The biggest news of the day was the absences of a few key players for both teams — for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms it was the regular season MVP Phil Varone, and for the Providence Bruins it was Peter Cehlarik, who scored 2 goals in game 2, and Ryan Fitzgerald, who scored 2 goals in game 1.
1st period
The puck was dropped… and a whistle. Just four seconds in the puck got chipped over the glass and we had our second faceoff of the game.