ECL Elite All-Star Week Recap

ECL All Stars

The first ever ECL All Star week has come and gone, leaving us with a single winner but multiple fond memories. The week began with a draft, broadcasted live at NHLGamerTwitch, as the eight captains came together to select their teams. Every team was to be comprised of one goaltender, one defender and two forwards. At the same time, all of the 16 teams from ECL Elite were to be represented by at least one player. In the end, both the draft and the live broadcast proceeded smoothly and set the tone for future events to come. Once the drafting was complete, many viewers made sure to single out and praise @cHIIMEERa, @FlyerKungen and @vatalisti for putting together strong teams.

The eight teams were randomly seeded into two groups of four. The group stage was played over a stretch of two days (Wednesday, Thursday) with each group taking center stage for one day each. You can watch the recorded streams by following the below links:

Wednesday stream, Group 1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/245812315
Thursday stream, Group 2: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/245813540

Here are the results of that group stage:

GROUP 1
1. Team ICappeI - 3 GP, 6 P (3-0-0)
2. Team cHIIMEERa - 3 GP, 5 P (2-0-1)
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3. Team TehhAhola - 3 GP, 2 P (1-2-0)
4. Team SepiDN - 3 GP, 0 P (0-3-0)

GROUP 2
1. Team vatalisti - 3 GP, 4 P (2-1-0)
2. Team FlyerKungen - 3 GP, 4 P (2-1-0)
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3. Team norpee - 3 GP, 4 P (2-1-0)
4. Team MartindalexC - 3 GP, 0 P (0-3-0)

With the first stage of competition complete, it was time for the playoffs. Four teams had qualified; Teams @ICappeI, cHIIMEERa, vatalisti and FlyerKungen. Team @Norpee was also tied in points with Team vatalisti and team FlyerKungen in Group 2, but after the tie-breakers, the goal difference ended up being the deciding factor and putting the other two in front. During the qroup stage, Group 1 seemingly focused more on defense (perhaps not truly in the all star groove yet?) as the second group outmatched the first in terms of goals scored by quite a wide margin. Would it be defense versus offense in the playoffs? To the delight of every viewer who tuned in for the playoffs - it would turn out to be a full-out offensive war.

You can watch the recorded stream with both of the Semifinasl and the Final here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/245814928.

SEMIFINAL 1
Team ICappe vs. Team FlyerKungen 4-3
This game started out as the @Tuukka.R (KingOfApes_) show, with the highly skilled winger scoring two dazzling goals in the first period. Captain Cappe managed to wake his team up in the second period as defenseman @The_Alpha_Furyan scored two goals to tie the game at 2 before the third period. "Apes" completed his hat trick in the third period and seemed poised to lead Team FlyerKungen to a 3-2 victory... until @tbnantti stepped in with just three minutes remaining. First, he tied the game up and then - with just 55 seconds left on the clock - he scored the game-winning 4-3-goal. What a finish!

SEMIFINAL 2
Team cHIIMEERa vs. Team vatalisti 6-7
If you thought the first semifinal was intense, boy you were in for a treat with this one. Before the game started, both teams were forced into some lineup changes. Due to the unavailability of @jtorro1233 and @Nampa77, @taemtaem and @SadaPoika stepped in as defender and forward for the respective teams. The game featured vatalistis team putting on a show with the captain himself scoring four (!) goals while new recruit Sada supplied a hat trick and playmaker @anrh17 dishing out 6 assists. Team vata held a 7-2 lead with just 8 minutes remaining and things seemed hopeless for cHIIMEERa and his team. Then, the veteran captain got his team moving. With four unanswered goals in the last few minutes, all of a sudden we were back to watching a one-goal game. Despite this, Team vata managed to hang on and secure a 7-6 win. Phew. Surely the finals couldnt top this?

ALL STAR FINALS
Team ICappeI vs. Team vatalisti 5-6 (OT)
You had to know that the ONLY overtime game in the entire All Star-event was to take place in the finals, right? It was just too good to be true. Team vatalisti once again got out to a comforting lead by going up 4-1 - paced by two goals and two assists from the captain himself - before Team ICappeI even knew what hit them. Even though @Lamsa scored a nice goal to get the game to 4-2, things seemed hopeless with just a single minute remaining of the game. Thats when Team ICappeI scored twice to knot the game at 4. Incredibly enough, with a mere ten seconds remaining they scored again. 5-4 Cappe with 19.50 on the clock! Surely this was it? Nope. Team vatalisti won the faceoff, came down on one final rush and tied the game at 5 with SadaPoika dishing an incredible pass to anrh17 who scored. At this point, @Kenu and @Panarinz were going nuts in the broadcasting booth. In the overtime, Team vatalisti was the stronger team and took home the first ever ECL All Star-win through a goal by captain vatalisti.

Congratulations to Team Vatalisti for taking home the first ever ECL Elite All-Star Week win!

Thanks to all participants and viewers for a great event that is sure to come back again in the future. Below you will find the full stats and logos for each team:

Team cHIIMEERA
G, Supreex, 4GP 2W 71,1SV% 2,75GAA
D, jtorro1234, 3GP 4+3=7
D, taemtaem, 1GP 3+2=5
F, indi969, 4GP 5+6=11
F, cHIIMEERa, 4GP 2+8=10

Team TehhAhola
G, Zande95, 3GP 1W 69,56SV% 2,33GAA
D, OxtreeLAT, 3GP 0+2=2
F, Foppatofflan, 3GP 2+1=3
F, TehhAhola, 3GP 3+1=4

Team SepiDN
G, SepiDN, 3GP 0W 70,96SV% 3,00GAA
D, Isumpppi90l, 3GP 1+1=2
F, Puantso, 3GP 1+1=2
F, koojiikoojii, 3GP 0+1=1

Team ICappeI
G, ICappeI, 5GP 4W 70SV% 2,4GAA
D, The_alpha_furyan, 5GP 6+6=12
F, tbnantti, 5GP 6+8=14
F, Lamsa, 5GP 5+7=12

Team MartindalexC
G, Hullued, 3GP 0W 38,09SV% 4,33GAA
D, MartindalexC, 3GP 0+2=2
F, Kungenkurwa, 3GP 2+2=4
F, Penatski, 3GP 4+2=6

Team Norpee
G, poliskontroll, 3GP 2W 53,33SV% 4,66GAA
D, JParola, 3GP 0+8=8
F, SadaPoika, 5GP 12+11=23
F, Norpee, 3GP 5+3=8

Team FlyerKungen
G, Ranta83, 4GP 2W 51,43SV% 4,25GAA
D, Ilmari30, 4GP 4+6=10
F, KingOfApes_, 4GP 10+4=14
F, FlyerKungen, 4GP 4+7=11