Alex Lyon (Yale) stopped all 28 shots he faced, and Andrew Poturalski (New Hampshire) again contributed a goal and an assist as the Chicago Wolves clinched the 2022 Calder Cup as American Hockey League champions.
Jack Drury (Harvard) had two assists in Chicago's 4-0 win at Springfield on Saturday evening, while David Gust (Ohio State) scored a goal for the visiting Wolves. Charlie Lindgren (St. Cloud State) stopped 26 of 29 shots in defeat for the Eastern Conference champion Thunderbirds.
Chicago rebounded from an opening-game loss in the final with four straight victories, including three in Massachusetts, to win the best-of-seven series, four games to one. It was the first Calder Cup awarded since 2019, with the AHL's postseason competition canceled the past two seasons due to COVID-19.
Drury finished third among all Calder Cup Playoff scorers this spring with 24 points, on nine goals and 15 assists, while Poturalski was right behind him with 8-15—23 points. Lyon finished 9-3-0 in net with a 2.03 goals-against average and two shutouts in 12 playoff appearances.
It is the third Calder Cup in Wolves' history, with the previous ones coming in 2002 and 2008. Chicago, which began play in 1994 as a member of the now-defunct International Hockey League, also won the Turner Cup as IHL champs in both 1998 and 2000.
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