Recap, Game 1: Mersch, Weal, O'Neill Keep on Rolling

Manchester's big line combines for seven points, and Weal sets up Mersch for the overtime winner.

Goals scored by the Manchester Monarchs in the playoffs: 56

At this point, why not just let those three score all the goals? It worked in Game One, as Mersch scored twice and O'Neill chipped in once to lead Manchester to an overtime win in their first Calder Cup Finals game. Just take a peek at the winner:

The Monarchs controlled nearly the entire game in Utica's end, but after Jacob Markstrom had stopped 34 of 36 shots, Weal decided to use a more direct approach than the territorial one Manchester had employed. Weal started at his own blueline, dashed down the ice, and got the puck to the near…