MONDAY’S SCORES:
Game 7 – HAMILTON 2, Manitoba 1 (3OT) (HAM wins series, 4-3)

MONDAY’S THREE STARS:
1. Hamilton forward Dustin Boyd scored six seconds into the third overtime period to end the longest Game 7 in AHL history and give the Bulldogs a 2-1 win over Manitoba to conclude the North Division Finals.

Every game day from now until the end of the Calder Cup Playoffs, the AHL Morning Skate takes a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League.

Glens Falls, NY - It took sixty five minutes of hockey plus a shootout to decide the matchup between the Hamilton Bulldogs (26-13-1-4) and the Adirondack Phantoms (13-27-2-3), ultimately Hamilton won it 4-3. While it was a lengthy game it was a quick game, there was not a single penalty called on either team in regulation or overtime. Some wondered if referee Jeff Smith ever brought his whistle?

Glens Falls, NY - The Western Conference Hamilton Bulldogs (12-3-1-3) and Eastern Conference Adirondack Phantoms (3-15-2-0) locked up in a fight filled and bad blooded contest that eventually led to a 3-2 loss for the struggling Phantoms (1-13-2 in their last 16 games).

Montreal, PQ - In a battle of the Western Conference versus the Eastern Conference of the AHL the high flying Hamilton Bulldogs (36-14-3-5) put away the Adirondack Phantoms (26-27-2-2) by the score of 5-0 in front of 15,529 rowdy and raucous fans at the Bell Center (CentreBell) in Montreal.