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Salute NHLGamers,
It's finally time for the 7th edition of the European Championship League, the best EASHL 6vs6 league there is (in our unbiased opinion)! This time we beat another record! Last year we had 108 teams, now it's up to 123. That's a BIG increase from last season and it seems to be the trend moving forward. Lets make sure we are as welcoming to new members as possible to make sure we continue on this path.
ECL Lite and ECL Pro will start playing today, Monday 15th of October and ECL Elite will start a week later, on Monday 22nd of October. The schedules for all divisions are available through the menu both on the main page and here on the community side.
Without further ado, here's all you need to know:
ECL 7 Rules
As usual, we have fine-tuned our ruleset, so we suggest you give them a good read before the season start! The rules for ECL 7 can be found here:
League Administration
All league related verdicts will be decided by the League Administration. To open up a case, visit the new Support section on the forums.
Please note: before contacting League Administration, teams are expected to solve issues they might have on their own. Familiarize yourself with our rules first, as they include lots of guidance for different issues. League Administration is always to be used as the last resort to solve any disagreements.
In which division can I find each team?
ECL 7 Elite
14 teams confirmed their participation for ECL 7:
- Almost Famous
- Dynasty
- Falun Coal Miners
- FILADELPHIA
- Gotham Knights
- Northern Ascendancy
- Northern Stars
- Radical
- Rusty Blades
- Sjukstugan
- Symphony
- Team Frosty
- Unlucky Boys HC
- Written In The Stars
As ECL Elite was missing two teams, League Administration decided to promote two teams according to rule 4.3, "Similarly, if the number of open spots in ECL Elite exceeds the number of promotions from ECL Pro, these additional spots will be filled with additional teams from ECL Pro according to the following factors from the previous season: Playoff wins"
- SIKA (7 playoff wins)
- Butterfly Effect (previously known as Red Machine, 6 playoff wins)
We would like to congratulate Butterfly Effect and SIKA for making it to ECL Elite!
ECL 7 Pro
25 teams confirmed their participation for ECL 7:
- Baltic Sea Eagles
- Bellizzi
- Bone Breakers
- Butterfly Effect
- Checkmate
- CLUB ONE
- Cowabunga Hockey
- Deadly Phantoms
- EN HUND
- EV Duisburg
- Free From Rodents
- Le coq Sportif
- Murohoki
- Nordic Nosebleed
- Nordic Stars
- Pata Hellalla
- Raging Monkeys
- Sektion K
- SIKA
- Silver Sword Griffins
- Speedy Bros Hockey
- Style
- Synergy Hockey
- The Visionaries
- TIKI TALK
- Wasps Gaming
With Butterfly Effect and SIKA getting promoted to Elite, we now had 9 open spots in ECL Pro.
According to the rule 4.2, "...If the number of open spots in ECL Pro exceeds the number of promotions from ECL Lite, e.g. due to ECL Pro teams disbanding, these additional spots will be filled with teams that applied during the sign-up phase according to the following factors:
Priority for ECL Lite quarter-finalists from the previous season, Franchise history, Roster composition, EASHL record"
First of all we looked at the Lite quarter-finalists from last season, which also had said "Yes" to apply for a Pro spot in their registration. These three teams fit the criteria:
- Ghetto Firebirds (QF)
- Pohjoista Voimaa (QF)
- Unity (QF)
These three teams will play in Pro this season, congrats!
For the 6 remaining spots, we were looking at teams who applied for ECL Pro in their ECL Lite registration. Based on the previously listed factors the League Administration decided to promote the following teams:
- Born With It
- Bucketeers
- Checkmate
- Raccoon Rampage
- Resurrection
- Saints
Congrats to these teams as well, you will all play in Pro this season!
ECL 7 Lite
The remaining 75 teams that applied for ECL Lite will play in ECL Lite this season.
ECL 7 Groups:
On Saturday evening we streamed the group lottery for our divisions in ECL 7. Below is the complete list of the teams participating this season and in which groups they will play. Due to Crusaders deciding to not participate at last minute and our staff being informed after the lottery, we had to make a balancing adjustment to even things up and this moved Infinity into group 5.
Here are your ECL 7 groups:
ECL 7 Lite - 8 Groups
ECL Lite will be played in eight groups consisting of 9-10 teams each. With 2 games against each opponent, this results in an 16-18 game regular season for each team in which the top 8 teams out of each conference will go to the playoffs (64 teams total).
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Group 1: Cancun Pirates HC Dark Alligators HC Keskikalja Inter Iceland Last Period Mentula SKA Nearbird Fighters Niederrhein Canucks Rusty Bulls The Black Jacks
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Group 2: Gents of Fortune Kalamasu HT KulmalaHengaus Nordic Vipers Rajatorpan Mafia Stayhard Stallions Team France TEHOTTOMAT TeQuila SunRise The Next Gen
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Group 3: BoneHeads Freddie Mercury Institute HC Finlandia Kaukosen Luistin Red Devils HC SPARTANS Unknown Ice Breakers We Kings WESTEROS HC
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Group 4: DEG eSports Elämäm Kiekko Etelan Vetelat FarmiNaattori Fuularinsat Melting Point Outrageous Falcons Perttilan Kommandot Prowlers SEVERSTAL
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Group 5: Bare Knuckles Hockey Dubnation Gaming Falcons Infinity K A R H U T Kouvola Screaming Eagles Lehmannens Badboyz Pink Panthers HC The Dudes
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Group 6: Clowns On Ice Finnish Hockey Legends HC Corsair Poston Fruits Red Light Zone SHECANGO SKA Swedish Match HC Team Bidon
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Group 7: Bombers Hockey Clusterpuck HokiDogit Magic Mushrooms Nuggetz Puck Panthers Saucer Hockey Supernatural Supremacy
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Group 8: Blackdawgs Finnish Snipers HARDCORE NAPPIAIVOT HC Aurinko Hockey Hooligans HT White Sharks Rising Phantoms HC Rukoilevat Hinkkaajat Suomen Sonnit
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Schedule: ECL Lite schedule
ECL 7 Pro - 2 Groups
ECL Pro will be played in two groups consisting of 16 teams each. With two games against each opponent, this results in a 30 game regular season for each team in which the top 8 teams out of each group will go to the playoffs (16 teams total).
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Group 1: Baltic Sea Eagles CLUB ONE Cowabunga Hockey EN HUND EV Duisburg Free From Rodents Ghetto Firebirds Murohoki Raccoon Rampage Saints Speedy Bros Hockey Style Synergy Hockey TIKI TALK Unity Wasps Gaming
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Group 2: Bellizzi Bone Breakers Born With It Bucketeers Checkmate Deadly Phantoms HC Le coq Sportif Nordic Nosebleed Nordic Stars Pata Hellalla Pohjoista Voimaa Raging Monkeys Resurrection Sektion K Silver Sword Griffins The Visionaries
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Schedule: ECL Pro schedule
ECL 7 Elite - 1 Group
As usual, ECL Elite will be played in one group, where the teams face each other twice per opponent. This will result in a 30 game regular season for each team in which the top 8 teams go to the playoffs.
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Almost Famous Butterfly Effect Dynasty Falun Coal Miners FILADELPHIA Gotham Knights Northern Ascendancy Northern Stars |
Radical Rusty Blades SIKA Sjukstugan Symphony Team Frosty Unlucky Boys HC Written In The Stars |
Schedule: ECL Elite schedule
Thank you all for joining our stream on Saturday, if you missed it, you can see it here:
Team management tools
All teams have been created, the team management tools on the main page (click on your username in the top right corner to access them) have been unlocked for the team captains. All players need to be invited to the team rosters ahead of your first game. Please note that all invited players need to accept the invitation (there will be a popup alert on the main page for them) before they show up on the team roster and can start playing!
In case you have further questions, feel free to use the comment section below this article.
We hope everyone has a great ECL and good luck to all teams!
On behalf of the ECL staff,
@Panarinz
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