2016 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2016 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League started on April 20, 2016, with a changed playoff format. The sixteen teams that qualifies, eight from each conference, will play best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs to continue with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals. The Lake Erie Monsters defeated the Hershey Bears in a four-game sweep to win the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history, and the tenth time the Calder Cup has been won by a team representing Cleveland, Ohio.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 20–June 11, 2016 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Lake Erie Monsters |
Runner-up | Hershey Bears |
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Playoff seeds
After the 2015–16 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs, with one exception in each conference: if the fifth-place team in the Atlantic or Central Division finishes with a better points percentage than the fourth-place team in the North or Pacific Division, it would cross over and compete in the other division's bracket.
At the end of the regular season, the following teams qualified (with points percentage):
Atlantic Division
- Hershey Bears – 98 points (.645)
- Providence Bruins – 95 points (.625)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 92 points (.605)
- Portland Pirates – 90 points (.592)
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 87 points (.572)
North Division
- Toronto Marlies – 114 points (.750)
- Albany Devils – 102 points (.671)
- Utica Comets – 88 points (.579)
Central Division
- Milwaukee Admirals – 101 points (.664)
- Lake Erie Monsters – 97 points (.638)
- Rockford IceHogs – 94 points (.618)
- Grand Rapids Griffins – 90 points (.592)
Pacific Division
- Ontario Reign – 93 points (.684)
- San Diego Gulls – 84 points (.618)
- Texas Stars – 91 points (.599)
- San Jose Barracuda – 73 points (.537)
Bracket
Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Calder Cup final | |||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A4 | Portland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | W-B/Scranton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Providence | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | W-B/Scranton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A5 | Bridgeport | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Albany | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Albany | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N3 | Utica | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | Milwaukee | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Grand Rapids | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Grand Rapids | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C3 | Rockford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P4 | San Jose | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | San Diego | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | San Diego | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P3 | Texas | 1 |
Division semifinals
- Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).
- Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
- Note 3: Home team is listed first.
(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A4) Portland Pirates
April 22 | Portland Pirates | 6 – 4 | Hershey Bears | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
Kyle Rau (1) – 6:11 Rob Schremp (1) – 18:04 |
First period | 19:46 – Ryan Stanton (1) | ||||||
Brett Olson (1) – 14:08 | Second period | 15:49 – Jakub Vrana (1) | ||||||
Shane Harper (1) – 3:12 Rob Schremp (2) – 3:23 Shane Harper (2) – pp – 19:50 |
Third period | 7:49 – Tyler Lewington (1) 15:14 – Tyler Lewington (2) | ||||||
Mike McKenna 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Ellis 26 saves / 32 shots |
April 23 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Sena Acolatse (1) – 18:02 | Second period | 1:41 – Garrett Mitchell (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 1:31 – pp – Riley Barber (1) 8:07 – Jakub Vrana (2) | ||||||
Mike McKenna 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 31 saves / 32 shots |
April 28 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 2 | 3OT | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Nathan Walker (1) – 5:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 6:28 – Greg McKegg (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third overtime period | 3:10 – Rob Flick (1) | ||||||
Justin Peters 42 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 41 saves / 42 shots |
April 30 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 0 | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | |||
Travis Boyd (1) – 12:51 Chris Bourque (1) – pp – 16:23 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Peters 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 26 saves / 28 shots |
May 1 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | |||
Sean Collins (1) – 14:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Stanton (2) – 8:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 2:51 – Wayne Simpson (1) | ||||||
Justin Peters 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 21 saves / 23 shots |
Hershey wins series 3–2 | |
(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
April 20 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 2 | OT | Providence Bruins | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
Jake Guentzel (1) – 13:13 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Dustin Jeffrey (1) – 0:18 | Second period | 14:50 – Seth Griffith (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 8:44 – sh – Colby Cave (1) | ||||||
Carter Rowney (1) – 1:09 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Casey DeSmith 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 24 saves / 27 shots |
April 21 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 3 | OT | Providence Bruins | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 2:51 – sh – Noel Acciari (1) 16:52 – Colby Cave (2) | ||||||
Tim Erixon (1) – 2:46 Daniel Sprong (1) – 6:49 Tom Kostopoulos (1) – 10:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 0:54 – Frank Vatrano (1) | ||||||
Daniel Sprong (2) – 5:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Casey DeSmith 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots |
April 23 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 0:35 – Jake Guentzel (2) 10:42 – pp – Dominik Simon (1) | ||||||
Austin Czarnik (1) – 13:39 | Second period | 5:36 – pp – Daniel Sprong (3) 18:28 – Tim Erixon (2) | ||||||
Chris Breen (1) – 2:22 Tommy Cross (1) – pp – 5:30 Austin Czarnik (2) – 16:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | 13:52 – Jake Guentzel (3) | ||||||
Zane McIntyre 9 saves / 13 shots Jeremy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots |
Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 59 saves / 63 shots |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 3–0 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A5) Bridgeport Sound Tigers
April 23 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 1 – 4 | Toronto Marlies | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
Justin Florek (1) – 11:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 4:36 – pp – T. J. Brennan (1) 8:36 – William Nylander (1) 19:43 – Nikita Soshnikov (1) 19:59 – Connor Brown (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Stephon Williams 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 31 saves / 32 shots |
April 24 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 0 – 3 | Toronto Marlies | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 12:01 – sh – Connor Brown (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 2:50 – Ben Smith (1) 17:57 – en – Connor Brown (3) | ||||||
Stephon Williams 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks 31 saves / 31 shots |
April 28 | Toronto Marlies | 6 – 4 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Connor Carrick (1) – pp – 10:22 | First period | 6:00 – pp – Marc-Andre Cliche (1) | ||||||
T. J. Brennan (2) – pp – 14:54 Connor Carrick (2) – 17:07 Connor Carrick (3) – 19:00 |
Second period | 0:42 – Mike Halmo (1) 10:34 – pp – Kyle Burroughs (1) 11:52 – pp – Marc-Andre Cliche (2) | ||||||
Viktor Loov (1) – 2:51 Zach Hyman (1) – 12:14 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 8 saves / 12 shots Garret Sparks 12 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Christopher Gibson 37 saves / 43 shots |
Toronto wins series 3–0 | |
(N2) Albany Devils vs. (N3) Utica Comets
April 22 | Albany Devils | 3 – 2 | Utica Comets | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
Ben Thomson (1) – 6:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Reid Boucher (1) – pp – 4:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Joseph Blandisi (1) – 10:31 | Third period | 0:27 – Darren Archibald (1) 15:41 – Jordan Subban (1) | ||||||
Scott Wedgewood 12 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 26 saves / 29 shots |
April 23 | Albany Devils | 5 – 1 | Utica Comets | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
Ben Thomson (2) – 16:27 | First period | 9:04 – Cole Cassels (1) | ||||||
Jim O'Brien (1) – pp – 4:36 Reid Boucher (2) – sh – 7:15 Pavel Zacha (1) – pp – 7:54 Jim O'Brien (2) – 16:54 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Scott Wedgewood 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 12 saves / 16 shots Joe Cannata 11 saves / 12 shots |
April 26 | Utica Comets | 2 – 1 | OT | Albany Devils | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
Jordan Subban (2) – 12:36 | First period | 17:11 – pp – Mike Sislo (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexandre Grenier (1) – 9:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Joe Cannata 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 28 saves / 30 shots |
April 28 | Utica Comets | 3 – 6 | Albany Devils | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 3:53 – Matt Lorito (1) 4:06 – Joseph Blandisi (2) 11:02 – Mike Sislo (2) | ||||||
Alexandre Grenier (2) – 16:33 | Second period | 10:55 – Reid Boucher (3) 19:30 – sh – Blake Pietila (1) | ||||||
Alex Friesen (1) – 4:54 T. J. Hensick (1) – 9:20 |
Third period | 17:43 – en – Blake Pietila (2) | ||||||
Joe Cannata 23 saves / 28 shots Richard Bachman 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 35 shots |
Albany wins series 3–1 | |
(C1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins
April 22 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 3 | Grand Rapids Griffins | BMO Harris Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Trevor Murphy (1) – pp – 13:30 | First period | 15:36 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:44 – Martin Frk (1) 15:04 – Tyler Bertuzzi (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Juuse Saros 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 32 saves / 33 shots |
April 23 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 2 | Grand Rapids Griffins | BMO Harris Bradley Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 5:44 – pp – Anthony Mantha (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 8:53 – pp – Tyler Bertuzzi (3) | ||||||
Vladislav Kamenev (1) – pp – 11:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Juuse Saros 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 31 saves / 32 shots |
April 26 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:47 – Adam Payerl (1) | ||||||
Brian Lashoff (3) – 1:17 Anthony Mantha (2) – 2:51 Anthony Mantha (3) – 17:25 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Colin Campbell (1) – 12:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Tom McCollum 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Marek Mazanec 22 saves / 26 shots |
Grand Rapids wins series 3–0 | |
(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C3) Rockford IceHogs
April 20 | Rockford IceHogs | 2 – 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 8:32 – Sonny Milano (1) 19:41 – Zach Werenski (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:11 – pp – Dean Kukan (1) | ||||||
Tyler Motte (1) – 14:54 Dennis Rasmussen (1) – 16:18 |
Third period | 9:04 – pp – Alex Broadhurst (1) 18:58 – en, pp – Trent Vogelhuber (1) | ||||||
Mac Carruth 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 28 saves / 30 shots |
April 21 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
Ryan Hartman (1) – pp – 5:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 0:34 – Josh Anderson (1) 3:48 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) 4:08 – Lukas Sedlak (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 15:28 – Josh Anderson (2) 19:24 – en – Josh Anderson (3) | ||||||
Mac Carruth 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 24 saves / 25 shots |
April 23 | Lake Erie Monsters | 5 – 3 | Rockford IceHogs | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
Josh Anderson (4) – pp – 9:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Zach Werenski (2) – 7:40 | Second period | 13:54 – Jonathan Carlsson (1) | ||||||
Daniel Zaar (1) – 10:42 Ryan Craig (1) – 14:58 |
Third period | 8:49 – pp – Tyler Motte (2) 18:34 – Mark McNeill (1) | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mac Carruth 21 saves / 26 shots |
Lake Erie wins series 3–0 | |
(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P4) San Jose Barracuda
April 22 | San Jose Barracuda | 1 – 2 | Ontario Reign | SAP Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 9:53 – Kurtis MacDermid (1) | ||||||
Nikita Jevpalovs (1) – 6:17 | Third period | 15:57 – Jonny Brodzinski (1) | ||||||
Aaron Dell 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 28 saves / 29 shots |
April 23 | San Jose Barracuda | 3 – 2 | Ontario Reign | SAP Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Carpenter (1) – 3:58 Bryan Lerg (1) – 13:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Nikolay Goldobin (1) – 8:23 | Third period | 2:40 – Kurtis MacDermid (2) 19:25 – Jonny Brodzinski (2) | ||||||
Aaron Dell 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 12 saves / 15 shots |
April 28 | Ontario Reign | 3 – 1 | San Jose Barracuda | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
Adrian Kempe (1) – 7:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Nic Dowd (1) – pp – 2:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Adrian Kempe (2) – 11:27 | Third period | 13:28 – Nikolay Goldobin (2) | ||||||
Peter Budaj 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Aaron Dell 36 saves / 39 shots Troy Grosenick 4 saves / 4 shots |
April 29 | Ontario Reign | 4 – 1 | San Jose Barracuda | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
Nic Dowd (2) – 9:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Auger (1) – 13:12 | Second period | 9:58 – Jeremy Langlois (1) | ||||||
Jordan Samuels-Thomas (1) – 15:33 Andrew Crescenzi (1) – en – 18:33 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Peter Budaj 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Aaron Dell 31 saves / 34 shots |
Ontario wins series 3–1 | |
(P2) San Diego Gulls vs. (P3) Texas Stars
April 21 | Texas Stars | 1 – 3 | San Diego Gulls | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:00 – Antoine Laganiere (1) | ||||||
Justin Dowling (1) – sh – 0:39 | Second period | 15:58 – Nick Ritchie (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:56 – Chris Mueller (1) | ||||||
Maxime Lagace 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots |
April 23 | Texas Stars | 5 – 1 | San Diego Gulls | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park | Recap | |||
Derek Hulak (1) – 3:53 | First period | 10:12 – Nick Ritchie (2) | ||||||
Esa Lindell (1) – pp – 2:30 Matt Mangene (1) – pp – 19:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Curtis McKenzie (1) – 5:02 Justin Dowling (2) – 13:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jack Campbell 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 37 saves / 42 shots |
April 28 | San Diego Gulls | 6 – 1 | Texas Stars | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | |||
Brandon Montour (1) – pp – 5:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Nick Ritchie (3) – 8:51 Michael Sgarbossa (1) – pp – 11:58 Joseph Cramarossa (1) – 14:27 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Stefan Noesen (1) – 5:35 Chris Wagner (1) – 15:21 |
Third period | 3:22 – Esa Lindell (2) | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jack Campbell 42 saves / 48 shots |
April 29 | San Diego Gulls | 6 – 2 | Texas Stars | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | |||
Shea Theodore (1) – 6:45 | First period | 7:46 – Brendan Ranford (1) | ||||||
Chris Mueller (2) – pp – 0:07 Antoine Laganiere (2) – pp – 1:17 Joseph Cramarossa (2) – sh – 8:20 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Ondrej Kase (1) – pp – 7:34 Joseph Cramarossa (3) – en – 17:22 |
Third period | 15:08 – Brett Ritchie (1) | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 6 shots Matt Hackett 21 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Jack Campbell 14 saves / 18 shots Maxime Lagace 17 saves / 18 shots |
San Diego wins series 3–1 | |
Division finals
(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
May 4 | Hershey Bears | 0 – 4 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 0:45 – Daniel Sprong (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 0:14 – Carter Rowney (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 7:04 – pp – Daniel Sprong (5) 17:07 – sh, en – Tom Kostopoulos (2) | ||||||
Justin Peters 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 33 saves / 33 shots |
May 6 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | Recap | |||
Sean Collins (2) – sh – 12:43 Carter Camper (1) – 15:06 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Peters 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 23 saves / 25 shots |
May 7 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 2 – 5 | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:40 – Dustin Gazley (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 12:34 – pp – Chris Bourque (2) 14:08 – Jakub Vrana (3) | ||||||
Niclas Andersen (1) – 1:02 Jake Guentzel (4) – pp – 8:52 |
Third period | 0:32 – Chris Bourque (3) 2:52 – Liam O'Brien (1) | ||||||
Casey DeSmith 17 saves / 22 shots Tristan Jarry 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Justin Peters 22 saves / 24 shots |
May 9 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 2 – 1 | OT | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Tom Kostopoulos (3) – pp – 5:53 | Second period | 9:37 – pp – Carter Camper (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Kael Mouillierat (1) – pp – 2:31 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Tristan Jarry 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 28 saves / 30 shots |
May 11 | Hershey Bears | 5 – 3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | Recap | |||
Carter Camper (3) – 5:45 Jakub Vrana (4) – pp – 17:40 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Sean Collins (3) – 12:43 | Second period | 9:44 – Tom Kostopoulos (4) 14:38 – Josh Archibald (1) | ||||||
Zach Sill (1) – sh – 5:57 Ryan Bourque (1) – en – 18:59 |
Third period | 3:53 – Tom Sestito (1) | ||||||
Justin Peters 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Tristan Jarry 10 saves / 13 shots Casey DeSmith 10 saves / 11 shots |
May 13 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 – 2 | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
Kael Mouillierat (2) – 10:52 Tom Kostopoulos (5) – 15:16 Carter Rowney (3) – 18:22 Will O'Neill (1) – pp – 19:48 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Jake Guentzel (5) – 15:39 | Second period | 12:51 – Tyler Lewington (3) | ||||||
Carter Rowney (4) – 3:30 | Third period | 16:29 – pp – Zach Sill (2) | ||||||
Casey DeSmith 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 8 saves / 12 shots Dan Ellis 17 saves / 19 shots |
May 15 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 2 | OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | Recap | ||
Dustin Gazley (2) – 1:33 | First period | 7:15 – pp – Matthias Plachta (1) | ||||||
Carter Camper (4) – 18:43 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 3:53 – Kael Mouillierat (3) | ||||||
Travis Boyd (2) – 10:57 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Peters 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 21 saves / 24 shots |
Hershey wins series 4–3 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Albany Devils
May 4 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 2 | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Connor Carrick (4) – 9:40 | First period | 8:31 – pp – Brian O'Neill (1) 10:41 – Matt Lorito (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Garret Sparks 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 33 shots |
May 6 | Toronto Marlies | 5 – 3 | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Ben Smith (2) – 11:20 | First period | 12:38 – Dan Kelly (1) 15:26 – Nick Lappin (1) | ||||||
T. J. Brennan (3) – pp – 10:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Zach Hyman (2) – 2:02 T. J. Brennan (4) – 6:43 Zach Hyman (3) – 18:15 |
Third period | 3:52 – Matt Lorito (3) | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 27 saves / 32 shots |
May 8 | Albany Devils | 3 – 2 | OT | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | Recap | ||
Rod Pelley (1) – sh – 8:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 3:50 – Josh Leivo (1) | ||||||
Nick Lappin (2) – sh – 19:39 | Third period | 8:30 – William Nylander (2) | ||||||
Nick Lappin (3) – pp – 18:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Scott Wedgewood 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 36 saves / 39 shots |
May 10 | Albany Devils | 2 – 7 | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
Blake Pietila (3) – 2:10 | First period | 13:17 – pp – Mark Arcobello (1) 18:48 – pp – Kasperi Kapanen (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 1:05 – pp – T. J. Brennan (5) 14:10 – pp – Brendan Leipsic (1) 18:39 – Nikita Soshnikov (2) | ||||||
Graham Black (1) – 19:40 | Third period | 1:36 – Nikita Soshnikov (3) 10:27 – Connor Brown (4) | ||||||
Scott Wedgewood 12 saves / 17 shots Yann Danis 7 saves / 9 shots |
Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 24 saves / 26 shots |
May 12 | Albany Devils | 1 – 5 | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Paul Thompson (1) – 17:01 | Second period | 1:23 – pp – Connor Carrick (5) 6:38 – pp – Connor Brown (5) 15:19 – Nikita Soshnikov (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:09 – Brendan Leipsic (2) 17:52 – en – Josh Leivo (2) | ||||||
Scott Wedgewood 18 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 21 saves / 22 shots |
May 14 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 4 | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 4:24 – Reid Boucher (4) 5:13 – Corbin McPherson (1) | ||||||
Kasperi Kapanen (2) – 10:45 | Second period | 14:42 – Nick Lappin (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 8:56 – Graham Black (2) | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 34 saves / 35 shots |
May 16 | Toronto Marlies | 4 – 3 | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Connor Brown (6) – sh – 2:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 0:46 – Paul Thompson (2) | ||||||
Kasperi Kapanen (3) – 9:07 Connor Carrick (6) – 12:59 Richard Clune (1) – 17:30 |
Third period | 2:41 – Nick Lappin (5) 15:19 – Paul Thompson (3) | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 20 saves / 24 shots |
Toronto wins series 4–3 | |
(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins
May 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | 3 – 2 | OT | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Lukas Sedlak (2) – 4:29 Alex Broadhurst (2) – pp – 11:29 |
Second period | 0:58 – Eric Tangradi (1) 16:11 – sh – Brian Lashoff (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) – pp – 12:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 36 saves / 39 shots |
May 7 | Lake Erie Monsters | 4 – 3 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
Sonny Milano (2) – pp – 14:39 Steve Eminger (1) – pp – 17:33 |
First period | 19:56 – pp – Eric Tangradi (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 2:05 – Xavier Ouellet (1) 14:58 – pp – Andy Miele (1) | ||||||
Ryan Craig (2) – 14:10 Daniel Zaar (2) – 16:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 16 saves / 20 shots |
May 8 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1 – 2 | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 0:17 – Josh Anderson (5) | ||||||
Ryan Sproul (1) – 17:48 | Second period | 8:07 – Zach Werenski (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Tom McCollum 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 41 saves / 42 shots |
May 10 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 5 – 4 | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
Tyler Bertuzzi (4) – 13:32 | First period | 8:33 – pp – Michael Chaput (1) 14:26 – Sonny Milano (3) | ||||||
Anthony Mantha (4) – pp – 19:05 | Second period | 8:36 – Lukas Sedlak (3) 13:31 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (4) | ||||||
Louis-Marc Aubry (1) – 3:12 Robbie Russo (1) – 4:40 Andreas Athanasiou (1) – 18:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Tom McCollum 17 saves / 21 shots Jared Coreau 16 saves / 16 shots |
Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 30 saves / 35 shots |
May 14 | Lake Erie Monsters | 1 – 6 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
Kerby Rychel (1) – 16:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 1:56 – Andy Miele (2) 5:03 – Tyler Bertuzzi (5) 16:52 – Andreas Athanasiou (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 7:55 – Tyler Bertuzzi (6) 13:25 – pp – Nathan Paetsch (1) 16:40 – Tyler Bertuzzi (7) | ||||||
Joonas Korpisalo 25 saves / 30 shots Anton Forsberg 5 saves / 6 shots |
Goalie stats | Jared Coreau 35 saves / 36 shots |
May 16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 – 4 | OT | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | Recap | ||
Ryan Sproul (2) – 0:34 Tomas Nosek (1) – 2:16 |
First period | 3:42 – Daniel Zaar (3) | ||||||
Xavier Ouellet (2) – pp – 1:48 | Second period | 8:18 – Michael Chaput (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 1:43 – Lukas Sedlak (4) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 12:32 – Zach Werenski (4) | ||||||
Jared Coreau 43 saves / 47 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 6 saves / 9 shots Anton Forsberg 23 saves / 23 shots |
Lake Erie wins series 4–2 | |
(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P2) San Diego Gulls
May 5 | Ontario Reign | 5 – 3 | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
Michael Mersch (1) – 10:26 Vincent LoVerde (1) – pp – 14:37 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Joel Lowry (1) – 14:37 | Second period | 3:06 – Kalle Kossila (1) 5:32 – Matt Bailey (1) | ||||||
Michael Mersch (2) – 9:11 Jeff Schultz (1) – sh, en – 19:27 |
Third period | 17:37 – Corey Tropp (1) | ||||||
Peter Budaj 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 24 saves / 28 shots |
May 7 | San Diego Gulls | 1 – 2 | OT | Ontario Reign | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | ||
Nick Ritchie (4) – 3:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 1:39 – pp – Kris Newbury (1) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 11:55 – Justin Auger (2) | ||||||
Matt Hackett 42 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 26 saves / 27 shots |
May 8 | Ontario Reign | 0 – 3 | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 18:27 – Kalle Kossila (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 8:18 – pp – Nick Ritchie (5) 16:49 – en – Jaycob Megna (1) | ||||||
Peter Budaj 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 29 saves / 29 shots |
May 13 | San Diego Gulls | 3 – 4 | OT | Ontario Reign | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Shea Theodore (2) – pp – 7:21 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Mueller (3) – 11:02 Chris Mueller (4) – 14:06 |
Third period | 3:47 – Nic Dowd (3) 12:04 – Adrian Kempe (3) 13:56 – Adrian Kempe (4) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 6:29 – Mike Amadio (1) | ||||||
Matt Hackett 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 25 saves / 28 shots |
May 14 | Ontario Reign | 2 – 1 | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Joel Lowry (2) – 2:33 Justin Auger (3) – 8:56 |
Second period | 8:31 – Chris Wagner (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Peter Budaj 15 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 24 saves / 26 shots |
Ontario wins series 4–1 | |
Conference finals
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A1) Hershey Bears
May 20 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 1 | Toronto Marlies | Giant Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 9:04 – William Nylander (3) | ||||||
Carter Camper (5) – 3:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Liam O'Brien (2) – 2:51 Zach Sill (3) – pp – 8:12 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Peters 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 20 saves / 23 shots |
May 21 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 2 | OT | Toronto Marlies | Giant Center | Recap | ||
Chandler Stephenson (1) – 14:06 | First period | 6:33 – Connor Brown (7) | ||||||
Jakub Vrana (5) – pp – 7:55 | Second period | 17:42 – Mark Arcobello (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Carter Camper (6) – 9:09 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Peters 38 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks 20 saves / 23 shots |
May 25 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 8 | Hershey Bears | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Josh Leivo (3) – 6:06 Colin Smith (1) – 8:09 |
First period | 3:02 – Dustin Gazley (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 6:12 – Chris Bourque (4) 19:07 – Zach Sill (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 0:18 – sh – Zach Sill (5) 1:42 – sh – Ryan Bourque (2) 5:13 – Jakub Vrana (6) 6:12 – pp – Christian Djoos (3) 16:14 – Jakub Vrana (7) | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 14 saves / 18 shots Garret Sparks 7 saves / 11 shots |
Goalie stats | Justin Peters 26 saves / 28 shots |
May 27 | Toronto Marlies | 5 – 0 | Hershey Bears | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
William Nylander (4) – 19:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
William Nylander (5) – 18:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Josh Leivo (4) – pp – 6:59 Connor Carrick (7) – pp – 7:24 William Nylander (6) – pp – 15:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 18 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 28 saves / 33 shots |
May 29 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 9:18 – Liam O'Brien (3) | ||||||
William Nylander (7) – 8:05 | Second period | 1:09 – Christian Djoos (2) 2:13 – Nathan Walker (2) | ||||||
Nikita Soshnikov (5) – 5:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Antoine Bibeau 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 21 saves / 23 shots |
Hershey wins series 4–1 | |
(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (C2) Lake Erie Monsters
May 21 | Ontario Reign | 3 – 4 | Lake Erie Monsters | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Sean Backman (1) – pp – 4:23 | Second period | 7:10 – Lukas Sedlak (5) 8:23 – pp – Josh Anderson (6) 9:46 – Ryan Craig (3) | ||||||
Nic Dowd (4) – 1:38 Joel Lowry (3) – 8:16 |
Third period | 8:35 – Alex Broadhurst (3) | ||||||
Peter Budaj 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 30 shots |
May 22 | Ontario Reign | 2 – 3 | Lake Erie Monsters | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 12:28 – Markus Hannikainen (1) 12:40 – Lukas Sedlak (6) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 4:40 – pp – T. J. Tynan (1) | ||||||
Paul Bissonnette (1) – 5:31 Kevin Gravel (1) – 12:48 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Peter Budaj 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 29 shots |
May 24 | Lake Erie Monsters | 4 – 0 | Ontario Reign | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
Oliver Bjorkstrand (5) – 6:00 Sonny Milano (4) – 7:50 Josh Anderson (7) – 10:27 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
Markus Hannikainen (2) – 16:31 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Forsberg 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 17 saves / 21 shots Michael Houser 6 saves / 6 shots |
May 26 | Lake Erie Monsters | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Ontario Reign | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
Lukas Sedlak (7) – 6:26 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 2:44 – Joel Lowry (4) | ||||||
Lukas Sedlak (8) – 6:25 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Forsberg 41 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 29 saves / 31 shots |
Lake Erie wins series 4–0 | |
Calder Cup Finals
Hershey Bears vs. Lake Erie Monsters
June 1 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 4 | Lake Erie Monsters | Giant Center | Recap | |||
Jakub Vrana (8) – 15:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 7:48 – Daniel Zaar (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 5:39 – Trent Vogelhuber (2) 13:33 – Daniel Zaar (5) 15:09 – Markus Hannikainen (3) | ||||||
Justin Peters 22 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Forsberg 26 saves / 27 shots |
June 3 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | Giant Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 3:05 – pp – Zach Werenski (5) | ||||||
Zach Sill (6) – pp – 8:48 | Second period | 4:29 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (6) 13:51 – Lukas Sedlak (9) | ||||||
Tyler Lewington (4) – 9:57 Liam O'Brien (4) – 11:51 |
Third period | 2:04 – pp – Oliver Bjorkstrand (7) 18:59 – en – Daniel Zaar (6) | ||||||
Justin Peters 24 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 30 shots |
June 6 | Lake Erie Monsters | 3 – 2 | OT | Hershey Bears | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
Oliver Bjorkstrand (8) – 6:44 | First period | 2:07 – Ryan Stanton (3) | ||||||
Daniel Zaar (7) – pp – 18:13 | Second period | 19:00 – Dustin Gazley (4) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) – 1:20 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Forsberg 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 25 saves / 28 shots |
June 11 | Lake Erie Monsters | 1 – 0 | OT | Hershey Bears | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Oliver Bjorkstrand (10) – 19:58 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Forsberg 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 32 saves / 33 shots |
Lake Erie wins series 4–0 | |
Playoff statistical leaders
Leading skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connor Carrick | Toronto Marlies | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 |
Carter Camper | Hershey Bears | 21 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
Oliver Bjorkstrand | Lake Erie Monsters | 17 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
Lukas Sedlak | Lake Erie Monsters | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 |
Jakub Vrana | Hershey Bears | 21 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
Jake Guentzel | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
Zach Werenski | Lake Erie Monsters | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
Ryan Craig | Lake Erie Monsters | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
Josh Anderson | Lake Erie Monsters | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
Daniel Zaar | Lake Erie Monsters | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
Leading goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 180 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anton Forsberg | Lake Erie Monsters | 10 | 9 | 0 | 255 | 13 | 1.34 | .949 | 2 | 583:58 |
Justin Peters | Hershey Bears | 20 | 11 | 9 | 567 | 44 | 2.13 | .922 | 2 | 1242:20 |
Mike McKenna | Portland Pirates | 5 | 2 | 3 | 146 | 12 | 2.13 | .918 | 0 | 338:20 |
Peter Budaj | Ontario Reign | 13 | 7 | 6 | 301 | 29 | 2.18 | .904 | 0 | 799:38 |
Anton Khudobin | San Diego Gulls | 4 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 7 | 2.26 | .934 | 0 | 185:28 |
Matt Hackett | San Diego Gulls | 6 | 2 | 4 | 187 | 14 | 2.27 | .925 | 1 | 369:33 |
Aaron Dell | San Jose Barracuda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 146 | 10 | 2.59 | .932 | 0 | 231:17 |
References
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