Bruins win Game 2 to square series
Providence survived a late Springfield push and evened the teams’ Atlantic Division semifinal series with a 2-1 win in Game 2 on Sunday evening. The Thunderbirds host Game 3 of the best-of-five series on Tuesday night. All of the game’s scoring took place in the first period, with Matěj Blümel (8:34) and Georgii Merkulov (14:02) finding the net for the Bruins on either side of Dillon Dube’s power-play goal (11:30) for Springfield. Providence killed off their final six shorthanded situations on the night, including two in the third period. Michael DiPietro (1-1) finished with 27 saves, 14 of them coming … Continue reading
Walleye take down Bison 6-2 to advance to second round, will face Fort Wayne
Toledo, OH – The Toledo Walleye advanced to the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs with a win over the Bloomington Bison by a score of 6-2 at the Huntington Center tonight. Kyle Gaffney got credit for the game-winning goal, Brandon Hawkins had a goal and an assist, Nick Andrews had two assists, Tanner Dickinson, Mitch Lewandowski, and Michael Milne all scored, and Carter Gylander recorded an assist as well as stopping 17 of 19 shots he saw in the win. How it Happened: Brandon Hawkins kicked off the scoring 4:07 into the first period, getting the Walleye on … Continue reading
Komets win series 4-1
The Komets hit Sweetwater Ice at the Coliseum on Sunday with a chance to wrap up their first-round Kelly Cup playoff series against Indy. Logan Nelson was credited with his first goal of the post-season with a strike at 16:47 for the first-period only goal. Reid Pabich and Josh Atkinson picked up assists. After a scoreless second period, the Komets lit the lamp twice early in the third period as captain Alex Aleardi hit the back of the net at 5:00, followed by William Dufour curling the puck under the pad of Indy goaltender Mitchell Weeks to make it 3-0. … Continue reading
Three overtimes later, Monsters finish off Crunch
After nearly 48 minutes of overtime hockey, it took a two-on-none break to finally beat Brandon Halverson. Zach Aston-Reese finished off a feed from Brendan Gaunce with 7:53 gone in the third OT period to give the Cleveland Monsters a 2-1 win over the Syracuse Crunch and a 3-1 series victory in their North Division semifinal series on Sunday. Cleveland will take on either Laval or Toronto in the next round. Halverson (1-2) finished the game with 56 saves – 33 of them in sudden-death overtime with the Crunch trying to stave off elimination. But the Monsters capitalized on a … Continue reading
Late rally keep Stars alive
Artem Shlaine scored a power-play goal 8:40 into overtime as Texas fought off elimination with a 5-4 road win over Chicago in Game 4 of their Central Division semifinal series on Sunday. The deciding Game 5 is Tuesday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. The Stars were 10.1 seconds away from seeing their season end when Kole Lind tied the game to force OT. Vladislav Kolyachonok’s goal with 7:54 remaining got Texas within striking distance after the Wolves had opened up a 4-2 lead. Cameron Hughes had a goal and two assists, and it was his feed that Shlaine … Continue reading
Marlies’ barrage grounds Rocket again in Game 3
Logan Shaw scored 11 seconds into the game and Toronto never looked back, rolling to a 6-2 win over Laval to take a 2-1 series lead on Sunday afternoon. The Marlies host Game 4 on Tuesday with a chance to close out the best-of-five series. Lucas Condotta took a high-sticking penalty off the opening faceoff and Shaw scored six seconds into the power play to give Toronto a quick 1-0 lead. Easton Cowan, Henry Thrun and Alex Nylander extended the lead to 4-0 before the first intermission, ending Rocket starter Kaapo Kähkönen’s night. When Ryan Tverberg made it 5-0 with … Continue reading
