Riga vs Toronto Trivia!

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Three of the most common playoff match-ups in VHL history have taken place in Season 95. Riga beat Davos in their 21^st match-up of all time, Toronto got the best of Seattle in their 20^th, and Seattle's wildcard victory over Calgary was the pair's 19^th meeting in the post-season.

 

Riga vs Toronto is a throwback final too which puts that match-up in the joint 3^rd most common intercontinental meeting. Riga and Toronto first contested two straight finals in S9 and S10 and after a short break Riga made it 2-1 in cups between them in S16. Then in S51, the Reign stopped the Legion's fourpeat in Game 7 of the famous Cleganebowl and they met most recently in S65, the last of the single conference days, when Toronto upset Riga en route to a second straight championship.

 

Excluding that S65 semi-final match-up, every Toronto vs Riga final before then had gone the distance to 7 games. We could be in for another classic!

 

Finally, the Reign make it back to the finals for the first time since their last championship in S72, ending the fourth-longest finals drought of all time. Toronto actually ended their own drought with the S91 Continental Cup, while Davos' slump ended in S87 before the cup drought itself ended in S89. It's good to see these historic franchises back on top and hopefully New York's time will come soon as well.