The Fargo Force and Dubuque Fighting Saints will face off in the 2024 Clark Cup Finals as the top seeds from both the Eastern and Western Conferences.
The Fargo Force and Dubuque Fighting Saints will face off in the 2024 Clark Cup Finals as the top seeds from both the Eastern and Western Conferences.
Fargo advanced to the Clark Cup Finals after topping the Sioux City Musketeers in a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night. Fargo trailed 2-1 in the series before storming back with two straight shutout victories.
Meanwhile, the Dubuque Fighting Saints swept the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the Eastern Conference Finals in three consecutive games.
Fargo and Dubuque will be meeting in a 2013 Clark Cup Finals rematch. That season, the Fighting Saints finished as the top seed in the East and advanced to the Finals after winning the series against the Youngstown Phantoms in five games.
Likewise, the Force, the No. 2 seed in the West that year, knocked off top-seeded Sioux Falls in five games. Dubuque swept Fargo in three games to capture the organization's fifth Clark Cup championship.
Looking at this season, the Saints will have had eight days off between games, which could certainly play a factor in shaking off any rust.
However, if the two regular-season meetings between the two teams are a preview of what is to come, it should make for a very exciting series. Fargo won the first game, 4-0, in mid-October before Dubuque returned the favor with a 4-3 overtime victory in early November.
Here is the schedule for the 2024 Clark Cup Finals.
Game 1: Dubuque at Fargo (Friday, May 10 at 7:05 p.m. CST)
Game 2: Dubuque at Fargo (Saturday, May 11 at 6:05 p.m. CST)
Game 3: Fargo at Dubuque (Friday, May 17 at 7:05 p.m. CST)
Game 4*: Fargo at Dubuque (Saturday, May 18 at 7:05 p.m. CST)
Game 5*: Dubuque at Fargo (Tuesday, May 21 at 7:05 p.m. CST)
*If necessary
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