Quote:
Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
Admitting I do not understand the AHL playoffs that well, why are only 2 games in Stockton and 3 in Colorado, if we were higher in the regular season standings?
|
To minimize travel, if the two teams in a best-of-5 series are located far apart from each other, they play the series as a 2-3 rather than 2-2-1.
The higher-ranked team gets the choice of starting at home and giving up home-ice or starting on the road and keeping home-ice. In the last round, Ontario chose to take the 3 home games, and lost the first 2 in Colorado, getting swept playing only one home game.
In this round, the Heat chose to start the series at home. Now, they just need to win one in Colorado.
I'm not sure how far the distance needs to be, but these are the series this round:
- Chicago-Milwaukee = 150 km
- Laval-Rochester = 500 km
- Springfield, MA-Charlotte = 1,200 km
- Stockton-Loveland = 1,900 km
The two closest are playing 2-2-1 and the two further ones are doing 2-3.