The 2022-23 American Hockey League season is down to one game. Coachella Valley got two goals from Kole Lind and 20 saves plus an assist from Joey Daccord to defeat Hershey, 5-2, in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals at a sold-out Acrisure Arena.
The Coachella Valley has long been an escape for celebrities attracted to its natural beauty, warm-weather climate and year-round recreation. Now the area’s first high-level professional sports team has its own celebrity: Hockey Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr.
Take a spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate.
How the Firebirds and Bears got to a 2-2 series may not have been expected. But both head coaches knew they were in for a long battle from the start.
Garrett Pilon broke a scoreless tie 10:01 into overtime to give the Hershey Bears their third consecutive one-goal victory and a 3-2 series lead over Coachella Valley in the 2023 Calder Cup Finals.
As the Calder Cup Finals shifted east earlier this week, something for the Hershey Bears had to change — and quickly — if this was going to be a series at all.
Take a spin around the AHL ice with latest news and notes from the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs in today’s AHL Morning Skate.
How the Firebirds and Bears got to a 2-2 series may not have been expected. But both head coaches knew they were in for a long battle from the start.
Jessica Campbell is checking off plenty of firsts this season. First assistant coach for the Coachella Valley Firebirds. First female assistant coach in the AHL. And now first Calder Cup postseason.
The Calder Cup Finals are all even after the Hershey Bears held on for a 3-2 victory over Coachella Valley in Game 4 at a sold-out Giant Center on Thursday night.
