UTICA, NY – The Monarchs won the franchise’s first ever Calder Cup championship with a 2-1 win over the Comets at the Utica Memorial Auditorium on Saturday night. The win in Game 5 secured the club’s first Calder Cup in its first trip to the finals.
Patrik Bartosak stopped 31 of 32 shots to earn the victory in just the second playoff start of his career as a pro.
Adrian Kempe and Vincent LoVerde accounted for all of Manchester’s scoring, with both goals coming in the first 13:09 of the game.
Kempe put the Monarchs on the board first at 10:02 in the opening period.