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12–1
Parasite's playoff record
13 games, one loss |
The order nobody broke
Parasite dominated the Elite division from start to finish, sweeping INCOACH 4–0 in the Finals and losing just one game across the entire playoffs. The rest of the division barely touched them.
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27–2–1
Regular season
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+101
Skater plus/minus
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3/3
Series won
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1.85
Goalie playoff GAA
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Parasite entered the Elite spring campaign as the top team, and they never relinquished that status. They closed the regular season at 27–2–1, lost fewer games than anyone in the division, and posted a +101 plus/minus for their skaters. The playoffs were the only thing left to prove.
| 4–0 |
Quarterfinal · vs AFTERLIFE · 8th seed
A scare, then a sweep
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Against eighth-seeded AFTERLIFE an easy series was expected. Game one nearly turned it into a nightmare for Parasite. AFTERLIFE was up 4–1, and the series could have taken a different tone. Instead came the comeback that set the rhythm for their whole post-season. Three goals in reply, the last an equalizer late in the third, then Perttu Kemppainen's overtime winner for a 5–4 final.
From there Parasite played like the top seed they were. 5–1, then back-to-back shutouts, 2–0 and 2–0, goaltender Sebastian Remes keeping his net untouched in both. The series ended 4–0, but that first game was the one that told you everything. Trailing by three and still winning the game is the kind of thing that should worry the rest of the league.
| 4–1 |
Semifinal · vs MSK Esports · 4th seed
The only crack in the run
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The semifinal against fourth-seeded MSK Esports brought the first thing to go wrong for Parasite in these playoffs: a loss. Game three ended 2–5, the only one of thirteen games they dropped. In the MSK net stood Dominik @Lazan31 Kovalík, the Slovak goaltender who authored the single moment when the favorite looked vulnerable.
Yet this series belonged to Parasite too, and in a way that says plenty. The opener went to overtime, decided on the power play by defenseman Tuukka Röpelinen for a 5–4 win. Then 5–1, the 2–5 stumble, and two tight 2–1 closeouts that revealed the team's other face. When they couldn't bury opponents in goals, they won with defense. Series 4–1, into the final.
| 4–0 |
Final · vs INCOACH · 2nd seed
Fall behind, then shut the door
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INCOACH had snagged their spot the harder way. They swept Ismon Valinta in the quarterfinals, then fell behind vNexs I 1–2 in the semifinal before clawing back with three straight wins to reach the final. They arrived as underdogs with a genuine comeback story. Then they ran into a different kind of problem.
Game one was the only one with real suspense. Teemu @temppanen Karvonen scored twice inside the first three minutes to put INCOACH up 2–0, and for a moment it looked like the series might open with a jolt. Parasite answered methodically. Röpelinen pulled one back, Kemppainen leveled it, and Jere Laukka put them in front for the first time. Karvonen completed his hat trick to tie it again, but Luka Rönn scored the winner in the third and Laukka sealed it late for 6–4.
From there, the final was a one-way affair. 7–1. 5–1. 4–1. Three games in which INCOACH never got room to breathe. Series 4–0, the title, and a full stop on a season Parasite played exactly the way they started it. As a team a tier above the rest, Parasite outclassed the field.
Every piece of the lineup held its role, and together they formed a machine that could not be stopped. Here are the six names that decided it.
| # | Player | Pos · Pts |
| 1 | jxrska Jere Laukka | LW34 PTS |
| 20 G + 14 A · 7 GWG |
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The leading scorer of the entire playoffs and the team's engine, with the physical edge to match. 78 hits across 13 games made him hard to play against in the tight moments, and his game-winner in the closing game sealed the championship. |
| 2 | Beniittto Perttu Kemppainen | C32 PTS |
| 8 G + 24 A |
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The conductor. Twenty-four assists mean most of what Parasite scored in the playoffs ran through his stick. Sixteen points across the four Finals alone, with the overtime winner in the first quarterfinal that pointed the whole run in its direction. For Beniittto, it was a ninth Elite title. |
| 3 | KingOfApes_ Tuukka Röpelinen | LD31 PTS |
| 8 G + 23 A |
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A defenseman with a forward's output, who made his return to Parasite this spring after three years. Thirty-one points from the blue line wins series on its own, and the decisive overtime power-play goal against MSK was his. The win was his sixth in Elite. |
| 4 | xEasy33 Luka Rönn | RW29 PTS |
| 14 G + 15 A |
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At just 18 years old, the finisher of the group. Fourteen playoff goals and ten game-winners across the full season, easy to overlook right up until the puck is behind you. This spring brought his first Elite title. |
| 5 | Teemuyy Teemu Polttila | RD17 PTS |
| 4 G + 13 A |
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The second pillar of the defense. Alongside Röpelinen he formed a pair that scored and kept the zero behind them when the season called for it. |
Remes is worth a paragraph of his own, because his road to this title is one of the better stories in the division. He spent four seasons winning at the very top, two Elite titles and a national championship with the Parasite franchise, before joining vNexs I last season. There he ran into the team he used to win with, knocked them out in a 4–3 semifinal, and carried vNexs I all the way to the Winter final, only to lose it in seven games.
He had taken a team to the brink and come up one series short. So this spring he changed shirts again, joined Parasite, and finished the job. From a Game 7 defeat to a 12–1 playoff run and a title in a single season.
| FINSeRe Sebastian Remes | G12–1 |
While the title was handed out at the top, survival was on the line at the bottom. TIKI TALK finished dead last and and was relegated straight down to Pro, no playoff to soften it, while Pro champions Starstrucked came the other way, promoted automatically. The three teams just above the drop got a lifeline, the Promotion/Relegation Battle, each paired off against a side climbing up from Pro and hungry to take its place.
| Facing the drop | Chasing promotion | |
| Oxdog Esports 15th | vs | NOSTREETSPORTS |
| Vizio 14th | vs | Golden Buffalos |
| Umpikuja 13th | vs | HC Lugano eSports |
For a team risking falling out of Elite it's the last chance to stay. For a team that fought its way up from Pro to the Promotion Battle it's a door that opens only once a season. Winners keep or claim their Elite spot, losers play the next campaign a tier lower. There is no middle ground.
Spring Elite gave a clear answer to the question of who is the best. From the opening game to the final whistle, Parasite left no room for doubt. Thirty regular-season games, three losses. Thirteen in the playoffs, one more. A core that took the top of the stat sheet and left the rest of the division behind.
The order held all spring, and nobody got close to breaking it. Congratulations to Parasite, champions of ECL '26: Spring - Elite.
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