Charlottetown man competing in international e-sports tournament

A Charlottetown gamer has made it into the big leagues of online hockey.

Nick Myers has been signed to a Canadian e-sports team. The 22-year-old has been competing in the video game NHL 18.

The teachers would say, you know, you can't do this. It's not a real thing.- Nick Myers

This weekend he's made it into the playoffs of The Snider Cup, an international competition sponsored by XBox.

"It's really exciting because I can live out my dream and I'm really proud I got signed with the biggest e-sports organization in Canada,"

"Even in school, I was playing all the time back then, and the teachers would say, you know, you can't do this. It's not a real thing. I really want to win it so I can be like, I told you."

Myers expects to be playing several games this weekend in the Snider Cup playoffs.

The top finisher wins $4,000 US, and will be flown to Philadelphia to watch a real NHL game.

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