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CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Toronto Marlies led 3-0 late in the second and looked to be coasting to a huge 2-0 series lead, but the Charlotte Checkers did not go quietly into the night.

ST. JOHN'S, NFL - The Newfoundland Growlers did the unthinkable Saturday night. In their inaugural season, the team full of rookies (twelve on the current roster) eliminated the Eastern Conference's top team, the Florida Everblades, to advance to the Kelly Cup finals.

TULSA, Okla. - On Saturday afternoon, severe weather pounded Tulsa County with both heavy rain and strong winds, creating conditions that were volatile enough to garner tornado warnings.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Charlotte Checkers have been the best team all season, but they now face the defending champion Toronto Marlies in the East Final.  Toronto's postseason experience was on display in game one.

ST. JOHN'S, NFL - After a disappointing 5-4 loss to the Florida Everblades in game three Wednesday night, the Newfoundland Growlers were chomping at the bit for some revenge in game four Friday. 

TULSA, Okla. -- For the Tulsa Oilers on Friday night, forward Charlie Sampair was Superman, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk all rolled into one as he sniped in the game-winning goal in overtime to give his team a 2-1 victory and knotted their Western Conference Finals Series with the Toledo Walleye at two apiece.

The 2019 Western Conference Final features two teams who are relatively unfamiliar with one another - the Chicago Wolves and San Diego Gulls. In fact, the only two meetings ever between the two teams occurred last season when they split the series 1-1.

TULSA, Okla. - It has been said that sloppy wins count as much as the neat ones, and that was certainly the case as the Tulsa Oilers finally got into the win column of the ECHL Western Conference Finals with a 4-1 victory over the Toledo Walleye at home in the BOK Center in front of 3,573.

The Newfoundland Growlers fought back from two two-goal deficits to tie the game early in the third period. However, it was the lack of control in their own zone all contest long that doomed them.

The introduction of Bruce Ramsay as the 14th head coach comes just five days before the three-year anniversary of Malcolm Cameron's introduction to the same role.