Coachella Valley won back-to-back Western Conference titles with a 5-2 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday night.
The Firebirds take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Thursday at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Cale Fleury opened the scoring 31 seconds into Game 3 – the second game in a row in which Coachella Valley scored in the first minute – and Ryker Evans again Ryan Winterton scored to give the Firebirds a 3-0 lead at the first break.
Max McCormick scored his fifth goal of the playoffs 1:34 into the second, too Chris Driedger he did the rest with a 31-save effort to lead the Firebirds to their ninth straight victory.
Marc Del Gaizo again Fedor Svechkov scored against Milwaukee in Game 3. Troy Grosenick finished with 20 saves.
(Coachella Valley leads series, 3-0)
Game 1 – Wed., May 29 – COACHELLA VALLEY 2, Milwaukee 1
Game 2 – Friday, May 31 – COACHELLA VALLEY 3, Milwaukee 1
Game 3 – Tue., June 4 – Coachella Valley 5, MILWAUKEE 2
Game 4 – Thursday, June 6 – Coachella Valley at Milwaukee, 8:00 p.m
*Game 5 – Sat., June 8 – Coachella Valley at Milwaukee, 7:00
*Game 6 – Mon., June 10 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*Game 7 – Wed., June 12 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00
*if necessary… All times in Mpumalanga
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