Palm Desert, California. (theahl.com) … The 2022-23 American Hockey League season ended in one game.
Coachella Valley got two goals from Ugly bird and 20 saves plus an assist from Joey Dacord to defeat Hershey, 5-2, in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals at a sold-out Accresor Arena Monday night.
The AHL Championship will be decided with the twelfth game, seventh in Finals history, on Wednesday night in Palm Desert.
The Bears scored seven shots on goal in the first two minutes of the game and took a 1-0 lead Conor McMichaelHis goal is at the 1:33 mark. It was the first time in the series that the road team scored first.
But the Firebirds answered with three goals within 6:42, starting with Max McCormick scoring his league-leading 13th goal in the postseason.
John Hayden He hit his first goal of the playoffs to put Coachella Valley ahead; It marked the first major change in the series.
Cameron Hughes He then scored his fourth goal of the series to give the Firebirds a 3-1 cushion going into the first break.
Beck Mallenstein Hershey returned with a goal early in the second period before Lind scored twice, giving him a league-best 30 points for the postseason.
Andrew PoturalskyAnd Will Bateman And Ricker Evans He recorded two assists each for Coachella Valley, who has won five times in these playoffs when facing elimination.
notesThis is the eighth series in Calder Cup Playoffs history in which the home team has won each of the first six games; The Majors are 4-3 in the previous seventh game… All five Firebirds wins when facing elimination have come home, with a cumulative score of 25-11… The Bears are 0-3 on the road in the Finals after going 6-0 away from home in First of three series… The Firebirds will be the first team in AHL history to play four winner-take-all games in a single postseason… Coachella Valley has won seven straight home games, scored 35 total, and has bested Hershey 14- 2 in three games at the Accresor Arena.
P2-Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. A2-Hershey Bears
Game 1 – Thursday, June 8 – Coachella Valley 5, Hershey 0 | Conclusion/highlights
Game 2 – Saturday, June 10 – Coachella Valley 4, Hershey 0 | Conclusion/highlights
Game 3 – Tuesday, June 13 – Hershey5, Coachella Valley 4 (OT) | Conclusion/highlights
Game 4 – Thursday, June 15 – Hershey 3, Coachella Valley 2 | Conclusion/highlights
Game 5 – Saturday, June 17 – Hershey 1, Coachella Valley 0 (OT) | Conclusion/highlights
Game 6 – Monday, June 19 – Coachella Valley 5, Hershey 2
Game 7 – Wednesday, June 21 – Hershey’s at Coachella Valley, 10:00 a.m
* If needed…all times eastern