The Texas Stars and Toronto Marlies see a lot of themselves in each other.

Toronto held on for a 6-5 win over Texas to open the 2018 Calder Cup Finals on Saturday afternoon.

Texas’s key veterans are providing a fantastic learning environment for the younger players in the organization.

A look at the matchup for the 2018 Calder Cup Finals, which get underway with Game 1 on Saturday afternoon in Toronto.

If you can’t make it to the rink, there are still plenty of ways to catch all the action of the 2018 Calder Cup Finals.

Derek Laxdal insists his club is “just some country boys from Texas” coming wide-eyed to a big hockey city for the Calder Cup Finals against “Canada’s team.”

The 2018 Calder Cup Finals between the Marlies and the Stars will be televised across Canada on TSN2 and in the United States on NHL Network.

Texas and Toronto will meet in the Calder Cup Finals after impressive runs through the first three rounds of the playoffs.

The Toronto Marlies will face off against the Texas Stars when the 2018 Calder Cup Finals get underway on Saturday.

The Texas Stars are the AHL’s Western Conference champions following a 2-1 overtime victory over Rockford in Game 6.