ECL 6 - Elite Playoffs Round 1

Hey NHLGamers,

After an eventful regular season in ECL Elite, we are ready to start the playoffs. There were some really tough battles for the playoff spots and teams were fighting for their life to avoid the relegation battles up until the very last round.

Our ECL Elite season preview was quite spot on regarding the playoff contenders, as 7/8 of the teams we listed as playoff teams made it. The biggest surprise comparing to our listing was Unlucky Boys HC finishing in 5th place.

We were supposed to have the playoff predictions for you already in the weekend, but sadly it will be a while more. It's coming, though!

Below you will find the matchups for round 1:

(1) Written In The Stars vs Northern Stars (8) 

 (2) Dynasty vs SJK eSports (7) 

 (3) Carlsberg HC vs Sjukstugan (6) 

 (4) Northern Ascendancy vs Unlucky Boys HC (5) 

All series will be played in a best-of-seven series from 9th until the 16th of April 2018.

Below you can find the exact dates for the ECL Pro playoffs:

• Quarter finals 9.-16.4.

• Semi finals 17.-24.4.

• Finals 29.4-7.5.

Teams Kattiautomaatti and Silver Sword Griffins, having collected the least points in ECL Elite this season, will be relegated and play in ECL Pro next season. Teams Nordic Stars and Pata Hellalla in spots 13 and 14 will be playing against the semi final losers of ECL Pro. The winners of these matchup will be seen in ECL Elite next season.

The teams Evolution, Gotham Knights, Rusty Blades and Falun Coal Miners finishing in spots 9-12 will keep their spots and will be seen in ECL Elite next season.

We thank all participants and hope you will return next season!

Best of luck for all remaining teams, have fun!