Texas Stars Eliminate Milwaukee Admirals, Advance To Western Conference Finals
After a 3-2 win in game five on Sunday night the Texas Stars have eliminated the Milwaukee Admirals from the Calder Cup Playoffs and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Texas will take on the winner of tonight's game five between the Abbotsford Canucks and Colorado Eagles.
The Stars got their revenge on the Admirals who eliminated them in five games in 2023 Central Division Finals and 2024 Central Division Semifinals.
AHL Rookie of the Year Justin Hryckowian scored the winning goal with five minutes remaining in the third period, capping off a monster series where he recorded six goals and nine points in five games.
Cameron Hughes added eight points in the series while Kole Lind had four goals and seven points. AHL regular season goal leader Matej Blumel notched two goals and six points.
2024 AHL Defenseman of the Year Kyle Capobianco and partner Luke Krys continued to play big minutes for Texas, Capobianco is second among all defensemen with nine points in the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Magnus Hellberg started games one and two for Texas before ceding the net to Remi Poirier for games three to five. Poirier had a 2-1 record and stopped 74 of 79 shots against in his three appearances against Milwaukee. The net will be his heading into the Western Conference Finals.
We've advanced to the Western Conference Finals and we need YOU at the @HEBCenter!The best-of-seven series will begin on the road and we will host Games 3, 4 and 5* during the first week of June! Tickets go on sale tomorrow!WEAR GREEN, BE LOUD & GO STARS! ⭐ pic.twitter.com/X6FhAG0wz6
— x - Texas Stars (@TexasStars) May 26, 2025
Milwaukee's top line of Kieffer Bellows, Joakim Kemell, and Fedor Svechkov could not keep pace with Texas' top line. The trio combined for 11 points but managed just three goals in five games. Veteran mid-season addition Chase De Leo had two goals and four points in the series.
Defenseman Spencer Stastney had a strong showing in what was a difficult series for the Admirals' back-end.
Admirals goaltender Matt Murray had a rough series allowing 17 goals on 134 shots and was pulled for Magnus Chrona in the third period of game three.
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