Calder Cup Playoffs – Central Division Finals – Game 1 – Lake Erie Leads Series, 1-0
CLEVELAND - Oliver Bjorkstrand scored on a one-timer from the left circle at 12:23 of overtime on Thursday to give the Lake Erie Monsters a 3-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 1 of the Central Division Finals at Quicken Loans Arena.
The power play goal came 15 seconds after Tomas Nosek had broken his stick while blocking a shot from the point, and a subsequent backdoor pass from Alex Broadhurst slid past the skates of Nosek on the way to a wide-open Bjorkstrand, who blasted it into the near corner.