ENCE trio extend contracts

After joining during ENCE's rebuilding in early 2021, Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer, Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha, and Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi have decided to extend their deals.

ENCE have announced that the core trio of the team have extended their contracts with the organization. Snappi, dycha, and Spinx, who have been a part of the Finnish side for over a year, have new deals lasting through to 2023.

"They have each shown very good mentality and work morale during their time in ENCE and it was clear for a long time that we want to continue with them to the future as well," Niklas Ojalainen, ENCE's General Manager, said in a statement.

"Keeping this core with the total package we have is something we believe can do wonders in 2022 and 2023."

Apart from coach Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha, the trio are the longest-standing members of the roster, having joined in January 2021 when the organization decided to move away from a Finnish lineup and moved international.

With the new core, and after bringing in Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz in the middle of the year, ENCE went on to reach the top 20 within the first few months of the team's existence and peaked in the second part of the season in 7th place following a top-eight finish in ESL Pro League Season 14 and qualification for the PGL Major Stockholm Legends stage.

dycha noted both achievements as some of the key reasons why he decided to re-sign with the organization, in particular the team's run at the Major, which was the first in his career.

"The last year for something special for me. We qualified for a Major, we also did a great run in Pro League," dycha said. "The Major thing was something that I was considering a lot and it made the decision for me — if with these guys I can do it, I should try to do it more."

"I've been very happy since day one," Snappi explained the reasoning behind his decision. "I felt a lot of trust from the management and the organization. On top of that, sAw is the best coach I had and we have a really good cooperation. With this group of players, with Eetu as a coach, and with how ENCE have been treating me, it was a nobrainer to sign an extension."

ENCE announced the contract extensions less than two weeks ahead of their participation in ESL Pro League Season 15, a month-long event which will see the European side around Snappi kick off their campaign in Group B on March 16.