CLEVELAND – By virtue of a three-games-to-none sweep of the Rockford IceHogs in the Central Division Semi-Finals, Cleveland’s Lake Erie Monsters advanced to the second round of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, where they will take on the Grand Rapids Griffins in a best-of-seven series. The two teams will drop the puck at The Q for Game 1 of the Central Division Finals on Thursday, May 5th at 7:00 pm. The Monsters will hold home-ice advantage in the 2-2-1-1-1 series format.
The Monsters’ second round schedule with Grand Rapids is as follows:
Game 1 – Thursday, May 5th – Monsters vs.