Montour, Ducks Into Conference Final

Former Tilbury resident and Chatham-Kent Cyclones alumni Brandon Montour helped the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks advance to the Western Conference Finals, eliminating the Edmonton Oilers in game 7 of their series Wednesday night. They open their Western Conference series tonight.

Montour assisted on Andrew Cogliano’s second period game tying goal of Anaheim’s 2-1 win over Edmonton Wednesday in the deciding game 7.

Montour has 5 assists through 11 playoff games to this point, after splitting the regular season between the Anaheim Ducks and their AHL farm team, the San Diego Gulls.

Anaheim will now face the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference final. Nashville eliminated the St. Louis Blues.

Anaheim and Nashville open their best-of-seven series Friday, May 12 at 9pm Eastern Time.