POGGERS eSports are your ECL ‘26: Winter - Pro Champions

POGGERS are ECL ’26: Winter – Pro Champions after steamrolling the playoffs

The ECL ’26: Winter season in the Pro division is over — and POGGERS are champions. In a Finals series that had real weight behind it, POGGERS defeated Unique 4–1, finishing the job with the kind of cold-blooded efficiency that only a veteran group can deliver.

What makes this title even more impressive is how the season started. POGGERS dropped points early and looked anything but unstoppable for stretches of the group stage. But like elite teams tend to do, they corrected course, stabilized their game, and still finished the group stage in a solid position — enough to get in, because in this league, making playoffs is everything. Once the postseason starts, the slate is clean.

And once the slate was clean, POGGERS looked like POGGERS again.
 

From last season’s disappointment to a completely different playoff identity

There’s also a very real narrative here: last season, POGGERS weren’t a factor when it mattered. They entered as the #7 seed and got bounced immediately — swept in Round 1 by Almost Famous. This Winter? Different mindset, different edge, different outcome.

Instead of being the experienced team that “should” win but doesn’t, they became the experienced team that turns every important moment into their comfort zone.
 

The numbers: Playoff scoring leaders (POGGERS)

• JaKurrii — 20 GP, 43P (21G, 22A), 4 GWG, 43.8% S%
• Ghettomasi — 20 GP, 41P (20G, 21A), 6 GWG
• Migo_boona — 20 GP, 35P (5G, 30A)
• meidanmatti — 20 GP, 30P (13G, 17A)
• Julius97_ — 20 GP, 24P (7G, 17A)
   

Hullued: the safety (in) net that wins titles

• 20 GP, 16–2–2
• 87.46 SV%, 2.05 GAA
• 2 shutouts

And when POGGERS needed shutdown goaltending — especially in the big moments — Hullued delivered.
 

POGGERS’ road to the championship

• Round 1: POGGERS (6) 4–0 NOSTREETSPORTS (3)
• Quarterfinals: POGGERS (13) 4–3 Puck Over Glass (1)
• Semifinals: POGGERS (13) 4–0 Finnish Roosters (2)
• Finals: POGGERS (13) 4–1 Unique (9)
   

ECL ’26: Winter – Pro Champions roster (POGGERS)

Skaters

• @JaKurrii (J. Koivuniemi)
• @Ghettomasi (H. Raittinen)
• @Migo_boona (M. Nurmi)
•  @Yoloberg (M. Hämäläinen)
•  @Julius97_ (J. Rissanen)
• @LaurinHaavi   (J. Eerola)

Goalie

•  @Hullued (J. Saarinen)
  
   

Congratulations to the team and all the players, see you in Elite! Thank you, all teams and readers, for this season!