The SCL starts today - here's what you need to know! - SCL

NHLGamers,

Time goes by fast and we've already arrived at the start date for the SCL 6v6 season. We've got a total of 35 teams divided into four groups fighting for the title this season. The two-time champion and invitee Vesa Pompa has decided - despite their invitation to the playoffs as the first seed - to play in the group stage. The top 3 out of each group will make it into the 2nd round of playoffs directly, while teams finishing in positions 4 and 5 will play a play-in round (BO5) to determine the last team to make it into the top 16. Here's a short recap of the most crucial information, please familiarize yourself with the full rulebook for a deeper understanding of how the league will operate.

Today is also the final day to sign up for the 1v1 portion of SCL! If you haven't done that yet, you can sign up here.

Schedule

Default gamedays for the SCL 2021 season will be Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Regular season 15.-30.8
Playoffs Round 1: 31.8-3.9
Playoffs Round 2: 5.-9.9
Quarterfinals: 12.-15.9
Semifinals: 19.-22.9
Finals: 25.9

License & Eligibility

All Swedish and Finnish players require a player license from their respective esports federation, acquire your license by following instructions provided in the links below. For players of other nationalities, a license from their respective esports federation is recommended, but not required.

Acquire your license here (Swedes)
Acquire your license here (Finns)

All teams must always feature a minimum of 4 Swedish players in their on-ice lineup

Teams may feature a maximum of two non-Swedish players on ice if both players are from a minor community (for example: Danish, Norwegian, Latvian)
Teams may feature a maximum of two non-Swedish players on ice if one player is from a major community (German, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Slovak) and the other player from a minor community.
Teams may NOT feature two non-Swedish players on ice if both those players are from a major community (German, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Slovak)

Below you will find an image to help illustrate this rule clarification:

Rosters are locked on 16.8 at 23:59, no transfers are allowed, only free agent signings.

Social media

Twitter:

When posting tweets of your lineups, matchups, recaps, clips, articles - or any other content you might want to create - can you please make sure to tag the following accounts and hashtag:

@NHLGamerCOM
@swehockeyse
@svenskesport
#SCL2021
#SvSeHockey

Instagram:

When posting on Instagram, can you please make sure to tag the following accounts and hashtag:

@NHLGamerOfficial
@swehockeyse
#SCL2021
#SvSeHockey

Communication

In order to get in touch with your opponent, you can use the "Message all captains" button (pictured below) on the team's page. This will send a private message on the NHLGamer community to the three listed captains.

Additionally, we offer an NHLGamer Discord server, which you can join by clicking the button below. We ask that at the very least the captains of each team join the server, as messaging through Discord is instant and it is a great way to communicate quickly and briefly.