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Preview: Icemen face Everblades in Game 6, can clinch series

Who: Jacksonville Icemen vs. Florida Everblades.

What: Game 6, ECHL Kelly Cup first-round playoff series.

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.

Series status: Icemen lead 3-2 in the best-of-7 series.

The skinny: The Icemen return to the First Coast with a chance to close out the series against the Everblades, the league champions in 2022 and 2023 and the team that eliminated Jacksonville in both years. ... If the Icemen do not win Tuesday, the series will come down to Game 7 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on Wednesday night. ... The winner advances to the South Division Finals against the No. 1 seed Greenville Swamp Rabbits or the No. 4 seed Orlando Solar Bears. Orlando leads that series 3-2 entering Tuesday's Game 6. ... Jacksonville is seeking to eliminate the Everblades for the first time in the team's playoff history.

Clayton Freeman/The Times-Union

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Icemen-Florida Everblades: Game 6 ECHL preview