The Canucks become the first Canadian team to win the Calder Cup since the Toronto Marlies did it in 2017-18.

Linus Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on Monday night to win their first Calder Cup championship.

Linus Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 to win their first Calder Cup championship ...

Linus Karlsson scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 to win their first Calder Cup championship. Sammy Blais and Danila ...

Also, Abbotsford became the eighth Canadian franchise to win the Calder Cup, and the first since the Toronto Marlies won it all in 2018.

The Charlotte Checkers won in overtime against the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday night to return their AHL Calder Cup finals series to Charlotte. Game 6 is set for Monday in at Bojangles Coliseum.

Abbotsford won Game 3 6-1 and took Game 4 3-2. Only one Canadian team has won the Calder Cup in the previous 11 A-H-L seasons — the 2017-18 Toronto Marlies.

The Athletic's Richard Deitsch offers several reasons why the TV audience in the U.S. for the Stanley Cup Final has been depressed.

The Charlotte Checkers defeated the Abbotsford Canucks in overtime of Game 2 in a best-of-seven Calder Cup Finals AHL playoff series at Bojangles Coliseum.

A record crowd saw Mike Benning’s power-play goal in overtime lift the Checkers to a 3-2 win against the Abbotsford Canucks in their AHL Calder Cup Finals series at Bojangles Coliseum.