Phantoms Will Face Providence In First Round of 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs
Phantoms and Bruins are very familiar to each other after playing a back-loaded regular season series.

Phantoms Will Face Providence In First Round of 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs

Tony Androckitis

Tony Androckitis

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ALLENTOWN - After weeks of waiting to find out their opponent in the opening round of the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms now know who they'll be facing in the Atlantic Division Semifinals - and it's quite a familiar foe.

With Charlotte defeating Bridgeport on Sunday, the Providence Bruins are locked into the fourth seed in the Atlantic Division and will play the Phantoms in the opening round best-of-five series.

Lehigh Valley went 4-1-1 against Providence this season, with five of the six regular season meetings coming in a three-week span from March 17th to April 8th.

The Phantoms elected to play the first two games of the series on the road, which has them hosting Games 3, 4 and 5. Full schedule below.

Atlantic Division Semifinals Schedule

Lehigh Valley (1st-Atlantic) vs. Providence (4th-Atlantic)

Game 1: Friday, April 20th: Lehigh Valley at Providence - 7:05 p.m. ET Game 2: Saturday, April 21st: Lehigh Valley at Providence - 7:05 p.m. ET Game 3: Friday, April 27th: Providence at Lehigh Valley 7:05 p.m. ET Game 4: Saturday, April 28th: Providence at Lehigh Valley (if necessary) Game 5: Monday, April 30th: Providence at Lehigh Valley - (if necessary)

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