The Checkers, who advanced to the third round of the Calder Cup Playoffs by completing a four-game sweep of the Hershey Bears on Wednesday, will begin the series by hosting Games 1 and 2 at Bojangles' Coliseum on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, respectively.
A full series schedule can be found below:
| GAME | DAY | DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| 1 2 3 4 5* 6* 7* |
Friday Saturday Tuesday Thursday Friday Sunday Tuesday |
May 17 May 18 May 21 May 23 May 24 May 26 May 28 |
7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. |
Bojangles' Coliseum Bojangles' Coliseum Toronto Toronto Toronto Bojangles' Coliseum Bojangles' Coliseum |
Individual tickets for all four scheduled home games are on sale now through Ticketmaster and the Bojangles’ Coliseum box office. All third-round home games will feature concession specials including $2 hot dogs, popcorn and domestic draught beer as well as select craft draught beer for $4. Further information, including “Pay-as-we-Play” package pricing, is available at gocheckers.com/playoffs.
This marks the first-ever playoff meeting between the Checkers and the defending champion Marlies, the North Division’s No. 3 seed which is a perfect 7-0 in the playoffs following sweeps of the Rochester Americans and Cleveland Monsters. The regular-season champion Checkers, which tonight improved to 7-1 in the postseason, went 1-1-2 against the Marlies during the regular-season series. All four games took place in a three-week span between Dec. 31 and Jan. 20.