The Calder Cup Playoffs have a way of delivering some harsh lessons. And the Coachella Valley Firebirds need answers fast.

Trent Miner registered his fourth shutout of the postseason – and his third in a Game 1 – to backstop Colorado to a 3-0 win over Coachella Valley in the opener of their Pacific Division finals series in Palm Desert on Wednesday night.

J.R. Avon scored 1:47 into the second overtime period as the Coachella Valley Firebirds eliminated the Ontario Reign with a 3-2 victory in the fifth and deciding game of their Pacific Division semifinal series on Saturday.

For the third time already this postseason, the Coachella Valley Firebirds have survived an elimination game. Nikke Kokko stopped 26 shots as the Firebirds defeated Ontario, 6-2, in Game 4 of the teams’ Pacific Division semifinal on Thursday.

Aatu Jämsen and Logan Brown scored 80 seconds apart early in the third period, erasing a 1-0 deficit and sending the Ontario Reign to a 2-1 win over Coachella Valley in Game 3 of the teams’ Pacific Division semifinal series.

Glenn Gawdin snapped a 1-1 tie late in the second period and Ontario added three goals in the third to grab a 5-1 victory in Game 2 of their Pacific Division semifinal with Coachella Valley on Friday night.

After winning the final two games of their first-round series with Bakersfield, the Coachella Valley Firebirds opened the Pacific Division semifinals on Wednesday evening with a 3-0 road victory over Ontario.

The Coachella Valley Firebirds secured a spot in the division semifinals on Sunday with a 6-2 win over Bakersfield in the winner-take-all Game 3 of their Pacific Division first-round series at Acrisure Arena.

Oscar Fisker Mølgaard scored with 3:10 left in regulation to break a tie and give Coachella Valley a season-saving 5-4 victory over Bakersfield at Acrisure Arena on Saturday evening.

The Bakersfield Condors defeated Coachella Valley, 6-1, in the opener of their Pacific Division first-round series on Thursday.