This post-season, many Blues fans were keeping their fingers crossed that the AHL farm team, the Springfield Thunderbirds, could pull off what the Blues could not. It certainly looked like a possibility, with the T’Birds making it to the Calder Cup final.
Unfortunately, those hopes were dashed last night with the Wolves’ 4-0 victory in game five. The Carolina Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate (and former Blues’ affiliate) took their first Cup since 2009. This was the Wolves’ first appearance in the Calder Cup Final since 2019, where they were defeated 4-1 by the then-affiliate of the Hurricanes, the Charlotte Checkers.