AHL Playoff Preview: Colorado Eagles at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 5/16/2025

Game 1: Colorado Eagles at Abbotsford Canucks

Venue Abbotsford Centre
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 7:00 pm PDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Colorado Eagles News & Notes

The Eagles beat the San Jose Barracuda in four games to advance to the next round. They averaged 3.3 goals per game while allowing two goals per game. Trent Miner is posting a 1.96 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage. They went 2-4-1-1 against the Canucks in the regular season, averaging 2.6 goals per game.

Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes

The Canucks handled the defending Western Conference champion Firebird to reach this series. In the Calder Cup Playoffs, they are averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing two goals per game. Arturs Silovs is posting a 1.74 goals-against average, a .935 save percentage, and two shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo appeared in one game in the playoffs, stopping 21 of the 23 shots he faced. They went 6-2-0-0 in the regular season against the Eagles, averaging 3.5 goals per game.

Colorado Eagles Projected Lines:

Felhaber-Megna-Phillips
Ivan-Tynan-Wagner
Foudy-Wise-Polin
Bradley-Senden-Olausson

Aarmodt-Rosen
Ludvig-MacDonald
Ahcan-Stephens

Miner
Mandolese  

Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines

Bains-Sasson-Lekkerimaki
Di Giuseppe-Mueller-Karlsson
Blais-Khaira-Smith
Nielsen-Wouters-Kambeitz

Brisebois-McWard
Arntsen-Mancini
Hirose-Kudrayavtsev

Silovs
Tolopilo

Players To Watch:

Colorado Eagles

Jayson Megna, Matthew Phillips, and Tye Felhaber lead the team in points with six. Felhaber and Megna lead in goals with three apiece. Phillips leads the team in assists with five. Phillips, Felhaber, Calle Rosen, and Wyatt Aamodt lead the team in plus/minus as they are all plus-fours.    

Abbotsford Canucks

Sammy Blais leads the team in points and assists with eight points and five assists. Blais also is tied for the team lead in goals with Phillip Di Giuseppe and Linus Karlsson, they have three. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-six.   

Next Game

Game 2: Sunday, May 18 at Abbotsford Centre

ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again – Inside The Rink

Join Chris and Conrad as they break down the Florida Panthers winning back-to-back Stanley Cups, Trevor Zegras traded to the Philadelphia Flyers, the AHL Calder Cup winning Abbotsford Canucks, and the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft!

1. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
2. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10
3. ITR 42: Ripe For Repeat? 29:05
4. ITR 41: Stanley Cup Final – The Rematch 46:47
5. ITR 40: Headed For A Repeat? 32:22