Last Dance are your ECL '25: Spring - Elite Champions! 

After a thrilling Finals series that’s being viewed as an instant classic by many in the community, Last Dance were crowned Elite division champions for the ECL '25: Spring season, defeating the underdog story Mythix in a dramatic seven-game series.

This marks the first championship for Last Dance since the ECL 11 season (2021), when the team was under the FILADELPHIA name. This is also the club's fourth ECL Elite title, which ranks second all-time in ECL history.
 

Last Dance's ECL ‘25 Spring Elite Championship roster pictured from left to right:
@Lxndstrom, @J-_-Jamaltheman, @NikkeDangles, @Hansulinho, @Eki, @Puantso & @SibeIius

This is a long-awaited championship for most of the Last Dance roster. This marks the first championship for Eki since ECL 11 with FILADELPHIA, and the first for Puantso, Hansulinho, and Sibelius since ECL 10 with HAVU GAMING. For their defense pairing of Lxndstrom and Jamaltheman, this is their first career Elite division championship. 

For NikkeDangles, this is his second-straight Elite title after winning with Parasite a season ago. It also marks his sixth career Elite Division championship, a new ECL record.

The trophy is a fitting send-off for one of NHL esports’ all-time great players, as Eki announced prior to the playoffs that he would be retiring from competitive 6v6 play after the ECL 25’ Spring season.

If this truly is the end for Eki’s competitive 6v6 career, he will end it with 1,139 career games played across all competitions, along with four ECL championships, four FCL championships and an SCL championship. Eki will also end his career as the all-time record holder for playoff games played (473) playoff points (925) and assists (544), and second in all-time playoff goals with 381. The one player that he trails? His long-time linemate @Patzlaf, who he played 539 total ECL with, the most out of any duo in league history. Eki also ranks Top 5 all-time in regular season points, assists and plus/minus.

In terms of Last Dance as a team, it is unclear whether or not the team will stick around without the long-time captain; however, if they don’t, this club will go down as one of the most accomplished in European history. Last Dance has amassed 966 games played across all competitions, earning a record of 753-147-66 during that time (this equals a .779 winning percentage). The team has previously been known under the names FILADELPHIA, Linköping HC, Frölunda HC, Straikers, and Voittamaton.

Along with their four ECL Elite division titles, the team also earned 10 ECL Elite Finals appearances (half of the league’s Finals) and 3 FCL championships in their history.

Team Interview:

Last Dance’s Road to the Championship:

Regular Season: 24-2-1-3 (77pts) - 1st in Elite Division

Quarterfinals: 4-1 series win vs (8) Tohtorit 

Semifinals: 4-0 series win vs (4) EXEN

Finals: 4-3 series win vs (2) Mythix

Last Dance’s ECL 25' Spring Championship Roster:

🇫🇮 Erik "Eki" Tammenpää  (C)
🇫🇮 Aapeli "Lxndstrom" Landström (A)
🇫🇮 Niklas "NikkeDangle" Tukiainen (A)
🇫🇮 Ilmari "Puantso" Lehkonen
🇫🇮 Jimi "J-_-Jamaltheman" Rönkkönen
🇫🇮 Hannes "Hansulinho" Kettunen
🇫🇮 Oskari "Sibelius" Grönroos

If you didn’t get to catch the Elite Finals live, you can find the highlights from all seven games here: