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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

#NHLPeachy @NHL #NHLGWC Eight Players Advance to 2021 NHL Gaming World Championship: European Final

North American Club Championship Continues May 22 with Discover NHL Central Division Play-In and MassMutual NHL East Division Club Final

The 2021 NHL Gaming World Championship™, featuring the best EA SPORTS™ NHL® 21 players, continued this past weekend with eight players advancing to the European Final. The North American Club Championship also continues on May 22 with Club play for the Discover NHL® Central Division Play-In and the MassMutual NHL® East Division Club Final.

Beginning with the first of the North American Club Finals on May 22, all matches will be streamed live on the NHL’s Twitch channel beginning at 12 p.m. ET. The NHL’s digital platforms will also carry highlights with cut-down versions distributed by NHL global broadcast partners -- NBC Sports in the U.S., Sportsnet in Canada and Viaplay and NENT Group in Europe.

Tournament rules, regulations, prize pool, tournament schedules and results can be found here. Fans can follow the conversation using social hashtag #NHLGWC.
EUROPEAN PLAY-IN RESULTS

The European Play-In took place on May 8 and 15. All matches were single elimination, best-of-three games producing four Xbox and four PS4 qualifiers. Full bracket results can be viewed at the below links.





EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The European Final will be streamed live on Twitch on Saturday, June 19 beginning at 11 a.m. ET. The following players have advanced to the Final round after winning their series this past weekend:

Dzouvi_ – Adam Mensik (Czech Republic)

eken45jr – Henrik Eklund (Sweden)

I_EKI_I – Erik Tammenpaa (Finland)

J-_-JamalTheMan – Jani Raappanen (Finland)

Lehmannens – Johan Lehmann (Sweden)

NikkeDangles – Niklas Tukiainen (Finland)

pepcastachurcik – Josef Stachura (Czech Republic)

xDoumi – Aaro Ruuhinen (Finland)



NORTH AMERICAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP



The Club Finals and Club Championship are aligned under the 2020-21 NHL season Divisions. The eight players who represent each NHL Club face off to determine the one player to represent that NHL Club in the Club Championship. All 32 Club Final winners then move on to compete in the Club Championship bracket. The four Divisional winners then will compete to crown the 2021 Champion for the North American region.



MassMutual NHL East Division Finalists (Play-In round took place on May 8)

* Club Final will take place on Saturday, May 22 (12 p.m. ET)




Team

GamerID

Name

Hometown



GamerID

Name

Hometown


Boston Bruins

Ez_Regs

Justin Reguly

Thunder Bay, ON

vs.

xQC Morel 71

Derek Morel

Alma, QC


Buffalo Sabres

Jarred_315

Jarred Barr

New York, NY

vs.

OFs HK

Josh Fuss

Fairfield, CT


New Jersey Devils

dods44

Dylan Dodson

Farmington, MIN

vs.

LAKINGS23

Josh Gonzalez

Hesperia, CA


New York Islanders

Avez_12

Derek Avery

Coon Rapids, MIN

vs.

ProMoe CA

Moez Khan

Mississauga, ON


New York Rangers

NippinBiscuits

Charles Ferris

Staten Island, NY

vs.

xX hawks 50 Xx

Brenden Hilinski

Wallingford, CT


Philadelphia Flyers

oO-FoOLx90-Oo

Nicola Bruna

Laval, QC

vs.

X Jafine X

Jacob Jafine

Toronto, ON


Pittsburgh Penguins

JrPens91

David Roebuck

Forty Fort, PA

vs.

CWickline18

Cody Wickline

Flower Mound, TX


Washington Capitals

BoilyHP

Francois Xavier

St-Eustache, QC

vs.

Sauceshow

Matteo Russo

Montreal, QC




* * * * *



Scotia NHL North Division Finalists (Play-In round took place on May 15)

* Club Final will take place on Saturday, May 29 (12 p.m. ET)




Team

GamerID

Name

Hometown



GamerID

Name

Hometown


Calgary Flames

Geimer

Matthew Geim

Acton, ON

vs.

l3roccoliRob

Benjamin King

Kingston, ON












Mrs Piggy3471*

Rohin Ahluwalia

Surrey, BC


Edmonton Oilers

Sharpxo

Kyle Sharp

Edmonton, AB

vs.

Uninta1l

Ben Thomson

St. Albert, AB


Montreal Canadiens

guiav123

Guillaume Asselin-Verreault

Gatineau, QC

vs.

Itz Spiiddy

Gabriel Boudreault

Sainte-Catherine, QC


Ottawa Senators

miviens

Michael Viens

Sherbroome, QC

vs.

joshfearless13

Josh D’Eri

Bolton, ON


Top Chelf

COFFEY

Michael Griffiths

Quebec, QC

vs.

Yab0yfrank

Jacob Franken

Edmonton, AB


Toronto Maple Leafs

SafirSnipezGOLD

Sayed Safir Sodouri

Scarborough, ON

vs.

Ricky420Smoke

Carson Nelles

Belleville, ON


Vancouver Canucks

SAP-40

Edward Nicol-McCabe

Surrey, BC

vs.

Call Me Zman

Zach Newdeck

Pitman, NJ


Winnipeg Jets

JonaBruhh

Jonas Hardie

Edmonton, AB

vs.

Bardown Beauty

Justin Turner

Ottawa, ON


* Mrs Piggy3471 will replace teammate l3roccoliRob who is unable to compete in the Calgary Flames Club Final.



UPCOMING GWC SCHEDULE

Saturday, May 22 – GWC Discover NHL Central Division Play-In (Day #1)

Saturday, May 22 – GWC MassMutual NHL East Division Club Finals (12 p.m. ET start)

Sunday, May 23 – GWC Discover NHL Central Division Play-In (Day #2 *if required)

Wednesday, May 26 – European Team HUT Draft

Saturday, May 29 – GWC Honda NHL West Division Play-In (Day #1)

Saturday, May 29 – GWC Scotia NHL North Division Club Finals (12 p.m. ET start)

Sunday, May 30 – GWC Honda NHL West Division Play-In (Day #2 *if required)

Saturday, June 5 – GWC Discover NHL Central Division Club Finals (12 p.m. ET start)

Saturday, June 12 - GWC Honda NHL West Division Club Finals (12 p.m. ET start)

Saturday, June 19 – European Championship Final (11 a.m. ET start)

Saturday, June 26 – GWC MassMutual NHL East Division Club Championship

Saturday, July 3 – GWC Scotia NHL North Division Club Championship

Saturday, July 10 – GWC Discover NHL Central Division Club Championship

Saturday, July 17 – GWC Honda NHL West Division Club Championship

Saturday, July 24 – Club Championship Final



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