Sunne IK Esport are your ECL '25: Winter - Lite Champions

Sunne IK Esport were crowned your ECL '25 Winter - Lite Champions after managing to beat the Finnish side Setelikerho in overtime of game seven. After finishing first in their group, Sunne marched convincingly all the way to the finals and pulled off a comeback in the Finals after being down 1-3 in the series. With their Championship, they gain automatic promotion to the Pro division for the Spring season, where they'll be joined by the second-place finisher Setelikerho and the third-place Project X. Congratulations to Sunne IK Esports!

Sunne IK finished on top of Group 3 after a tight race, putting them in a good position going into the postseason. Through the first four rounds of the playoffs, the team put on a clinic, losing only five games on their way to the finals. After the first night of the Finals they found themselves down 1-2 and the game 4 blowout loss the following day put them in a tough position down 1-3 in the series. In game 5 they were one minute away from defeat but thanks to Prolane's last-minute tying goal they headed into OT. The game went all the way to the third overtime before Forreberra found the winning goal and the series was back alive. Forreberra's hattrick in game 6 pushed the series into game seven despite a last-minute scare. Setelikerho got a quick start to the deciding game with a goal from tbnantti but Captain 03_Dafa tied the game in the dying seconds of the second period. After some big saves in each end of the ice the game headed into overtime where Svana_22 was the hero scoring the series winner from a partial breakaway.

We got a chance to interview Mathias @Prolane Larsson after the series, where he shared his thoughts and told how believing in themselves played a big role in the comeback.
 

Road to the Championship

Regular season: 13-4-0-5, 47 points, 1st in Group 3 and 4th overall.
Round 1: 4-1 vs Technical Disaster
Round 2: 4-2 vs HC VADELMA
Quarterfinals: 4-1 vs Seinajoki Noms
Semifinals: 4-1 vs Farmalaget
Finals: 4-3 vs Setelikerho

Championship Roster

David @DAFA_03 Halvorsen (C)
Mathias @Prolane Larsson (A)
Fredrik @Larzzon96 Larsson (A)
Edvin @forreberra Bengtsson
Andreas @Svana_22 Svanberg
Benjamin @benjamint737 Tallgren

Kalle @trikishash Sjoblom
Kai-Remi @sneipmusic Berge
Tobias @Pettersson18 Pettersson

Thank you for a great season and congratulations to your Champions Sunne IK Esport!