AHL Morning Skate: May 13

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Game 5 – 7:00 ET, AHL Live, (Series tied, 2-2)
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The Hartford Wolf Pack evened up the series at two on Monday night in the teams’ last game at Worcester’s DCU Center in the series… Oscar Lindberg (1-7–8) led the way with a goal and two assists, giving him eight points in his last five games and his second three-point game of the postseason… Lindberg had a hand in all three Hartford goals… Joey Crabb (3-1–4) continued to light up his former team, scoring 16:11 into regulation to open the scoring… The goal was his third of the playoffs and gives him a point in each game of the series so far… With his first of the playoffs, Ryan Haggerty (1-1–2) added the insurance goal at 13:09 of the second to seal the deal for the Wolf Pack… Chris Bourque (3-5–8) added two assists in the win for five points in four games… Chris Mueller (3-3–6) added an assist for his third point in the series… Yann Danis (5-4, 1.70, .940) stopped 22-of-23 shots he faced… The game was the first in the series that Hartford drew first blood… Jon Landry (1-0–1) earned his first career Calder Cup point with the lone Hershey goal, picking up a slick no-look pass from Chandler Stephenson (0-3–3) just over halfway through the third period… Philipp Grubauer (2-2, 2.72, .917) stopped 29-of-32 in the loss.

Eastern Conference Semifinals – Series “J” (best-of-7)
2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack
Game 1 – Wed., May 6 – Hartford 2, HERSHEY 1 (OT)
Game 2 – Fri., May 8 – HERSHEY 6, Hartford 4
Game 3 – Sun., May 10 – Hershey 2, HARTFORD 1 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Game 4 – Mon., May 11 – HARTFORD 3, Hershey 1 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Game 5 – Wed., May 13 – Hartford at Hershey, 7:00
Game 6 – Fri., May 15 – Hershey at Hartford, 7:00
*Game 7 – Sun., May 17 – Hartford at Hershey, 5:00
   *if necessary… All times Eastern

   
Game 3 – 8:00 ET, AHL Live (GR leads series, 2-0)
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Heading into Rockford for Game 3, the Grand Rapids Griffins have won their last five games, dating back to their series against Toronto… Teemu Pulkkinen (11-1–12) again carried the Griffins to victory, adding two goals and an assist in the 5-1 Game 2 win last Friday night at Van Andel Arena… In two games against Rockford so far, Pulkkinen has six points and a hat trick… He is third in overall scoring, but leads all playoff scorers with 11 goals… Both Kevin Porter (1-3–4) and Tomas Nosek (2-5–7) added two assists apiece for points in back-to-back games against the IceHogs… Brennan Evans (0-1–1), Nicklas Jensen (0-2–2), Brian Lashoff (0-2–2), Alexey Marchenko (0-3–3), and Xavier Ouellet (0-4–4) all recorded an assist… Tyler Bertuzzi (3-3–6), Jeff Hoggan (1-4–5), and Anthony Mantha (1-2–3) added the remaining goals for Grand Rapids… Tom McCollum (5-1, 2.84, .913) earned the win with 28 saves… Brandon Mashinter (2-2–4) opened the game’s scoring with what would be Rockford’s only goal in the loss… Spencer Abbott (2-3–5) and Viktor Svedberg (0-4–4) picked up the assists… Michael Leighton (3-2, 2.81, .917) made 25 saves on 30 shots in the loss.

Western Conference Semifinals – Series “L” (best-of-7)
2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs
Game 1 – Wed., May 6 – GRAND RAPIDS 5, Rockford 3
Game 2 – Fri., May 8 – GRAND RAPIDS 5, Rockford 1
Game 3 – Wed., May 13 – Grand Rapids at Rockford, 8:00
Game 4 – Thu., May 14 – Grand Rapids at Rockford, 8:00
*Game 5 – Sun., May 17 – Grand Rapids at Rockford, 5:00
*Game 6 – Tue., May 19 – Rockford at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 7 – Wed., May 20 – Rockford at Grand Rapids, 7:00
   *if necessary… All times Eastern

   
Game 4 – 8:00 ET, AHL Live (UTI leads series, 2-1)
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The Utica Comets and Oklahoma City Barons finished it in regulation in Game 3, with Utica coming out the 3-2 victor and taking the series lead… Alexandre Grenier (2-5–7) posted his second-straight two-point game for the Comets, assisting on the game’s opener by Alex Friesen (1-3–4), and then scoring his own a little over 11 minutes later… Mike Zalewski‘s (1-0–1) first career Calder Cup goal at 4:50 of the third period broke the tie, ending up the game-winner for Utica… Sven Baertschi (1-5–6), Alex Biega (0-1–1), Brandon DeFazio (1-2–3), Cal O’Reilly (0-10–10), and Bobby Sanguinetti (2-3–5) all added assists… Jacob Markstrom (5-3, 1.66, .934) made 20 saves in the win… Andrew Miller (2-3–5) led the way for the Barons, scoring a shorthanded goal and adding an assist for back-to-back two-point games… Josh Winquist (2-1–3) tied the game early in the third with his second of the playoffs, a power-play goal… C.J. Stretch (0-2–2) and Matt Ford (1-7–8) each added assists… Richard Bachman (3-2, 1.22, .960) took the loss, making 25 saves.

Western Conference Semifinals – Series “K” (best-of-7)
1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons
Game 1 – Thu., May 7 – Oklahoma City 2, UTICA 1 (4OT)
Game 2 – Fri., May 8 – UTICA 2, Oklahoma City 1 (OT)
Game 3 – Mon., May 11 – Utica 3, OKLAHOMA CITY 2
Game 4 – Wed., May 13 – Utica at Oklahoma City, 8:00
Game 5 – Thu., May 14 – Utica at Oklahoma City, 8:00
*Game 6 – Mon., May 18 – Oklahoma City at Utica, 7:00
*Game 7 – Wed., May 20 – Oklahoma City at Utica, 7:00
   *if necessary… All times Eastern

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