Playoff information for ECL 3

Hello NHLGamers,

This will be a rather short post but we just wanted to get the message out to you all before the start of the playoffs. 

First of all, a number of teams that have been unresponsive in the last few weeks have received messages giving them a window to 23:59 CET tonight to state their intentions on whether to finish their season or not. We will have more news for you regarding this in the coming days.

Anyway, it is soon time to move into the playoffs for this third European Championship League season and below you will find the playoff structure

First round - Group A vs Group B 
A1 vs. B16
A2 vs. B15
A3 vs. B14
A4 vs. B13
A5 vs. B12
A6 vs. B11
A7 vs. B10
A8 vs. B9
A9 vs. B8
A10 vs. B7
A11 vs. B6
A12 vs. B5
A13 vs. B4
A14 vs. B3
A15 vs. B2
A16 vs. B1

The games will, as per usual, be played best-out-of-7.

The last day of the regular season schedule is Wednesday December 14th. In an ideal world, all teams would be done with their games by then and we could start the playoffs on December 15th. We are ready to do this, should the regular season be completely finished by then. Most likely though, there will be games remaining on the schedule so we are looking at a Playoff start date of December 19th.

This takes us awfully close to Christmas and the usual stress that comes with that. Therefore, we are making the First Round two weeks long - December 19th to January 2nd (2017). This should help all teams to have those seven games in the first round done by then. The following four rounds will be just one week each, leaving us with a winner crowned for ECL 3 before Februaruy 1st. 

Round 2 and onwards
Moving forward, the teams will be reseeded based on regular season points per game after each round to ensure the regular season standings continue to hold merit.

The time allotted for every round in the playoffs (after the first round) is one week and the default scheduled days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Sunday should not be used for scheduling - only as a last resort to get the games played. This will allow us to have everything set up and for the next round to start on time.

Kind regards,

The NHLGamer Staff