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2014 Calder Cup Finals – Game 2 – 8:30 ET | Broadcast Information
The Texas Stars scored three goals on four shots in the second period and opened the 2014 Calder Cup Finals with a 6-3 win over the St. John’s IceCaps in Game 1 last night… Three Stars tallied three points each in Game 1: Scott Glennie (6-4-10) had two goals and an assist, Chris Mueller (6-5-11) added a goal and two assists and Dustin Jeffrey (7-5-12) recorded three assists… Travis Morin (6-11-17) scored twice, a power-play marker 3:08 into the game and a shorthanded tally with 3:09 left in the second period to give the Stars a 4-1 lead… Morin’s first goal ended the IceCaps’ streak of 34 consecutive successful penalty kills… Mike Hedden (7-9-16) tied the Stars’ team lead with his seventh goal of the playoffs… Cristopher Nilstorp (10-4, 2.21, .913) stopped 26 of 29 shots in the win… St. John’s defenseman Will O’Neill (3-11-14) extended his scoring streak to five games (3-4-7) with a goal… Kael Mouillierat (4-5-9) and Jordan Hill (1-1-2) also scored for the IceCaps, who got single points from nine different skaters… Hill’s goal was his first in 83 regular-season and playoff games this season… Michael Hutchinson (11-6, 1.81, .939) allowed five goals on 22 shots in Game 1 after having given up five goals combined in his previous five starts… Texas scored at least six goals in a home game for the fourth time in their last six at Cedar Park Center… St. John’s outshot Texas 29-23 in Game 1, including 24-12 over the final 40 minutes… The Stars were 1-for-2 on the power play; the IceCaps were 0-for-4… The IceCaps are looking to avoid an 0-2 hole in the series; in Calder Cup Finals history, only three of the 40 teams to lose the first two games in a best-of-seven format have come back to win the championship.
2014 Calder Cup Finals – Series “O” (best-of-7)
W1-Texas Stars vs. E4-St. John’s IceCaps | Series Snapshot
Game 1 – Sun., June 8 – TEXAS 6, St. John’s 3 | Recap/Highlights
Game 2 – Mon., June 9 – St. John’s at Texas, 8:30
Game 3 – Wed., June 11 – Texas at St. John’s, 6:00
Game 4 – Mon., June 16 – Texas at St. John’s, 6:00
*Game 5 – Tue., June 17 – Texas at St. John’s, 6:00
*Game 6 – Thu., June 19 – St. John’s at Texas, 8:30
*Game 7 – Mon., June 23 – St. John’s at Texas, 8:30
*if necessary… All times Eastern
Offensive Openers
The nine goals scored last night were tied for the most in a Calder Cup Finals Game 1 since the Springfield Indians defeated the Rochester Americans, 7-6, to begin the 1990 Finals:
2014 – Texas Stars 6, St. John’s IceCaps 3
2009 – Hershey Bears 5, Manitoba Moose 4 (OT)
2008 – Chicago Wolves 5, W-B/Scranton Penguins 4
2002 – Chicago Wolves 5, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4 (OT)
1993 – Rochester Americans 5, Cape Breton Oilers 4 (OT)
1992 – Adirondack Red Wings 6, St. John’s Maple Leafs 3
1991 – Rochester Americans 6, Springfield Indians 3
1990 – Springfield Indians 7, Rochester Americans 6
Working Overtime
There have been 15 overtime games played in the 2014 Calder Cup Playoffs so far:
Apr. 23 – Springfield 3, PROVIDENCE 2 (Andrew Joudrey, 2:21)
Apr. 23 – Texas 3, OKLAHOMA CITY 2 (Mike Hedden, 5:35)
Apr. 25 – Providence 2, SPRINGFIELD 1 (Matt Fraser, 3:54)
Apr. 25 – W-B/Scranton 3, BINGHAMTON 2 (Anton Zlobin, 8:40)
Apr. 25 – Chicago 4, ROCHESTER 3 (Dmitrij Jaskin, 1:06)
Apr. 25 – Grand Rapids 2, ABBOTSFORD 1 (Ryan Sproul, 39:26)
Apr. 26 – BINGHAMTON 4, W-B/Scranton 3 (Stephane Da Costa, 11:07)
Apr. 26 – Texas 3, OKLAHOMA CITY 2 (Brendan Ranford, 15:04)
Apr. 30 – W-B/SCRANTON 3, Binghamton 2 (Chuck Kobasew, 7:32)
Apr. 30 – NORFOLK 1, Manchester 0 (Maxime Sauve, 14:51)
May 13 – NORFOLK 3, St. John’s 2 (Andre Petersson, 13:10)
May 14 – W-B/Scranton 5, PROVIDENCE 4 (Simon Despres, 26:32)
May 14 – TORONTO 4, Chicago 3 (Jerry D’Amigo, 3:28)
May 16 – PROVIDENCE 3, W-B/Scranton 2 (Cory Kane, 6:31)
May 16 – Texas 3, GRAND RAPIDS 2 (Chris Mueller, 3:18)
Calder Cup Finals History
Results of the last 25 Calder Cup Finals series:
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
1989 – Adirondack Red Wings 4, New Haven Nighthawks 1
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