Abbotsford Canucks Live: A win tonight would send Abbotsford to AHL finals
The Charlotte Checkers are cheering for the Texas Stars to beat the Abbotsford Canucks tonight, rest assured of that.
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Charlotte has already advanced to the AHL Calder Cup championship series, as the Florida Panthers' farm team swept the Laval Rocket in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. That set ended Tuesday.
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The Checkers are waiting on the West winner and will be glad to see Abbotsford and Texas tire themselves out coming to that outcome. The Canucks carry a 3-1 lead on the Stars into Game 5 tonight (5 p.m.) in Cedar Park, Texas. Game 6, if necessary, would be Sunday (6 p.m.) at the Abbotsford Centre and the Game 7 would also be there on Monday (7 p.m.) if it's required.
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Abbotsford is coming off a 5-4 overtime victory in Texas on Wednesday. Texas is the farm team of the Dallas Stars.
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The Calder Cup gets going June 13 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Game 2 is there June 15, before the series shifts to either Abbotsford or Texas with Game 3 on June 17.
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"There was much more tenacity to our game."
Olivia McDonald chatted with Head Coach, Manny Malhotra, following last night's game, and ahead of tomorrow's potential series clinching game. pic.twitter.com/MjRmxmIK0q
— X - Abbotsford Canucks (@abbycanucks) June 5, 2025
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This is the fourth season that the Vancouver Canucks have had their AHL team in Abbotsford, and this is easily the deepest they've gotten into the playoffs in that tenure. A win tonight would mark a fourth series win of these playoffs; they had two series wins in the first three years combined.
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This is the best a Canuck farm team has done in the AHL post-season since the Utica Comets made it to the Calder Cup finals in 2015, where they lost in five games to the Manchester Monarchs.
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This season, Abbotsford (44-24-2-2) finished second in the Pacific Division in the regular season and fifth overall in the league. Texas (43-26-3-0) was second in Central and 10th overall, while Charlotte (44-22-3-3) was second in the Atlantic and fourth overall, two points ahead of Abbotsford. The Canucks and Checkers did not play this season.
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Winger Linus Karlsson leads Abbotsford in scoring through the playoffs, with nine goals and 17 points going into tonight. Wingers Sammy Blais (3-8-11) and Arshdeep Bains (0-11-11) are next best.
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Blais and fellow winger Jonathan Lekkerimäki both came out of Abbotsford's lineup for Wednesday's game. There was no word from the team whether it was injury related or a healthy scratch. Lekkerimäki has one goal and five points in 12 playoff games. He had 19 goals in 36 regular season games with Abbotsford.
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