With a first round in the 2023 AHL playoffs, the Hershey Bears have been waiting to see who their opponent will be in the AHL’s Atlantic Division Semifinals. Little did the Bears know that they would face higher seeded first round winners between the (#3) Charlotte Checkers vs. the (#6) Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the (#4) Springfield Thunderbirds vs. the (#5) Hartford Wolf Pack.
With the Checkers defeating the Phantoms 6-0 on Friday night, they take their first round series, 2-1. As a result, the Bears would face the Checkers in a best-of-five series in the Atlantic Division Seminfials. The series will start next Friday in Charlotte.
The Bears had a 3-3-1-1 record against the Checkers in their eight meetings during the 2022-23 regular season.
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