SPRINGFIELD, Mass. …The American Hockey League has released the schedules for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs.
For the first time since 2015, four regular-season division champions reached the conference finals.
He Eastern Conference Finals will have two of the most important markets in the American Hockey League, such as hershey bears (top affiliate of the NHL’s Washington Capitals) faces the cleveland monsters (major affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets).
The city of Cleveland was a charter member of the AHL in 1936, while Hershey joined the league in 1938. This will be the 14th time the cities will meet in a Calder Cup playoff series, the first since the Monsters. defeated the Bears in the 2016 Finals.
Hershey, the defending Calder Cup champion, is among the AHL’s final four for the seventh time since becoming a Capitals affiliate in 2005; the Bears are 6-0 in conference finals series during that span.
The best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals begin Thursday night at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
A1-Hershey Bears vs. Monsters N1-Cleveland
Game 1 – Thursday, May 30 – Cleveland at Hershey, 7:00
Game 2 – Saturday, June 1 – Cleveland at Hershey, 7:00
Game 3 – Tuesday, June 4 – Hershey at Cleveland, 7:00
Game 4 – Thursday, June 6 – Hershey at Cleveland, 7:00
*Game 5 – Saturday, June 8 – Hershey at Cleveland, 7:00
*Game 6 – Monday, June 10 – Cleveland at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 7 – Wednesday, June 12 – Cleveland at Hershey, 7:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
He Western Conference Finals will be a rematch of last year’s series, featuring the Coachella Valley Firebirds (main affiliate of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken) and the Milwaukee Admirals (primary affiliate of the NHL’s Nashville Predators).
The Firebirds defeated the Admirals, four games to two, to win the conference championship in 2023. Coachella Valley is the first AHL team to reach the league’s semifinal round in each of its first two seasons in the league since the Houston Eros in 2002 and 2003. .
The Admirals are making their fourth appearance in the Western Conference Finals. Before last year’s defeat, they won the Calder Cup in 2004 and returned to the final in 2006.
The first game of this series is scheduled for Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California.
P1-Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. C1-Milwaukee Admirals
Game 1 – Wednesday, May 29 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
Game 2 – Friday, May 31 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
Game 3 – Tuesday, June 4 – Coachella Valley at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 4 – Thursday, June 6 – Coachella Valley at Milwaukee, 8:00
*Game 5 – Saturday, June 8 – Coachella Valley at Milwaukee, 7:00
*Game 6 – Monday, June 10 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*Game 7 – Wednesday, June 12 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
All Calder Cup playoff matches will be broadcast live on AHLTV.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League continues to serve as the primary development league for the 32 teams of the National Hockey League. Nearly 90 percent of all players competing in the NHL are AHL graduates, and over the years the American Hockey League has been home to more than 100 honorable members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. .
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