2018 Calder Cup Championship Finals

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From: The American Hockey League > News

AHL Morning Skate: 6.7.18
June 7, 2018
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Game 4 – Tonight, 8:00 ET, AHL Live | Series Infographic
TV: TSN2, Leafs Nation Network, Fox Sports Southwest Plus
(TOR leads series, 2-1)

Texas hosts Toronto in Game 4 of the 2018 Calder Cup Finals tonight… The Marlies retook the series lead on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory in Game 3, their fifth consecutive road win… Former Star Chris Mueller (4-10-14) and defenseman Calle Rosen (2-5-7) scored for Toronto, while Garret Sparks (12-3, 2.10, .921) made 19 saves… Andreas Johnsson (6-10-16) picked up an assist in Game 3, his first point of the Finals… Sheldon Dries (8-0-8) scored the only Texas goal on Tuesday, tying teammate Curtis McKenzie (8-9-17) for the AHL lead with eight goals on the postseason… Mike McKenna (12-6, 2.13, .933) turned away 22 of 24 shots in the loss, the Stars’ fourth defeat in the last six games… McKenna made his 63rd career Calder Cup Playoff appearance in Game 3, tying Gil Mayer for seventh on the all-time list among goaltenders; 40 of those games have come over the last two postseasons… Texas saw a six-game home winning streak end on Tuesday… Thirteen of the Stars’ 18 playoff games have been decided by a single goal… The Marlies have allowed two goals or fewer 11 times in 16 postseason outings… Toronto is 1-for-9 on the power play in the series, while Texas is 3-for-8… Toronto and Texas were a combined 17-0 when scoring the game’s first goal this postseason entering the Finals; the team scoring first is 0-3 in the series… After putting up 71 shots on goal in Game 1, the two teams have totaled 90 shots in Games 2 and 3 combined… This is the ninth time in AHL history that the first three games of a Calder Cup Finals series have all ended in one-goal margins (see below)… Each of the first three games of the series have been sold out… Tonight’s Game 4 is airing live on TSN2, Leafs Nation Network and Fox Sports Southwest Plus, and can be seen on NHL Network tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET. ...

 

[JMCx4]

After Texas goes up 2-0 in Game 4 on a pair of goals from Captain Curtis McKenzie, TOR registers two tallies of their own just 47 seconds apart late in the 2nd period. Going to the second intermission, score tied 2-2.

 

[JMCx4]

Justin Dowling scores his 4th goal of the playoffs in the middle of the 3rd period, and the Stars hold on to defeat the Marlies 3-2. That's four single-goal margins of victory in this Finals series, which is now tied at 2 games each. Game 5 Saturday night in Austin, then Game 6 returns the teams to Toronto next Tuesday.

 

[Elysian]

I got back to my truck last night just in time to hear the last minute of the SCF game and all the stuff after. The TX-Tor game was highly entertaining too. Great night of hockey.

 

[bukwas]

Not much nail biting about tonights outcome.

Rosen looks like he's ready for the show.

 

[JMCx4]

The Marlies piled on the goals early & often in Texas for Game 5, defeating the Baby Stars 6-2 to take a 3-2 series lead. The Finals now return to Toronto for Game 6 on Tuesday, and if necessary Game 7 on Thursday.

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Not much nail biting about tonights outcome.

Rosen looks like he's ready for the show.

We have seen dozens, maybe hundreds of slick moving Dmen in the AHL, who can't ever seem to make NHL lineups. Good luck to Rosen and his quest for the NHL.
Hope Babcock is taking notes of the Marlies defensive play and their break outs. Marlies certainly look organized. Maybe the Keefe for Babcock trade can be made.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

We have seen dozens, maybe hundreds of slick moving Dmen in the AHL, who can't ever seem to make NHL lineups. Good luck to Rosen and his quest for the NHL.
Hope Babcock is taking notes of the Marlies defensive play and their break outs. Marlies certainly look organized. Maybe the Keefe for Babcock trade can be made.

except, Dubas is now running the show in Toronto.....

 

[bukwas]

We have seen dozens, maybe hundreds of slick moving Dmen in the AHL, who can't ever seem to make NHL lineups. Good luck to Rosen and his quest for the NHL.
Hope Babcock is taking notes of the Marlies defensive play and their break outs. Marlies certainly look organized. Maybe the Keefe for Babcock trade can be made.

Yes, in my 50+ years as a player coach and fan i've seen droves of prospects both fail and succeed. It would be equally foolish to pencil him in as it is to write him off.
The only thing we can clearly see is he's worthy of an opportunity.

 

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AHL Morning Skate: 6.12.18
June 12, 2018

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Game 6 – Tonight, 7:00 ET, AHL Live | Series Infographic
TV: TSN2, NHL Network, Leafs Nation Network
Satellite Radio: NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91)
(TOR leads series, 3-2)

Toronto brings a 3-2 series lead in the Calder Cup Finals back home to Ricoh Coliseum as it hosts Texas in Game 6 tonight… The Marlies are one victory away from bringing Toronto its first men’s professional hockey championship since the Maple Leafs captured the Stanley Cup in 1967… Andreas Johnsson (8-12-20) had a goal and two assists for Toronto in Saturday’s 6-2 victory, taking over the league postseason scoring lead with 20 points in 14 games… Calle Rosen (4-5-9) scored twice in Game 5, giving him three goals in the Finals and four in the playoffs after scoring four times in 62 regular-season outings… Carl Grundstrom (7-5-12) picked up a goal and an assist as well… The Marlies scored twice on their first three shots of the game, taking a 2-0 lead just 2:19 into the contest… Garret Sparks (13-4, 2.15, .918) made 23 saves for the win… Gavin Bayreuther (3-5-8) and Sheldon Dries (9-0-9) had the goals for the Stars in Game 5… Texas’s Justin Dowling (4-11-15) and Travis Morin (6-8-14) were both scoreless on Saturday, but they still lead all skaters in Finals scoring with 2-4-6 each… Mike McKenna (13-7, 2.30, .927) stopped 17 of 22 shots in two periods of work in Game 5; Landon Bow made seven saves in his first appearance for the Stars since Apr. 22 at Ontario… Twelve different Marlies skaters have scored a goal in the Finals; the Stars have gotten goals from six players in the series… Toronto finished 36-8-1-2 on the road in 2017-18, including 6-3 in the playoffs… The Stars are 3-0 this postseason when trailing in a series, including 2-0 in the Finals… Toronto scored more goals in Game 5 (six) than it did in Games 2-4 of the series combined (five)… The road team has owned the advantage in shots on goal in each of the first five games of the Finals… With Saturday’s victory, the Marlies are 11-0 in the playoffs and 60-4-1-0 overall this season when scoring at least three goals in a game… The Finals were tied at 2-2 for the 21st time in the best-of-seven format; the Game 5 winner is 19-1 in the previous 20 series… Texas is looking to become the first team ever to win Games 6 and 7 of the Calder Cup Finals on the road… The Calder Cup has been awarded on June 12th twice in history, and both times on Canadian soil (2003 in Hamilton, 2009 in Winnipeg)… Game 6 is airing live this evening on TSN2, NHL Network and Leafs Nation Network, and can also be heard on NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91). ...

 

[hb12xchamps]

I’m tuning in to the game tonight and can’t help but noice the arena has tons of empty seats. It’s a Calder Cup clinching game for Toronto on home ice and they can’t fill the arena. I know it’s a work day and the Marlies aren’t the Leafs but damn does that look bad

 

[Cotton]

I’m tuning in to the game tonight and can’t help but noice the arena has tons of empty seats. It’s a Calder Cup clinching game for Toronto on home ice and they can’t fill the arena. I know it’s a work day and the Marlies aren’t the Leafs but damn does that look bad

And yet it's now packed.

 

[JMCx4]

Texas refuses to go quietly. After a scoreless 1st period @ Ricoh, the Stars score 3 unanswered in the 2nd then trade pairs of goals with the Marlies in the 3rd. Final score: Texas 5 - Toronto 2. And so it's on to Game 7 on Thursday. Oh, how I love Game 7's.

 

[210]

And yet it's now packed.

8,783 is the listed attendance, which I think is over the listed maximum for Ricoh.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

I’m tuning in to the game tonight and can’t help but noice the arena has tons of empty seats. It’s a Calder Cup clinching game for Toronto on home ice and they can’t fill the arena. I know it’s a work day and the Marlies aren’t the Leafs but damn does that look bad

Saw elsewhere on the web that StubHub bought all the remaining tickets a day or so ago and jacked the prices up - pretty lame if true. A lot of people probably waited outside for the last minute price drop to get their ticket.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Just checked StubHub now and yes, they still list all prices in usd, for some dumb reason.

Cheapest seats are running at around $55 cdn, before taxes and "fees".

 

[Wings4Life]

Crazy series. Does Pickard start game 7? He's been a rock all year, including 3 games these playoffs.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Saw elsewhere on the web that StubHub bought all the remaining tickets a day or so ago and jacked the prices up - pretty lame if true. A lot of people probably waited outside for the last minute price drop to get their ticket.

That makes more sense then. Pretty ridiculous but not surprised

 

[Elysian]

This series has been much fun.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Crazy series. Does Pickard start game 7? He's been a rock all year, including 3 games these playoffs.

They will go to Sparks but he will have less rope in game 7. I think he bounces back just fine.

 

[JMCx4]

A little pre-Game 7 hype ... Marlies, Stars to bring curtain down Thursday

 

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From: The American Hockey League > News > Latest Headlines

AHL Morning Skate: 6.14.18
June 14, 2018 jchaimovitch

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Game 7 History
Tonight’s game is the 176th winner-take-all game, the 95th playoff Game 7 and the 11th Calder Cup Finals Game 7 in AHL history… It is the first Game 7 in the Finals since 2003, when the Houston Aeros defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs, 3-0, at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario… Home teams are 53-41 (.564) all-time in Game 7’s, including 7-3 in the Finals… Since 1992, teams are 52-13 (.800) in Game 7’s when scoring first… Eighteen Game 7’s have gone to overtime, most recently the 2016 Atlantic Division Finals between Hershey and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton… The only Calder Cup Finals Game 7 to go to overtime was in 1953, when the Cleveland Barons defeated the Pittsburgh Hornets, 1-0, on a goal by Bob Chrystal… This is the 28th consecutive AHL postseason with at least one Game 7.

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Game 7 – Tonight, 7:00 ET, AHL Live | Series Infographic
TV: TSN2, NHL Network, Leafs Nation Network
Satellite Radio: NHL Network Radio (SiriusXM 91)
(Series tied, 3-3)

The 2017-18 hockey season draws to a close tonight with the crowning of the 82nd Calder Cup champion, as the Toronto Marlies and Texas Stars square off in Game 7… The 1,182nd and final game of the AHL season comes after the Stars staved off elimination with a 5-2 victory on Tuesday in front of 8,783 fans, the largest crowd ever for a Marlies game at Ricoh Coliseum… After going more than 18 minutes without a shot on goal early in Game 6, Texas scored three times in the second period and twice more in the third en route to their second road win of the series… Mike McKenna (14-7, 2.29, .929) made 43 saves in the Game 6 victory for the Stars… McKenna, who won a total of seven Calder Cup Playoff games over the first 11 years of his pro career, now has 27 victories in the last two postseasons… McKenna has faced at least 37 shots in a game eight times this postseason, and is 8-0 with a .949 save percentage in those games… Curtis McKenzie (11-9-20) scored his fifth goal of the Finals and his league-leading 11th goal of the postseason for Texas in Game 6; the Stars are 8-1 when their captain scores… Travis Morin (7-8-15) also scored a goal on Tuesday, giving him 9-8-17 in 17 career Calder Cup Finals games… Justin Dowling (4-13-17) picked up two assists and leads all skaters with 2-6-8 in the series… The line of McKenzie, Morin and Dowling has combined for 10-11-21 in the Finals; the rest of the Texas roster has 8-16-24… Austin Fyten (3-0-3) scored what proved to be the winning goal in Game 6, becoming the 11th different Texas player with a game-winner this postseason… Defensemen Calle Rosen (5-6-11) and Justin Holl (3-2-5) scored for the Marlies in Tuesday’s loss… Rosen has scored four goals in the Calder Cup Finals; he scored four goals in 62 games during the regular season… Garret Sparks (13-5, 2.29, .912) allowed four goals on 17 shots in Game 6 before giving way to Calvin Pickard, who made six saves in relief in his third appearance of the playoffs… Chris Mueller (4-12-16) notched an assist in Game 6 and has 2-4-6 in the series against his former club… Toronto’s Andreas Johnsson (8-13-21) and Travis Dermott (1-3-4) have already played in a Game 7 this spring; Dermott scored a goal and Johnsson was a plus-2 in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 7-4 loss to Boston on Apr. 25… Toronto, 0-for-4 on the power play in Game 6, is 1-for-16 (6.3 percent) in the series; Texas is 4-for-10 (40.0 percent) and has a shorthanded goal as well… The Stars are trying to become the first team ever to win Games 6 and 7 of the Calder Cup Finals on the road… With its Game 6 victory, Texas improved to 4-0 this postseason when trailing in a series; Toronto enters Game 7 with a 7-0 record in games when a series is tied… The teams have traded victories in the series, Toronto winning the odd-numbered games and Texas winning the evens; the Buffalo Bisons’ victory over the Hershey Bears in 1963 is the only Calder Cup Finals series ever to alternate winning teams over the full seven games …

 

[bukwas]

Unfortunately i had to miss the last game.
That won't happen tonight.

 

[JMCx4]

Unfortunately i had to miss the last game.
That won't happen tonight.

The Marlies took a dive in Game 6 just so you could see the final game.

 

[bukwas]

Marlies playing cute, almost cost them.