GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Having finished off a 4-1 series victory over the Chicago Wolves with last night’s 5-2 win in Game 5 of the Central Division Finals, the Grand Rapids Griffins will continue their quest for a second Calder Cup championship by facing the San Jose Barracuda in the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals.
The Griffins, who’ve defeated the Central Division’s regular season champion in consecutive postseasons (including Milwaukee in 2016), now turn their sights on the Barracuda, whose 0.699 points percentage during the 2016-17 campaign led both the Pacific Division and the Western Conference and fell just 0.