Not bad for a first-year team in the AHL. With them being members of a development league, I have a feeling they aren’t the first franchise to pull this off and the four former IHL teams having good fortunes don’t count.
Today they hit the magic number by blowing away the Chicago Wolves 5-0. Their skill and good luck held pretty well on the road. The previous two games were victories in OT. Besides, Chicago is the team to beat in the West Division should they have a prayer in eventually facing the Eastern Conference champ. I’m confident Chris Chelios being away trying to help the Atlanta Thrashers make the NHL playoffs was a contributing factor.
Tomorrow, Jeremy and I will be working with our AE to get dibs on our seats for the first two games. Now we must wait to see if the Stars keep winning to attain the home-ice advantage in the first round.