2009 Calder Cup playoffs

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2009 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 15–June 12, 2009
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Hershey Bears
Runner-up Manitoba Moose
  2008
2010  

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.

Contents

Playoff seeds

After the 2008–09 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Hartford Wolf Pack – 99 points
  2. Providence Bruins – 94 points
  3. Portland Pirates – 88 points
  4. Worcester Sharks – 87 points

East Division

  1. Hershey Bears – 106 points
  2. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 106 points
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 104 points
  4. Philadelphia Phantoms – 93 points

Western Conference

North Division

  1. Manitoba Moose – 107 points
  2. Hamilton Bulldogs – 102 points
  3. Grand Rapids Griffins – 98 points
  4. Toronto Marlies – 90 points

West Division

  1. Milwaukee Admirals – 107 points
  2. Peoria Rivermen – 92 points
  3. Houston Aeros – 87 points
  4. Rockford IceHogs – 86 points

Bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Calder Cup Final
            
A1 Hartford 2
A4 Worcester4
A4 Worcester 2
Atlantic Division
A2 Providence4
A2 Providence4
A3 Portland 1
A2 Providence 1
Eastern Conference
E1 Hershey4
E1 Hershey4
E4 Philadelphia 0
E1 Hershey4
East Division
E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3
E2 Bridgeport 1
E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton4
E1 Hershey4
N1 Manitoba 2
N1 Manitoba4
N4 Toronto 2
N1 Manitoba4
North Division
N3 Grand Rapids 0
N2 Hamilton 2
N3 Grand Rapids4
N1 Manitoba4
Western Conference
W3 Houston 2
W1 Milwaukee4
W4 Rockford 0
W1 Milwaukee 3
West Division
W3 Houston4
W2 Peoria 3
W3 Houston4

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]

Statistical leaders

Skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points. [3]

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears22151328+322
Corey Locke Houston Aeros20121123-932
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose2281523+90
Keith Aucoin Hershey Bears2151823+916
Chris Bourque Hershey Bears2251621+230
Jason Jaffray Manitoba Moose2291019+712
Michael Grabner Manitoba Moose2010717+112
Matt Beaudoin Houston Aeros208917-412
Martin St. Pierre Providence Bruins1651116-126
Brad Marchand Providence Bruins167815-226

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Goaltending

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]

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Drew MacIntyreMilwaukee Admirals1174261181.65.9311655
Matt ClimieHouston Aeros51110961.88.9450191
Michal NeuvirthHershey Bears22166633431.92.93241346
Adam BerkhoelWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins632189122.12.9370340
Cory SchneiderManitoba Moose22147600472.15.92201315

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)

All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Division Semifinals

Note 1: All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
Note 2: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

(A1) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks
April 16Hartford Wolf Pack2 0Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Artem Anisimov 1 – 04:19Second periodNo scoring
Dane Byers 1 – 07:20Third periodNo scoring
Matt Zaba 38 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 21 saves / 23 shots
April 18Hartford Wolf Pack5 3Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
Artem Anisimov 2 – pp – 03:40
Jordan Owens 1 – 07:08
Bobby Sanguinetti 1 – 12:01
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period09:51 – Brendan Buckley 1
10:20 – Andrew Desjardins 1
14:40 – ppCory Larose 1
Mike Ouellette 1 – 02:23
Mark Bell 1 – sh/en – 19:55
Third periodNo scoring
Matt Zaba 45 saves / 48 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 14 saves / 18 shots
April 20Worcester Sharks3 22OTHartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
Tom Cavanaugh 1 – 18:42First period14:16 – ppCorey Potter 1
Ryan Vesce 1 – 06:25Second period05:01 – Dale Weise 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ryan Vesce 2 – 01:07Second overtime periodNo scoring
Thomas Greiss 34 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Matt Zaba 42 saves / 45 shots
April 22Worcester Sharks6 0Hartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
Frazer McLaren 1 – 03:19First periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo 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 periodNo scoring
Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Matt Zaba 21 saves / 27 shots
April 23Hartford Wolf Pack1 3Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period05:56 – ppPatrick Traverse 1
07:15 – T. J. Fox 2
13:50 – ppPatrick Traverse 2
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Dane Byers 2 – pp – 13:33Third periodNo scoring
Matt Zaba 23 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 28 shots
April 25Worcester Sharks5 3Hartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
Andrew Desjardins 2 – 03:53
Lukas Kaspar 2 – 12:17
Dan Da Silva 1 – 14:29
First period06:31 – ppDane Byers 3
Dan Da Silva 2 – pp – 16:52Second period05:53 – Dale Weise 2
Logan Couture 2 – 13:18Third period18:53 – Dale Weise 3
Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Matt Zaba 28 saves / 33 shots
Worcester won series 4–2
(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Portland Pirates
April 15Providence Bruins0 3Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period04:23 – Marek Zagrapan 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period01:42 – Felix Schutz 1
19:02 – enMarek Zagrapan
Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Jhonas Enroth 28 saves / 28 shots
April 17Providence Bruins2 1Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Vladimir Sobotka 1 – 02:01Second periodNo scoring
Jeremy Reich 1 – 10:32Third period03:33 – shTyler Bouck
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Jhonas Enroth 38 saves / 40 shots
April 19Portland Pirates1 5Providence Bruins Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:58 – Martin St. Pierre 1
No scoringSecond period00:59 – Brad Marchand 1
03:16 – shVladimir Sobotka 2
07:33 – ppJohnny Boychuk 1
Derek Whitmore 1 – 11:57Third period01:21 – ppJohnny Boychuk 2
Jhonas Enroth 20 saves / 24 shots
Kellen Briggs 19 saves / 20 shots
Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 26 shots
April 23Portland Pirates1 2Providence Bruins Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
Mark Mancari 1 – 11:55First periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond period17:13 – Brad Marchand 2
19:43 – Kirk MacDonald 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jhonas Enroth 35 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Tuukka Rask 31 saves / 32 shots
April 24Providence Bruins2 1Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period10:25 – ppMike Kostka 1
Jordan Knackstedt 1 – 05:46
Peter Schaefer 1 – pp – 19:15
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Jhonas Enroth 36 saves / 38 shots
Providence won series 4–1

East Division

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E4) Philadelphia Phantoms
April 16Philadelphia Phantoms2 4Hershey Bears Wachovia Spectrum Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:18 – Andrew Gordon 1
Jonathan Matsumoto 1 – 03:21Second periodNo scoring
Lasse Kukkonen 1 – 11:31Third period01:31 – ppKyle Wilson 1
05:31 – Oskar Osala 1
18:02 – Jay Beagle 1
Scott Munroe 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 32 shots
April 18Philadelphia Phantoms2 6Hershey Bears Wachovia Spectrum Recap  
Boyd Kane 1 – 00:53
Patrick Maroon 1 – 06:42
First period11:03 – Bryan Helmer 1
No scoringSecond period14:58 – ppStaffan Kronwall 1
No scoringThird period02:27 - 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 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots
April 22Hershey Bears3 2Philadelphia Phantoms GIANT Center Recap  
Staffan Kronwall 2 – pp – 08:27
Mathieu Perreault 2 – 19:33
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period15:54 – Jon Kalinski 1
Alexandre Giroux 2 – pp – 01:20Third period06:19 – shLasse Kukkonen 2
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Scott Munroe 24 saves / 27 shots
April 24Hershey Bears1 0Philadelphia Phantoms GIANT Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Graham Mink 1 – pp – 01:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 23 shotsGoalie 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.

(E2) Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
April 17Bridgeport Sound Tigers2 3Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
No ScoringFirst period01:22 – ppChris Minard 1
18:51 – ppDustin Jeffrey 1
Trevor Smith 1 – 18:45Second period10:58 – Luca Caputi 1
Rob Hennigar 1 – 17:12Third periodNo scoring
Nathan Lawson Goalie stats John Curry
April 18Bridgeport Sound Tigers4 5OTWilkes-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 period00:30 – Dustin Jeffrey 2
11:58 – ppDustin Jeffrey 3
Jesse Joensuu 1 – 13:18Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period06:11 – Andy Wozniewski 1
08:13 – Ben Lovejoy
No scoringFirst overtime period Chris Minard 2 – 04:54
Nathan Lawson 18 saves / 23 goalsGoalie stats John Curry 33 saves / 37 shots
April 19Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins4 5OTBridgeport Sound Tigers Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:04 – Jon Sim 1
Jean-Michel Daoust 1 – pp – 04:03
Jeff Taffepp – 05:55
Chris Minard 3 – pp – 11:15
Jean-Michel Daoust 2 – 12:54
Second period17:13 – ppAndrew MacDonald
No scoringThird period11:51 – Jon Sim
15:46 – Joe Callahan
No scoringFirst overtime period09:48 – Sean Bentivoglio
John Curry 31 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 32 saves / 36 shots
April 22Bridgeport Sound Tigers1 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
No ScoringFirst period15:04 – Chris Minard 4
No scoringSecond period01:25 – ppJeff Taffe 2
Ben Walterpp – 15:30Third periodNo scoring
Peter Mannino 19 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats John Curry 32 saves / 33 shots
April 24Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins4 2Bridgeport Sound Tigers Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Chris Minard 5 – pp – 07:37First period09:35 – Justin DiBendetto
Dustin Jeffrey 4 – pp – 05:29
Jean-Michel Daoust 3 – 13:13
Second period14:25 – Jesse Joensuu 2
Jeff Taffe 3 – 19:05Third periodNo scoring
John Curry 20 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 14 saves / 18 shots
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4–1

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N4) Toronto Marlies
April 15Manitoba Moose2 3OTToronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Guillaume Desbiens 1 – pp – 07:09
Raymond Sawada 1 – 16:28
Second period06:34 – Kyle Rogers 1
13:26 – Alex Foster 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period05:28 – Bates Battaglia 1
Cory Schneider 25 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Justin Pogge 37 saves/ 39 shots
April 17Manitoba Moose4 2Toronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
Jason Jaffray 1 – 12:12
Michael Grabner 1 – 12:27
First periodNo scoring
Maxime Fortunus 1 – pp – 04:21Second period10:22 – Jiri Tlusty 1
Jason Jaffrayen/pp – 19:10Third period05:51 – Darryl Boyce 1
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Justin Pogge 17 saves / 20 shots
April 19Toronto Marlies2 1Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Ryan Hamilton 1 – pp – 06:17First periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond period16:48 – Alexandre Bolduc 1
Tim Stapleton 1 – 02:44Third periodNo scoring
Justin Pogge 30 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 26 saves / 28 shots
April 21Toronto Marlies1 5Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo Scoring
Bates Battaglia 2 – pp – 09:48Second period03:18 – ppMark Fistric 1
11:48 – ppMaxime Fortunus 2
19:31 – Jason Jaffray 3
No scoringThird period06:29 – Greg Rallo 1
09:34 – ppMark Cullen 1
Justin Pogge 29 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 20 saves / 21 shots
April 23Toronto Marlies2 5Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Anton Stralman 1 – 19:06First period06:05 – ppJason Jaffray 4
Darryl Boyce 2 – 17:57Second period18:43 – Jason Krog 1
No scoringThird period10:33 – Jason Jaffray 5
13:00 – Jason Krog 2
15:44 – Guillaume Desbiens 2
Justin Pogge 32 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 38 saves / 40 shots
April 25Manitoba Moose4 2Toronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
Greg Rallo 2 – 05:02First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period05:52 – Tim Stapleton 2
07:01 – Alex Foster 2
Matt Pope 1 – 01:45
Raymond Sawada 2 – 06:14
Guillaume Desbiens 3 – 15:46
Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 13 saves / 15 shotsGoalie stats Adam Munro 29 saves / 33 shots
Manitoba won series 4–2
(N2) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins
April 17Hamilton Bulldogs3 4Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
Kyle Chipchura 1 – 05:59
Shawn Belle 1 – 09:47
First period05:01 – Darren McCarty 1
06:50 – Joakim Andersson 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
David Desharnais 1 – 18:01Third period00:19 – Justin Abdelkader 1
13:06 – Darren Haydar 1
Marc Denis 31 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 26 shots
April 18Hamilton Bulldogs1 3Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Ryan White 1 – 03:39Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period05:39 – ppVille Leino 1
08:50 – Justin Abdelkader 2
19:34 – enJustin Abdelkader 3
Marc Denis 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots
April 20Grand Rapids Griffins4 5Hamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
Darren McCarty 2 – 19:35First period10:38 – ppYanick Lehoux 1
Brian Lashoff 1 – pp – 08:21Second period03:38 – Kyle Chipchura 2
05:17 – Ben Maxwell 1
Ville Leino 2 – pp – 13:56
Justin Abdelkader 4 – 17:42
Third period08:37 – Ryan Russell 1
17:17 – Ryan White 2
Jimmy Howard 21 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Marc Denis 27 saves / 31 shots
April 22Grand Rapids Griffins3 4OTHamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
Aaron Gagnon 1 – 00:34First periodNo Scoring
Jamie Tardif 1 – 09:47Second periodNo scoring
Justin Abdelkader 5 – pp – 00:44Third period07:58 – shKyle Chipchura 3
09:41 – ppBen Maxwell 2
11:27 – ppBen Maxwell 3
No scoringFirst overtime period02:42 – Ryan White 3
Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Marc Denis 33 saves / 36 shots
April 24Grand Rapids Griffins4 2Hamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
Tom Galvin 1 – pp – 08:00
Jakub Kindl 1 – 15:07
First period17:51 – ppMike Glumac 1
Darren Haydar 2 – pp – 07:17Second periodNo scoring
Darren Haydar 3 – 07:17Third periodNo scoring
Jimmy Howard 14 saves / 15 shotsGoalie stats Marc Denis 30 saves / 34 shots
April 26Hamilton Bulldogs1 4Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
Greg Stewart 1 – 00:09First period05:25 – ppDarren Haydar 4
No scoringSecond period04:18 Justin Abdelkader 6
No scoringThird period13:45 – Cory Emmerton 1
19:22 – enVille Leino 3
Marc Denis 14 saves / 17 shotsGoalie stats Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots
Grand Rapids won series 4–2

West Division

(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W4) Rockford IceHogs
April 16Milwaukee Admirals3 1Rockford IceHogs Bradley Center Recap  
Patric Hornqvist 1 – 06:41First period09:14 – ppAkim Aliu 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Cal O'Reilly 1 – 17:08
Cal O'Reilly 2 – sh/en – 19:51
Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Corey Crawford 21 saves / 23 shots
April 18Milwaukee Admirals3 1Rockford IceHogs Bradley Center Recap  
Cody Franson 1 – 18:49First periodNo scoring
Hugh Jessiman 1 – 17:48Second period07:52 – Evan Brophey 1
Patric Hornqvist 2 – 12:49Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Corey Crawford 29 saves / 32 shots
April 19Rockford IceHogs1 3Milwaukee Admirals Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond period02:07 – ppAndreas Thuresson 1
06:36 – Triston Grant 1
Tyler Mosienko 1 – pp – 17:39Third period03:08 – ppRyan Jones 1
Antti Niemi 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots
April 21Rockford IceHogs1 4Milwaukee Admirals Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:03 – Jed Ortmeyer 1
Pascal Pelletier 1 – pp – 16:21Second period18:38 – Mike Santorelli 1
No scoringThird period07:02 – Mike Santorelli 2
15:22 – Mike Santorelli 3
Antti Niemi 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots
Milwaukee won series 4–0
(W2) Peoria Rivermen vs. (W3) Houston Aeros
April 15Peoria Rivermen6 4Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
Yan Stastny 1 - 07:36
Steve Regier 1 - pp - 09:48
First period14:03 – ppMaxim Noreau 1
Cam Paddock 1 - 09:05
Yan Stastny 2 - 09:37
Second periodNo scoring
Jori Lehtera 1 – 02:36
Carl Corazzini 1 – pp – 07:12
Third period00:25 – ppCorey Locke 1
01:22 – Krys Kolanos 1
19:16 – Robbie Earl 1
Manny Legace 29 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 31 shots
April 17Peoria Rivermen0 2Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period19:51 – Peter Olvecky 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period08:45 – Danny Irmen 1
Manny Legace 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 30 shots
April 18Houston Aeros2 1Peoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo Scoring
Corey Locke 2 – pp 09:13Second periodNo scoring
Corey Locke 3 – pp – 10:02Third period03:10 – Chris Porter 1
Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Manny Legace 22 saves / 24 shots
April 20Houston Aeros3 4Peoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period09:11 – Cam Paddock 2
Tony Hrkac 1 – 05:43
Tomas Mojzis 1 – pp – 07:29
Second period17:29 – ppSteve Wagner 1
18:13 – ppNicholas Drazenovic 1
Jesse Schultz 1 – pp – 15:21Third period05:46 – Trent Whitfield 1
Anton Khudobin 14 saves / 18 shots
Matt Climie 3 saves / 3 shots
Goalie stats Manny Legace 24 saves / 27 shots
April 22Houston Aeros3 2OTPeoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond period17:18 – Jeff Cowan 1
Matt Beaudoin 1 – pp – 15:43
Robbie Earl 2 – 17:13
Third period12:48 – Steve Regier 2
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 12:14First overtime periodNo scoring
Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Manny Legace 16 saves / 19 shots
April 25Peoria Rivermen2 1Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Trent Whitfield 2 – 18:37Second period11:36 – ppMatt Beaudoin 2
Jonathon Filewich 1 – 04:43Third periodNo scoring
Manny Legace 28 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 22 saves / 24 shots
April 27Peoria Rivermen2 5Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period01:39 – ppKrys Kolanos 2
11:01 – shMarco Rosa 1
Jonathon Filewich 2 – 07:33
Carl Corazzini – 15:16
Second periodNo scoring
Third period09:41 – Maxim Noreau 3
19:36 – enCorey Locke 4
19:57 – enMitch Love 1
Manny Legace Goalie stats Anton Khudobin
Houston won series 4–3

Division Finals

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks
April 28Providence Bruins3 2OTWorcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Martin St. Pierre 2 – 01:06First periodNo scoring
Brad Marchand 3 – pp – 05:55Second period12:55 – ppJamie McGinn 1
No scoringThird period14:39 – Jamie McGinn 2
Jeremy Reich 2 – 6:19First overtime periodNo scoring
Tuuka Rask 35 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 24 saves / 27 shots
May 6Worcester Sharks2 4Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period19:03 – Martin St. Pierre 3
Riley Armstrong 1 – 03:42Second period7:36 – ppJohnny Boychuk 3
Dan DaSilva 3 – 11:31Third period05:15 – Kirk MacDonald 2
19:20 – enWacey Rabbit 1
Thomas Greiss 29 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Tuuka Rask 22 saves / 24 shots
May 8Providence Bruins3 5Worcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period14:10 – ppPatrick Traverse 3
19:01 – T. J. Fox 3
Jeff Penner 1 – 00:10
Jeff Pennerpp – 07:55
Second period04:40 – Andrew Desjardins 3
Mikko Lehtonen 1 – pp – 19:05Third period11:39 – Jamie McGinn 3
19:26 – enRiley Armstrong 2
Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 28 shots
May 9Worcester Sharks1 0Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
Tom Cavanaugh 3- 04:41First periodNo Scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Thomas Greiss 26 saves/ 26 shotsGoalie stats Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots
May 11Providence Bruins4 3Worcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst period19:22 – ppPatrick Traverse 4
Martin St. Pierre 4 – 03:07
Brad Marchand 4 – pp – 10:55
Jeremy Reich 3 14:08
Second periodNo scoring
Levi Nelson 1 – 10:42Third period10:28 – ppJamie McGinn 4
17:48 – Riley Armstrong 3
Tuuka Rask 30 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 34 shots
May 13Worcester Sharks1 5Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period04:59 – ppBrad Marchand 5
10:05 – Jamie Arniel 1
Andrew Desjardins 4 – sh – 19:48Second period05:32 – Kirk MacDonald 3
13:29 – Jordan Knackstedt 2
14:10 – ppMartin St. Pierre 5
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Tuuka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots
Kevin Nastiuk 0 saves / 0 shots
Providence won series 4–2

East Division

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
May 2Hershey Bears5 3Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Staffan Kronwall 3 – pp – 09:38
Chris Bourque 1 – 11:13
First periodNo scoring
Andrew Gordon 2 – pp – 19:43Second period14:31 – Jean-Michel Daoust 4
16:55 – ppNick Johnson 1
Kyle Wilson 2 – 01:38
Alexandre Giroux 3 – 09:21
Third period07:45 – ppNick Johnson 2
Michal Neuvirth 35 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats John Curry 18 saves / 23 shots
May 3Hershey Bears3 1Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Oskar Osala 2 – 10:38
John Carlson 1 – 13:54
Graham Mink 2 – 17:51
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:04 – Alex Goligoski 1
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats John Curry 6 saves / 9 shots
Adam Berkhoel 20 shots / 20 saves
May 6Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins3 2OTHershey Bears Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:45 – ppGraham Mink 3
Jeff Taffe – 4 – 17:24Second periodNo scoring
Bill Thomaspp – 16:16Third period03:20 – ppAlexandre Giroux
Mark Letestu – 04:48First overtime periodNo scoring
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 40 saves / 43 shots
May 8Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins6 3Hershey 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 periodNo Scoring
Luca Caputi 2 – pp – 11:37Second period18:58 – Grant McNeill 1
Mark Letestu 2 – 15:21
Janne Pesonen 1 – en – 19:06
Third period04:47 – Steve Pinizzotto 2
17:55 – ppKeith Aucoin 1
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 29 shots
May 9Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins4 1Hershey Bears Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Chris Minard 6 – pp – 08:55
Luca Caputi 3 – pp – 13:43
First periodNo Scoring
Nick Johnson 4 – pp 15:08Second period05:19 – Darren Reid 1
Jeff Taffe 5 – sh/en 19:05Third periodNo scoring
Adam Berkhoel 39 saves / 40 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 29 shots
May 10Hershey Bears3 0Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Andrew Gordon 3 – 11:35First periodNo scoring
Darren Reid 2 – 00:22
Alexandre Giroux 5 – pp – 03:11
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Adam Berkhoel 40 saves / 43 shots
May 12Hershey Bears3 0Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Keith Aucoin 2 – 00:50First periodNo scoring
Chris Bourque 2- pp – 04:54Second periodNo scoring
Steve Pinizzotto 3 – 10:49Third periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Adam Berkhoel 32 saves / 35 shots
Hershey won series 4–3

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins
May 1Manitoba Moose2 1Grand Rapids Griffins MTS Centre Recap  
No ScoringFirst period18:04 – Francis Pare 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Alexandre Bolduc 2 – pp – 01:16
Mike Keane 1 – 02:55
Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 21 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 34 shots
May 2Manitoba Moose2 1Grand Rapids Griffins MTS Centre Recap  
Alexandre Bolduc 3 – sh – 04:34First period06:31 – ppDarren McCarty 3
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jason Krog 3 – 10:10Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 22 shots
May 4Grand Rapids Griffins1 3Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period08:06 – Matt Pope 2
19:28 – Alexandre Bolduc 4
Francis Pare 2 – 12:29Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period19:36 – enJason Jaffray 6
Jimmy Howard 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 22 saves / 23 shots
May 6Grand Rapids Griffins2 3Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
Jakub Kindl 2 – sh – 14:33First period15:48 – ppJason Krog 2
No scoringSecond period01:19 – Guillaume Desbiens 4
06:15 – ppMark Cullen 2
Jamie Tardif 2 – 13:00Third periodNo scoring
Jimmy Howard 17 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 30 saves / 32 shots
Manitoba won series 4–0

West Division

(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W3) Houston Aeros
April 30Milwaukee Admirals1 – 2Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period02:58 – ppTomas Mojzis 2
No scoringSecond period16:36 – Krys Kolanos 3
Andreas Thuresson 2 – 17:13Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots
May 2Milwaukee Admirals4 – 1Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Cody Franson 2 – 02:57First periodNo scoring
Ryan Jones 2 – pp – 16:25Second period11:38 – Robbie Earl 3
Mike Santorelli 4 – 02:37
Ryan Jones 3 – 11:01
Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 18 saves / 19 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 29 shots
Matt Climie 6 saves / 6 shots
May 5Houston Aeros3 – 1Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Krys Kolanos 4 – 05:41First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period18:25 – Ryan Jones 4
Matt Beaudoin 3 – pp – 05:14
Corey Locke 5- 18:09
Third periodNo scoring
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 13 saves / 16 shots
May 7Houston Aeros2 – 0Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Benoit Pouliot 1 – pp – 16:56First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Krys Kolanos 5 – en – 19:58Third periodNo scoring
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 12 saves / 13 shots
May 9Houston Aeros3 – 4Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Corey Locke 6 – pp – 09:13First period10:09 – Bryan Smolinski 1
18:28 – Bryan Smolinski 2
No scoringSecond period05:03 – Andreas Thuresson 3
10:24 Kelsey Wilson 1
Corey Locke 7 – pp – 8:52
Robbie Earl 4 – pp – 18:10
Third periodNo scoring
Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 30 shots
May 11Milwaukee Admirals7 – 0Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Hugh Jessiman 2 – 07:34
Robert Dietrich 1 – 12:52
Patric Hornqvist 3 – 18:10
First periodNo scoring
Bryan Smolinski 3 – pp – 08:23
Mike Santorelli 5 – 10:42
Cody Franson 3 – 14:44
Second periodNo scoring
Ryan Maki 1 – 17:52Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 21 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 8 shots
Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 23 shots
May 13Milwaukee Admirals2 – 5Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Patric Hornqvist 4 – pp – 14:12First period3:34 – Corey Locke 8
4:23 – Krys Kolanos 6
Mike Santorelli 6 – 18:58Second period14:21 – ppClayton Stoner 1
No scoringThird period5:30 – Bryan Lundbohm 1
18:09 – enCorey Locke 9
Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 30 shots
Houston won series 4–3

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (A2) Providence Bruins

May 16Hershey Bears2 3Providence Bruins GIANT Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period08:03 – pp -Jeff Penner 3
16:19 – ppJordan Knackstedt 3
Oskar Osala 3 – 3:03
Oskar Osala 4 – 14:41
Second period08:28 – Matt Marquardt 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots
May 17Hershey Bears2 1Providence Bruins GIANT Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Andrew Joudrey 1 – 3:21
Alexandre Giroux 6 – pp – 6:01
Third period19:24 – ppBrad Marchand
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Tuukka Rask 37 saves / 39 shots
May 22Providence Bruins4 6Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Zach Hamill 1 – 01:56
Jeff Penner 4 – pp – 15:32
First periodNo scoring
Peter Schaefer 2 – pp – 03:01Second period03:26 – Alexandre Giroux 7
09:05 – Chris Bourque 3
Jeff Penner 5 – pp – 00:38Third period05:32 – Andrew Gordon 4
06:52 – Alexandre Giroux 8
13:58 – Graham Mink 4
19:25 – ppBryan Helmer 2
Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 28 shots
May 24Providence Bruins2 3OTHershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Peter Schaefer 3 – 05:32
Jeff Penner 6 – pp – 08:12
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period07:31 – ppBryan Helmer 3
No scoringThird period13:12 – Keith Aucoin 3
No scoringFirst overtime period15:10 – Graham Mink 5
Tuukka Rask 40 saves / 43 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots
May 25Providence Bruins2 5Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brad Marchand 7 – pp – 04:45Second period02:17 – ppAndrew Gordon 5
16:20 – ppAlexandre Giroux 9
Mikko Lehtonen 2 – 01:57Third period06:46 – shChris Bourque 4
10:19 – Darren Reid 3
19:03 – enQuintin Laing 1
Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots
Hershey wins series 41

Western Conference

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (W3) Houston Aeros

May 15Manitoba Moose2 1Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Dusty Collins 1 – 14:34First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Mario Bliznak 1 – 11:58Third period09:50 – ppMatt Beaudoin 4
Cory Schneider 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 18 shots
May 16Manitoba Moose5 2Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Jason Krog 5 – 11:00
Michael Grabner 2 – 14:07
Raymond Sawada 3 – pp – 17:49
First periodNo scoring
Cody Hodgson 1 – 01:55
Michael Grabner 3 – pp – 04:37
Second period07:25 – J. P. Testwuide
19:50 – Marco Rosa
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Anton Khudobin 9 saves / 12 shots
Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 20 shots
May 18Houston Aeros3 4Manitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:47 – Mike Keane 2
Matt Beaudoin 5 – pp – 12:29Second period12:29 – ppAlexandre Bolduc 5
14:08 – Michael Grabner 4
Corey Locke 10 – 01:11
Danny Irmen 2 – sh – 06:30
Third period16:11 – Michael Grabner 5
Nolan Schaefer 15 saves / 19 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 21 saves / 24 shots
May 20Houston Aeros5 4OTManitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
Corey Locke 11 – 01:26First period07:10 – Mike Keane 3
09:06 – shMike Keane 4
Robbie Earl 5 – 13:58Second periodNo scoring
Matt Beaudoin 6 – 13:34
Tony Hrkac 2 – 14:29
Third period00:25 – Jason Krog 6
17:21 – Mario Bliznak 2
Matt Beaudoin 7 – 02:01First overtime periodNo scoring
Anton Khudobin 18 saves / 22 shots
Nolan Schaefer 0 saves / 0 shots
Goalie stats Cory Schneider 25 saves / 30 shots
May 22Houston Aeros4 32OTManitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 02:56
Tony Hrkac 3 – 04:22
First periodNo scoring
Matt Beaudoin 8 – 17:34Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period02:29 – ppMichael Grabner 6
19:39 – ppJason Krog 7
19:58 – Mark Cullen 3
Tony Hrkac 4 – 04:19Second overtime periodNo scoring
Matt Climie 45 saves / 48 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 16 saves / 19 shots
Curtis Sanford 22 saves / 23 shots
May 25Manitoba Moose3 1Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Matt Pope 3 – 12:48First period12:52 – ppCorey Locke 12
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Michael Grabner 7 – pp – 09:46
Mark Fistric 2 – 12:07
Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 16 saves / 17 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 33 saves / 36 shots
Manitoba wins series 42

Calder Cup Finals

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (E1) Hershey Bears

May 30Manitoba Moose4 5OTHershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
Mark Cullen 4 – pp – 07:35
Michael Grabner 8 – 13:18
First period08:31 – shAlexandre Giroux 10
Michael Grabner 9 – 06:12Second periodNo scoring
Maxime Fortunus 3 -pp – 18:34Third period02:34 – Oskar Osala 5
11:01 – ppAlexandre Giroux 11
15:24 – Oskar Osala 6
No scoringFirst overtime period13:33 – ppAlexandre Giroux 12
Cory Schneider 30 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 30 shots
June 2Manitoba Moose3 1Hershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:31 – Alexandre Giroux 13
Jason Jaffray 7 – pp – 07:59Second periodNo scoring
Jason Jaffray 8 – 19:13
Jason Jaffray 9 – pp/en – 19:50
Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots
June 6Hershey Bears3 0Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
06:22 – ppGraham Mink 6First periodNo scoring
09:38 – ppAlexandre Giroux 14Second periodNo scoring
19:16 – en/shQuintin Laing Third periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 28 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 21 saves / 23 shots
June 7Hershey Bears2 1Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period11:37 – Raymond Sawada 4
Kyle Wilson 3 – 05:11Second periodNo scoring
Keith Aucoin 4 – pp – 07:17Third periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots
June 9Hershey Bears2 3Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period17:00 – Michael Grabner 10
18:07 – Cody Hodgson 2
Graham Mink 7 – 04:17
John Carlson 2 – 19:29
Third period18:39 – enJason Krog 8
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots
June 12Manitoba Moose1 4Hershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period03:56 – Andrew Gordon 6
06:10 – Chris Bourque 5
11:16 Alexandre Giroux 15
Mario Bliznak 3 – 11:03Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period19:39 – enKeith Aucoin
Cory Schneider 26 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots
Hershey wins series 42

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