Charlotte rode a dominant second period to a 6-3 victory over Hershey on Wednesday night, completing a sweep of the Atlantic Division Finals and ending the Bears’ two-year reign as American Hockey League champions.

Rasmus Asplund scored his second goal of the night 3:09 into overtime to give Charlotte a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday night.

Charlotte continued to flex its defensive muscle on Friday night, opening the Atlantic Division Finals with a 3-2 win over Hershey at Bojangles Coliseum.

Todd Nelson is a proven winner at the AHL level, but hasn’t yet gotten a long look behind an NHL bench. That should change, and soon.

It was a close call, but the Hershey Bears’ bid to become the first team since 1962 to win three consecutive Calder Cup titles continues.

Riley Sutter scored twice and the Hershey Bears withstood a third-period comeback attempt to knock off Lehigh Valley, 4-2, in the decisive Game 5 of their Atlantic Division semifinal series on Sunday evening.

Hershey scored three times in the opening 14:15 of the game and held off Lehigh Valley, 6-4, in Game 4 of the teams’ Atlantic Division semifinal series on Friday night in Allentown.

Todd Nelson does not need to yell. One, it’s not really his style. Two, he knows the real pressure points for a player. He can, has, and will publicly indict his top players for any lack of effort or focus. With three-plus decades as a player and coach at the pro level, no one is going to fool him.

Nikita Grebenkin scored the go-ahead goal with 4:09 left in the second period and Cal Petersen was perfect in relief as Lehigh Valley defeated Hershey, 4-2, in Game 3 on Sunday evening.

Zayde Wisdom scored two shorthanded goals in the third period to lift Lehigh Valley to a 3-1 win over Hershey, tying the teams’ best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal series at a game apiece.