"The East is arguably the most stacked division in GWC this season," said veteran GWC play-by-play talent Arda Ocal. "What I love the most about this tournament is you get familiar names and fresh faces, and this division is a perfect example of that. It's going to be intense action with the reigning U.S. and Canadian champs, a perennial GWC contender, and a world finalist."
The NHL's annual gaming event features the best EA SPORTS™ NHL® 21 players in the world, including East contenders Josh 'OFs HK' Fuss (2020 GWC U.S. Champion), Justin 'Ez_Regs' Reguly (2020 GWC Canadian Champion), David 'JrPens91' Roebuck (2019 GWC World Finalist) and Charles 'NippinBiscuits' Ferris (2019 GWC U.S. Regional Finalist).
The GWC's new show, Show and Chel with Jason Kaplan, streams each Thursday at 3 p.m. ET on the NHL's Twitch channel. Episode One is available
here
.
The NHL's digital platforms will 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 pools, schedules and results can be found
here
. Fans can follow the conversation using social hashtag #NHLGWC. The 2021 NHL GWC is being produced by DreamHack Sports Games (DHSG), a global leader in producing esports tournaments for traditional sports leagues and properties.
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NORTH AMERICAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - SEEDING
The North American Club Championship will be a single-elimination tournament of head-to-head best-of-three series among the winners of each Club Final (32 total players) arranged into four bracket quadrants of eight players. Each bracket quadrant is organized by NHL Division (with team Top Chelf* being allocated to the Scotia NHL North Division for purposes of creating a balanced bracket). Within each bracket quadrant, players will be seeded based on the results of the Online Open Play. The Club Championship will be re-seeded at the semifinal round.
Quarterfinal Matches (*matches played off-air)
