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Hey NHL Gamers, with Synergy Hockey and Finnish Roosters having finished their series tonight, the semi-final is complete, and below you can find the match-ups: Groups 1-4 Kattiautomaatti - Victorious Secret HC Groups 5-8 MUKIMIEHET - Finnish Roosters As we announced on the forums, Kattiautomaatti and Victorious Secret HC were already allowed to start their series today. This means the alloted time for their games is until Sunday, while MUKIMIEHET and Finnish Roosters are allowed to make use of the following Monday in case it is needed. Of course, we hope to return to schedule again, and kick off the finals in time. On behalf of the NHL Gamer Staff, - gzell60

Hey everyone, thanks to all teams who were able to finish their series in time. Unfortunately, there was a lot of controversy around the Nordic Lightning vs. TIKI TALK match-up, which is why we were only able to publish this announcement today. Some background: Nordic Lightning told their opponent, they would not be able to play any game during the weekend, and consistently asked TIKI TALK to finish the series until Thursday. TIKI TALK on the other hand were only able to start the series on Thursday, because they decided to watch Finnish World Cup games on Monday and Wednesday. On Thursday, 6 games were played - and the series was tied at 3. After game 6, TIKI TALK decided to quit for the night. We have evidence, that this was due to the team not being confident to be able to win the last game. In the end, we decided to make a decision according to the rulebook (#6 "Scheduling"): "Teams are allowed to re-schedule any of their games. Both teams involved must agree to the re-scheduled game date and time before the game date and time are made official. If there is no agreement of re-scheduling, the default date and time stands. Teams are not allowed to ignore requests for re-scheduling and must respond to the requests as quickly as possible." We think that TIKI TALK failed to act according to this part of the rule, and on top, were willing to risk a delay of the whole tournament by suddenly quitting on Thursday after game 6. This is why we will hand out a walkover win to Nordic Lightning, to win the series 4:3. Important reminder: If you have scheduling issues like these in the future, open up a private message with both team captains and NHLGamer admins/mods AS SOON AS YOU SEE THESE ISSUES COMING UP. It helps us to avoid these conflicts in the future. Also remember: Any threats against admins/mods to reinforce your opinion are not acceptable and will certainly not help in finding a solution together. Below you can find the new match-ups for the next playoff round: Groups 1-4 Nordic Lightning - Victorious Secret HC Kattiautomaatti - Nordic Nightmare Groups 5-8 MUKIMIEHET - Aapon Taikasauva Synergy Hockey - Finnish Roosters The time allotted for every round in the playoffs is one week and the default scheduled days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Sunday should not be used for scheduling - only as a last resort to get the games played. This will allow us to have everything set up and for the next round to start on time. On behalf of the NHL Gamer Staff, - gzell60

Hey NHL Gamers, the final of this year's Cover Vote has begun! Joe Pavelski and Vladimir Tarasenko are up for choice, so use the opportunity and make your favourite win his cover spot by casting a vote now on this page. The winner will be revealed at the NHL Awards, taking place in Las Vegas on June 22nd. - gzell60

Hey everyone, thanks for finishing the 2nd round of our Season 2 playoffs last week! Unfortunately, we had to give out walkover wins to Silver Sword Griffins, as their opponent was not ready to play anymore. We know that this kind of situation during the playoffs is always a little unsettling, but we will try to find a way to prevent this from happening in the future. Below you can find the new match-ups for the next playoff round: Groups 1-4 Nordic Lightning - TIKI TALK Kattiautomaatti - Dynasty Sjukstugan - Victorious Secret HC Nordic Blizzard - Nordic Nightmare Groups 5-8 MUKIMIEHET - murohoki Helter Skelter - Aapon Taikasauva Silver Sword Griffins - Finnish Roosters Infinity - Synergy Hockey As we already announced ahead of the last round, groups 1 to 4 and groups 5 to 8 will be mixed and reseeded according to our regular season tie-breakers. In this case we had to apply wins as well as goal difference on top of the point-per-game average, to make out the correct pairs. The time allotted for every round in the playoffs is one week and the default scheduled days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Sunday should not be used for scheduling - only as a last resort to get the games played. This will allow us to have everything set up and for the next round to start on time. On behalf of the NHL Gamer Staff, - gzell60

Hey NHL Gamers, round 1 of the NHL 17 Cover Vote just came to an end, with the following results: Joe Pavelski vs. Anze Kopitar Aleksander Barkov vs. Jamie Benn Connor McDavid vs. Jakub Voracek Vladimir Tarasenko vs. Victor Hedman The San José Sharks, the Dallas Stars, the Edmonton Oilers as well as the St. Louis Blues made it into the semi-finals, and these are the new match-ups: Visit this page to support your favourite player! - gzell60