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Final four teams set in AHL playoffs
- Updated: May 18, 2016
The final four teams in the Calder Cup Playoffs are set, but it took an eventful spring for them to get there.
The American Hockey League’s postseason second round featured two Game 7s, a near rally from a 3-0 deficit and a long, physical slog series between two Southern California rivals that included two overtime games.
The final spot in the conference final was clinched Monday when the Toronto Marlies, who are chasing the first Calder Cup for a Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate since 1982, scored three third-period goals in a Game 7 win over the Albany Devils.
Marlies forward Richard Clune put the series away with a tie-breaking goal in the final minutes of Game 7, giving Toronto a 4-3 victory. Albany had rallied with a 4-1 win in Game 6 and held a 2-1 third-period lead in Game 7 before Toronto came back. The Marlies have reached the conference final three times in the past five seasons.
This season they will play the Hershey Bears, who endured a seven-game struggle with archrival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Travis Boyd ended Game …
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