On June 18th, while the NHL Awards are being handed out, another group of players will be collecting trophies of their own. Players from Finland, the United States, and Canada will gather at the MGM Resort in Las Vegas to find out who is the best NHL eSports player in the world.
There were big changes made to the tournament ahead of this year’s competition. Gaming began in February, open to every player in Canada, the US, and the European union. Everyone had 25 games to play a week, for four weeks. Once the top players were sorted out there were tournaments that weeded out the top eight players in each region, then the players gathered to play face to face.