IceCaps Move On
By Fetch
The St. John’s IceCaps won their first round series of the Calder Cup playoffs tonight, knocking off the Syracuse Crunch in a sweep. The IceCaps, who are the 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, will begin their second round series on Tuesday. The opponent is pending completion of other first round series.
Derek Meech, who played 2 games with the Jets, scored the game winner in overtime, and was one of four different IceCaps who scored goals. Carl Klingberg, Raymond Sawada, and John Albert, who had 2 goals in the series after just 9 all season, had the others.
Also of note, 2011 first rounder Mark Scheifele had his first career AHL point with an assist.
Edward Pasquale made 27 saves in net for St. John’s