Marlies eliminated from Calder Cup playoffs following loss to Checkers

Marlies-Keefe-stands-on-bench

Toronto Marlies head coach Sheldon Keefe stands on his team's bench. (Toronto Marlies)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Toronto Marlies will not be repeating as Calder Cup champions.

Morgan Geekie scored 1:52 into double overtime as the Charlotte Checkers edged Toronto 4-3 on Sunday in Game 6 of the American Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final.

Charlotte won the best-of-seven series 4-2 and will face either the San Diego Gulls or Chicago Wolves in the AHL final.

Patrick Brown scored twice in regulation time for the Checkers, while Clark Bishop added a short-handed goal.

Dmytro Timashov, Andreas Borgman and Calle Rosen all scored in the second period for the Marlies, the AHL affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 43 saves for the win and Kasimir Kaskisuo stopped 32 shots for Toronto.

The Marlies beat the Texas Stars in seven games to win last season’s Calder Cup.

[relatedlinks]

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.