A four-goal first half was enough to send Milwaukee to the Western Conference Finals with a 5-2 victory over the Texas Stars at the HEB Center in Cedar Park on Sunday night.
The Admirals won the best-of-five team Finals, three games to two, to advance to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2006. They will take on the Coachella Valley Firebirds starting Thursday in Palm Desert, California.
Adam Welsby The scoring opened 8:12 into the game—the road team scored first in all five games of the series—by Mark Del Jezo And Joachim Kimmel He scored 28 seconds into opening a 3-0 Milwaukee lead.
Kemell, the 19-year-old forward who was Nashville’s first-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, hit another touchdown with 58.5 seconds left to give the Admirals a 4-0 cushion going into the first intermission.
Riley Damiani I got the stars on the board 1:48 into the second period, and Nick Camano He walked out of the box and scored a shorthanded goal at 9:30 to go to regulation, but Milwaukee held on for their second victory in a winner-takes-all game this postseason. Igor Afanasyev The scoring was capped by an empty Neter net in the last minute.
Yaroslav Askarov He made 37 tackles to earn the game win for the Admirals. Matt Murray He stopped 10 of 14 shots in the first period before giving way to Remy Poirierwho finished with 10 saves in his first Calder Cup game.
Central Division Finals (best-of-5)
C1-Texas Stars vs. C2-Milwaukee Admirals
Game 1 – Friday, May 12 – Milwaukee 2, Texas 1 | a summary
Game 2 – Saturday, May 13 – Texas 5, Milwaukee 3 | a summary
Game Three – Wednesday, May 17 – Milwaukee 4, Texas 3 | a summary
Game Four – Friday, May 19th – Texas 4, Milwaukee 3 (2OT) | a summary
Game Five – Sunday, May 21 – Milwaukee XX, Texas XX, Milwaukee XX