Twice as nice.

As the Florida Panthers get ready for the Stanley Cup Final on Monday, their AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, will now be awaiting their opponent for the Calder Cup Finals.

Showing off the excellence from the bottom of the organization all the way to the top, the Panthers and Checkers are the first NHL-AHL duo to appear in their league’s respective Cup Final since the Pittsburgh Penguins and Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins did in 2008.

“What's good for us is those guys are playing meaningful hockey while we are,” Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said earlier this postseason.

Defeating the Laval Rocket on Tuesday by a score of 3-2, the Checkers completed a four-game sweep of the regular-season champions to advance to their first Calder Cup since winning in all during

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