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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … An official scoring correction made by the American Hockey League on Monday has given Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rookie Alex Goligoski his 26th point of the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs, the most ever by an AHL defenseman in a single postseason.

Goligoski should have been credited with an assist on the first Penguins goal in Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Chicago in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals. The AHL has reviewed the video and adjusted the scoring appropriately. Goligoski now shows two assists for Sunday’s game and six points (1g, 5a) in the first two games of the series, figuring in on all six of his team’s goals in the Finals.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Games 1 and 2 of the 2008 Calder Cup Finals series between the Chicago Wolves and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be televised live on NHL Network in the United States and Canada.

The AHL’s 72nd championship series begins tonight at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. The Wolves are the top affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers, and the Penguins are the top affiliate of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.

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ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Marlies finally ran out of miracles on Friday.

The Chicago Wolves abruptly shut down Toronto’s extended post-season run as they used power play goals to rally from a 2-0 deficit to claim a 4-2 victory and a berth in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup championship series. Chicago right-winger Darren Haydar snapped a 2-2 tie late in regulation for the game-winner at suburban Allstate Arena as the Wolves captured the AHL Western Conference championship series 4-1.

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The Chicago Wolves will square off against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Finals, which begin at the Allstate Arena on Thursday. The Wolves, who last won the Cup in 2002, have now made three trips to the Finals in seven years since joining the American Hockey League in 2001. Chicago has reached the league finals six times in its 14-year existence and captured three championships, including the International Hockey League’s Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000.

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If necessary, the Chicago Wolves will host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in Game 7 of the Calder Cup Finals at the Allstate Arena on Thu., June 12, at 7 p.m. The complete schedule, which is Chicago’s sixth trip to a league Finals in the last 11 years, is as follows:

Game 1 (Home L) Allstate Arena Thu., May 29 7 p.m.

Game 2 (Home M) Allstate Arena Sun., June 1 3 p.m.

Game 3 Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Wed., June 4 6 p.m.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have won the Richard F. Canning Trophy as the AHL’s Eastern Conference champions for 2007-08, claiming the title with a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Portland Pirates at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday night.

The Penguins will be making their third Calder Cup Finals appearance all-time, and will face the Western Conference champion Chicago Wolves in the best-of-seven championship series beginning Thursday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.

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DALLAS - Dominant in the regular season, superb again in the post-season, the Detroit Red Wings are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals.

Just when the Red Wings lost consecutive games and were starting to look vulnerable, they bounced back strong in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, getting first-period goals from Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk and Dallas Drake on their way to knocking out the Dallas Stars 4-1 on Monday night.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Everybody in the NHL knew these Pittsburgh Penguins would be very good, and soon. How could a team with players as young and talented as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marc-Andre Fleury and Jordan Staal not be?

This good, this soon? This dominating, and this determined to succeed? Hardly.

The Penguins didn’t listen to all that speculation that a team built around so much youth needed another year or two to mature, gain experience and become wise with the ways of the NHL playoff world.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) -Everybody in the NHL knew these Pittsburgh Penguins would be very good, and soon. How could a team with players as young and talented as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marc-Andre Fleury and Jordan Staal not be?

This good, this soon? This dominating, and this determined to succeed? Hardly.

The Penguins didn’t listen to all that speculation that a team built around so much youth needed another year or two to mature, gain experience and become wise with the ways of the NHL playoff world.

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A proud member of the American Hockey League, the Toronto Marlies announced today that Leafs TV will air all home and away games of their Western Conference Final, best-of-seven series against the Chicago Wolves. Leafs TV will have an extensive pre-game show starting 30 minutes prior to game time for all Marlies home games.

The following are the confirmed dates, along with locations, and times for the Western Conference Finals between the Marlies and Wolves (all times eastern):

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