Conference finals

[Victor 10,937]

Tis the last few hours of Sunday. The playoffs are in full swing. There's a bit of familiarity between our four conference finalists. Seattle vs Toronto – that's now the 2nd most common playoff match-up in VHL history. After a 10-season break after the Bears' win in S83, these two teams meet for the 19th time in S94. The Legion already have a 10-8 historical lead, 8 of which came by S51. The Bears have been fighting back in recent decades but are up against it this season with their backs against the wall heading into Game 5.
 

And Riga vs Moscow? That's a match-up which wasn't possible before S65 but has rapidly climbed the ranks with this being their 9th meeting – the clear-cut leader among match-ups featuring expansion teams. Quite impressively, all but 2 of these meetings have been in the conference finals, including a 4-season streak from S69 to S72 – these two don't mess about and only meet at the highest level of the European Conference. It was tied at 4 apiece before S94 so extra bragging rights are up for grabs here.