Summer Cup, Presented by Webhallen - Here's what you need to know!

Hey NHL Gamers!

Summer Cup, Presented by Webhallen is about to start soon, and here is our service post for all captains and regular players that provides all the necessary details to be ready for tomorrow's Live Draft and the league start.

THE DRAFT

The Live Draft will take place tomorrow on NHLGamer Twitch at 16 CEST / 17 EEST and will approximately take 5-6 hours to draft all of the ~300 players, meaning the draft procedure will be finished by 22 CEST / 23 CEST. @Kenu will be functioning as our lead host during that time, joined by @Dominointi and @gzell60 to keep all viewers up to date on all draft developments. We will also have a few topics to discuss, and are happy to answer any questions that come up in the chat!

To all captains: We will send out a private message to all of you, asking to confirm your presence for tomorrow's draft. It is crucial all of you are able to attend - otherwise we need to find backup captains on short notice! The message will also include more information about the player list and options to get connected tomorrow. Don't miss it!

THE RULES

The ruleset for this year's Summer Cup, Presented by Webhallen is finished and available below. It is everyone's obligation to be aware of all the details mentioned in all of the sections to ensure a smooth league progress during the next few weeks! All in all, the rules are based on ECL 4 (which worked out very well) mixed with a couple of Summer Cup specific aspects:

LEAGUE FORMAT

Summer Cup, Presented by Webhallen will be carried out in 3 groups with 10 teams each. This means, each team will have to play a total of 9 opponents (=18 games) during the regular season. The first 5 teams out of each group will go to the playoffs (one pot, seeded by PPG average and further tiebreakers), and they will be joined by a 16th team which is determined by the best PPG average (and further tiebreakers if necessary) out of all remaining teams in the 3 groups combined.

Depending on the schedule, the exact playoffs format will be determined at a later point.

That's all you need to know for now. Make sure to tune in to tomorrow's Live Draft!

@gzell60 for NHLGamer.com