Hershey, Pennsylvania (theahl.com) … John Hayden and Ryan Winterton The Coachella Valley Firebirds each scored two goals in a 4-3 victory over the Hershey Bears in the 2024 Calder Cup Finals on Friday night at Giant Center.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Sunday (5 p.m. ET, AHLTV, NHL Network).
Haden had a hat trick in the Firebirds' 5-1 win at Milwaukee last Saturday to clinch the Western Conference championship. He scored his second shorthanded goal of the playoffs to overturn an early 1-0 Bears lead and scored again late in the second period to put Hershey back up by two goals as the game drew up to 3-2.
Winterton scored his second and third goals of the playoffs, all coming in the final four after going scoreless in the Firebirds' first nine games.
Cameron Hughes and Ville Ottavainen Each recorded two assists in Coachella Valley. Chris Dreiger He stopped 16 shots to improve to 11-2 this postseason.
Joe Snively, Hardy Herman Achtell and Hendrix Lapierre The Bears (7-2) lost at home for just the second time this postseason and are trailing in a playoff series for the first time in 2024, but they scored in the game.
Hunter Shepard He finished with 19 saves.
(Coachella Valley leads the series 1-0)
Game 1 – Friday, June 14 – Coachella Valley 4, Hershey 3
Game 2 – Sunday, June 16 – Coachella Valley vs. Hershey, 5 p.m.
Game 3 – Tuesday, June 18 – Hershey vs. Coachella Valley, 10:00 AM
Game 4 – Thursday, June 20 – Hershey vs. Coachella Valley, 10:00 a.m.
*Game 5 – Saturday, June 22 – Hershey vs. Coachella Valley, 9 a.m.
*Game 6 – Monday, June 24 – Coachella Valley vs. Hershey, 7 p.m.
*Game 7 – Wednesday, June 26 – Coachella Valley vs. Hershey, 7:00 p.m.
*If necessary…all times Eastern Standard Time
