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We suppose it's safe to say no one has been able to escape the harsh reality we live in today, a world at war and very divided, truly difficult times. Our platform has always aimed to serve as a place to escape all that, and to focus on the games we all love together. However, today the need has come to take a stand and do what we can to help our brothers and sisters in need. Due to the hostile actions of the Russian government towards Ukraine and their people, and the entire Western world, SportsGamer has decided to hold all operations around the RCL effective immediately. This entails that the RCL 9 season will be terminated. In addition, SportsGamer has decided to prohibit the participation of Russian-owned organizations in upcoming tournaments and leagues indefinitely. The ban affects organizations, meaning that Russian players and their private created teams will be able to participate, but cannot be affiliated to a Russian-owned organization. Simultaneously, we must recognize that this is not a war of the Russian people, but its government. We appreciate and support all of our players of all nationalities and hope to see you join us in our continued journey. Let's come together wishing for peace.   If you're looking to help Ukraine, there are many organizations collecting donations right now. Here is one for Unicef: https://help.unicef.org/ukraine-emergency

NHLGamers, After a gruelling finals series, where we got to see a momentum change for the ages, we have a new ECL Pro Champion! JYP Jyväskylä got to hoist the cup and punch their ticket back to the Elite division after one season of absence from the European top 16. Reality Check ended up cooling down significantly after a dream start to the finals, and now will be facing Conquer Gaming in Qualifiers to determine their fate.   JYP Jyväskylä's s road to the championship: #1 seed from group 1 with the record 23-4-2 Round 1: vs GIFU Hockey (8) 4-0 Quarterfinals: vs noRex Gaming (13) 4-3 Semifinals: vs  RCTIC (9) 4-3 Finals: vs Reality Check (1) 4-2 The winning roster: GOALTENDERS #37 Kasper @Kaz_zu Ramstedt #73 Santeri @Sandr0hh Reijasalo DEFENSEMEN #11 Saku @Sakkem Saaranluoma #17 Niklas @Talonmies69 Tamminen #28 Väinö @vSilenttio Pietilä FORWARDS #6 Ilmari @Buantso Lehkonen #8 Antti @tbnantti Kuittinen (A) #9 Santeri @indi969 Pendolin (C)     Congratulations to the champions on behalf of the entire community, and a warm thank you to all participants!

SportsGamers, After a long ECL '22 Winter Elite season, this weekend we'll arrive at the culmination point, which will go down between the #1 seed hREDS and the #3 seed Frölunda HC. Does that ring any bells? Yes, we've got a rematch of the ECL 12 Elite and FCL 2021 Finals - the new ECL Elite El Clásico if you will. The Finals will be played over the course of two days (Friday 4.3 & Saturday 5.3) and the entirety of it will be broadcasted at www.twitch.tv/SportsGamerGG. Action starts at 19:30 CET on both days and in the booth you'll see Cody @Tougie24 Tougas and Paul @Cyn Anderson getting the crowd hyped up for the battles. We had a short chat with Frölunda HC winger Paul @PleeMaker Arontie ahead of the big games this weekend: We'll see a rematch of the ECL 12 Finals this weekend and you guys had an unusually fluctuant regular season. Has there been any certain factor that you feel has weakened you guys? We've been playing three tournaments simultaneously, often having six gamedays a week. That's lead to simply not getting the best our of ourselves every night. Also, in this iteration of the game, we haven't clicked like clockwork just yet, so we'll be looking to get back to that. How was the team spirit when going in the playoffs, and how are you preparing for the Finals? Our spirit has been the same as usual, very high. It was nice to get HAVU Gaming as our first round opponents, where we were really able to make a statement. We'll prepare for the finals quite normally, a few games Thursday night to get the feeling for the finals. Has your game reached its highest level yet, or can we expect you guys to step it up this weekend? I feel like you haven't seen the best of us yet this season. Our routine level has been enough for the wins, for the finals we'll need to kick things up a notch. How will the series end, and why? If I'd have to guess, I'd say it's going to be a sweep in either direction as that's been the trend. We'll take it 4-0. The form of the day and a little bit of luck will decide. Stay tuned for our extensive ECL '22 Winter Elite Finals Preview, dropping Thursday evening!