We have entered the final stretch of the ECL '24: Spring Core season and there are only the top 4 teams remaining. Without further ado, let's take a look at our interesting semifinal matchups!
Armeijan Kuri (2) vs KohKae Esports (14) 
Note: At the time of writing, Armeijan Kuri has a 2-1 lead in the series
Armeijan Kuri has really shown army-like discipline all season long and is the top seed in our semifinals because KohKae managed to sweep the #1 seed team Prowlers in the quarterfinals, which was a surprise for everybody. Or was it? It's pretty safe to say that it wasn't a surprise for them after the playoff performance that they pulled off. They are unbeatable so far in the playoffs, which means they had 3 series long sweep streak. Sure, they are now down in this semifinal but the first 3 games have all been 1 goal games: 3-1, 0-1 OT, 1-0. Expect nothing less for the rest of these games!
Both starting goalies already got a shutout each in this series. KohKae's @khassu-- is still number one in the playoffs GAA comparison with an impressive 1.27 goals allowed average, and Armeijan Kuri's @kasuri1 does not fall far from those numbers, although he has a crazy 5 shutouts and has been working his pads off with 222 saves. which is 70 more than khassu-- on the other side of the ice.
@MutainenMalik has been continuing his great rookie season playoff run by not only contributing with points but also bruising up his opponents with 35 hits in this series so far.
@Eashl_kalle is the top-scoring defenseman in the playoffs with 4 goals and also scored an important overtime game-winner for KohKae in game 2.
@Joona41 has been showing firepower in these playoffs, scoring 28 goals in 15 games played, which makes him the top goal scorer of the playoffs at the time of writing. He needs to continue this if they want to turn this series around.
Predictions:
@Pekedipeks: KohKae Esports 4-3
@Pensasmies: Armeijan Kuri 4-1
(5) Darra Stars vs Saucer Hockey(8) 
Both of these teams had to go through relatively close quarterfinal series with several 1-goal games and overtimes. Comparing their playoff records we can see their route here has been quite similar: Darra Stars 11W-4L and Saucer Hockey 12W-6L. In my books, this series will be a defensive battle to see who can shut down the other's star players better.
@Miggohell has kept going throughout this playoff run and is definitely Saucer's MVP so far with 18GP 15G+17A=32P and an impressive 127 interceptions.
Stars forward @Aika_Suklaata has also been going strong with consistent performance and is the top point scorer of the semifinalists with 16GP 22G+20A=42P
The goalie battle will be a very interesting one to follow as the goalies have almost identical save%, @MietuskaXIV 87.82% and @Mazu_Pizu 87.34%.
Prediction:
@Pekedipeks Darra Stars 4-2
@Pensasmies Darra Stars 4-3
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