Cleveland rode another stifling defensive effort to a 4-0 victory at Toronto on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five North Division finals.

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Michael Brandsegg-Nygård scored a highlight-reel goal 9:22 into overtime as Grand Rapids staved off elimination with a 4-3 win over Chicago in Game 3 of the Central Division finals at Allstate Arena on Tuesday night.

Sergei Murashov turned away 27 shots, Bill Zonnon made it three goals in three games and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defeated Springfield, 2-1, to take a two-games-to-one lead in the Atlantic Division finals on Tuesday at the MassMutual Center.

Some of the AHL’s top Calder Cup contenders continue to look rather wobbly. Already the Calder Cup Playoffs have had the Providence Bruins (first overall), Ontario Reign (fourth), and Charlotte Checkers (fifth) all going home early alongside the North Division champion Laval Rocket.

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Chase Bradley recorded two goals and an assist as Colorado defeated Coachella Valley, 4-1, to take a 2-1 series lead in the Pacific Division finals on Sunday night at Blue Arena.

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Felix Unger Sörum scored his second goal of the night with 5:14 gone in overtime as Chicago took a 2-0 series lead with a 4-3 win at Grand Rapids on Saturday night.

Cleveland took a 2-0 lead for the second game in a row, but this time the Monsters fought off a Toronto comeback to even their best-of-five North Division finals series with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night.