The Charlotte Checkers are one win away from the Calder Cup Finals after their third straight convincing victory over Laval, a 5-1 choice at Bojangles Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.
The Checkers can safe the Richard F. Canning Trophy with one other win in Sport 4 on Tuesday evening.
Charlotte received objectives from John Leonard, Riley Bezeau (his second of the sport) and Will Lockwood in a span of 4:21 early within the second interval to interrupt Sport 3 open. Sandis Vilmanis additionally scored, and Jesse Puljujärvi and Mikulas Hovorka picked up two assists every because the Checkers pushed the regular-season champion Rocket to the brink of elimination.
Kaapo Kähkönen stopped 22 pictures for his seventh consecutive win. Charlotte has outscored its opponents 31-12 throughout that span, and 42-19 total in 11 postseason video games.
Jared Davidson scored the one aim for the Rocket in Sport 3.
Cayden Primeau allowed 4 objectives on 16 pictures earlier than being changed for the second straight sport by Jacob Fowler. Fowler stopped 12 of 13 pictures in reduction. Laval has misplaced 5 of its final seven video games, giving up 5 objectives in every of these defeats.
(Charlotte leads sequence, 3-0)
Sport 1 – Wed., Could 28 – Charlotte 5, LAVAL 1
Sport 2 – Thu., Could 29 – Charlotte 5, LAVAL 2
Sport 3 – Solar., June 1 – CHARLOTTE 5, Laval 1
Sport 4 – Tue., June 3 – Laval at Charlotte, 7:00
*Sport 5 – Thu., June 5 – Laval at Charlotte, 7:00
*Sport 6 – Sat., June 7 – Charlotte at Laval, 3:00
*Sport 7 – Solar., June 8 – Charlotte at Laval, 3:00
*if needed… All instances Japanese
