Chirps from Center Ice

Yeah, yeah, yeah, they speak primarily English in the great province of Ontario and not French, but it fits here.

The Toronto Marlies score two goals on the road late in the third period of Game 5 to stun the Cleveland Monsters 3-2 and will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will meet the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins after the Penguins dispatched the Springfield Thunderbirds Saturday night.

Here’s the schedule….

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More to get into, of course, and we will in due time. The teams met just twice in the regular season with Toronto beating the Pens 4-3 in overtime in November and the Pens returning the favor with a 4-3 regulation win in Toronto in March. Wilkes-Barre blew a 3-0 third period lead in November and lost in overtime and nearly let slip a 4-1 lead heading into the third back in March but hung on to win in regulation.

(Au Nord De La Frontière translates to, “north of the border” in case you were wondering)