Firebirds defeat Admirals 5-1, advance to Calder Cup Finals for second straight season
The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Milwaukee Admirals 5-1 and advance to the Calder Cup Finals for the second year in a row.
The Firebirds got out to a hot start scoring four goals from John Hayden, Jimmy Schuldt, and Devin Shore.
https://t.co/xeEcsldj9q pic.twitter.com/cqFtfETfpS
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 8, 2024
on the backhand 🔥
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 8, 2024
we lead 2-0! https://t.co/ag0IdG1kPS pic.twitter.com/phNwfx8bso
a little tic-tac-toe action to give us a 3-0 lead! https://t.co/qkD6WP6N3r pic.twitter.com/KHr8chzQiD
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 8, 2024
right place, right time for Shoresy to make it 4-0 🔥 https://t.co/xjmeuh6WBf pic.twitter.com/LdFycmeFnh
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 8, 2024
The Admirals struck first in the second period, but John Hayden completed the hat trick to increase the Firebirds lead to four.
we like to call this one a stop, block and GOAL 😎
— y - Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 9, 2024
5-1 CV heading into the 3rd! https://t.co/NtxECs9z5w pic.twitter.com/pswjEGfTuW
Firebirds goalie Chris Driedger started in net and had 32 saves.
Coachella Valley will have to wait to see who they play in the Calder Cup Finals as the birds will play the winner of the Hershey Bears and Cleveland Monsters series.
