AHL Texas Stars

Texas Stars Playoff Update #17

Published on April 30, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release


A week after finishing up a four-game sweep of the Rockford IceHogs, the Texas Stars will meet the Chicago Wolves in their second round match-up. The best-of-seven, West Division Finals start tonight with the first two games of the series at Allstate Arena in Chicago. The Stars went 4-3-1-0 against the Wolves this season, while Chicago posted a 4-3-0-1 mark. The road team posted a 3-1-0-0 record in the season series. Texas outscored Chicago 23-22 and the Stars posted the only shutout of the regular season series.

West Division Finals Schedule (best of seven)

Game 1 - Fri., April 30 - Texas at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Game 2 - Sun., May 2 - Texas at Chicago, 3:00 p.m.

Game 3 - Tue., May 4 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Game 4 - Wed., May 5 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Game 5 - Fri., May 7 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m. - X

Game 6 - Sun., May 9 - Texas at Chicago, 3:00 p.m. - X

Game 7 - Tues., May 11 - Texas at Chicago, 7:00 p.m. -X

X = If Necessary

Hershey Sweeps Albany, Advances to Eastern Conference Finals

The defending Calder Cup champs are back in the Eastern Conference Finals after sweeping the Albany River Rats in the East Division Finals. Mathieu Perreault scored at 2:23 of overtime as Hershey completed a four-game sweep of Albany with a 5-4 road win over the River Rats on Thursday at the Times Union Center.

The Bears will now move on to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they await the winner of the Atlantic Division Finals series between Worcester and Manchester.

For the fourth time in four games this series, Hershey had to stage a third-period comeback to put itself in a position to win. This time, the Bears trailed 4-2 by the 10:19 mark of the third frame before Alexandre Giroux (16:37) and Perreault (18:47) struck late to send the game to overtime.

Abbotsford Stuns Hamilton in Game One of North Division Finals

Showing no signs of fatigue after a seven-game opening-round win over Rochester, Abbotsford gutted out a 3-2 road victory over Hamilton on Thursday to open the North Division Finals. Brett Sutter scored the eventual game-winning goal 1:21 into the third period for the Heat, who have now won three straight road games and four in a row overall since falling into a 3-1 series hole to the Americans. Game 2 will be Sunday at 2:00 PM (EDT) at Hamilton.

Friday Night's Games 4-30-10:

Game 1 - Texas at Chicago, 7:30 PM (CDT) (Series tied, 0-0)

Game 3 - Worcester at Manchester, 7:30 pm (EDT) (Series tied, 1-1)

THURSDAY'S SCORES:

Game 4 - Hershey 5 at Albany 4 OT, (HER wins series, 4-0)

Game 1 - Abbotsford 3 at Hamilton 2, (ABB leads series, 1-0)

SERIES SUBPLOTS.......

- The road team won six of the eight regular season meetings between these clubs, who ranked tied for second (Texas) and tied for fifth (Chicago) in team defense

- Goalie Brent Krahn, who played 13 games for the Wolves in 2008-09, allowed five goals in four first-round games for Texas after posting a 1.83 GAA and five shutouts in the regular season.

- Forward Chris Bourque figured into all five Hershey goals in Game 4, scoring twice and assisting on three others as the Bears took a 5-4 overtime win at Albany to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Playoff Format.......

Four rounds, with each round slated as a best of seven series. The top four teams in each division qualify for playoffs. The teams play within their division for the first two rounds. The division winners will meet in the conference finals. The winner of the Western Conference will play the winner of the Eastern Conference for the Calder Cup. In order to take the Calder Cup, a team must win 16 games.

The Calder Cup.......

The coveted Calder Cup has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League's 73-year history. It is one of our sport's greatest challenges and ultimate honors to hoist the Calder Cup in victory.

The trophy is named for Frank Calder, who served as the National Hockey League's first President from 1917 to 1943. During the 1920's, Mr. Calder was instrumental in guiding hockey into the mainstream of America's major cities including Boston, New York, Detroit and Chicago, while helping in the formation of the American League.

The Calder Cup trophy itself was actually first awarded in 1938 to the Providence Reds for winning the second International-American Hockey League championship. (In 1996, George Parsons of the Syracuse Stars was presented the Calder Cup in a ceremony at the Onondaga County War Memorial, as it is believed the Stars never received a trophy for their 1937 championship.

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