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12 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Linus Karlsson leads Abbottsford Canucks to 3-2 win over Charlotte Checkers to win Calder Cup
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Linus Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on Monday night to win their first Calder Cup championship. Sammy Blais and Danila Klimovich also scored for the Canucks, and Arshdeep Bains had two assists. Arturs Silovs finished with 28 saves. Advertisement Abbotsford is Vancouver's first AHL affiliate to hoist the cup and the first Canadian winner since the Toronto Marlies in 2018. John Leonard and Jack Devine scored first-period goals for the Checkers, who lost the best-of-seven American Hockey League championship series in six games. The Canucks lost Game 5 in overtime on Saturday in front of the largest crowd to ever witness an AHL game at the Abbotsford Centre in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. After spotting Charlotte the first two goals on Monday night, the Canucks roared back with three unanswered goals, including the winner from Karlsson with 2:41 left in the second period. Abbotsford went 1 for 2 on the power play, while Charlotte went 0 for 4. ___ AP NHL:
Associated Press
12 hours ago
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- Associated Press
Linus Karlsson leads Abbottsford Canucks to 3-2 win over Charlotte Checkers to win Calder Cup
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Linus Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on Monday night to win their first Calder Cup championship. Sammy Blais and Danila Klimovich also scored for the Canucks, and Arshdeep Bains had two assists. Arturs Silovs finished with 28 saves. Abbotsford is Vancouver's first AHL affiliate to hoist the cup and the first Canadian winner since the Toronto Marlies in 2018. John Leonard and Jack Devine scored first-period goals for the Checkers, who lost the best-of-seven American Hockey League championship series in six games. The Canucks lost Game 5 in overtime on Saturday in front of the largest crowd to ever witness an AHL game at the Abbotsford Centre in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. After spotting Charlotte the first two goals on Monday night, the Canucks roared back with three unanswered goals, including the winner from Karlsson with 2:41 left in the second period. Abbotsford went 1 for 2 on the power play, while Charlotte went 0 for 4. ___ AP NHL:
National Post
4 days ago
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- National Post
Abbotsford Canucks can claim Calder Cup Saturday, and that would sell hope to fans
The Abbotsford Canucks are one win away from a Calder Cup championship, and they are saying all the right things about that. Article content 'The message never changes us for us. Whether we win or lose, it's about the next game and that's where our focus is going to lie — bringing our best effort to the next game,' Abbotsford coach Manny Malhotra told the media after a 3-2 win over the Charlotte Checkers Thursday at the Abbotsford Centre gave them a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven AHL championship series. Article content Article content Article content Abbotsford can now claim the league title with a victory in Game 5 on Saturday (6 p.m.) on home ice. Article content Considering how messy the Vancouver Canucks ' season was, their farm team winning a championship would help sell hope for the future to the fan base. Article content A Vancouver affiliate has never captured the AHL title. The 2015 Utica Comets, led by coach Travis Green, got to the league championship series but lost. They had gotten to the second round twice in their previous seasons in Abbotsford. Article content Fans at the Abbotsford Centre on Thursday night began chanting 'We want the Cup,' in the third period. Article content Ticketmaster is listing the Saturday's game as a sell-out. There were standing room tickets available as of Friday morning, but they had been purchased by the afternoon. There are also tickets available at resale sites like StubHub. The games are web streamed on FloHockey but there's a subscription fee. Article content Malhotra has talked up the atmosphere at the Abbotsford Centre throughout these playoffs and Thursday's crowd was announced at 7,181, which is a record for the franchise's four years there. Their announced attendance average for the regular season was 4,152. Article content Charlotte (44-22-3-3) finished fourth in the league overall during the regular season, two points ahead of fifth-place Abbotsford (44-24-2-2). That gives the Checkers home ice advantage in this series, and means that if they can win Saturday then proceedings shift back to Charlotte, N.C., with a Game 6 set for Monday and a Game 7, if needed, slated for Wednesday. Article content Article content 'From Day One of the season, we continuously talked about wanting to take advantage of playing on home ice,' Malhotra told reporters Thursday. 'We wanted to make the most of the three games that we're going to have here (in this series). Article content 'And, most importantly, it's so much fun for the guys to play in front of this crowd. The building was electric again and they definitely feed off that. It's very special for our guys to play in front of our fans and we get a big boost out of it.' Article content The Abbotsford players echoed Malhotra's thoughts about staying on task. These Canucks have received a stellar effort in the playoffs from goaltender Artūrs Šilovs, but their success can be also attributed to the fact they get contributions up and down the line-up. They play well as a group. Malhotra deserves credit for creating that.
