NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- After a three day wait, the Norfolk Admirals finally learned the next hurdle on their hopeful run to a Kelly Cup on Wednesday night.
The Admirals will take on the Adirondack Thunder in the ECHL's Northern Division finals beginning Friday night. Norfolk will host games three, four and five of the series at the Scope. The winner of the best-of-seven set moves onto the Eastern Conference Finals.
Jeff Carr's Admirals won their first playoff series since 2014 over Trois-Rivieres, 4-2, clinching the set this past Sunday with a 4-3 win in Game 6. Now they get their crack at the top team in the Eastern Conference, but one they handled relatively well during the regular season. Norfolk went 5-3 against the Thunder, including four wins on Adirondack's home ice.
The Thunder topped Maine, 2-0, in Wednesday night's division semifinals Game 7 to punch their ticket to round two.
Adirondack finished the season with 97 points (43-18-7-4), while the Admirals wrapped up with 89 (41-21-6-1), but with three less games played. Norfolk had three match-ups scheduled against the Newfoundland Growlers to wrap up the regular season, but those contests were cancelled after Newfoundland's ECHL membership was terminated on April 2.
Below is the schedule for the upcoming series:
Friday, May 3- Norfolk @ Adirondack- 7:00
Saturday, May 4- Norfolk @ Adirondack- 7:00
Wednesday, May 8- Adirondack @ Norfolk- 7:05
Friday, May 10- Adirondack @ Norfolk- 7:05
Saturday, May 11- Adirondack @ Norfolk- 7:05*
Tuesday, May 14- Norfolk @ Adirondack- 7:00*
Wednesday, May 15- Norfolk @ Adirondack- 7:00*
