ECL 11 Elite: Weekly Recap - Week 3 - ECL

NHLGamers,

The third week of ECL 11 Elite action is in the bank and with that it's slowly but surely time to start transitioning into the holiday spirit, but first we'll take a quick glance into some notable events of the past week as usual. At this moment we're just shy of the midway point of the season and as action will continue after the holiday break o point will go uncontested. Interestingly enough, now also the unbeaten streak of HAVU Gaming has been broken, as the current league leaders actually dropped two games in overtime this past week - against SAWO ESPORTS and fellow black and green repping Roots Gaming. Was the well oiled machine of HAVU already in vacation mode? They sure are hoping to bounce back nicely with some time away from the game.

Despite having a perhaps more difficult week in terms of performance of the team, HAVU Gaming wingers Tuukka @FlyerKungen Kuha and Hannes @Hansulinho Kettunen have still paved their way to the top of the scoring table with 36 points each. Close behind we find FILADELPHIA duo Erik @Eki Tammenpää and Paul @PleeMaker Arontie. When it comes to goal scorers, we know that Emil @Hanssonni Hansson can hang with the best of them and currently does with 17 notches to his name, but it is something of a surprise considering that he is only two goals shy of his last total for ECL 10, although achieved in a mightily struggling Gotham Knights squad at that time.

One of the most exciting performances of the week was broadcasted on Monday, as Roots Gaming goaltender and ECL Elite rookie Kasper @Kaz_zu Ramstedt was set to play in his third matchup of the season and secured a double shutout in the games against YMCA Esports. The young goaltender had a difficult start to the season but impressed on the big stage and should be able to coast on that momentum moving forward.

The weakest performers of the week were undoubtedly Dark Horse, who managed to snag two points out of their six contests during the week. Although being matched up against some stacked teams over the past week, one could state that there are some scoring issues that need solving moving forward for the squad as they only found the back of the opposing teams net 1,33 times per game on average over the last six games.

Transfers
It's a somewhat rare occasion to see some movement at the Elite level after the start of the season, but some transfers have come to knowledge in the past week or so, we'll also be recapping possible movement in these reports.

YMCA Esports

IN Rami @ramseyy2 Rissanen, FA

YMCA Esports is joined by an old acquaintance from the free agent market. @ramseyy2 does it best in net and has last taken the ice in a few games with BRAYCE Phantoms back in GCL 6. In ECL 10 Elite, he saw action in 12 games, recording a SV% of 77.30 and a GAA of 2.67. He is a solid goalie but no difference maker on the ice, but as a party presence he might be invaluable.

The transfer deadline for ECL 11 Elite is on Thursday, December 31st at 23:59 CET.

Power Rankings

Making a return this season will be the Elite: Power Rankings, provided by @MartindalexC. As always, the rankings are generated by weighting a team's results with the level of opposition that was faced, i.e. a team that went 4-0-0 against teams at the very bottom of Elite may very well be ranked below a team that went 0-4-0 against Elite's very finest. Without further ado though, let's have a look at how teams fared over the second week of ECL Elite:

1. FILADELPHIA (4-0-0) [+1]

2. HAVU Gaming (4-0-2) [-1]

3. Gotham Knights (4-0-2) [+6]

4. Vesa Pompa (5-1-0) [+10]

5. hREDS (2-1-1) [=]

6. Roots Gaming (3-2-1) [+2]

7. Northern Ascendancy (3-2-1) [-1]

8. SJ Gaming (1-1-0) [+4]

9. Färjestad BK (2-1-1) [-2]

10. JYP Jyvaskyla (2-1-1) [-7]

11. SAWO Esports (2-3-1) [+4]

12. YMCA Esports (1-3-0) [-8]

13. Team Leisure (3-3-0) [=]

14. Conquer Gaming (2-2-0) [-3]

15. KOVA Esports (0-1-1) [-5]

16. Dark Horse (0-4-2) [=]

Having plowed through half of the regular season, ECL 11 Elite takes a break for now and returns after the holidays. With that being said we wish all of you happy holidays and hope you are able to spend time with your loved ones while staying safe. See you back on the ice!