Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 15 – June 12, 2009 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hershey Bears |
Runner-up | Manitoba Moose |
The 2009 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League (AHL) began on April 15, 2009. [1] The 16 teams that qualified, 8 from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions then played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Hershey Bears defeated the Manitoba Moose four games to two in the finals to win the Calder Cup.
After the 2008–09 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs.
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Calder Cup Final | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hartford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Worcester | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Worcester | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Atlantic Division | |||||||||||||||||||
A2 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Providence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | Portland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Hershey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Hershey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Philadelphia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Hershey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
East Division | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Bridgeport | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Hershey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Manitoba | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Manitoba | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Manitoba | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
North Division | |||||||||||||||||||
N3 | Grand Rapids | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Hamilton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N3 | Grand Rapids | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Manitoba | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Houston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Milwaukee | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Rockford | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Milwaukee | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
West Division | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Peoria | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Houston | 4 |
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations. [2]
These are the top ten skaters based on points. [3]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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Alexandre Giroux | Hershey Bears | 22 | 15 | 13 | 28 | +3 | 22 |
Corey Locke | Houston Aeros | 20 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
Jason Krog | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +9 | 0 |
Keith Aucoin | Hershey Bears | 21 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +9 | 16 |
Chris Bourque | Hershey Bears | 22 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +2 | 30 |
Jason Jaffray | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +7 | 12 |
Michael Grabner | Manitoba Moose | 20 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +11 | 2 |
Matt Beaudoin | Houston Aeros | 20 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 12 |
Martin St. Pierre | Providence Bruins | 16 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
Brad Marchand | Providence Bruins | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average). [4]
Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drew MacIntyre | Milwaukee Admirals | 11 | 7 | 4 | 261 | 18 | 1.65 | .931 | 1 | 655 |
Matt Climie | Houston Aeros | 5 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 1.88 | .945 | 0 | 191 |
Michal Neuvirth | Hershey Bears | 22 | 16 | 6 | 633 | 43 | 1.92 | .932 | 4 | 1346 |
Adam Berkhoel | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 | 3 | 2 | 189 | 12 | 2.12 | .937 | 0 | 340 |
Cory Schneider | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 14 | 7 | 600 | 47 | 2.15 | .922 | 0 | 1315 |
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)
April 16 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 2 – 0 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Artem Anisimov 1 – 04:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Dane Byers 1 – 07:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Zaba 38 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 21 saves / 23 shots |
April 18 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 5 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
Artem Anisimov 2 – pp – 03:40 Jordan Owens 1 – 07:08 Bobby Sanguinetti 1 – 12:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:51 – Brendan Buckley 1 10:20 – Andrew Desjardins 1 14:40 – pp – Cory Larose 1 | ||||||
Mike Ouellette 1 – 02:23 Mark Bell 1 – sh/en – 19:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Zaba 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 14 saves / 18 shots |
April 20 | Worcester Sharks | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | ||
Tom Cavanaugh 1 – 18:42 | First period | 14:16 – pp – Corey Potter 1 | ||||||
Ryan Vesce 1 – 06:25 | Second period | 05:01 – Dale Weise 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Vesce 2 – 01:07 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 42 saves / 45 shots |
April 22 | Worcester Sharks | 6 – 0 | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | |||
Frazer McLaren 1 – 03:19 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Logan Couture 1 – 01:23 Lukas Kaspar 1 – 03:45 Ryan Vesce 3 – 06:16 Tom Cavanaugh 2 – 07:21 T. J. Fox 1 – 19:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 21 saves / 27 shots |
April 23 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 1 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 05:56 – pp – Patrick Traverse 1 07:15 – T. J. Fox 2 13:50 – pp – Patrick Traverse 2 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Dane Byers 2 – pp – 13:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Zaba 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 28 shots |
April 25 | Worcester Sharks | 5 – 3 | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | |||
Andrew Desjardins 2 – 03:53 Lukas Kaspar 2 – 12:17 Dan Da Silva 1 – 14:29 | First period | 06:31 – pp – Dane Byers 3 | ||||||
Dan Da Silva 2 – pp – 16:52 | Second period | 05:53 – Dale Weise 2 | ||||||
Logan Couture 2 – 13:18 | Third period | 18:53 – Dale Weise 3 | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 28 saves / 33 shots |
Worcester won series 4–2 | |
April 15 | Providence Bruins | 0 – 3 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 04:23 – Marek Zagrapan 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:42 – Felix Schutz 1 19:02 – en – Marek Zagrapan | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 28 saves / 28 shots |
April 17 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Vladimir Sobotka 1 – 02:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jeremy Reich 1 – 10:32 | Third period | 03:33 – sh – Tyler Bouck | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 38 saves / 40 shots |
April 19 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 5 | Providence Bruins | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:58 – Martin St. Pierre 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 00:59 – Brad Marchand 1 03:16 – sh – Vladimir Sobotka 2 07:33 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 1 | ||||||
Derek Whitmore 1 – 11:57 | Third period | 01:21 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 2 | ||||||
Jhonas Enroth 20 saves / 24 shots Kellen Briggs 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 26 shots |
April 23 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 2 | Providence Bruins | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
Mark Mancari 1 – 11:55 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:13 – Brad Marchand 2 19:43 – Kirk MacDonald 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jhonas Enroth 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 31 saves / 32 shots |
April 24 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 10:25 – pp – Mike Kostka 1 | ||||||
Jordan Knackstedt 1 – 05:46 Peter Schaefer 1 – pp – 19:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 36 saves / 38 shots |
Providence won series 4–1 | |
April 16 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 2 – 4 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Spectrum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:18 – Andrew Gordon 1 | ||||||
Jonathan Matsumoto 1 – 03:21 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Lasse Kukkonen 1 – 11:31 | Third period | 01:31 – pp – Kyle Wilson 1 05:31 – Oskar Osala 1 18:02 – Jay Beagle 1 | ||||||
Scott Munroe 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 32 shots |
April 18 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 2 – 6 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Spectrum | Recap | |||
Boyd Kane 1 – 00:53 Patrick Maroon 1 – 06:42 | First period | 11:03 – Bryan Helmer 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:58 – pp – Staffan Kronwall 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:27 - pp - Alexandre Giroux 1 13:52 - Mathieu Perreault 1 18:19 - en - Steve Pinizzotto 1 19:33 - pp - Francois Bouchard 1 | ||||||
Scott Munroe 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots |
April 22 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 2 | Philadelphia Phantoms | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
Staffan Kronwall 2 – pp – 08:27 Mathieu Perreault 2 – 19:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 15:54 – Jon Kalinski 1 | ||||||
Alexandre Giroux 2 – pp – 01:20 | Third period | 06:19 – sh – Lasse Kukkonen 2 | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Munroe 24 saves / 27 shots |
April 24 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 0 | Philadelphia Phantoms | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Graham Mink 1 – pp – 01:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Aubin 29 saves / 30 shots |
Hershey won series 4–0 | |
Due to scheduling issues, Philadelphia hosted the first two games of the series. These would be their last 2 games in Philadelphia, as the team would move to Adiriondack after the season.
April 17 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 2 – 3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 01:22 – pp – Chris Minard 1 18:51 – pp – Dustin Jeffrey 1 | ||||||
Trevor Smith 1 – 18:45 | Second period | 10:58 – Luca Caputi 1 | ||||||
Rob Hennigar 1 – 17:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Nathan Lawson | Goalie stats | John Curry |
April 18 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 4 – 5 | OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | ||
Micheal Haley 1 – 09:27 Kyle Okposo 1 – 12:13 Mike Iggulden 1 – pp – 17:25 | First period | 00:30 – Dustin Jeffrey 2 11:58 – pp – Dustin Jeffrey 3 | ||||||
Jesse Joensuu 1 – 13:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:11 – Andy Wozniewski 1 08:13 – Ben Lovejoy | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | Chris Minard 2 – 04:54 | ||||||
Nathan Lawson 18 saves / 23 goals | Goalie stats | John Curry 33 saves / 37 shots |
April 19 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 5 | OT | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 15:04 – Jon Sim 1 | ||||||
Jean-Michel Daoust 1 – pp – 04:03 Jeff Taffe – pp – 05:55 Chris Minard 3 – pp – 11:15 Jean-Michel Daoust 2 – 12:54 | Second period | 17:13 – pp – Andrew MacDonald | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:51 – Jon Sim 15:46 – Joe Callahan | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 09:48 – Sean Bentivoglio | ||||||
John Curry 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Mannino 32 saves / 36 shots |
April 22 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 1 – 2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 15:04 – Chris Minard 4 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:25 – pp – Jeff Taffe 2 | ||||||
Ben Walter – pp – 15:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Peter Mannino 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 32 saves / 33 shots |
April 24 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 2 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
Chris Minard 5 – pp – 07:37 | First period | 09:35 – Justin DiBendetto | ||||||
Dustin Jeffrey 4 – pp – 05:29 Jean-Michel Daoust 3 – 13:13 | Second period | 14:25 – Jesse Joensuu 2 | ||||||
Jeff Taffe 3 – 19:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
John Curry 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Mannino 14 saves / 18 shots |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4–1 | |
April 15 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 3 | OT | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Guillaume Desbiens 1 – pp – 07:09 Raymond Sawada 1 – 16:28 | Second period | 06:34 – Kyle Rogers 1 13:26 – Alex Foster 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 05:28 – Bates Battaglia 1 | ||||||
Cory Schneider 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 37 saves/ 39 shots |
April 17 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Jason Jaffray 1 – 12:12 Michael Grabner 1 – 12:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Maxime Fortunus 1 – pp – 04:21 | Second period | 10:22 – Jiri Tlusty 1 | ||||||
Jason Jaffray – en/pp – 19:10 | Third period | 05:51 – Darryl Boyce 1 | ||||||
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 17 saves / 20 shots |
April 19 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Ryan Hamilton 1 – pp – 06:17 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:48 – Alexandre Bolduc 1 | ||||||
Tim Stapleton 1 – 02:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Pogge 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 26 saves / 28 shots |
April 21 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 5 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Bates Battaglia 2 – pp – 09:48 | Second period | 03:18 – pp – Mark Fistric 1 11:48 – pp – Maxime Fortunus 2 19:31 – Jason Jaffray 3 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 06:29 – Greg Rallo 1 09:34 – pp – Mark Cullen 1 | ||||||
Justin Pogge 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 20 saves / 21 shots |
April 23 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 5 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
Anton Stralman 1 – 19:06 | First period | 06:05 – pp – Jason Jaffray 4 | ||||||
Darryl Boyce 2 – 17:57 | Second period | 18:43 – Jason Krog 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:33 – Jason Jaffray 5 13:00 – Jason Krog 2 15:44 – Guillaume Desbiens 2 | ||||||
Justin Pogge 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 38 saves / 40 shots |
April 25 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Greg Rallo 2 – 05:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:52 – Tim Stapleton 2 07:01 – Alex Foster 2 | ||||||
Matt Pope 1 – 01:45 Raymond Sawada 2 – 06:14 Guillaume Desbiens 3 – 15:46 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Munro 29 saves / 33 shots |
Manitoba won series 4–2 | |
April 17 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 3 – 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
Kyle Chipchura 1 – 05:59 Shawn Belle 1 – 09:47 | First period | 05:01 – Darren McCarty 1 06:50 – Joakim Andersson 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
David Desharnais 1 – 18:01 | Third period | 00:19 – Justin Abdelkader 1 13:06 – Darren Haydar 1 | ||||||
Marc Denis 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 26 shots |
April 18 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 1 – 3 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan White 1 – 03:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 05:39 – pp – Ville Leino 1 08:50 – Justin Abdelkader 2 19:34 – en – Justin Abdelkader 3 | ||||||
Marc Denis 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots |
April 20 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 5 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
Darren McCarty 2 – 19:35 | First period | 10:38 – pp – Yanick Lehoux 1 | ||||||
Brian Lashoff 1 – pp – 08:21 | Second period | 03:38 – Kyle Chipchura 2 05:17 – Ben Maxwell 1 | ||||||
Ville Leino 2 – pp – 13:56 Justin Abdelkader 4 – 17:42 | Third period | 08:37 – Ryan Russell 1 17:17 – Ryan White 2 | ||||||
Jimmy Howard 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 27 saves / 31 shots |
April 22 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 – 4 | OT | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | ||
Aaron Gagnon 1 – 00:34 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Jamie Tardif 1 – 09:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Justin Abdelkader 5 – pp – 00:44 | Third period | 07:58 – sh – Kyle Chipchura 3 09:41 – pp – Ben Maxwell 2 11:27 – pp – Ben Maxwell 3 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 02:42 – Ryan White 3 | ||||||
Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 33 saves / 36 shots |
April 24 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 2 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
Tom Galvin 1 – pp – 08:00 Jakub Kindl 1 – 15:07 | First period | 17:51 – pp – Mike Glumac 1 | ||||||
Darren Haydar 2 – pp – 07:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Darren Haydar 3 – 07:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jimmy Howard 14 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 30 saves / 34 shots |
April 26 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 1 – 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
Greg Stewart 1 – 00:09 | First period | 05:25 – pp – Darren Haydar 4 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:18 Justin Abdelkader 6 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:45 – Cory Emmerton 1 19:22 – en – Ville Leino 3 | ||||||
Marc Denis 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots |
Grand Rapids won series 4–2 | |
April 16 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 1 | Rockford IceHogs | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Patric Hornqvist 1 – 06:41 | First period | 09:14 – pp – Akim Aliu 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Cal O'Reilly 1 – 17:08 Cal O'Reilly 2 – sh/en – 19:51 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 21 saves / 23 shots |
April 18 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 1 | Rockford IceHogs | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Cody Franson 1 – 18:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Hugh Jessiman 1 – 17:48 | Second period | 07:52 – Evan Brophey 1 | ||||||
Patric Hornqvist 2 – 12:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 29 saves / 32 shots |
April 19 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 3 | Milwaukee Admirals | Rockford MetroCentre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:07 – pp – Andreas Thuresson 1 06:36 – Triston Grant 1 | ||||||
Tyler Mosienko 1 – pp – 17:39 | Third period | 03:08 – pp – Ryan Jones 1 | ||||||
Antti Niemi 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots |
April 21 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 4 | Milwaukee Admirals | Rockford MetroCentre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:03 – Jed Ortmeyer 1 | ||||||
Pascal Pelletier 1 – pp – 16:21 | Second period | 18:38 – Mike Santorelli 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:02 – Mike Santorelli 2 15:22 – Mike Santorelli 3 | ||||||
Antti Niemi 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots |
Milwaukee won series 4–0 | |
April 15 | Peoria Rivermen | 6 – 4 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
Yan Stastny 1 - 07:36 Steve Regier 1 - pp - 09:48 | First period | 14:03 – pp – Maxim Noreau 1 | ||||||
Cam Paddock 1 - 09:05 Yan Stastny 2 - 09:37 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jori Lehtera 1 – 02:36 Carl Corazzini 1 – pp – 07:12 | Third period | 00:25 – pp – Corey Locke 1 01:22 – Krys Kolanos 1 19:16 – Robbie Earl 1 | ||||||
Manny Legace 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 31 shots |
April 17 | Peoria Rivermen | 0 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 19:51 – Peter Olvecky 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 08:45 – Danny Irmen 1 | ||||||
Manny Legace 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 30 shots |
April 18 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 1 | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Corey Locke 2 – pp 09:13 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Corey Locke 3 – pp – 10:02 | Third period | 03:10 – Chris Porter 1 | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 22 saves / 24 shots |
April 20 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 09:11 – Cam Paddock 2 | ||||||
Tony Hrkac 1 – 05:43 Tomas Mojzis 1 – pp – 07:29 | Second period | 17:29 – pp – Steve Wagner 1 18:13 – pp – Nicholas Drazenovic 1 | ||||||
Jesse Schultz 1 – pp – 15:21 | Third period | 05:46 – Trent Whitfield 1 | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 14 saves / 18 shots Matt Climie 3 saves / 3 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 24 saves / 27 shots |
April 22 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | OT | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:18 – Jeff Cowan 1 | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 1 – pp – 15:43 Robbie Earl 2 – 17:13 | Third period | 12:48 – Steve Regier 2 | ||||||
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 12:14 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 16 saves / 19 shots |
April 25 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Trent Whitfield 2 – 18:37 | Second period | 11:36 – pp – Matt Beaudoin 2 | ||||||
Jonathon Filewich 1 – 04:43 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Manny Legace 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 22 saves / 24 shots |
April 27 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 5 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 01:39 – pp – Krys Kolanos 2 11:01 – sh – Marco Rosa 1 | ||||||
Jonathon Filewich 2 – 07:33 Carl Corazzini – 15:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Third period | 09:41 – Maxim Noreau 3 19:36 – en – Corey Locke 4 19:57 – en – Mitch Love 1 | |||||||
Manny Legace | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin |
Houston won series 4–3 | |
April 28 | Providence Bruins | 3 – 2 | OT | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
Martin St. Pierre 2 – 01:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Brad Marchand 3 – pp – 05:55 | Second period | 12:55 – pp – Jamie McGinn 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 14:39 – Jamie McGinn 2 | ||||||
Jeremy Reich 2 – 6:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Tuuka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 24 saves / 27 shots |
May 6 | Worcester Sharks | 2 – 4 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 19:03 – Martin St. Pierre 3 | ||||||
Riley Armstrong 1 – 03:42 | Second period | 7:36 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 3 | ||||||
Dan DaSilva 3 – 11:31 | Third period | 05:15 – Kirk MacDonald 2 19:20 – en – Wacey Rabbit 1 | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 22 saves / 24 shots |
May 8 | Providence Bruins | 3 – 5 | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 14:10 – pp – Patrick Traverse 3 19:01 – T. J. Fox 3 | ||||||
Jeff Penner 1 – 00:10 Jeff Penner – pp – 07:55 | Second period | 04:40 – Andrew Desjardins 3 | ||||||
Mikko Lehtonen 1 – pp – 19:05 | Third period | 11:39 – Jamie McGinn 3 19:26 – en – Riley Armstrong 2 | ||||||
Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 28 shots |
May 9 | Worcester Sharks | 1 – 0 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
Tom Cavanaugh 3- 04:41 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 26 saves/ 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots |
May 11 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 19:22 – pp – Patrick Traverse 4 | ||||||
Martin St. Pierre 4 – 03:07 Brad Marchand 4 – pp – 10:55 Jeremy Reich 3 14:08 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Levi Nelson 1 – 10:42 | Third period | 10:28 – pp – Jamie McGinn 4 17:48 – Riley Armstrong 3 | ||||||
Tuuka Rask 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 34 shots |
May 13 | Worcester Sharks | 1 – 5 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 04:59 – pp – Brad Marchand 5 10:05 – Jamie Arniel 1 | ||||||
Andrew Desjardins 4 – sh – 19:48 | Second period | 05:32 – Kirk MacDonald 3 13:29 – Jordan Knackstedt 2 14:10 – pp – Martin St. Pierre 5 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots Kevin Nastiuk 0 saves / 0 shots |
Providence won series 4–2 | |
May 2 | Hershey Bears | 5 – 3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
Staffan Kronwall 3 – pp – 09:38 Chris Bourque 1 – 11:13 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrew Gordon 2 – pp – 19:43 | Second period | 14:31 – Jean-Michel Daoust 4 16:55 – pp – Nick Johnson 1 | ||||||
Kyle Wilson 2 – 01:38 Alexandre Giroux 3 – 09:21 | Third period | 07:45 – pp – Nick Johnson 2 | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 18 saves / 23 shots |
May 3 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
Oskar Osala 2 – 10:38 John Carlson 1 – 13:54 Graham Mink 2 – 17:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:04 – Alex Goligoski 1 | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 6 saves / 9 shots Adam Berkhoel 20 shots / 20 saves |
May 6 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 2 | OT | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 10:45 – pp – Graham Mink 3 | ||||||
Jeff Taffe – 4 – 17:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Bill Thomas – pp – 16:16 | Third period | 03:20 – pp – Alexandre Giroux | ||||||
Mark Letestu – 04:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 40 saves / 43 shots |
May 8 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
Nick Johnson 3 – 05:29 Dustin Jeffrey 5 – 11:08 Jean-Michel Daoust 5 – pp – 17:20 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Luca Caputi 2 – pp – 11:37 | Second period | 18:58 – Grant McNeill 1 | ||||||
Mark Letestu 2 – 15:21 Janne Pesonen 1 – en – 19:06 | Third period | 04:47 – Steve Pinizzotto 2 17:55 – pp – Keith Aucoin 1 | ||||||
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 29 shots |
May 9 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 1 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
Chris Minard 6 – pp – 08:55 Luca Caputi 3 – pp – 13:43 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
Nick Johnson 4 – pp 15:08 | Second period | 05:19 – Darren Reid 1 | ||||||
Jeff Taffe 5 – sh/en 19:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Adam Berkhoel 39 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 29 shots |
May 10 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
Andrew Gordon 3 – 11:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Darren Reid 2 – 00:22 Alexandre Giroux 5 – pp – 03:11 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Berkhoel 40 saves / 43 shots |
May 12 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
Keith Aucoin 2 – 00:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Chris Bourque 2- pp – 04:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Steve Pinizzotto 3 – 10:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Berkhoel 32 saves / 35 shots |
Hershey won series 4–3 | |
May 1 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 18:04 – Francis Pare 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Alexandre Bolduc 2 – pp – 01:16 Mike Keane 1 – 02:55 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 34 shots |
May 2 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Alexandre Bolduc 3 – sh – 04:34 | First period | 06:31 – pp – Darren McCarty 3 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jason Krog 3 – 10:10 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 22 shots |
May 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 08:06 – Matt Pope 2 19:28 – Alexandre Bolduc 4 | ||||||
Francis Pare 2 – 12:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:36 – en – Jason Jaffray 6 | ||||||
Jimmy Howard 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 22 saves / 23 shots |
May 6 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 2 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
Jakub Kindl 2 – sh – 14:33 | First period | 15:48 – pp – Jason Krog 2 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 01:19 – Guillaume Desbiens 4 06:15 – pp – Mark Cullen 2 | ||||||
Jamie Tardif 2 – 13:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Jimmy Howard 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 30 saves / 32 shots |
Manitoba won series 4–0 | |
April 30 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 02:58 – pp – Tomas Mojzis 2 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:36 – Krys Kolanos 3 | ||||||
Andreas Thuresson 2 – 17:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots |
May 2 | Milwaukee Admirals | 4 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Cody Franson 2 – 02:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Jones 2 – pp – 16:25 | Second period | 11:38 – Robbie Earl 3 | ||||||
Mike Santorelli 4 – 02:37 Ryan Jones 3 – 11:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 29 shots Matt Climie 6 saves / 6 shots |
May 5 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
Krys Kolanos 4 – 05:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 18:25 – Ryan Jones 4 | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 3 – pp – 05:14 Corey Locke 5- 18:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 13 saves / 16 shots |
May 7 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 0 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
Benoit Pouliot 1 – pp – 16:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Krys Kolanos 5 – en – 19:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 12 saves / 13 shots |
May 9 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
Corey Locke 6 – pp – 09:13 | First period | 10:09 – Bryan Smolinski 1 18:28 – Bryan Smolinski 2 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 05:03 – Andreas Thuresson 3 10:24 Kelsey Wilson 1 | ||||||
Corey Locke 7 – pp – 8:52 Robbie Earl 4 – pp – 18:10 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 30 shots |
May 11 | Milwaukee Admirals | 7 – 0 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Hugh Jessiman 2 – 07:34 Robert Dietrich 1 – 12:52 Patric Hornqvist 3 – 18:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Bryan Smolinski 3 – pp – 08:23 Mike Santorelli 5 – 10:42 Cody Franson 3 – 14:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Ryan Maki 1 – 17:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 21 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 8 shots Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 23 shots |
May 13 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 – 5 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
Patric Hornqvist 4 – pp – 14:12 | First period | 3:34 – Corey Locke 8 4:23 – Krys Kolanos 6 | ||||||
Mike Santorelli 6 – 18:58 | Second period | 14:21 – pp – Clayton Stoner 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 5:30 – Bryan Lundbohm 1 18:09 – en – Corey Locke 9 | ||||||
Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 30 shots |
Houston won series 4–3 | |
May 16 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 3 | Providence Bruins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 08:03 – pp -Jeff Penner 3 16:19 – pp – Jordan Knackstedt 3 | ||||||
Oskar Osala 3 – 3:03 Oskar Osala 4 – 14:41 | Second period | 08:28 – Matt Marquardt 1 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots |
May 17 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Providence Bruins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Andrew Joudrey 1 – 3:21 Alexandre Giroux 6 – pp – 6:01 | Third period | 19:24 – pp – Brad Marchand | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 37 saves / 39 shots |
May 22 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 6 | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
Zach Hamill 1 – 01:56 Jeff Penner 4 – pp – 15:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Peter Schaefer 2 – pp – 03:01 | Second period | 03:26 – Alexandre Giroux 7 09:05 – Chris Bourque 3 | ||||||
Jeff Penner 5 – pp – 00:38 | Third period | 05:32 – Andrew Gordon 4 06:52 – Alexandre Giroux 8 13:58 – Graham Mink 4 19:25 – pp – Bryan Helmer 2 | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 28 shots |
May 24 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 3 | OT | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
Peter Schaefer 3 – 05:32 Jeff Penner 6 – pp – 08:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 07:31 – pp – Bryan Helmer 3 | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:12 – Keith Aucoin 3 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 15:10 – Graham Mink 5 | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots |
May 25 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 5 | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Brad Marchand 7 – pp – 04:45 | Second period | 02:17 – pp – Andrew Gordon 5 16:20 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 9 | ||||||
Mikko Lehtonen 2 – 01:57 | Third period | 06:46 – sh – Chris Bourque 4 10:19 – Darren Reid 3 19:03 – en – Quintin Laing 1 | ||||||
Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots |
Hershey wins series 4–1 | |
May 15 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Dusty Collins 1 – 14:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Mario Bliznak 1 – 11:58 | Third period | 09:50 – pp – Matt Beaudoin 4 | ||||||
Cory Schneider 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 18 shots |
May 16 | Manitoba Moose | 5 – 2 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Jason Krog 5 – 11:00 Michael Grabner 2 – 14:07 Raymond Sawada 3 – pp – 17:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Cody Hodgson 1 – 01:55 Michael Grabner 3 – pp – 04:37 | Second period | 07:25 – J. P. Testwuide 19:50 – Marco Rosa | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 9 saves / 12 shots Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 20 shots |
May 18 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:47 – Mike Keane 2 | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 5 – pp – 12:29 | Second period | 12:29 – pp – Alexandre Bolduc 5 14:08 – Michael Grabner 4 | ||||||
Corey Locke 10 – 01:11 Danny Irmen 2 – sh – 06:30 | Third period | 16:11 – Michael Grabner 5 | ||||||
Nolan Schaefer 15 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 21 saves / 24 shots |
May 20 | Houston Aeros | 5 – 4 | OT | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
Corey Locke 11 – 01:26 | First period | 07:10 – Mike Keane 3 09:06 – sh – Mike Keane 4 | ||||||
Robbie Earl 5 – 13:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 6 – 13:34 Tony Hrkac 2 – 14:29 | Third period | 00:25 – Jason Krog 6 17:21 – Mario Bliznak 2 | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 7 – 02:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Anton Khudobin 18 saves / 22 shots Nolan Schaefer 0 saves / 0 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 25 saves / 30 shots |
May 22 | Houston Aeros | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 02:56 Tony Hrkac 3 – 04:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Beaudoin 8 – 17:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:29 – pp – Michael Grabner 6 19:39 – pp – Jason Krog 7 19:58 – Mark Cullen 3 | ||||||
Tony Hrkac 4 – 04:19 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Matt Climie 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 16 saves / 19 shots Curtis Sanford 22 saves / 23 shots |
May 25 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 1 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
Matt Pope 3 – 12:48 | First period | 12:52 – pp – Corey Locke 12 | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Michael Grabner 7 – pp – 09:46 Mark Fistric 2 – 12:07 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Climie 33 saves / 36 shots |
Manitoba wins series 4–2 | |
May 30 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 5 | OT | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | ||
Mark Cullen 4 – pp – 07:35 Michael Grabner 8 – 13:18 | First period | 08:31 – sh – Alexandre Giroux 10 | ||||||
Michael Grabner 9 – 06:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Maxime Fortunus 3 -pp – 18:34 | Third period | 02:34 – Oskar Osala 5 11:01 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 11 15:24 – Oskar Osala 6 | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 13:33 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 12 | ||||||
Cory Schneider 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 30 shots |
June 2 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 1 | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 12:31 – Alexandre Giroux 13 | ||||||
Jason Jaffray 7 – pp – 07:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jason Jaffray 8 – 19:13 Jason Jaffray 9 – pp/en – 19:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots |
June 6 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
06:22 – pp – Graham Mink 6 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
09:38 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
19:16 – en/sh – Quintin Laing | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 21 saves / 23 shots |
June 7 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 11:37 – Raymond Sawada 4 | ||||||
Kyle Wilson 3 – 05:11 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Keith Aucoin 4 – pp – 07:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots |
June 9 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:00 – Michael Grabner 10 18:07 – Cody Hodgson 2 | ||||||
Graham Mink 7 – 04:17 John Carlson 2 – 19:29 | Third period | 18:39 – en – Jason Krog 8 | ||||||
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots |
June 12 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 4 | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:56 – Andrew Gordon 6 06:10 – Chris Bourque 5 11:16 Alexandre Giroux 15 | ||||||
Mario Bliznak 3 – 11:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:39 – en – Keith Aucoin | ||||||
Cory Schneider 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots |
Hershey wins series 4–2 | |
The 2003–04 AHL season was the 68th season of the American Hockey League. The league introduced the Willie Marshall Award in honor of the career points leader in the AHL, and awards it to the annual top goal scorer.
The 2008 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 16, 2008. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 10, 2008 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, four games to two, to win the second Calder Cup in team history. Jason Krog won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP, after having already been named the regular-season MVP. Krog also tied the AHL record for most assists in one playoff with 26.
The 2007 Calder Cup Playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 18, 2007. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 7, 2007 with the Hamilton Bulldogs defeating the Hershey Bears four games to one to win the first Calder Cup in team history. This was a rematch of the 1997 Calder Cup Final, where Hershey defeated Hamilton in five games.
The 2006 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 18, 2006. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 15, 2006 with the Hershey Bears defeating the Milwaukee Admirals four games to two to win the ninth Calder Cup in team history.
The 2005 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 19, 2005. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 10, 2005 with the Philadelphia Phantoms defeating the Chicago Wolves four games to none to win the second Calder Cup in team history. Philadelphia's Antero Niittymaki won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.
The 2003 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2003. Twenty teams, the top ten from each conference, qualified for the playoffs. The seventh-, eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-placed teams in each conference played best-of-three series in the qualifying round. The four winners, in addition to the other twelve teams that qualified, played best-of-five series for conference quarterfinals. The remaining 8 teams played best-of-seven series for conference semifinals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 12, 2003 with the Houston Aeros defeating the Hamilton Bulldogs four games to three to win the first Calder Cup in team history.
The 2002 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2002. Twenty teams, the top ten from each conference, qualified for the playoffs. The seventh-, eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-placed teams in each conference played best-of-three series in the qualifying round. The four winners, in addition to the other twelve teams that qualified, played best-of-five series for conference quarterfinals. The remaining 8 teams played best-of-seven series for conference semifinals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 3, 2002 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers four games to one to win the first Calder Cup in team history.
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The 2010 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 14, 2010. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions, Hershey Bears and Texas Stars, played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup that was won by the Hershey Bears in six games. This was the second consecutive Calder Cup for the Bears and their 11th overall.
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