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TORONTO -- The Toronto Marlies will be logging plenty of air miles in the next round of the AHLs Calder Cup playoffs. After making easy work of the close-to-home Rochester Americans in the first round, sweeping them in the best-of-five series, the Marlies will face B.C.s Abbotsford Heat in the Western Conference semifinals. If the best-of-seven series goes the distance, the Marlies could end up travelling some 6,000 kilometres across the country. Thats a big change from the short drive between Toronto and Rochester. But Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins says he wont make too many changes to the teams gameplan. "Were going about our business the same way with Rochester," said Eakins. "The only thing I spoke to them about was the fuel theyre putting in their body. I think its going to be a way more physical series and there will be a hell of a lot of travel." While success against the sixth-seeded Americans came easier than originally anticipated, the fourth-seeded Heat will present a bigger challenge. Abbotsford (42-26-8) also swept the Milwaukee Admirals in the first round and, dating back to the regular season, have gone 11-1-1 in their last 13 games, including two wins over Toronto two weeks ago. "Theyre probably the best team we saw in the last 20 games of the year," said Eakins. "They have big physical forwards and one thing different than Rochester is they have more offence to give. "(Clay) Wilson and (Brian) Connelly can put up a ton of points and they are big D-men who can play a shut-down game. I expect a six or seven game series and a few games to go extra long." Toronto (44-24-8) is the second seed and will host Game 1 on Tuesday night at Ricoh Coliseum. The Marlies split the season series with Abbotsford at two wins apiece with both clubs earning their victories on home ice. Matt Frattin led Toronto offensively with four goals in just three games played but he isnt certain that his regular-season success will have any effect on the upcoming series. "Playoff hockey is so tough to get offensive chances so I just try to put the puck on the net," said the 24-year-old. "You want to play hard, create space and be physical. Make them know that every time they touch the puck youre going to hit them. That will create scoring chances." Krys Kolanos, who was Abbotsfords regular-season scoring leader, was expected to produce in his clubs opening round and he did so with four goals and eight points. Toronto, on the other hand, received their offence from a less familiar player in Jerry DAmigo. The 21-year-old sophomore scored 15 times in 76 regular-season games but currently leads all playoff scorers with five goals, including two-game winners. "Just getting that first one out of the way got my confidence back and that was key," said DAmigo, who registered a goal in all three games against the Americans. "When youre the guy that scores the game winners it feels good and you want to keep doing it. I just got to do the same things I did last series, taking the body out and things like that. Stuff I should have been doing all year." Torontos lineup will be identical to the one that eliminated Rochester except for two major changes. "Jesse Blackers cleared to play and Carter Ashton we still have shut down with a concussion," said Eakins. Blacker missed the final seven games of the regular season as well as all of the first round with an upper-body injury and will likely take the place of Stuart Percy on the blue-line. Ashton left Game 2 against Rochester after being hit into the boards and hasnt been on the ice since. Marcel Mueller will take his place on the left side of the third line. nfl jerseys china wholesale cheap .R. 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DENVER -- The Calgary Flames broke out of their offensive doldrums in a big way. Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne had a goal and assist each, and Mike Cammalleri scored a power-play goal at 16:30 of the third period to lift Calgary to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. Sean Monahan also scored and Karri Ramo stopped 22 shots for the Flames, whose snapped a four-game skid with the offensive outburst. "It feels very good. Its been a tough little stretch for sure," Cammalleri said. "When things like that happen, its easy to get negative." Calgary came into the game having been shutout in three of its last four games. The Flames only goal since Dec. 23 came in a 4-1 loss to Philadelphia. "We wanted to come in and have fun and be loose a little. We had nothing to lose coming in here," TJ Galiardi said. "We wanted to string something together and this was a good place to start for us." Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and Paul Stastny had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who had won three straight coming into the game. The Avalanche may have lost more than the game. MacKinnon, who has four goals in the last two games, took a shot to the ankle late in the game and was visibly hurting. Colorado coach Patrick Roy said the rookie was going for an X-ray after the game. "He got the puck on the ankle at the end of the game," Roy said. "Well have more details tomorrow." The game was tied at 3-all when Colorado drew a bench minor for too many men on the ice. With Jamie McGinn in the penalty box, Hudler fed Cammalleri in front of goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere for the winner. Giguere finished with 15 saves. The Avalanche pulled Giguere for an extra skater with about a minute left but couldnt get a shot on net. Giguere said the Flames played with more intensity throughout the game. "They were hungrier," Giguere said. "They got, some would say, lucky bounces, but they created those bounces by going to the net, by creating traffic and thats how you score a goal in this game, in this league. Im not sure we were willing to do that in front of their net." Roy saw it differently than his goaltender. "We may not have had the jump that we should have, but Giggy should have been better," Roy said. ";He hasnt played well in the past four or five games and he should stand up and say, Im not playing up to what I should.dddddddddddd He needs to be better and we need to have him playing better. Period." After scoring just one goal in 240 minutes, the Flames scored twice in a span of 2:28 of the second period to take the lead. Colborne tied it when he tipped Galiardis shot from the point with 2:32 left in the frame. Hudler gave Calgary the lead when he battled for position in front of Giguere and then flicked a backhand through the goalies legs to make it 3-2. It was small consolation for Hudler, who was disappointed after he was left off the Czech National Team for next months Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "Right before the game we took a little walk with Jiri. He knows that people sit in the room, theres debate, you get picked, you dont get picked," Flames coach Bob Hartley said. "Obviously, everyone wants to be in the Olympics to represent their country so youre disappointed. But we saw that hes a pro." The Avalanche got a power play at the end of the period but couldnt capitalize. They tied it on Stastnys 12th goal of the season at 9:33 of the third. The Flames took a 1-0 lead just 1:08 into the game. Monahan took a shot from the right circle that Giguere saved, but the rebound went off McGinn and into the net. It was Calgarys second goal in the last five games and its first lead since beating St. Louis two weeks ago. The celebration didnt last. MacKinnon tied it on the power play six minutes later when his shot from the side of the crease went off Ramo and through the goaltenders legs into the net. The Flames took a bench minor for too many men on the ice, MacKinnon struck again. Stastny sent him a pass to the slot and MacKinnon buried it to make it 2-1 at 14:32 of the first. NOTES: Colorados Gabriel Landeskog extended his points streak to seven games with his 100th assist. ... Avalanche D Nate Guenin (ankle) was out after getting hit with a puck Saturday. Tyson Barrie took his place in the lineup. ... Flames RW David Jones was a scratch. He has one assist in his last 15 games. ... Colorado D Ryan Wilson was sent to Lake Erie of the AHL for a two-week conditioning assignment. Wilson has missed 22 games with a back injury but has been a healthy scratch for the last two games. ' ' '
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