The American Hockey League has announced its playoff schedule for the 2018 Calder Cup.

The Manitoba Moose will face off against the 2017 Calder Cup champion Grand Rapids Griffins in a best-of-five series beginning at Bell MTS Place on Saturday April 21st.

Puckdrop from Saturday's afternoon contest will be 2:00 P.M. central time. Game two will go the following day, also in Winnipeg in another 2:00 P.M. matinee, Sunday.

Grand Rapids finished the 2017-18 just above Manitoba in the Central Division with 42 wins and 93 points. Manitoba can add to their 41 wins and 93 points Sunday afternoon, as they close out their regular season in Chicago against the Wolves.

Although beginning the series in Manitoba with the first two games, Grand Rapids will be the host of the final three games, thus giving home ice advantage to the Griffins.

Tickets for the series' first two games are available for purchase at moosehockey.com/tickets.

The full series schedule is listed below:

GAME	DATE	DAY	TIME (CT)	VENUE
Game 1	APRIL 21, 2018	SATURDAY	2 P.M.	BELL MTS PLACE
Game 2	APRIL 22, 2018	SUNDAY	2 P.M.	BELL MTS PLACE
Game 3	APRIL 25, 2018	WEDNESDAY	6 P.M.	VAN ANDEL ARENA
Game 4*	APRIL 26, 2018	THURSDAY	6 P.M.	VAN ANDEL ARENA
Game 5*	APRIL 30, 2018	MONDAY	6 P.M.	VAN ANDEL ARENA

*If necessary

By Carter Brooks

Photo by Jeff Miller