After some of the biggest games to date here at SportsGamer, we have crowned our NACL '23 Winter Champions - Entourage! We were expecting to see a Finals series unlike anything else seen before, with two teams going back-and-forth, potentially all the way in a seven game series, however, Entourage had different plans. While the short lived series was statistically very close, it was just a story of everything going right for Entourage, and in turn, everything going wrong for Scary Hours. In the end, the Champions prevailed with a sweep in the series!
With their Championship, not only does Entourage secure the largest share of the 6 000€ prize pool, but they also punch their ticket to the inaugural World Finals in Helsinki, Finland on February 25th.
Entourage's road to the championship:
- #2 seed with the record 17-0-3
- Round 1: bye
- Round 2: vs Supremacy (14) 4-0
- Quarterfinals: vs The Underdogs (9) 4-1
- Semifinals: vs One Unit (4) 4-2
- Finals: vs Scary Hours (1) 4-0
The winning roster:
GOALTENDERS
#11 @IvanDelosh (xDelee)
#79 @Rampage l79l
DEFENSEMEN
#8 @Doughty x i8i (A)
#37 @Time2shineee
#65 @Dumoulin65
FORWARDS
#27 @BoilyHP
#71 @hxndry (C)
#86 @xDeath (Ethancy)
#93 @gilly (A)
We managed to reach out to the Entourage captain Lucas @hxndry Hendry amidst all the celebration:
What was going through your mind in those closing moments of the game?
Any time there's an overtime between two great teams, the littlest things can end up making the big difference. As you saw, we were throwing punches back and forth in overtime and I'm so happy with how that turned out. We didn't wanna go any longer with how sweaty those games were!
How has all of this success come together for Entourage over the past year?
We definitely knew the talent was there when building this roster and as I said in one of the pregame interviews, we can take our losses and roll with them. We've played for about nine months now and just keep getting better and better!
What's your preparation going to be ahead of the World Finals?
We're definitely going to have to do some scouting on the EU teams and watch those Semifinals they're playing in right now. We'll have to try to pick up on some of the tendencies those guys have and see through the differences between the EU and NA game. It'll be achange of pace adjusting to that playstyle but we're excited to finally get to play those guys.
On behalf of the entire SportsGamer community, we congratulate the Champions and extend a warm thank you to all participants!
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