The AHL released two different schedules for the 2024 Calder Cup Finals on Tuesday as the team competing from the East is still yet to be determined.
The Hershey Bears and Cleveland Monsters will complete the Eastern Conference Finals with a winner-takes-all Game 7 on Wednesday night. Whoever emerges victorious will play the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the championship series.
The Calder Cup Finals will begin on Friday, June 14 — regardless of what happens Wednesday night. If the Bears win Game 7, the series will start at Giant Center in Hershey. If the Monsters win, the Firebirds will host the Monsters at Acrisure Arena in Southern California.
The schedule if Hershey wins:
Hershey Bears vs. Coachella Valley Firebirds
Game 1 – Fri., June 14 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7:00
Game 2 – Sun., June 16 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 5:00
Game 3 – Tue., June 18 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 10:00
Game 4 – Thu., June 20 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*Game 5 – Sat., June 22 – Hershey at Coachella Valley, 9:00
*Game 6 – Mon., June 24 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 7 – Wed., June 26 – Coachella Valley at Hershey, 7:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
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The schedule if Cleveland wins:
Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. Cleveland Monsters
Game 1 – Fri., June 14 – Cleveland at Coachella Valley, 10:00
Game 2 – Sun., June 16 – Cleveland at Coachella Valley, 6:00
Game 3 – Tue., June 18 – Coachella Valley at Cleveland, 7:00
Game 4 – Thu., June 20 – Coachella Valley at Cleveland, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., June 22 – Coachella Valley at Cleveland, 7:00
*Game 6 – Mon., June 24 – Cleveland at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*Game 7 – Wed., June 26 – Cleveland at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*if necessary… All times Eastern
The Firebirds are already in Hershey. They traveled to Central Pennsylvania on Sunday and practiced at Hersheypark Arena on Monday after becoming Western Conference champions. The team’s coaching staff scouted both Eastern Conference teams at Game 6.
The 2024 #CalderCup Finals will get underway Friday night, with Game 1 in either Hershey or Coachella Valley.
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— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) June 11, 2024
