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NHLGamers, It’s a bit late into the season but we have decided to launch a new article series where we have a discussion with a player of choice and shoot over some various questions for them to answer. In the newly started series we’ll get to know more about the players competing in ECL Elite, both on and off the ice. First out is Färjestad BK’s Robin @Rubituss Söderqvist who got put on the spot for 17 tough ones. 1. What was your first experience with the EASHL mode in NHL like? -It’s a pretty new one since I just started playing EASHL about a year ago. It was a fun experience with more action and teamplay and I immediately got hooked. 2. How come you didn’t start playing EASHL before that? -I started playing competitive in NHL 18 but I focused on playing versus and HUT. Then I felt like I should give EASHL a try in the middle of the NHL 19 season and it instantly felt like I had a talent for it and then I just kept playing it. 3. If you would be a manager for a day and had to pick one defender, one forward and a goalie to build a new ECL Elite team around. Which players would you choose? You can only choose one from your own team. -I would choose Swedens finest, Casper @ICappeI Lundgren as goalie. Defender is a bit harder but I think I would go with Aleksi @loimmu Loimuvirta from Linköping, I feel like he’s pretty good both on offense and defense. As forward I would go with who I think is the best player today, Tuukka @FlyerKungen Kuha, what he does on the ice is almost magical and he’s really slippery and hard to read. 4. What would you rather be, an average player in the real-life Swedish SHL or the worlds best EA Sports NHL-player in both 1v1 and 6v6? -I would choose to play in the SHL over EA NHL, sadly I didn’t have the talent for it. 5. I’m guessing you played hockey before? -Yes, I played until I was 18 years old. 6. On what level? -I played in division 4 in Sweden, so it wasn’t really close to the top, I mostly played because of the nice community. 7. What’s your best hockey memory? -That would be when I was down in Malmö with a friend. We watched the World Junior Championship and saw all of Sweden's games live. It was a great experience except when Sweden lost to Finland in the Final. But all in all, it was a wonderful experience. 8. What’s your favourite team? -That’s a sensitive question cause my heart beats for Frölunda, but I would like to add that no matter what I will always give a hundred percent for Färjestad when I represent their organisation. Above: Robin "Rubituss" Söderqvist took home the silver medal in the SCL 1v1 finals at Birdie LAN at the end of May 2019 9. What is your favourite holiday and why? -Christmas, cause I get to spend time with my family and watch the World Junior Championship. 10. What do you want for Christmas? -A trip to North America so I get to watch NHL live. 11. Is there a special team you would like to see? -Rangers, cause of Madison Square Garden. Otherwise it would be Toronto or Montreal cause of their hockey culture. 12. If you would have to spend one day playing NHL and had to listen to one song only, during the whole day, what song would you pick? -Levels with Avicii, I always get hyped up when I hear that song while playing. It got played frequently during the Swedish Championship in NHL 19. 13. How was it to play the Swedish Championship live? -I played the 1v1 tournament and ended up in second place. During the 6v6 tournament I hadn’t signed with the team yet so I sat down and watched it there live. It was a great experience where I learned a lot and it was fun to get a face on the players behind the screens. 14. How did you come up with your PSN ID? -Usually my nickname is Ruben and then my friends just started calling me Rubituss. And since it was available when I created my account, that’s what I went with. 15. Who’s the best player in ECL according to you? - @FlyerKungen 16. What do you do when you don’t play NHL or watch hockey? -I’m studying to be a police officer, in my free time I play floorball in the Swedish Division 2. So there’s a lot of studying and exercising in different forms combined with my gaming. 17. Which team will win ECL 9 Elite? -I think it will be Linköping vs HAVU in the finals. But I think Linköping will win since they have @ICappeI in the goal. They have really picked up pace since he joined the team. Above: Robin "Rubituss" Söderqvist stats in the 6v6 mode so far We thank Rubituss for taking the time to sit down with us for this interview. If you are lucky, next week you might be the one that gets to answer some of these questions. Who would you like to hear more from?

NHLGamers, The ECL 9 Lite Playoffs are finally here and we have got some very strong teams that will battle each other for a Pro spot. From each group the teams that finished top 5 and two best teams that finished sixth will make the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs will start on Monday, December 16th, 2019 and end on Monday, December 23th, 2019. According to section 5.6 of the ECL 9 Rulebook, the first round of the ECL 9 Lite Playoffs will be played as follows: Every series are played in best of seven games and the highest seeded team will play the first game at home. (10.7.2 ECL Rules). Here are the matchups for round 1 of the ECL 9 Lite Playoffs: (1.) HanaaHC vs. Carolus Icemen (32.) (2.) Mockba vs. GREED (31.) (3.) Riven Johdolla vs. Kesaloma (30.) (4.) Clumsy Penguins vs. Saucer Hockey (29.) (5.) HUIPPUPASSI vs. Western Express (28.) (6.) Rookie Mistakes vs. Nearbird Fighters (27.) (7.) Sulkavan Sudet vs. DEG eSports (26.) (8.) Company of Geeks vs. Angry Cats (25.) (9.) Murohoki vs. AfroDunk (24.) (10.) Kouvola Screaming Eagles vs. Jortikan Tossut (23.) (11.) Breakers Of The Bone vs. EBR eSports Official (22.) (12.) Syntax Error vs. Elamam Kiekko (21.) (13.) Robbery vs. Sack Brothers (20.) (14.) Hundred Acre Wood vs. Hokurit (19.) (15.) WEREWOLVES HC vs. Last Period (18.) (16.) Kaukosen Luistin vs. Old Farts (17.) Good luck for everyone