The Coachella Valley Firebirds beat the Ontario Reign 5-3 in Game 2 of the Pacific Division Finals Friday night at Acrisure Arena. Firebirds win 5-3. Very physical game. CV takes 2-0 lead on rival Reign in best-of-5 Pacific Division Finals. Highlights and reaction on @KESQ.— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) May 18, 2024 The Firebirds have a
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds beat the Ontario Reign 3-2 to start their Pacific Division Finals series on Wednesday. #FiredUp after Game 1🔥@Firebirds | #CVvsONT | #CalderCup pic.twitter.com/JobLBBiQjS— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) May 16, 2024 Check Out Our Firebirds Section for Full Coverage The Reign opened up scoring early in the 1st period. HO-LEE SMOKES!!! ANDRE
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds are advancing to the Pacific Division Finals! The Firebirds beat the Calgary Wranglers 3-0 in front of a raucous home crowd at Acrisure Arena. THE @Firebirds PREVAIL🧯#CalderCup pic.twitter.com/FnEydHOoK2— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) May 11, 2024 It wasn’t the high-scoring affair like on Wednesday, but the Firebirds got the job done. Cale
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds won Game 3 of the Calder Cup playoffs Wednesday by a score of 7-5 in an exciting game. The Firebirds are now up 2-1 in the series, with a chance to close it out Friday at home. Firebirds defeat the Wranglers 7-5, the most goals in a playoff game for Coachella
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The Firebirds defeated the Wranglers 4-3 in overtime to tie up the series. Scoreless in the first, the Firebirds get on the board first with a goal from Kole Lind. A POWER PLAY GOAL 🚨🔥we lead 1-0 pic.twitter.com/xj47Kkdvyp— y – Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) May 5, 2024 The Wranglers heated up in the third period
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds dropped game 1 of the second round of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Wranglers took Game 1 at home with a final score of 4-1. Check Out Our Firebirds Section for Continuing Coverage Two goals came in the second period. THE BIG MAN ‼️ pic.twitter.com/2d8LIxbfmL— x – Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers)
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds officially started their second run at the Calder Cup on Friday, kicking off the first playoff series on the road against the Calgary Wranglers. The Firebirds had a first-round bye, so it’s the beginning of the 2nd round of the playoffs. The Firebirds lost game 1 by a score of 4-1
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds will face a familiar foe in the Calgary Wranglers in the second round of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. The best-of-five series will start north of the border with the first two games in Calgary and the final three at Acrisure Arena in the Coachella Valley. SERIES SCHEDULE (BEST-OF-5) Friday, May
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds have been waiting in the wings this week after earning a first round bye in the Calder Cup playoffs by virtue of their Pacific Division regular season title. Can confirm, Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma isn't a fan of the first round bye. Well, let's just say he'd rather be playing,
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost in a shootout to the San Diego Gulls 4-3 in their final regular season game. Held scoreless in both the first and second period, the Firebirds heated up scoring three goals from Andrew Poutralski, Logan Morrison, and John Hayden. Tied at three a piece into the shootout, Coachella Valley failed
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego Gulls 5-4 in overtime in the final road game of the season. Scoreless in the first, Tucker Robertson got the scoring started to make the game 3-1. The Firebirds heated up in the third period with three goals from Jani Nyman and Shane Wright. Marian Studenic sealed
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds are celebrating their second straight trip to the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs. Fans were invited to the Ticketmaster box office to purchase tickets for the second-round home games. They also had the chance to have some fun, with music, food, and playoff merchandise. “It’s great for the desert. A lot of
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego Gulls 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Acrisure Arena. Down 1-0 in the second period, Cameron Hughes tied it up for his 25th goal of the year. In the third period, Jani Nyman gave the Firebirds the lead and scored his first AHL goal. Clinching
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Ontario Reign 3-1 at Acrisure Arena on Wednesday night. Firebirds do it! They defeat the Reign 3-1 and clinch the regular season Pacific Division crown, as well as a first round BYE in the Calder Cup Playoffs. CV has 97 points through 67 points this season. @KESQ pic.twitter.com/0sbmJ6O65x— Blake
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-1 at Acrisure Arena on Thursday night. Held scoreless in the first period, the Barracuda scored in the second period to take a 1-0 lead. Down 1-0 in the third period, Jacob Melanson got the scoring started for the Firebirds. Shortly after, Cameron Hughes tallied one
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They must’ve known something we didn’t when they picked the ‘Firebirds’ as this team’s name. The Coachella Valley Firebirds are on fire, figuratively and literally, which you could argue has been the case since their inception last season. Coachella Valley continued their winning ways Tuesday night, taking down the rival Wranglers 7-3 in Calgary at
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds are going to the playoffs! The @Firebirds have punched their ticket to the #CalderCup Playoffs. pic.twitter.com/IWfJ3yGdzD— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) March 23, 2024 The Firebirds clinched their spot in the 2024 Calder Cup playoffs thanks to a loss by the San Diego Gulls Friday night. San Diego lost thanks to a
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News Channel 3 is wishing Fuego a special Happy Birthday. As official media partners of the Coachella Valley Firebirds, the KESQ News Team wanted to be the first in wishing Fuego a Happy Birthday. Fuego’s official Birthday Bash was this Saturday, March 9 at Acrisure Arena. The first 6,500 fans in attendance received a ‘Fuego
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego Gulls on Friday by the final score of 5-1. Five different goal scorers helped the Firebirds to their 34th win of the season and extends their point streak to eight games. For the game’s full box score, click HERE. The victory moves Coachella Valley’s record to 34-13-5-3 and
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The first-place Firebirds continued their winning ways Wednesday night, taking down the San Jose Barracuda 4-1 at Acrisure Arena on KESQ Night. Drop the puck, don't drop the ball. @KESQ // @Firebirds pic.twitter.com/aH4CA0lNyv— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) February 29, 2024 CV was powered by two shorthanded goals, coming in the second period via Ryan Winteron and
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