AHL Morning Skate: June 10

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Game 3 – 7:00 ET, AHL Live
Monarchs lead series, 2-0
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A second consecutive overtime win on Sunday gave Manchester a 2-0 series lead as the Calder Cup Finals shift to the Utica Memorial Auditorium for Game 3 tonight… Nic Dowd scored the winning goal at 5:36 of OT to give the Monarchs a 2-1 victory in Game 2, their eighth straight win overall and 15th in a row on home ice… Dowd (5-5-10) also recorded an assist, giving him 4-2-6 in the last six games… Zach O’Brien (3-4-7) also scored for the Monarchs on Sunday, and was credited with a game-high six shots on goal… Jean-Francois Berube (13-3, 2.25, .898) stopped 24 of 25 shots in the victory… Manchester’s line of Michael Mersch (13-8-21), Jordan Weal (10-11-21) and Brian O’Neill (10-9-19) was held scoreless after they had combined for 11-11-22 in the Monarchs’ previous five games… Nicklas Jensen (3-1-4) returned to the Utica lineup after sitting out three straight games and scored the Comets’ only goal in Game 2… Jacob Markstrom (11-9, 1.91, .931) made 37 saves, allowing two goals or fewer for the 15th time in 20 playoff starts… The Monarchs were 1-for-5 on the power play in Game 2, going to 2-for-9 in the series; Utica was 0-for-4, dropping to 1-for-7 in the series… Sunday’s loss was the Comets’ first following a loss this postseason (7-1); Markstrom has allowed a total of 10 goals in those eight games (1.20, .960)… Manchester improved to 13-0 this postseason when scoring the game’s first goal… Fourteen of Utica’s 20 playoff matches have been one-goal games (7-7)… Each of the last five Calder Cup Finals games have now gone to overtime; Texas won the final three games of last year’s championship series over St. John’s in OT… Only three teams have ever won the Calder Cup after losing the first two games of the Finals: the Nova Scotia Voyageurs in 1972 (vs. Baltimore), the Springfield Indians in 1991 (vs. Rochester) and the Hershey Bears in 2010 (vs. Texas).

2015 Calder Cup Finals – Series “O” (best-of-7)
E1-Manchester Monarchs vs. W1-Utica Comets
Game 1 – Sat., June 6 – MANCHESTER 3, Utica 2 (OT) | Recap/highlights
Game 2 – Sun., June 7 – MANCHESTER 2, Utica 1 (OT) | Recap/highlights
Game 3 – Wed., June 10 – Manchester at Utica, 7:00
Game 4 – Fri., June 12 – Manchester at Utica, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., June 13 – Manchester at Utica, 7:00
*Game 6 – Tue., June 16 – Utica at Manchester, 7:00
*Game 7 – Wed., June 17 – Utica at Manchester, 7:00
   *if necessary… All times Eastern

2015 Game 1 – MANCHESTER 3, Utica 2 (OT)
2015 Game 2 – MANCHESTER 2, Utica 1 (OT)

1998 Game 1 – PHILADELPHIA 3, Saint John 2 (2OT)
1998 Game 2 – Saint John 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (OT)
1998 Game 3 – Philadelphia 4, SAINT JOHN 3 (OT)

1957 Game 1 – CLEVELAND 2, Rochester 1 (OT)
1957 Game 2 – ROCHESTER 5, Cleveland 2 (OT)

1938 Game 1 – PROVIDENCE 5, Syracuse 4 (OT)
1938 Game 2 – PROVIDENCE 2, Syracuse 1 (OT)

June 7 – MANCHESTER 2, Utica 1 (Nic Dowd, 5:36)
June 6 – MANCHESTER 3, Utica 2 (Michael Mersch, 4:10)
May 29 – GRAND RAPIDS 3, Utica 2 (Andreas Athanasiou, 5:05)
May 14 – Grand Rapids 2, ROCKFORD 1 (Tyler Bertuzzi, 0:13)
May 13 – Hartford 5, HERSHEY 4 (Chris Mueller, 11:39)
May 8 – UTICA 2, Oklahoma City 1 (Alexandre Grenier, 3:32)
May 7 – Oklahoma City 2, UTICA 1 (Curtis Hamilton, 60:16)
May 6 – MANCHESTER 4, W-B/Scranton 3 (Zach O’Brien, 44:13)
May 6 – Hartford 2, HERSHEY 1 (Chris Bourque, 16:47)
May 1 – Chicago 4, UTICA 3 (Joel Edmundson, 2:19)
*May 1 – HARTFORD 3, Providence 2 (Tommy Hughes, 4:35)
*Apr. 29 – ROCKFORD 3, Texas 2 (Stephen Johns, 0:23)
*Apr. 29 – Oklahoma City 2, SAN ANTONIO 1 (Jujhar Khaira, 5:01)
Apr. 29 – UTICA 2, Chicago 1 (Darren Archibald, 10:58)
Apr. 26 – PROVIDENCE 2, Hartford 1 (Seth Griffith, 42:00)
Apr. 25 – OKLAHOMA CITY 4, San Antonio 3 (Connor Jones, 4:01)
Apr. 22 – Utica 3, CHICAGO 2 (Bobby Sanguinetti, 23:10)
  *series clincher

Game 1
Manchester lead – 4:02
Utica lead – 0:00
Tied – 60:08

Game 2
Manchester lead – 2:07
Utica lead – 0:00
Tied – 63:29

Game 2 at Manchester – 37/39 (L, 1-2 OT)
Game 5 at Grand Rapids – 32/34 (W, 3-2)
Game 3 at Grand Rapids – 40/41 (W, 4-1)
Game 7 vs. Oklahoma City – 35/35 (W, 1-0)
Game 5 at Oklahoma City – 33/34 (W, 3-1)
Game 2 vs. Oklahoma City – 22/23 (W, 2-1 OT)
Game 5 vs. Chicago – 17/19 (W, 4-2)
Game 3 vs. Chicago – 26/27 (W, 2-1 OT)

2015 Calder Cup Finals – Manchester Monarchs (#1) vs. Utica Comets (#2)
2007 Eastern Conference Finals – Hershey Bears (#1) def. Manchester Monarchs (#2), 4-0
2000 Calder Cup Finals – Hartford Wolf Pack (#1) def. Rochester Americans (#2), 4-2
1999 Calder Cup Finals – Providence Bruins (#1) def. Rochester Americans (#2), 4-1
1998 Western Conference Finals – Philadelphia Phantoms (#1) def. Albany River Rats (#2), 4-2
1997 Mid-Atlantic Division Finals – Hershey Bears (#2) def. Philadelphia Phantoms (#1), 4-3

2014 – Texas Stars 4, St. John’s IceCaps 1
2013 – Grand Rapids Griffins 4, Syracuse Crunch 2
2012 – Norfolk Admirals 4, Toronto Marlies 0
2011 – Binghamton Senators 4, Houston Aeros 2
2010 – Hershey Bears 4, Texas Stars 2
2009 – Hershey Bears 4, Manitoba Moose 2
2008 – Chicago Wolves 4, W-B/Scranton Penguins 2
2007 – Hamilton Bulldogs 4, Hershey Bears 1
2006 – Hershey Bears 4, Milwaukee Admirals 2
2005 – Philadelphia Phantoms 4, Chicago Wolves 0
2004 – Milwaukee Admirals 4, W-B/Scranton Penguins 0
2003 – Houston Aeros 4, Hamilton Bulldogs 3
2002 – Chicago Wolves 4, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1
2001 – Saint John Flames 4, W-B/Scranton Penguins 2
2000 – Hartford Wolf Pack 4, Rochester Americans 2
1999 – Providence Bruins 4, Rochester Americans 1
1998 – Philadelphia Phantoms 4, Saint John Flames 2
1997 – Hershey Bears 4, Hamilton Bulldogs 1
1996 – Rochester Americans 4, Portland Pirates 3
1995 – Albany River Rats 4, Fredericton Canadiens 0
1994 – Portland Pirates 4, Moncton Hawks 2
1993 – Cape Breton Oilers 4, Rochester Americans 1
1992 – Adirondack Red Wings 4, St. John’s Maple Leafs 3
1991 – Springfield Indians 4, Rochester Americans 2
1990 – Springfield Indians 4, Rochester Americans 2

In 2001, the trophy’s base was changed to include two tiers of plaques, which feature the rosters of each of the last 20 Calder Cup champions; the plaques from the first 56 champions are on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The entire trophy now stands 24 inches tall and weighs 35 pounds. The bowl, made of sterling silver, is 12 inches high and eight inches in diameter; the base is made of Brazilian mahogany.