Whom You Know: #NHLGWC ‘Top-Shelf-Cookie' and ‘Johnwaynee’ Round Out Final Six Participants for 2019 NHL Gaming World Championship Final in Las Vegas on June 18 World Final HUT Draft Takes Place Wednesday, June 5

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

#NHLGWC ‘Top-Shelf-Cookie' and ‘Johnwaynee’ Round Out Final Six Participants for 2019 NHL Gaming World Championship Final in Las Vegas on June 18 World Final HUT Draft Takes Place Wednesday, June 5

One year after placing third, Columbus’ Matthew ‘Top-Shelf-Cookie’ Gutkoski made it to the top, sweeping the best-of-three final series to capture the U.S. Regional title and a trip to the 2019 NHL Gaming World Championship™ Final in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 18. Last year’s U.S. Regional winner, Anchorage-native John ‘Johnwaynee’ Casagranda, also booked his ticket to Las Vegas as the U.S. runner up.

‘Cookie’, who scored with 23 seconds left in regulation in Game 2, capped off his impressive 6-0 run with an overtime victory to secure the second seed in the World Final. Casagranda and Gutkoski also met in the GWC Xbox One Online Play-In Bracket Final, where Gutkoski took the series, 2-1.

2019 NHL Gaming World Championship Finalists:

European Winner (1st seed): Erik ‘Eki’ Tammenpää

U.S. Winner (2nd seed): Matthew ‘Top-Shelf-Cookie’ Gutkoski

Canadian Winner (3rd seed): Karl ‘Mg X Nuclear’ Caslib

U.S. Runner Up (4th seed): John ‘Johnwaynee’ Casagranda

Canadian Runner Up (5th seed): Matthew ‘Yung Gren’ Grenier

European Runner Up (6th seed) Hannes ‘Hansulinho’ Kettunen

The 2019 NHL Gaming World Championship™ Final will take place Tuesday, June 18, at HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas. A special edition of The GWC Lobby presented by Honda will air at 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 p.m. ET) followed by live game action at 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET). Competitors will vie for their shot at the championship trophy, the $50,000 grand prize and a featured appearance in the broadcast of the 2019 NHL Awards™ presented by Bridgestone.

World Final Draft:

Prior to NHL Gaming World Championship™ Final, the final six competitors will draft their unique rosters from a pool of available Hockey Ultimate Team Items featuring NHL players. Players, who will select their rosters using a snake-draft based on seeding, will draft a 25-person HUT team – each roster comprising 12 forwards, six defensemen, two goaltenders and five additional skaters. Once a player is drafted, that player no longer is available, resulting in squads with no duplicate players. Players also will use the same NHL team to represent as they did during the Regional Finals. The World Final Draft will take place on Wednesday, June 5. Fans can find complete team rosters on NHL.com/Gaming following each Draft session and by following #NHLGWC.

NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks and NHL Gaming World Championship name and logo, NHL Gaming World Championship Final and NHL Awards name and logo are trademarks of the National Hockey League.

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