CHICAGO, Ill. – Two series were finished on Sunday as the Charlotte Checkers eliminated the defending Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears by the score of 2-1 in overtime. The Hamilton Bulldogs also won their series four games to two in beating the Oklahoma City Barons by the score of 4-1. In Lake Erie, the Manitoba Moose fought off elimination to force a game seven on Tuesday and the only other series resumes on Monday as the Texas Stars visit Milwaukee as the Admirals can win the series at home. FIRST ROUND Atlantic Division Semifinals PORTLAND vs. CONNECTICUT Portland wins series 4 – 2
The Portland Pirates will have the home ice advantage against the Binghamton Seantors in the Atlantic Division Finals.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 14 7:00 PM PORTLAND 3, Connecticut 2 Game 2 – Sat Apr 16 7:00 PM PORTLAND 3, Connecticut 2 OT Game 3 – Sun Apr 17 6:00 PM CONNECTICUT 3, Portland 1 Game 4 – Tue Apr 19 7:00 PM CONNECTICUT 3, Portland 1 Game 5 – Thu Apr 21 7:00 PM PORTLAND 5, Connecticut 4 Game 6 – Sat Apr 23 7:00 PM Portland 6, CONNECTICUT 4 Atlantic Division Semifinals MANCHESTER vs. BINGHAMTON Binghamton wins series 4 – 3
The Binghamton Senators will travel to Portland to face the Pirates on Wednesday to start the Atlantic Division Finals.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 14 7:00 PM MANCHESTER 2, Binghamton 1 Game 2 – Fri Apr 15 7:00 PM Binghamton 4, MANCHESTER 3 OT Game 3 – Sun Apr 17 5:05 PM Manchester 5, BINGHAMTON 4 OT Game 4 – Tue Apr 19 7:05 PM Manchester 6, BINGHAMTON 3 Game 5 – Wed Apr 20 7:05 PM BINGHAMTON 5, Manchester 4 OT Game 6 – Fri Apr 22 7:00 PM Binghamton 2, MANCHESTER 1 OT2 Game 7 – Sat Apr 23 7:00 PM Binghamton 6, MANCHESTER 5 OT East Division Semifinals W-B/SCRANTON vs. NORFOLK W-B/Scranton wins series 4 – 2
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will have the home ice advantage as they will face the Charlotte Checkers on Thursday to start the East Division Finals.
Game 1 – Fri Apr 15 7:05 PM Norfolk 2, W-B/SCRANTON 1 Game 2 – Sat Apr 16 7:05 PM Norfolk 2, W-B/SCRANTON 0 Game 3 – Tue Apr 19 7:15 PM W-B/Scranton 2, NORFOLK 1 Game 4 – Wed Apr 20 7:15 PM W-B/Scranton 4, NORFOLK 2 Game 5 – Fri Apr 22 7:30 PM W-B/Scranton 2, NORFOLK 1 Game 6 – Sat Apr 23 7:05 PM W-B/SCRANTON 6, Norfolk 3 East Division Semifinals HERSHEY vs. CHARLOTTE Charlotte wins series 4 – 2
In a close game, the first year AHL Charlotte Checker eliminated the two-time AHL Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears in Game 6 by the score of 2-1. Both teams could ony muster up one goal a piece before the Checkers Nicolas Blanchard score 1:30 into the overtime period.
Charlotte came out scoring fast 35 seconds into the game as Brett Sutter scored with assists from Zac Dalpe and Zach Boychuk. That goal was bookended in the third with the only other score in regulation. Hershey defensemen Brian Fahey scored the final goal for the Bears for the season.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 14 7:00 PM Charlotte 5, HERSHEY 4 Game 2 – Sun Apr 17 5:00 PM HERSHEY 4, Charlotte 2 Game 3 – Tue Apr 19 7:00 PM Hershey 3, CHARLOTTE 2 Game 4 – Wed Apr 20 7:00 PM CHARLOTTE 3, Hershey 2 Game 5 – Fri Apr 22 7:00 PM CHARLOTTE 5, Hershey 3 Game 6 – Sun Apr 24 5:00 PM Charlotte 2, HERSHEY 1 OT North Division Semifinals HAMILTON vs. OKLAHOMA CITY Hamilton wins series 4 – 2
The Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Oklahoma City Barons by the score 4-1 to advance to the North Division Finals. It was a low shooting affair that only saw a total of 44 shots taken by both teams. Both teams skated tight and could not place a goal in the net for the first two period of the game.
The Barons scored their only goal of the game as Alexandre Girouxscores with helpers from Jake Taylor and Brad Moran at the 5:41 mark. Just over a minute later Nigel Dawes scored his fourth goal of the playoffs to tie the score. Late in the period on the power play, defenseman Frederic St. Denis scored at 17:04. The goal was the eventual game-winner as Hamilton scored two more in the final period on the empty net. Dawes scored his second and J.T. Wyman finished the Barons season for good.
Drew MacIntyre was great in goal again allowing only one goal on 25 shots for the win. Veteran Martin Gerber faced only 17 shots but let two of those in.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 14 7:30 PM HAMILTON 5, Oklahoma City 2 Game 2 – Sat Apr 16 4:00 PM HAMILTON 2, Oklahoma City 1 Game 3 – Tue Apr 19 7:05 PM OKLAHOMA CITY 2, Hamilton 0 Game 4 – Wed Apr 20 7:05 PM OKLAHOMA CITY 5, Hamilton 2 Game 5 – Fri Apr 22 7:05 PM Hamilton 2, OKLAHOMA CITY 0 Game 6 – Sun Apr 24 4:00 PM HAMILTON 4, Oklahoma City 1 North Division Semifinals LAKE ERIE vs. MANITOBA series tied 3 – 3
The Manitoba Moose have forced a game seven on Tuesday as they defeated the Lake Erie Monsters by the score of 3-1. Goaltender Eddie Lack was excellent in goal to hold the Monster to one goal on 29 shots.
After a scoreless first, the two teams exchanged goals in the second. Lake Erie scores on the power play early in the period at the 2:10 mark with a goal from center Julian Talbot. A minute and a half later Bill Sweatt tied up the score with assists from Kevin Clark and Jordan Schroeder.
The Moose put the game away with two goals in the third as defense scored the first from defenseman Keith Seabrook on the power play 7:36 in. Sergei Shirokov finished the scoring with his fourth of the series.
Game 1 – Sat Apr 16 12:00 PM LAKE ERIE 6, Manitoba 4 Game 2 – Sun Apr 17 3:00 PM Manitoba 3, LAKE ERIE 2 OT Game 3 – Tue Apr 19 7:30 PM Lake Erie 2, MANITOBA 1 Game 4 – Thu Apr 21 7:30 PM Lake Erie 6, MANITOBA 3 Game 5 – Fri Apr 22 7:30 PM MANITOBA 2, Lake Erie 0 Game 6 – Sun Apr 24 4:00 PM Manitoba 3, LAKE ERIE 1 Game 7 – Tue Apr 26 7:00 PM Manitoba at Lake Erie West Division Semifinals MILWAUKEE vs. TEXAS Milwaukee leads series 3 – 2
Milwaukee will try to win against Texas Stars on Monday to advance to the West Division Finals.
Game 1 – Thu Apr 14 7:00 PM MILWAUKEE 5, Texas 2 Game 2 – Sat Apr 16 7:00 PM Texas 3, MILWAUKEE 1 Game 3 – Tue Apr 19 7:30 PM TEXAS 3, Milwaukee 2 OT Game 4 – Wed Apr 20 7:30 PM Milwaukee 3, TEXAS 2 Game 5 – Fri Apr 22 7:30 PM Milwaukee 2, TEXAS 1 OT Game 6 – Mon Apr 25 7:00 PM Texas at Milwaukee Game 7 – Tue Apr 26 7:00 PM * Texas at Milwaukee West Division Semifinals HOUSTON vs. PEORIA Houston wins series 4 – 0
Houston is close to finding their dance partner as they awake from there slumber in preparation for the next round.
Game 1 – Wed Apr 13 7:05 PM HOUSTON 4, Peoria 1 Game 2 – Fri Apr 15 7:35 PM HOUSTON 3, Peoria 2 OT Game 3 – Mon Apr 18 7:05 PM Houston 5, PEORIA 3 Game 4 – Tue Apr 19 7:05 PM Houston 2, PEORIA 1 SECOND ROUND Atlantic Division Finals PORTLAND vs. BINGHAMTON Not yet started Game 1 – Wed Apr 27 7:00 PM Binghamton at Portland Game 2 – Thu Apr 28 7:00 PM Binghamton at Portland Game 3 – Sat Apr 30 7:05 PM Portland at Binghamton Game 4 – Mon May 2 7:05 PM Portland at Binghamton Game 5 – Tue May 3 7:05 PM * Portland at Binghamton Game 6 – Fri May 6 7:00 PM * Binghamton at Portland Game 7 – Sat May 7 7:00 PM * Binghamton at Portland
East Division Finals W-B/SCRANTON vs. CHARLOTTE Not yet started
Game 1 – Thu Apr 28 7:05 PM Charlotte at W-B/Scranton Game 2 – Sat Apr 30 7:05 PM Charlotte at W-B/Scranton Game 3 – Mon May 2 7:00 PM W-B/Scranton at Charlotte Game 4 – Wed May 4 7:00 PM W-B/Scranton at Charlotte Game 5 – Fri May 6 7:00 PM * W-B/Scranton at Charlotte Game 6 – Sat May 7 7:05 PM * Charlotte at W-B/Scranton Game 7 – Mon May 9 7:05 PM * Charlotte at W-B/Scranton (* if necessary)
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