Coming into the Final as the No. 1 Xbox seed, ENCEKI, the 22-year-old native of Helsinki, Finland, won the title in dominating fashion. He beat fellow Finn, Niklas 'NikkeDangles' Tukiainen in two straight games to bring home the title and $12,000 USD grand prize. ENCEKI played all matches representing the Toronto Maple Leafs.
A full-time YouTube and Twitch content creator and EA SPORTS™ NHL® 21 expert, Tammenpää is no stranger to the GWC main stage, winning the inaugural NHL® Gaming World Championship in 2018 and three European titles (2018, 2019, 2021).
ENCEKI Road to Championship
Quarterfinal vs. J-_-JamalTheMan: 6-2, (2-4), 6-0
Semifinal vs. eken45jr: 4-1, 4-1
Final vs. NikkeDangles: 4-1, 5-2
The North American Club Championship continues next Saturday, June 26 with the MassMutual NHL East Division Club Championship beginning at 2:00 pm. ET. The European Championship was produced remotely by
DreamHack Sports Games
(DHSG) and streamed on the
NHL's Twitch channel
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COMING UP NEXT WEEK …
Wednesday, June 23- Honda NHL West Division Team HUT Draft
Thursday, June 24 - Show and Chel Episode #2(3 p.m. ET)
Saturday, June 26- MassMutual NHL East Division Club Championship (2 p.m. ET)
