It’s the fourth time in five years that Toronto has swept their opposition in the first round.
Some notes to tie off the first round:
– While it was a sweep, the eighth seed provided maybe a little tougher competition than most predicted. Bridgeport opened the scoring and held a first period lead in game one before being taken apart in the following 20 minutes. Then there was game three in Toronto, where the visitors opportunistically surged out to a 4-1 advantage. Toronto’s slow starts were a theme in games one and three in particular, and Bridgeport held a 2-1 scoring advantage overall during the opening period of play.