Calder Cup Game 1 Preview: Abbotsford Canucks at Charlotte Checkers with Line Combinations 6/13/2025

Game 1: Abbotsford Canucks at Charlotte Checkers

Venue Bojangles Coliseum
Date: Friday, June 13
Time: 7:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks enter the Calder Cup Finals having beaten the Tuscon Roadrunners in three games, then Coachella Valley in four games before beating the Colorado Eagles in five games. They just beat the Texas Stars in six games to make the Finals. They are 12-4-2, averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game. Arturs Silovs is posting a 1.94 goals-against average, a .929 save percentage, and five shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo, in his lone game, allowed two goals on 23 shots.

Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers advanced to the Finals by beating the Providence Bruins in five games before sweeping the Hershey Bears, then the Laval Rocket in the Eastern Conference Finals. Charlotte has won eight straight games. They are an impressive 10-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.73 goals-against average, a .928 save percentage, and a shutout.

Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines

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

Brisebois-Kudryavtsev
Wolanin-Mancini
Hirose-Woo

Silovs
Tolopilo

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Sourdif-Lockwood
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Bezeau-Entwistle-Puljujarvi

Bjornfot-Hovorka
Carrick-Benning
Kiersted-Alscher

Kahkonen
Appleby

Players To Watch:

Abbotsford Canucks

Linus Karlsson leads the team in points and goals with 17 points and nine goals. Arshdeep Bains leads in assists with 11. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a +13. 

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with ten points and six goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with six. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a +13.

Next Game

Game 2: Sunday, June 15 at Bojangles Coliseum

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