The Charlotte Checkers superior to the Atlantic Division Finals with a 5-2 win over the Windfall Bruins on Sunday afternoon.
The victory was the primary by a house staff within the collection, and units up a gathering within the subsequent spherical between the Checkers and the winner of Sunday’s Sport 5 between Hershey and Lehigh Valley.
Charlotte held the Bruins to simply eight pictures on purpose in Sport 5, together with one over the primary 31 minutes of the competition. It was the fewest pictures in any AHL sport since Nov. 27, 2015, when the Albany Devils allowed six pictures in a 4-0 win over the Binghamton Senators, and the fewest in a Calder Cup Playoff contest since Apr. 21, 2010, when the Hershey Bears allowed seven pictures in a 4-1 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Tobias Bjornfot notched two objectives, opening the scoring 7:18 into the primary interval and sealing the win with a 185-foot empty-netter with 1:08 remaining.
Wilmer Skoog scored at 8:38 of the second interval to provide the Checkers a 2-0 lead, and Oliver Okuliar made it 3-0 early within the third.
Vinni Lettieri scored twice to tug the Bruins to inside 3-2 with simply over 4 minutes remaining.
Kaapo Kähkönen (3-2) wanted simply six saves to earn the win for Charlotte, whereas Brandon Bussi (1-1) stopped 25 of 28 pictures for Windfall.
(Charlotte wins collection, 3-2)
Sport 1 – Fri., Might 2 – Charlotte 5, PROVIDENCE 1
Sport 2 – Solar., Might 4 – Charlotte 2, PROVIDENCE 0
Sport 3 – Wed., Might 7 – Windfall 3, CHARLOTTE 2
Sport 4 – Fri., Might 9 – Windfall 3, CHARLOTTE 2 (OT)
Sport 5 – Solar., Might 11 – CHARLOTTE 5, Windfall 2
