ECL '22 Winter: Neo Playoffs - Round 2

 NHLGamers,

We're well underway in the postseason of ECL '22 Winter Neo, and some interesting results came out of the first round of playoffs. In the second round, it's time for the higher seeded teams to enter the action now, after a bye week in the first round. In Neo, the playoffs consist of the top 6 teams from each group being seeded against other teams who finished in the same position (e.g. group winners are seeded #1-4, group runners-up are seeded #5-8 and so on.). The first round of the playoffs will start on Sunday the 13th of February 2022 and end on Friday the 18th of February 2022.

Here is a full schedule of the ECL '22 Winter Neo playoffs:

• Round 1 6.-11.2
• Round 2 13.-18.2
• Quarters 20.-25.2
• Semis 27.2.-6.3
• Finals TBA

For the relevant rules regarding these playoffs, please find extracts from the ECL Rulebook below. Essentially, each series will be a best-of-five and the higher seeded team will play 'at home' first, then alternate back and forth with the lower seeded team. 

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5.9 ECL Neo Playoffs
In ECL Neo, 24 teams will make the playoffs. These 24 teams will be made up of the top 6 from each of the 4 groups. The top two teams from each group will progress directly to the second round (seeds 1 – 8), whilst the remaining teams (seeds 9 – 24) will play in the first round, with the victor joining the top 8 seeds in the second round. As is the case with ECL Lite, the teams will be seeded based on finishing position within their group, as well as the tiebreakers mentioned in 11.3.

Here are the matchups for round 2 of the ECL '22 Winter Neo Playoffs:

Latvian Hockey Federation (1) vs Starbulls Esport (22)

Uudenmaan Oilers (2) vs The Flying Elbows (20)

RAUTANE REMMI (3) vs Caterpillar HC (17)

Old Hogs (4) vs Pirates eSports Origins (15)

Swiss Mountaineers (5) vs London Lightning (14)

Huimat (6) vs GKS Tychy Esports (12)

Unknown Heroes (7) vs Oldies Hockey Club (10)

The Black Pirates HC (8) vs HC JEUSSEN (9)

Good luck for everyone!