The Toronto Marlies are going to the Calder Cup Final. After sweeping the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to win the Eastern Conference, they now face the Western Conference champion Texas Stars. The series starts this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. EDT at Ricoh Coliseum.
It’s the Marlies first trip to the Calder Cup Final since 2012. Let’s take a quick trip down memory lane and reminisce about that Marlies team, and the infamous Game 3 against the Norfolk Admirals.
The 2011-12 Marlies were coached by Dallas Eakins. With Ron Wilson having been fired by the Leafs a few months earlier, and a general disdain for him in the fan-base, Eakins was talked up into legendary status by the hoi polloi on blogs as a as Wilson’s replacement because of his success that season with the Marlies.