While the Dallas Stars are fervently preparing for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, their AHL counterpart is chugging right along.
On Thursday night, the Stanley Cup Final ended, leaving the AHL as the sole professional hockey league still in play. The Calder Cup Finals started on June 2 and plotted the two conference champions against each other.
The Toronto Marlies, who owned the best regular season record in the AHL, championed in the East. But in the West, the Texas Stars embraced the underdog role and surpassed the odds to win the conference.
It had been one crazy ride for Texas up to the beginning of the finals.