Watch the NACL '23 Winter Finals tonight: "We are confident we can take them"

The NACL '23 Winter Finals will be played in full tonight, and we're extremely excited to see two prestigious teams that have been able to compete at a high level for a very long time. Both the #1 seed Scary Hours and the #2 seed Entourage have some big titles under their belts already, but now the stakes are higher than ever and they'll be playing to punch their ticket to the inaugural World Finals in Helsinki on February 25th. 

Make sure to also read our full NACL '23 Winter Finals Preview before we go live tonight. 

Scary Hours (1)  vs Entourage (2)

TOP SCORER
Harley @Sitballs (Sitful-_-) Sitko 18 GP, 22+22=44 vs Ethan @xDeath (Ethancy) Macdonald  15 GP, 23+26=49

GOALTENDER
Justin @Bardown Beauty Turner 13 GP, 11 W, 83,76 SV%, 1.46 GAA, 2 SO vs Justin @Rampage l79l Horn 15 GP, 12 W, 81,44 SV%, 2.07 GAA, 2 SO

REGULAR SEASON RECORD
20-1-1 vs 17-0-3
 

Ahead of the big games we reached out to Entourage owner and captain Lucas @hxndry Hendry, who is heading into the Finals in good spirits, very confident in his own team.

Can you go over your history with Scary Hours and how your most recent games have gone?

Entourage has been around since 2019 and this team is a new roster built in May. We've played a bunch against the guys in Scary Hours under different names through the years but the latest competitive games probably date back to the Semifinals in Caps Gaming 2022, where the series ended 3-1 for Scary Hours. We've done a lot of work since then and are confident we can take them this time. We were actually scheduled to play them last Wednesday, but decided to pull a strategic forfeit to not show them any of our game ahead of the NACL Finals.

What would you say is the essence of success for Entourage?

I'd say we have a bunch of talent obviously. The entire roster is Top 3 in North America on their respective positions, we practice a lot and scrim a couple of times a week on top of the tournaments going on. A big thing is that we can handle the inevitable losses and learn from them. The mindset of just being the best and not settling for anything else is really the driving force.

Is there any specific player that has been particularly important for you guys during the NACL '23 Winter season?

Honestly I'd say our D-pair @Doughty x i8i and @Dumoulin65. They really are are the backbone of our team and just levels ahead of everyone else on their positions. They're able to effortlessly control the whole defense and jump in on the offense with the skill they have back there.

Join us tonight for the Finals series at twitch.tv/SportsGamerGG! We'll be going live at 7:30PM ET with NHL 23 X-Factor Edition Xbox Game Code giveaways after every game!