Checkers topped Jap Convention champions | TheAHL.com

Morgan Geekie scored 1:52 into the second extra time interval to ship the Charlotte Checkers to the Calder Cup Finals with a Four-Three win over the Toronto Marlies on Sunday night.Geekie crashed the Toronto web and knocked within the rebound of a Steven Lorentz shot to provide Charlotte the Richard F. Canning Trophy as Jap Convention champions.Checkers captain Patrick Brown scored twice; Clark Bishop netted Charlotte’s fourth shorthanded objective within the final three video games; and Alex Nedeljkovic made 43 saves, together with 15 in a 3rd interval that noticed the Marlies outshoot the Checkers by a 15-Three margin.Toronto got here again from a 2-Zero deficit to take the lead on targets by Dmytro Timashov (penalty shot), Andreas Borgman and Calle Rosen.Kasimir Kaskisuo turned apart 32 of 36 pictures within the loss, which ended the Marlies’ eight-game profitable streak in playoff extra time contests.Attendance at Bojangles’ Coliseum was eight,393 — the biggest crowd for a Checkers residence recreation in additional than two years.Charlotte will tackle the winner of the Western Convention Finals between the Chicago Wolves and the San Diego Gulls, presently led by the Wolves three video games to 2.The highest improvement affiliate of the Hurricanes, the Checkers – led by head coach Mike Vellucci – completed with the perfect document within the AHL throughout the common season (51-17-7-1, 110 factors, .724), then defeated the Windfall Bruins (Three-1) within the division semifinals and the Hershey Bears (Four-Zero) within the division finals earlier than unseating the defending champion Marlies. This would be the first Calder Cup Finals look for the Carolina group’s high improvement crew because the Springfield Indians gained the championship in 1991.Established in 1990, the AHL’s Jap Convention championship trophy honors Richard F. Canning, who served the AHL for greater than 50 years throughout his profession, together with a time period as league president from 1958-61. Mr. Canning is acknowledged because the creator of the AHL’s structure, by-laws and rules.Jap Convention Finals – Collection “M” (best-of-7)A1-Charlotte Checkers vs. N3-Toronto MarliesGame 1 – Fri., Could 17 – Toronto 2, CHARLOTTE 1 | Recap/HighlightsGame 2 – Sat., Could 18 – CHARLOTTE 5, Toronto Three | Recap/HighlightsGame Three – Tue., Could 21 – Charlotte 5, TORONTO 1 | Recap/HighlightsGame Four – Thu., Could 23 – TORONTO Four, Charlotte Three (OT) | Recap/HighlightsGame 5 – Fri., Could 24 – Charlotte Four, TORONTO 1 | Recap/HighlightsGame 6 – Solar., Could 26 – CHARLOTTE Four, Toronto Three (2OT)