (32) 12.-13.4. Playoffs Round 3 (16) 16.-17.4. Quarterfinals (8) 19.-20.4. Semifinals (4) 28.-29.4. Bronze & Finals (2) 6.5. * * The schedule and location of the Finals is preliminary and will be confirmed later. Find the 6v6 eHockey Finnish Championship rulebook here! (Finnish) SIGN UP FOR 1v1 HERE! Schedule for the 1v1 eHockey Finnish Championship: Registration: 5. -25.3. Tournament: 29.3.-5.5. Group Stage 29.3.-8.4. Playoffs Round 1 (120) 11.4. Playoffs Round 2 (60) 12.4. Playoffs Round 3 (30) 15.4. Playoffs Round 4 (16) 17.-20.4. Quarterfinals (8) 22.4. LIVE Finals (4) 5.5.* * The schedule and location of the Finals is preliminary and will be confirmed later. Find the 1v1 eHockey Finnish Championship rulebook here (Finnish) With more parity than ever before across the sport and some interesting roster movement in top teams, the Championship could be up for grabs for anyone this season. We’ll know at the start of May and we’re as excited as ever to follow the action! Signups are now open and will close on Saturday, March 25th, so make sure to gather your friends and challenge the big dogs in one of the biggest tournaments of the eHockey season! Please note: Information about the SCL and ECL Spring will be available next week.

SportsGamers, After an intense series against Frölunda HC, we've crowned Tunnel Vision the ECL '23 Winter Elite Champions at Assembly. The young squad hoisted their first ever ECL trophy and are now in for another challenge against Entourage in the inaugural World Finals Saturday evening.  Tunnel Vision's road to the championship: #1 seed from with the record 27-0-3 Quarterfinals: vs JANO (8) 4-1 Semifinals: vs JYP Jyväskylä (5) 4-2 Finals: vs Frölunda HC (3)  The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #7 Niklas @uhNikke Nieminen #86 Oskari @SibeIius Grönroos DEFENSEMEN #24 Veeti @Wenger Paloneva #65 Tomi @tombo_02 Laitinen FORWARDS #9 Arttu @laitineen64 Laitinen #37 Valtteri @Vattuyy Virtanen #67 Aleksi @MozjaTG Kähkönen   We managed to reach out to the Tunnel Vision goalie Niklas @uhNikke Nieminen amidst all the celebration: You're the Champions after an imcredibly tough series against Frölunda HC, how does the win make you feel? "It was a good series, and I have a massive respect for the fight that Frölunda put up against us. We had a good chance that we managed to capitalize on in Game 7, which ended up being the decisive factor. Feels great!" The series was a back-and-forth affair throughout, why do you think that is? "That's a thing I was wondering about during play also, I think we just weren't able to stick to our game after a win and lacked a bit of consistency." How do you turn around from here and start prepping for tomorrow? "I don't think we'll spend that much time prepping. We've done our groundwork and scouted Entourage ahead of time and will be riding today's flow with a new focus." On behalf of the entire SportsGamer community, we congratulate the Champions and extend a warm thank you to all participants!