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A season that almost never happened, that started two months later than everyone else, has Fort Wayne Komets on the brink of winning the 2021 ECHL Kelly Cup. The Komets, one of the most storied franchises in minor league hockey, can clinch their first ECHL championship tonight with another win, as they lead the South Carolina Stingrays 2-1 in the best-of-5 series.

History is on the line when Game 1 of the ECHL Kelly Cup Finals gets underway exclusively on FloHockey at 7:05 PM on Friday night.

On June 30, WCHA president and men’s Commissioner Bill Robertson will complete his final contract. From that point on the Men’s WCHA, the granddaddy of college hockey circuits will cease to exist after 70 years of play. Robertson, on the other hand, has emerged from a nearly untenable two-year stint as a lame-duck commissioner to take over as president and commissioner of the USHL, America’s premier junior league. FloHockey’s Tim Rappleye caught up with the immensely popular commissioner to hear his tale of surviving and thriving.

The No. 1-seeded Allen Americans and No. 3-seeded Fort Wayne Komets are tied one game apiece in the ECHL’s Western Conference Finals, but the recent return of defenseman Philip Beaulieu gives the Americans an extra advantage as the series continues.

With the Conference Finals underway, the field of postseason MVPs is winding down and emerging stars are mixing with veterans to carry their team’s playoff push forward.

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This past Sunday, the hockey world celebrated the five-goal mark: The Vegas Golden Knights exploded for five goals to even up their Stanley Cup series with Colorado; the storied Montreal Canadiens woke the echoes with five goals to put a stranglehold on their series with Winnipeg; and in Erie, Pennsylvania, undrafted junior player Brendan Hoffman fired in five goals by himself for his makeshift club Instat in the inaugural PBHH Invitational.