With their eighth straight win last night, the Firebirds entered rarefied air as they marched toward their second straight conference championship.
Only 12 teams in Calder Cup Playoff history have put together a longer postseason winning streak, most recently a 10-game streak by Toronto in 2018. The Hershey Bears set the standard with a perfect 12-0 playoff record in 1988.
“We definitely got the momentum in the room, the momentum in the building,” Andrew Poturalski he told the media after last night's 3-1 win in Game 2 against Milwaukee. “We got the job done on home ice but we still have a long way to go and we are not satisfied by any means. It takes four to win the series, we know that.”
Poturalski got the Firebirds on the board just 28 seconds into the game, following a performance of the newly crowned American Idol's electric national anthem. Abi Carter – a native of nearby Indio, Calif.
“It's rare to find a American Idol winner in the building,” Kole Lind said. “He sounded incredible, and it got us going. I know the boys were sent off the bench.”
― with files from Patrick Williams
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