In their inaugural season in the AHL, and coming off a Kelly Cup Championship in the ECHL, the Colorado Avalanche affiliate Colorado Eagles have made the Calder Cup Playoffs and are in a heated first round battle with the Bakersfield Condors (the Edmonton Oilers affiliate). Through the first two games that were played over the past weekend, the Eagles took one of the two games at home in the best-of-five series and will now hope to win two of three games in Bakersfield to try and close out the series.
And yes, the AHL playoffs start with a five-game series in the first round scheduled as two on the road then three at home (AAHHH) for the higher seeded team.