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SportGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! The ECL Core division will serve as a stepping stone for your team into competitive virtual hockey in the best company around. Join the action now for lots of fun and memorable moments along the way! We have now launched the registration for the Core division of ECL '23 Winter. This article will feature all the information you need about participating and includes all the eligible teams. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Description This league is for those teams that are already familiar with the NHL game series and competitive play. The division features a full regular season with best-of-seven playoffs and a prize pool totalling up to 3500€. The Core division requires a team license of 100€ and can be purchased with a one time payment by the team captain. ECL Core: 128 teams Sign up without restrictions (but capped at 128) Regular season: 8 groups of 16 Playoffs: 64 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Tuesday Thursday Sunday ECL ‘23: Winter - Core Team License In order to play in ECL Core, the qualified teams need to purchase an ECL Core team license. Each player of the team also needs to have a valid ECL ‘23 Player License (see license description for backup exception). License fees will be allocated to fund prize pools and developing operations, such as our broadcasts, live productions and promoting the league. ECL '23 Winter: Core Schedule Registration period: 14.11-8.12.2022 Regular Season: 13.12.2022-19.1.2023 RO32: 22.-26.1.2023 RO16: 29.1-2.2.2023 Quarterfinals: 5.-9.2.2023 Semifinals: 12.-16.2.2023 Finals: 19.-23.2.2023 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support.

SportsGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! With up to 27 000€ in the prize pool across all divisions, now is the time to register your team for one of the biggest events of the NHL esports season! We have now launched the registration for the Elite division of ECL '23 Winter. This article will feature all the information you need about participating and includes all the eligible teams. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Description ECL Elite is the gold standard of European virtual hockey and with that also has the biggest prize pool and most visibility. The division features a full regular season with best-of-seven playoffs, broadcasts will be aired on every default gameday. The License fee for participation is 500€ for each team. ECL Elite: 16 teams Sign up: ECL Elite eligible teams Regular season: One group Playoffs: 8 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Monday Wednesday Thursday + Sunday Broadcasts Prize pool: Up to 13 000 € ECL ‘23: Winter - Elite Team License In order to play in ECL Elite, the qualified teams need to purchase an ECL Elite team license. Each player of the team also needs to have a valid ECL ‘23 Player License. License fees will be allocated to fund prize pools and developing operations, such as our broadcasts, live productions and promoting the league. ECL '23 Winter: Elite Schedule Registration period: 14.-30.11.2022 Regular Season: 12.12.2022-18.1.2023 Quarterfinals: 25.1-1.2.2023 Semifinals: 5-8.2.2023 Finals: 24.2.2023 (Live in Helsinki) *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support. The following teams are eligible to register the Elite division:

SportsGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! With up to 27 000€ in the prize pool across all divisions, now is the time to register your team for one of the biggest events of the NHL esports season! We have now launched the registration for the Pro division of ECL '23 Winter. This article will feature all the information you need about participating and includes all the eligible teams. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Description ECL Winter Pro features a full regular season and best-of-seven playoffs. This season, the prize pool for the Pro division is 5500€. The ECL '23 Winter License is 300€ for each team. ECL Pro: 32 teams Sign up: ECL Pro eligible teams Open spots will be decided based on Qualifiers Regular season: Two groups Playoffs: 16 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Monday Tuesday Thursday ECL Pro License In order to play in ECL Pro, the qualified teams need to purchase an ECL Pro team license. Each player of the team also needs to have a valid ECL ‘23 Player License. License fees will be allocated to fund prize pools and developing operations, such as our broadcasts, live productions and promoting the league. ECL '23 Winter: Pro Schedule Registration period: 14.-30.11.2022 Qualifiers: 24.11.-7.12.2022 Regular Season: 12.2.2022-16.1.2023 RO16: 19.-24.1.2023 Quarterfinals: 26.-31.1.2023 Semifinals: 2.-7.2.2023 Finals: 12.-14.2.2023 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support The following teams are eligible to register the Pro division:

SportGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! With up to 28 000€ in the prize pool across all divisions, now is the time to register your team for one of the biggest events of the NHL esports season! We have now opened registrations for the Lite division of ECL '23 Winter! This article will let you know if your team is eligible for the Lite division this ECL '23 Winter and all the facts associated with participating. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Description ECL '23 Winter Lite will feature a full regular season, followed by best-of-seven playoffs. This season, the ECL Lite team license costs 200€ per team and can be purchased with a one time payment by the team captain. The ECL '23 Winter Lite division will feature a prize pool totalling up to 3620€. ECL Lite: 64 teams Sign up: ECL Lite eligible teams Open spots will be decided based on the Qualifiers Regular season: 4 Groups of 16 teams Playoffs: 32 teams Best-of-7 Gamedays: Tuesday Wednesday Sunday ECL ‘23 Winter Lite Team License In order to play in ECL '23: Winter - Lite, the qualified teams need to purchase an ECL Lite team license. Each player of the team also needs to have a valid ECL ‘23 Player License. License fees will be allocated to fund prize pools and developing operations, such as our broadcasts, live productions and promoting the league. ECL '23 Winter: Lite Schedule Registration period: 14.11-30.11.2022 Qualifiers: 24.11-8.12.2022 Regular Season: 13.12.2022-18.1.2023 RO32: 22.-25.1.2023 RO16: 29.1-1.2.2023 Quarterfinals: 5.-8.2.2023 Semifinals: 12.-15.2.2023 Finals: 19.-22.2.2023 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support The following teams are eligible to register for the Lite division:

SportsGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! The ECL Neo division will serve as a stepping stone for your team into competitive virtual hockey in the best company around. Join the action now for lots of fun and memorable moments along the way! We have now launched the registration for the Neo division of ECL '23 Winter. After reading this article you'll be ready to participate in your first ECL experience. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Description This division is for new teams or teams who want to play on a relaxed schedule. However, SportsGamer reserves the right to move teams deemed to have an exceptionally high skill level to the Core division. The Neo division features a full regular season and best-of-five playoffs. Participation in ECL Neo does not require a team or player license. Thus, ECL Neo doesn't feature a prize pool. ECL Neo: 32+ teams Sign up without restrictions Regular season: 4 groups of 9 teams Playoffs: 24 teams (top 2 per group skip first round) Best-of-5 Gamedays: Wednesday Sunday ECL '23 Winter: Neo Schedule Registration period: 14.11-8.12.2022 Regular Season: 14.12.2022-18.1.2023 RO64: 22.-25.1.2023 RO32: 29.2.-1.2.2023 RO16: 5.-8.2.2023 Quarterfinals: 12.-15.2.2023 Semifinals: 19.-22.2.2023 Finals: 26.2.-1.3.2023 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support.

SportsGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! With up to 28 000€ in the prize pool across all divisions, now is the time to register your team for one of the biggest events of the NHL esports season! We have now opened registrations for ECL '23 Winter Lite & Pro Qualifier teams! After reading this article, you will know if your team can apply and how this will affect your team’s players. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. Schedule for Lite Qualifiers Registration: 14.11-22.11.2022 Qualifiers: 24.11-8.12.2022 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support. Updated ECL Lite Qualifiers For the ECL '23 Season, ECL Lite Qualifiers will be expanded, whereas Core teams will no longer have spots in the ECL Pro Qualifiers from the ECL '23 Pro Spring Qualifiers onwards. These changes will better ensure that all teams will be playing at their correct level in the future. Here's the gist of the changes we'll be making: Expansion of ECL Lite Qualifiers The Expansion of the ECL '23 Lite Qualifiers will come into effect immediately. Here, we'll be increasing the Qualifier size to a total of 64 teams, consisting of 15 Lite teams, 28 Core teams and 4 Neo teams from the previous season. The remaining 17 spots in the qualifiers will be filled by Wildcard teams, and these Wildcard spots will be open for application to every team without restrictions. Wildcard spots will be filled in order of registration. In the case of eligible teams not signing up, the amount of Wildcard spots will automatically increase. Read more about Wildcards here. The following teams are have secured their spot to register to the Lite Qualifiers: Any team can now register for the ECL Lite Qualifiers, however the limited remaining spots will be registered in a first come first served basis. Schedule for Pro Qualifiers Registration: 14.11-22.11.2022 Qualifiers: 24.11.-7.12.2022 *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support. The following teams are eligible to register the Pro Qualifiers: What if all Qualifier positions are not filled? Teams will not be promoted straight and all open spots will be filled through qualifiers (excluding automatically relegated/promoted teams). If there happens to be more open spots than anticipated (e.g. from teams disbanding which would have been invited to play in the qualifier) spots are filled as follows: Pro Qualifiers Pro relegated teams Lite #10-16 Wildcard teams #5-8 Lite #17-32 Core #5-8 Special rules for Qualifier teams To prevent teams from taking advantage, specifically recruiting players to bolster your chances in the qualifier that have no intention of remaining in the team beyond that, we have decided to enforce a soft roster lock post qualifier play. If a former Elite player wants to participate in a qualifier for a Wildcard, Pro or Lite team, then they will be locked into that division at where the team ends up throughout the season Transfer to a lower division is possible If a former Pro player wants to participate in a qualifier for a wildcard, Pro or Lite team, then they will be locked into that division at where the team ends up for 2 weeks (starting from the first game played in Pro that season) Transfer to a lower division is possible Lite & Pro Qualifiers are part of the season so it is good to remember that only one transfer is allowed during the season

SportsGamers, It's time to get another great season of ECL action going, and this time the stakes have been upped even more! With up to 27 000€ in the prize pool across all divisions, now is the time to register your team for one of the biggest events of the NHL esports season! We have now opened registrations for Wildcard teams! After reading this article, you will know if your team can apply for a wildcard spot and how this will affect your team’s players. If you haven’t read our general information yet, we suggest you head over to our ECL ’23 Winter information article. What does "Wildcard team" mean? A Wildcard team is a newly created team consisting of experienced community members with such experience and skill that could warrant playing at a higher level than the one the current team would otherwise be assigned to. Alternatively, a team that has strengthened significantly over the offseason can also be considered a Wildcard team. How many Wildcard spots are there? There are four Wildcard spots up for grabs in the Pro division, while Lite holds 17 Wildcard spots. Lite Qualifier Wildcard How are the Lite Qualifier Wildcard spots decided? Spots will be open for application to every team without restrictions. Wildcard spots will be filled in order of registration. ECL '23 Lite Wildcard teams TBD Schedule Lite Wildcard registrations: 14.-19.11.2022 Lite Qualifiers: 24.11-8.12.2022 * Sign-ups will close 23:59 CET on the last day mentioned unless otherwise specified. Additionally, players qualifying for the Wildcard spot must be on the team roster by the time the sign-ups close. Pro Qualifier Wildcard How are the Lite Qualifier Wildcard spots decided? If there are more Wildcard eligible teams than spots are available, Wildcard qualifiers will be played. The final format is determined by the number of teams and the lineups of the registered teams. Pro Qualifier Wildcard requirements Three former Elite starters Four former Pro starters A starter is defined as having played 16 or more games in the ECL '22 Spring season, or 20 or more games in the ECL '22 Winter season Pro Wildcard Schedule Pro Wildcard registration: 14.-19.11.2022 Pro Wildcard Battle (if needed): 21.-22.11.2022 Pro Qualifiers: 24.11.-7.12.2022 * Sign-ups will close 23:59 CET on the last day mentioned unless otherwise specified. Additionally, players qualifying for the Wildcard spot must be on the team roster by the time the sign-ups close. ECL '23 Pro Wildcard eligible teams TBD *If you're an existing team that wants to change names, simply sign up with the old name and contact support for the name change. If you're having issues with signing up overall, please contact support. Special rules for wildcard teams To prevent teams from taking advantage, specifically recruiting players to bolster your chances in the qualifier that have no intention of remaining in the team beyond that, we have decided to enforce a soft roster lock post qualifier play. If a former Elite player wants to participate in a qualifier for a Wildcard Pro team, then they will be locked into that division at where the team ends up throughout the season Transfer to a lower division is possible If a former Pro player wants to participate in a qualifier for a Wildcard Pro team, then they will be locked into that division at where the team ends up for 2 weeks (starting from the first game played in Pro that season) Transfer to a lower division is possible Wildcard Qualifiers and Lite & Pro Qualifiers are part of the season so it is good to remember that only one transfer is allowed during the season Teams with a Lite division spot can apply for Wildcard status for Pro Qualifiers without losing their spot

Hi @Hashim96, I would recommend looking at the Swedish Championships, which you can register for now either as an individual (1v1) or as a team (6v6). You can read more here: If you are looking for a team, you can mark yourself as a free agent here: You can also browse this thread with teams looking for players: Finally, you can also join our Discord, where it's possible to find teams to play with for the night and maybe something more meaningful. https://sportsgamer.gg/discord If you're not used to Discord, it can feel a little bit intimidating at first, due to the amount of information and options thrown at you. We're working on a "How to Discord" instruction set for NHL 23 to make it a bit easier. We're also open to feedback on how to make it more accessible. Welcome to the community!

Hi @Geekie23 👋 I don't know the answer, but perhaps @MartindalexC could have a clue?