In the end, they made it look pretty easy. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Chicago Blackhawks conquered their opponents, including fatigue, to win the East and West over the weekend. The Calder Cup finals, off to a seesawing start, returns to Utica for Game 6, in which the Comets have the chance to end the chase with a home win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Tuesday night.
The Oshawa Generals beat the Kelowna Rockets to the Memorial Cup on Sunday night, and the Allen Americans are down by one to the South Carolina Stingrays but keep the home-ice advantage in Game 2 of their Kelly Cup pursuit.