Whether a historic season for the franchise ends in another deep-but-just-short playoff run or the team’s first-ever Calder Cup championship — and the city’s first professional men’s hockey trophy since 1967 — comes down to this. It doesn’t get much better than Game 7 for the Cup.
Keys to the Game
– The Marlies have dictated the play for most of the series so far — especially in Game 6 — and need to make sure that their high-possession style of play isn’t of the variety that is warming the goalie up more than testing him to the fullest.