naSu replaces reVicer in ENCE

ENCE eSports have on their website announced the return and addition of Niko "naSu" Kovanen, who will replace Harri "reVicer" Kukkonen effective immediately.

Kovanen went inactive from competitive Counter-Strike in early January, shortly after taking NiP to their limits at THOR Open, where his Curse.EU were able to manage a second place finish.

Before his tenure in CS:GO Kovanen was part of each of the best Finnish teams since 2005, scoring multiple top finishes at tournaments around the world in 1.6 for teams such as ROCCAT, 69N-28E, wings and more.

After nearly a year of inactivity and little to no Counter-Strike, he has now decided to take another shot at CS:GO after the announcement of DreamHack Winter's $250,000 tournament.

Shortly after Kovanen's departure Curse.EU struggled and wound up disappointing at events such as Copenhagen Games, ultimately leading to the team's demise before 4w, who then joined ENCE, was born.

ENCE eSports:

Aleksi "allu" Jalli
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
Joona "natu" Leppänen
Miikka "suNny" Kemppi 
Mikko "xartE" Välimaa 

Joona "natu" Leppänen and Jalli have since then won a Finnish event called ESPC #3 and using Joel "jOELZ" Aalto as a stand-in managed to upset NiP in an online match a few weeks back. Below is Leppänen's statement regarding the lineup change.

"Changing a player is never a decision to be made lightly. Now it has come to make one in order to progress and therefor we would like to welcome an old friend Niko "nasu" Kovanen as part of ENCE eSports family. He will be replacing Harri "reVicer" Kukkonen in our team as of today", Leppänen told HLTV.org.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his efforts since July as we started this team. There is absolutely no drama behind this change and it was purely an outcome of a discussion about how we will progress and better ourselves in the future. All the best to you Harri!

"Niko doesn't give much introduction as he is one of the most established players Finland has to offer in CS. He will bring a ton of experience and skill into our team. Many remember him from teams like Roccat and Power Gaming but most recently Hawks/Curse.EU in CS:GO last year when the team was challenging the very top. 

"Now it's time to put on some heavy work in order to first of all get a spot in the DreamHack Winter 2013 event and do well there as well. That is our main goal for the rest of this year."

ENCE are set to compete in the upcoming season of ESEA Open and the upcoming qualifiers for DreamHack Winter, which is naturally the main goal of this fall for the Finns.