Solar Bears Advance to South Division Finals with 5-2 Win over Stingrays

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Jonne Tammela and Hunter Fejes posted three-point games to lead the Orlando Solar Bears (4-1) to a 5-2 victory over the South Carolina Stingrays (1-4) in Game 5 of the South Division Semifinals on Saturday night at North Charleston Coliseum to advance to the second round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. For the third time in the series, it was Solar Bears forward Tayler Thompson who broke a scoreless tie to give his team the first lead of the game, as ... Full Story

Monsters Defeat Crunch 5-1, Claim 2-0 Lead in North Division Semi-Final Series

SYRACUSE, NY - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters defeated the Syracuse Crunch in Game 2 of a best-of-five North Division Semi-Final series on Saturday at War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, NY by a final score of 5-1. With the win, the Monsters hold a 2-0 series edge on the Crunch as Game 3 looms at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Following a scoreless first period, Justin Scott put Cleveland on the board just 18 seconds into the middle frame with Ryan MacInnis picking up the lone helper. Syracuse tied the game at 12:36 of the second stanza courtesy of a Ross Colton... Full Story

Monarchs Advance to Second Round with 7-1 Victory

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Manchester Monarchs defeated the Adirondack Thunder, Saturday night at SNHU Arena, by a score of 7-1 and advanced to the North Division Finals. The Monarchs (4-1-0-0) scored five goals in the third period and sent the Thunder (1-3-1-0) home for the summer with a 7-1 victory. The Monarchs opened the scoring at 19:39 of the first period when Pierre-Luc Mercier scored his second goal of the playoffs. Nic Pierog took a shot that bounced to the left of the crease where Mercier found the puck and wristed it over the Thunder goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos, making the sco... Full Story

Woodpeckers Sweep Carolina in Doubleheader

After slipping in their last three contests to Carolina, Fayettevile took an eventual lead in the four-game home series by sweeping their first doubleheader of the season, 3-2 in Game One, and 6-3 in Game Two. The day was highlighted by Seth Beer's third home run of the year, and Bryan Abreu racking up eight more strikeouts on the season. In the day's first contest, the Mudcats took an early lead in the top of the first after an error by Woodpeckers second baseman Alfredo Angarita allowed Ryan Aguilar to sneak in for the first score of the game. The Woodpeckers down 1-0, got the offens... Full Story

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See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. Arizona Hotshots - Alliance of American Football (AAF)
2. Columbia Fireflies - South Atlantic League (SAL)
3. Mesquite Outlaws - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
4. Grand Rapids Griffins - American Hockey League (AHL)
5. High Point Rockers - Atlantic League (AtL)
6. Kansas City Mavericks - ECHL (ECHL)
7. Pittsburgh Defenders - American Arena League (AAL)
8. Wichita - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
9. Columbus Destroyers - Arena Football League (AFL)
10. Orlando Storm - World TeamTennis (WTT)

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Cuba - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
• Mesquite Outlaws - Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)
• Toronto - National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)
• Montreal - National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)
• Orlando Storm - World TeamTennis (WTT)
• Vegas Rollers - World TeamTennis (WTT)
• New Mexico Ice Wolves - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
• Maine Nordiques - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
• College Park Skyhawks - NBA G League (G League)
• Wichita - Pacific Coast League (PCL)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
ApL, AzFL, AzL, CalL, CarL, EL, FSL, GCL, IL, ML, MWL, NWL, NYPL, PCL, PL, SAL, SL, TL
College Wood Bat Baseball
Alaska, Cape Cod, Coastal Plain, FCBL, NECBL, Northwoods, PGCBL, Prospect, TCL, WCL
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, Can-Am, FL, PA, Pecos

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
G League, NBL Canada
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
AAL, AFL, CIF, IFL, NAL
Outdoor Football
AAF, CFL, XFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
NWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
MLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR
Other Women's
NPF, WTT

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NWSL