C1-Chicago Wolves vs. P1-Stockton Heat
Game 1 – Friday, 6:00 MT, AHLTV
Game 2 – Mon., June 6 – Stockton at Chicago, 6:00
Game 3 – Wed., June 8 – Chicago at Stockton, 7:30
Game 4 – Fri., June 10 – Chicago at Stockton, 8:00
*Game 5 – Sat., June 11 – Chicago at Stockton, 7:00
*Game 6 – Tue., June 14 – Stockton at Chicago, 6:00
*Game 7 – Wed., June 15 – Stockton at Chicago, 6:00
*if necessary… All times Mountain
GAME NOTES
The Western Conference Finals get underway tonight with Chicago hosting Stockton in Game 1 at Allstate Arena... Tonight marks the first-ever game between the Wolves and Heat, who finished the regular season as the top two teams in the AHL... Chicago earned the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy ― and with it home-ice advantage in this series ― by overtaking Stockton on the last day of the season... The Wolves are coming off a 3-1 series victory over Milwaukee in the Central Division Finals, and have won six straight home games since their last loss on Apr. 23... The Heat defeated Colorado in the Pacific Division Finals, three games to one, with Dustin Wolf tying an AHL record with three shutouts in a single series... Wolf (6-1, 1.82, .941), who did not register a single shutout during the regular season, is also the first AHL goaltender to post three in one postseason since Michael Hutchinson for St. John’s in 2014... Justin Kirkland (5-2-7) scored four goals in the last round vs. Colorado, including all three game-winning tallies... Matthew Phillips (3-4-7) is tied with Kirkland for the Stockton playoff scoring lead... Wolves forward Josh Leivo (6-7-13) has points in all seven games for Chicago this postseason, including a hat trick in the series-clinching win over Milwaukee last Friday... Jack Drury (5-4-9), Stefan Noesen (5-4-9) and Andrew Poturalski (3-6-9) have nine points each during the playoffs... Alex Lyon (6-1, 1.87, .926) has allowed two goals or fewer in six of his seven playoff starts and owns a .936 save percentage in 20 career Calder Cup Playoff appearances... Chicago (99-77) is bidding for its 100th Calder Cup Playoff victory all-time, a milestone reached by only six other AHL franchises (Hershey Bears, Rochester Americans, Cleveland Barons, Springfield Indians/Kings, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Providence Bruins).