Sisu "sisu33_" Nurminen is your ECL '23 Winter 1v1 Champion!

SportsGamers,

Our inaugural ECL 1v1 season is in the books with the Top 4 Finals at the SportsGamer offices concluded. With plenty of people in attendance, four juggernauts of the community and one young and hungry challenger on the thumbsticks we were able to enjoy a wild night of 1v1 NHL 23 between the very best in the business. In the end, we were all taken by surprise by the 16-year-old Sisu @sisu33_ Nurminen, who not only took down his idol Erik @Eki Tammenpää in the semifinals, but managed to outclass Arttu @Artuzio Mustila in the Finals. The youngster has made an impressive entrance to the competitive scene during the first third of NHL 23, and there's certainly more to come!

So you've now managed to take down some pretty big names on your way to the Championship, how does that make you feel?

"It's f****** amazing! The whole time I played, I felt good and I just managed to play my own game. That's it!"

It really seemed like you were in your element and wasn't really challenged over the course of the night, talk a bit about how that went for you?

"Yeah, I was nervous when I was playing my first game, but then I got my own game going. I think when Eki got the 2-0 lead in that first game I flipped a switch and got my own game going."
 

Let's take a look back at @sisu33_'s road to the Championship:

Group Stage record:

9-0-0 (#3 seed)

Round 1

vs @JanEerikBanan 2-0

Round 2

vs @Tappu 2-0

Round 3

vs @NikkeDangles 2-0

Quarterfinals

vs @patee___ 2-0

Semifinals

vs @Eki 2-0

Finals

vs @Artuzio 2-0

SportsGamer would like to congratulate Sisu @sisu33_ Nurminen on a tremendous season and winning his first Championship, at his first ever LAN event appearance. A big thank you to all participating players, who made this tournament possible!