Hey NHLGamers,
finally it’s here, our most loved time of the season – playoff hockey!
While all real hockey leagues around Europe are about to kick off their playoffs as well, the ECL Lite Division will start things off for NHLGamer and it will be pleasant to watch. Many skilled teams will be working hard to make their way to the ECL Pro Division. Are they able fulfil their own expectations? Will there be any upsets in the first rounds? Or are the favorites gonna have a cakewalk?
Furthermore, we would like to thank all teams that were participating in ECL 6! If your season is already over, try to learn from it and become even stronger next time when we call for ECL 7. That being said, if there are still some regular season games with missing stats, be sure to take care of your duties before heading off to the off-season. For the remaining teams, it's time to get things straight. Put all your heart, will and skill together and prove yourselves to be the ones who have to be beaten down the road!
The regular season in ECL 6 Lite had 6 groups with 10 teams each. The first 5 teams out of every group as well as the two best teams ranked 6th in their group are qualified for the playoffs. These two additional spots are decided by our usual tie-breakers, which were also used to seed all of the 16 playoff pairs in a "best-against-worst" procedure. These factors are listed below:
1. PPG (points per game average)
2. Wins (regulation and overtime wins)
3. H2H (head-to-head results)
4. Goal differential
5. Goals scored
This leads us to the following playoff matchups:
(1) Bare Knuckles Hockey vs EaLogic (32) 
(2) Cowabunga Hockey vs Slapshot Club Germany (31) 
(3) SGWEER United vs Kaksikymmentaseitseman (30) 
(4) Hippo Rangers vs KulmalaHengaus (29) 
(5) Rukoilevat Hinkkaajat vs Rusty Bulls (28) 
(6) Suomen Sonnit vs Cancun Pirates (27) 
(7) Ghetto Firebirds vs ICEBREAKERS EAGLES (26) 
(8) EV Duisburg vs Soldiers of Odens (25) 
(9) Etelan Vetelat vs 5th Line Heroes (24) 
(10) Korpens Finest vs The Black Jacks (23) 
(11) Style vs Roistot (22) 
(12) Freddie Mercury Institute vs Elämäm Kiekko (21) 
(13) Pohjoista Voimaa vs DELIRIUM (20) 
(14) Club de Caballeros vs Motherpuckers (19) 
(15) Sektion K vs Finnish Hockey Legends (18) 
(16) HokiDogit vs Bucketers (17) 
All matchups will be played in a best-of-seven series and the higher ranked seed gets home ice advantage.
Due to the schedule becoming available quite late (due to late game reports), we have decided to not count the 15th as one of the Playoff days. Thus, every series has to be finished and reported by March 22nd, 2018.
Here is the complete list of Playoff dates for ECL Lite:
- First round 15.3.-22.3.
- Second round 23.3.-29.3.
- Quarter-Finals 30.3.- 7.4.
- Semi-Finals 8.4.- 14.4.
- Finals 15.4-21.4.
No extra time will be given - be active!
Grow a beard, take a beer and let’s get started!
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