The Abbotsford Canucks take their crack at bringing home the Calder Cup in front of their fans tonight.
The Vancouver Canucks farm team carries a 3-1 lead on the Charlotte Checkers into Game 5 of their best-of-seven AHL championship at the Abbotsford Centre, with a 6 p.m. start.
Game 6, if necessary, would be Monday (4 p.m.) in Charlotte, N.C., and a Game 7, if required, would go next Wednesday (4 p.m.) there.
Abbotsford (24-11-0-1) had the AHL’s fifth-best home record during the regular season. Charlotte (23-9-1-3) had the third-best road record. Abbotsford is now 10-2 at home in these playoffs. The Checkers (44-22-3-3) came in fourth in the league in the regular season, two points before the fifth-place Canucks (44-24-2-2).This is the fourth year that Vancouver has had its AHL team in Abbotsford. They are five rounds into these playoffs. They went a total of five rounds in the previous three years combined.
The last Vancouver AHL affiliate to get this deep into playoffs was the 2015 Utica Comets team that made it to the league finale.
We’ll be live blogging the event. Check back for updates.
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The Abbotsford Canucks dressing room before the June 21 game versus the Charlotte Checkers.
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4:46 p.m.
Checking in with FOB (Friend of the Blog) Ben Lypka.
4:21 p.m.
Our regular fit check. Very much in favour of Tristen Nielsen and his hat.
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