2013 Calder Cup playoffs

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2013 Calder Cup playoffs
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Tournament details
DatesApril 26–June 18, 2013
Teams16
Defending champions Norfolk Adrmials
(did not qualify)
Final positions
Champions Grand Rapids Griffins
Runner-up Syracuse Crunch
  2012
2014  

The 2013 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 26, 2013, with the same playoff format that was introduced in 2012. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played a best-of-five series in the conference quarterfinals, and the playoffs continued with best-of-seven series for the conference semifinals, conference finals and Calder Cup finals. The Grand Rapids Griffins defeated the Syracuse Crunch in six games to win the Calder Cup for the first time in Grand Rapids' franchise history.

Contents

Playoff seeds

After the 2012–13 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualifies for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Providence Bruins – 105 points
  2. Portland Pirates – 87 points
  3. Manchester Monarchs – 81 points (35 regulation and overtime wins)

Northeast Division

  1. Springfield Falcons – 99 points

East Division

  1. Syracuse Crunch – 97 points
  2. Binghamton Senators – 96 points
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 88 points
  4. Hershey Bears – 81 points (32 regulation and overtime wins)

Western Conference

North Division

  1. Toronto Marlies – 96 points
  2. Rochester Americans – 90 points (33 regulation and overtime wins)

Midwest Division

  1. Grand Rapids Griffins – 92 points
  2. Milwaukee Admirals – 89 points

South Division

  1. Texas Stars – 97 points
  2. Charlotte Checkers – 92 points
  3. Oklahoma City Barons – 91 points
  4. Houston Aeros – 90 points (35 regulation and overtime wins)

Bracket

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Calder Cup Final
            
1 Providence 3
8 Hershey 2
1 Providence 3
5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4
2 Springfield 3
7 Manchester 1
5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1
Eastern Conference
3 Syracuse 4
3 Syracuse 3
6 Portland 0
2 Springfield 0
3 Syracuse 4
4 Binghamton 0
5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3
E3 Syracuse 2
W3 Grand Rapids 4
1 Texas 3
8 Milwaukee 1
1 Texas 1
5 Oklahoma City 4
2 Toronto 3
7 Rochester 0
5 Oklahoma City 3
Western Conference
3 Grand Rapids 4
3 Grand Rapids 3
6 Houston 2
2 Toronto 2
3 Grand Rapids 4
4 Charlotte 2
5 Oklahoma City 3

Conference quarterfinals

Note: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (8) Hershey Bears

April 26Providence Bruins2 5Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:37 – ppJoey Crabb 1
Jamie Tardif 1 – 13:56Second period4:43 – ppCasey Wellman 1
5:22 – ppJon DiSalvatore 1
9:23 – Dmitri Orlov 1
Christian Hanson 1 – 3:54Third period19:53 – en, shMichael Latta 1
Niklas Svedberg 19 saves / 23 shots
Michael Hutchinson 11 saves / 11 shots
Goalie stats Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 33 shots
April 28Providence Bruins4 5OTHershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Graham Mink 1 – 9:05First period3:14 – Ryan Stoa 1
14:56 – ppNicolas Deschamps 1
Carter Camper 1 – 1:09
Chris Bourque 1 – 10:54
Second period10:33 – Garrett Mitchell 1
Graham Mink 2 – pp – 13:18Third period18:31 – Joey Crabb 2
No scoringFirst overtime period3:05 – ppJon DiSalvatore 2
Niklas Svedberg 24 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Philipp Grubauer 54 saves / 58 shots
May 4Hershey Bears1 5Providence Bruins Giant Center Recap  
Michael Latta 2 – 3:44First period8:11 – Chris Bourque 2
No scoringSecond period3:06 – Bobby Robins 1
10:19 – ppJamie Tardif 2
No scoringThird period4:07 – Chris Bourque 3
8:02 – ppCarter Camper 2
Philipp Grubauer 22 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Niklas Svedberg 30 saves / 31 shots
May 5Hershey Bears4 5Providence Bruins Giant Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period8:01 – Carter Camper 3
12:10 – ppGraham Mink 3
Joey Crabb 3 – pp – 1:58Second periodNo scoring
Joey Crabb 4 – 3:42
Casey Wellman 2 – 11:45
Tom Wilson 1 – 15:20
Third period8:10 – Carter Camper 4
17:26 – ppCraig Cunningham 1
18:56 – Carter Camper 5
Philipp Grubauer 32 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Niklas Svedberg 28 saves / 32 shots
May 8Providence Bruins3 2Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Justin Florek 1 – 5:04First period1:19 – Casey Wellman 3
Jordan Caron 1 – 15:08Second periodNo scoring
Jamie Tardif 3 – 9:20Third period3:56 – Joey Crabb 5
Niklas Svedberg 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Philipp Grubauer 34 saves / 37 shots
Providence wins series 32

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (7) Manchester Monarchs

April 27Springfield Falcons2 1OTManchester Monarchs MassMutual Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Blake Parlett 1 – ps – 10:25Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period11:11 – Brian O'Neill 1
Cody Bass 1 – 10:36First overtime periodNo scoring
Curtis McElhinney 29 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Martin Jones 33 saves / 35 shots
April 28Springfield Falcons3 2OTManchester Monarchs MassMutual Center Recap  
Trent Vogelhuber 1 – sh – 2:49First period7:10 – ppNicolas Deslauriers 1
No scoringSecond period15:52 – Anthony Stewart 1
David Savard 1 – pp – 7:11Third periodNo scoring
Cody Bass 2 – 18:44First overtime periodNo scoring
Curtis McElhinney 41 saves / 43 shotsGoalie stats Martin Jones 35 saves / 38 shots
May 2Manchester Monarchs2 1Springfield Falcons Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
Nicolas Deslauriers 2 – pp – 4:49First period7:11 – ppDavid Savard 2
David Meckler 1 – pp – 15:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Martin Jones 32 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Curtis McElhinney 26 saves / 28 shots
May 4Manchester Monarchs3 4OTSpringfield Falcons Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
Colton Yellow Horn 1 – 8:33
Linden Vey 1 – 10:27
First period1:40 – Blake Parlett 2
Linden Vey 2 – 5:17Second period13:35 – Boone Jenner 1
18:24 – Michael Chaput 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period8:06 – Nicholas Drazenovic 1
Martin Jones 37 saves / 41 shotsGoalie stats Curtis McElhinney 37 saves / 40 shots
Springfield wins series 31

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (6) Portland Pirates

April 27Syracuse Crunch4 3OTPortland Pirates Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:53 – Darian Dziurzynski 1
17:16 – ppDavid Rundblad 1
Tyler Johnson 1 – pp – 6:37
Mark Barberio 1 – pp – 13:32
Second period8:23 – Chris Brown 1
Dan Sexton 1 – 7:54Third periodNo scoring
Richard Panik 1 – pp – 6:36First overtime periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Chad Johnson 35 saves / 39 shots
April 28Syracuse Crunch4 2Portland Pirates Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Ondrej Palat 1 – 9:33
J. T. Brown 1 – 10:41
First periodNo scoring
Tyler Johnson 2 – sh – 0:49
Brett Connolly 1 – 14:36
Second period16:50 – Brandon Gormley 1
No scoringThird period9:40 – Nick Johnson 1
Cedrick Desjardins 18 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Chad Johnson 30 saves / 34 shots
May 2Portland Pirates3 4OTSyracuse Crunch Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
Andy Miele 1 – pp – 15:57First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period6:57 – ppRadko Gudas 1
Alexandre Bolduc 1 – 0:19
Nick Johnson 2 – pp – 10:47
Third period13:59 – Mike Angelidis 1
18:48 – Ondrej Palat 2
No scoringFirst overtime period19:43 – Ondrej Palat 3
Chad Johnson 41 saves / 45 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 15 saves / 18 shots
Syracuse wins series 30

(4) Binghamton Senators vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

April 27Binghamton Senators2 3OTWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena Recap  
Shane Prince 1 – pp – 19:12First period10:58 – ppBrian Gibbons 1
16:41 – Chad Kolarik 1
Mark Stone 1 – 17:03Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period8:18 – Chad Kolarik 2
Nathan Lawson 30 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 34 saves / 36 shots
April 28Binghamton Senators2 3Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena Recap  
Matt Puempel 1 – 14:35First period2:48 – ppRiley Holzapfel 1
No scoringSecond period12:03 – Chris Collins 1
19:58 – Warren Peters 1
Chris Wideman 1 – pp – 19:41Third periodNo scoring
Nathan Lawson 21 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 35 saves / 37 shots
May 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins3 2Binghamton Senators Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst period5:00 – Matt Puempel 2
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Zach Sill 1 – sh – 7:32
Riley Holzapfel 2 – pp – 18:42
Jayson Megna 1 – en – 19:32
Third period19:58 – Mark Borowiecki 1
Brad Thiessen 35 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Nathan Lawson 25 saves / 27 shots
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 30

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (8) Milwaukee Admirals

April 26Milwaukee Admirals2 3OTTexas Stars BMO Harris Bradley Center Recap  
Patrick Cehlin 1 – pp – 12:15First period19:44 – Matt Fraser 1
No scoringSecond period9:09 – ppKevin Connauton 1
Zach Hamill 1 – pp – 7:11Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period11:44 – Brett Ritchie 1
Magnus Hellberg 41 saves / 44 shotsGoalie stats Cristopher Nihlstorp 29 saves / 31 shots
April 27Milwaukee Admirals2 0Texas Stars BMO Harris Bradley Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Austin Watson 1 – 12:04Second periodNo scoring
Mike Moore 1 – en – 19:31Third periodNo scoring
Magnus Hellberg 23 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Cristopher Nihlstorp 19 saves / 20 shots
May 1Texas Stars2 0Milwaukee Admirals Cedar Park Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Alex Chiasson 1 – 7:42
Kevin Connauton 2 – pp – 13:57
Third periodNo scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp 21 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Magnus Hellberg 29 saves / 31 shots
May 3Texas Stars2 1Milwaukee Admirals Cedar Park Center Recap  
Matt Fraser 2 – 10:16First periodNo scoring
Alex Chiasson 2 – 1:29Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period1:40 – Kevin Henderson 1
Cristopher Nihlstorp 34 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Magnus Hellberg 24 saves / 26 shots
Texas wins series 31

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (7) Rochester Americans

April 27Toronto Marlies6 3Rochester Americans Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Greg Scott 1 – 12:04
Greg Scott 2 – pp – 17:49
First period18:46 – Zemgus Girgensons 1
Greg McKegg 1 – pp – 2:48Second period1:12 – shCody McCormick 1
15:34 – Zemgus Girgensons 2
Paul Ranger 1 – 5:14
Greg Scott 3 – 15:22
Greg Scott 4 – en, pp – 18:22
Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats David Leggio 12 saves / 17 shots
April 28Toronto Marlies2 0Rochester Americans Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Michael Zigomanis 1 – pp – 12:39Second periodNo scoring
Jerry D'Amigo 1 – 1:45Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Matt Hackett 18 saves / 20 shots
May 1Rochester Americans2 3OTToronto Marlies Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Zemgus Girgensons 3 – 14:20Second period6:19 – shGreg Scott 5
19:18 – Greg McKegg 2
Nick Tarnasky 1 – 15:57Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period5:14 – Will Acton 1
David Leggio 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 37 saves / 39 shots
Toronto wins series 30

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (6) Houston Aeros

April 26Houston Aeros3 0Grand Rapids Griffins Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Marco Scandella 1 – pp – 11:55
Justin Fontaine 1 – 16:52
Second periodNo scoring
Justin Fontaine 2 – en – 18:14Third periodNo scoring
Darcy Kuemper 36 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 29 shots
April 28Houston Aeros2 3Grand Rapids Griffins Toyota Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period4:16 – Tomas Tatar 1
No scoringSecond period11:02 – ppTomas Jurco 1
Justin Fontaine 3 – pp – 15:33
Brian Connelly 1 – 19:47
Third period14:06 – Tomas Jurco 2
Darcy Kuemper 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 19 saves / 21 shots
May 1Grand Rapids Griffins4 2Houston Aeros Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period19:51 – Erik Haula 1
Jeff Hoggan 1 – pp – 5:30
Teemu Pulkkinen 1 – 12:42
Second period14:02 – David McIntyre 1
Adam Almqvist 1 – 16:22
Luke Glendening 1 – en – 19:46
Third periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Mike Condon 35 saves / 38 shots
May 3Grand Rapids Griffins1 4Houston Aeros Van Andel Arena Recap  
Luke Glendening 2 – sh – 4:44First period12:24 – ppMikael Granlund 1
19:31 – Chad Rau 1
No scoringSecond period10:35 – ppSteven Kampfer 1
No scoringThird period17:55 – enDavid McIntyre 2
Petr Mrazek 15 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Mike Condon 41 saves / 42 shots
May 4Grand Rapids Griffins7 0Houston Aeros Van Andel Arena Recap  
Francis Pare 1 – 12:03First periodNo scoring
Tomas Tatar 2 – 4:25
Riley Sheahan 1 – 8:56
Jan Mursak 1 – 13:52
Tomas Tatar 3 – 19:53
Second periodNo scoring
Adam Almqvist 2 – pp – 4:06
Teemu Pulkkinen 2 – 17:25
Third periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Mike Condon 34 saves / 41 shots
Grand Rapids wins series 32

(4) Charlotte Checkers vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

April 26Oklahoma City Barons3 4OTCharlotte Checkers Cox Convention Center Recap  
Teemu Hartikainen 1 – 7:38First periodNo scoring
C. J. Stretch 1 – pp – 18:24
Josh Green 1 – 18:45
Second period2:28 – ppJustin Shugg 1
11:17 – Brody Sutter 1
No scoringThird period2:32 – ppZach Boychuk 1
No scoringFirst overtime period3:06 – Brody Sutter 2
Yann Danis 24 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Rob Madore 30 saves / 33 shots
April 27Oklahoma City Barons5 2Charlotte Checkers Cox Convention Center Recap  
Jonathan Cheechoo 1 – 16:52First period9:35 – Sean Dolan 1
11:07 – Zach Boychuk 2
Randy Jones 1 – 18:30Second periodNo scoring
Mark Arcobello 1 – 8:44
Mark Arcobello 2 – 17:23
Mark Arcobello 3 – en – 18:17
Third periodNo scoring
Yann Danis 33 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Rob Madore 26 saves / 30 shots
May 1Charlotte Checkers6 1Oklahoma City Barons Time Warner Cable Arena Recap  
Matt Marquardt 1 – 2:32
Chris Terry 1 – pp – 6:50
Chris Terry 2 – pp – 8:18
First period19:09 – ppToni Rajala 1
Tim Wallace 1 – 11:34Second periodNo scoring
Bobby Raymond 1 – pp – 14:08
Justin Shugg 2 – 16:12
Third periodNo scoring
Rob Madore 37 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 27 saves / 33 shots
May 3Charlotte Checkers1 8Oklahoma City Barons Time Warner Cable Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period0:34 – Philippe Cornet 1
10:23 – Tyler Pitlick 1
15:57 – Chris VandeVelde 1
No scoringSecond period5:27 – ppJosh Green 2
8:29 – Anton Lander 1
11:11 – ppMartin Marincin 1
Zach Boychuk 3 – 3:52Third period9:08 – pp – Tyler Pitlick 2
9:48 – Teemu Hartikainen 2
Rob Madore 13 saves / 17 shots
Mike Murphy 16 saves / 20 shots
Goalie stats Yann Danis 24 saves / 25 shots
May 4Charlotte Checkers2 6Oklahoma City Barons Time Warner Cable Arena Recap  
Riley Nash 1 – 10:56
Bobby Raymond 2 – 17:37
First period13:30 – Jonathan Cheechoo 2
14:10 – Anton Lander 2
No scoringSecond period9:57 – Teemu Hartikainen 3
11:35 – Josh Green 3
16:07 – Toni Rajala 2
No scoringThird period18:34 – enAndrew Hotham 1
Rob Madore 13 saves / 17 shots
John Muse 11 saves / 12 shots
Goalie stats Yann Danis 49 saves / 51 shots
Oklahoma City wins series 32

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Penguins became the third team in AHL history, along with the 1960 Rochester Americans and 1989 Adirondack Red Wings to come back from a 0–3 series deficit and win a best of seven playoff series, and the first team to then win Game 7 on the road.

May 10Providence Bruins8 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Ryan Spooner 1 – 18:54First period9:31 – pp, psChad Kolarik 3
Jordan Caron 2 – 5:09
Kyle MacKinnon 1 – 7:09
Jamie Tardif 4 – 8:34
Carter Camper 6 – pp – 10:24
Second period6:23 – Brian Gibbons 2
12:43 – ppPaul Thompson 1
Craig Cunningham 2 – 5:25
Chris Bourque 4 – 18:05
Jamie Tardif 5 – pp – 19:24
Third period16:31 – ppChris Collins 2
17:19 – Paul Thompson 2
Niklas Svedberg 25 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 19 saves / 27 shots
May 11Providence Bruins4 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Jamie Tardif 6 – pp – 5:48
Ryan Spooner 2 – 11:24
Jamie Tardif 7 – pp – 17:25
Chris Bourque 5 – 19:31
First period4:40 – shWarren Peters 2
No scoringSecond period14:47 – ppBrian Gibbons 3
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Niklas Svedberg 38 saves / 40 shotsGoalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 9 saves / 13 shots
Brad Thiessen 16 saves / 16 shots
May 15Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins1 2OTProvidence Bruins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Trevor Smith 1 – 10:42Second period3:04 – Jared Knight 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period0:31 – Carter Camper 7
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Niklas Svedberg 32 saves / 33 shots
May 17Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins3 1Providence Bruins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst period7:37 – Carter Camper 8
Warren Peters 3 – 6:25
Riley Holzapfel 3 – 16:10
Chad Kolarik 4 – pp – 17:57
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Brad Thiessen 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Niklas Svedberg 19 saves / 22 shots
May 18Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins4 0Providence Bruins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Brian Dumoulin 1 – pp – 10:55
Trevor Smith 2 – pp – 16:47
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Adam Payerl 1 – 3:39
Paul Thompson 3 – pp – 16:44
Third periodNo scoring
Brad Thiessen 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Niklas Svedberg 25 saves / 29 shots
May 20Providence Bruins1 2OTWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Craig Cunningham 3 – 1:07Second period6:03 – ppBrian Dumoulin 2
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period3:26 – Trevor Smith 3
Niklas Svedberg 16 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Brad Thiessen 46 saves / 47 shots
May 22Providence Bruins0 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period4:44 – ppChad Kolarik 5
13:04 – Warren Peters 4
15:14 – Adam Payerl 2
17:15 – Zach Sill 2
No scoringThird period15:25 – Trevor Smith 4
Niklas Svedberg 15 saves / 19 shots
Michael Hutchinson 4 saves / 5 shots
Goalie stats Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 34 shots
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 43

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (3) Syracuse Crunch

May 10Springfield Falcons2 5Syracuse Crunch MassMutual Center Recap  
Nicholas Drazenovic 2 – pp – 10:06First period8:40 – ppMark Barberio 2
9:00 – Richard Panik 2
11:26 – J. T. Brown 2
18:13 – Brett Connolly 2
No scoringSecond period10:10 – Tyler Johnson 3
Ryan Craig 1 – pp – 19:58Third periodNo scoring
Curtis McElhinney 4 saves / 9 shots
Allen York 11 saves / 11 shots
Goalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 22 saves / 24 shots
May 11Springfield Falcons3 5Syracuse Crunch MassMutual Center Recap  
Ryan Russell 1 – 14:40First period1:02 – ppRichard Panik 3
1:15 – Mike Angelidis 2
Trent Vogelhuber 2 – 14:29Second period8:31 – ppTyler Johnson 4
14:05 – sh – Tyler Johnson 5
Boone Jenner 2 – 8:04Third period6:47 – pp – Tyler Johnson 6
Curtis McElhinney 20 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 31 shots
May 15Syracuse Crunch3 0Springfield Falcons Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Richard Panik 4 – 15:15First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ondrej Palat 4 – sh – 0:08
Tyler Johnson 7 – sh – 7:24
Third periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 24 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Curtis McElhinney 22 saves / 25 shots
May 17Syracuse Crunch5 2Springfield Falcons Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
J. T. Wyman 1 – 6:04
Mark Barberio 3 – 7:52
First periodNo scoring
J. T. Wyman 2 – 17:20Second period2:38 – ppRyan Craig 2
Matt Taormina 1 – 19:45
Dan Sexton 2 – en – 18:01
Third period8:35 – Andrew Joudrey 1
Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Curtis McElhinney 35 saves / 39 shots
Syracuse wins series 40

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

May 9Texas Stars1 2OTOklahoma City Barons Cedar Park Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:08 – Mark Arcobello 4
Francis Wathier 1 – 16:30Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period1:28 – Anton Lander 3
Cristopher Nihlstorp 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 34 saves / 35 shots
May 11Texas Stars2 1Oklahoma City Barons Cedar Park Center Recap  
Mike Hedden 1 – 17:52First periodNo scoring
Joe Morrow 1 – pp – 17:12Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:05 – Mark Arcobello 5
Cristopher Nihlstorp 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 37 saves / 39 shots
May 13Oklahoma City Barons4 0Texas Stars Cox Convention Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Toni Rajala 3 – 5:26
Anton Lander 4 – pp – 12:28
Second periodNo scoring
Mark Arcobello 6 – 4:37
C. J. Stretch 2 – en – 19:42
Third periodNo scoring
Yann Danis 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Cristopher Nihlstorp 27 saves / 30 shots
May 15Oklahoma City Barons7 3Texas Stars Cox Convention Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
C. J. Stretch 3 – 1:27
Mark Arcobello 7 – 14:33
Second period6:49 – Brett Ritchie 2
13:13 – ppColton Sceviour 1
18:15 – Joe Morrow 2
Antti Tyrvainen 1 – 6:52
Taylor Fedun 1 – 14:24
Mark Arcobello 8 – 18:00
Antti Tyrvainen 2 – en – 18:36
Garrett Stafford 1 – pp – 19:45
Third periodNo scoring
Yann Danis 26 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Cristopher Nihlstorp 39 saves / 45 shots
May 16Oklahoma City Barons5 1Texas Stars Cox Convention Center Recap  
Teemu Hartikainen 4 – 17:21First periodNo scoring
Taylor Fedun 2 – 1:36
C. J. Stretch 4 – 9:16
Second periodNo scoring
Garrett Stafford 2 – pp – 1:24
Mark Arcobello 9 – 12:02
Third period17:03 – ppJustin Dowling 1
Yann Danis 33 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Cristopher Nihlstorp 29 saves / 34 shots
Oklahoma City wins series 41

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (3) Grand Rapids Griffins

May 10Toronto Marlies0 7Grand Rapids Griffins Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst period8:55 – Mitch Callahan 1
9:29 – Chad Billins 1
No scoringSecond period1:14 – ppTeemu Pulkkinen 3
19:42 – Tomas Tatar 4
No scoringThird period3:16 – pp – Tomas Tatar 5
5:48 – Luke Glendening 3
15:19 – Jan Mursak 2
Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 28 shots
Garret Sparks 9 saves / 10 shots
Goalie stats Petr Mrazek 25 saves / 25 shots
May 11Toronto Marlies4 2Grand Rapids Griffins Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Ryan Lasch 1 – pp – 10:30
Greg Scott 6 – sh – 15:02
Second period8:36 – Tomas Jurco 3
16:43 – shLandon Ferraro 1
Will Acton 2 – 2:36
Greg Scott 7 – en – 18:41
Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 30 shots
May 15Grand Rapids Griffins5 4Toronto Marlies Van Andel Arena Recap  
Adam Almqvist 3 – 3:45
Jeff Hoggan 2 – 5:45
First period14:21 – Ryan Hamilton 1
Tomas Tatar 6 – 2:38
Francis Pare 2 – pp – 17:06
Second period4:20 – Spencer Abbott 1
9:16 – ppGreg McKegg 3
Jan Mursak 3 – 0:46Third period5:00 – Carter Ashton 1
Petr Mrazek 16 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 32 shots
May 17Grand Rapids Griffins4 1Toronto Marlies Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period18:05 – Carter Ashton 2
Tomas Jurco 4 – pp – 4:15Second periodNo scoring
Landon Ferraro 2 – 10:13
Jeff Hoggan 3 – en – 19:07
Jan Mursak 4 – en – 19:24
Third periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 17 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 32 saves / 34 shots
May 18Grand Rapids Griffins1 4Toronto Marlies Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period10:52 – Spencer Abbott 2
15:48 – Will Acton 3
Luke Glendening 4 – 4:25Third period2:20 – ppMorgan Rielly 1
12:58 – ppMichael Zigomanis 2
Petr Mrazek 20 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Drew MacIntyre 32 saves / 33 shots
May 21Toronto Marlies3 4Grand Rapids Griffins Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Carter Ashton 3 – 4:15
Paul Ranger 2 – 19:57
First periodNo scoring
Will Acton 4 – 4:37Second period4:00 – ppTomas Tatar 7
No scoringThird period10:04 – Jan Mursak 5
10:32 – Tomas Tatar 8
15:57 – Luke Glendening 5
Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 15 saves / 18 shots
Grand Rapids wins series 42

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

May 25Syracuse Crunch2 4Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Brendan Mikkelson 1 – 16:41First period1:55 – Alex Grant 1
17:12 – ppTrevor Smith 5
Tyler Johnson 8 – pp – 5:38Second period9:24 – Christiaan Minella 1
19:04 – pp – Alex Grant 2
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 19 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Brad Thiessen 24 saves / 26 shots
May 26Syracuse Crunch3 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Dan Sexton 3 – pp – 18:56First periodNo scoring
Matt Taormina 2 – 7:07
Dmitri Korobov 1 – sh – 11:40
Second period8:13 – ppJoey Mormina 1
No scoringThird period14:02 – Riley Holzapfel 4
Cedrick Desjardins 16 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 37 shots
May 29Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins0 2Syracuse Crunch Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period7:29 – Vladislav Namestnikov 1
No scoringThird period19:55 – enJ. T. Brown 3
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 22 saves / 22 shots
May 31Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins2 4Syracuse Crunch Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Scott Harrington 1 – pp – 13:40First period14:57 – Brendan Mikkelson 2
Jayson Megna 2 – 16:40Second period18:12 – Brett Connolly 3
No scoringThird period1:50 – Tyler Johnson 9
19:04 – enJ. T. Wyman 3
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 21 saves / 23 shots
June 1Syracuse Crunch7 0Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Vladislav Namestnikov 2 – 16:04
Radko Gudas 2 – 16:56
First periodNo scoring
Philippe Paradis 1 – 13:37
Dan Sexton 4 – 15:31
Ondrej Palat 5 – pp – 17:58
Second periodNo scoring
Philippe Paradis 2 – 1:02
Philippe Paradis 3 – 5:43
Third periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 23 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Jeff Zatkoff 22 saves / 29 shots
Brad Thiessen 1 save / 1 shot
Syracuse wins series 41

Western Conference

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

May 24Grand Rapids Griffins2 1Oklahoma City Barons Van Andel Arena Recap  
Brennan Evans 1 – 7:15First period16:40 – Andrew Hotham 2
Landon Ferraro 3 – 2:35Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 26 saves / 28 shots
May 25Grand Rapids Griffins2 4Oklahoma City Barons Van Andel Arena Recap  
Tomas Tatar 9 – 17:14First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period6:38 – ppC. J. Stretch 5
Mitch Callahan 2 – 2:58Third period1:03 – Teemu Hartikainen 5
7:45 – Mark Arcobello 10
19:36 – en – Teemu Hartikainen 6
Petr Mrazek 33 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 20 saves / 22 shots
May 29Oklahoma City Barons4 1Grand Rapids Griffins Cox Convention Center Recap  
Ben Eager 1 – 7:14
Josh Green 4 – 8:25
Philippe Cornet 2 – 16:35
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jonathan Cheechoo 3 – en – 18:43Third period15:06 – Chad Billins 2
Yann Danis 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 29 saves / 32 shots
June 1Oklahoma City Barons0 4Grand Rapids Griffins Cox Convention Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:08 – ppJoakim Andersson 1
No scoringSecond period1:57 – Riley Sheahan 2
8:25 – Landon Ferraro 4
No scoringThird period18:11 – en, ppJan Mursak 6
Yann Danis 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 40 saves / 40 shots
June 2Oklahoma City Barons0 3Grand Rapids Griffins Cox Convention Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period15:13 – Tomas Jurco 5
17:12 – shMitch Callahan 3
19:27 – ppTomas Tatar 10
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Yann Danis 22 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 37 saves / 37 shots
June 4Grand Rapids Griffins3 4Oklahoma City Barons Van Andel Arena Recap  
Tomas Jurco 6 – pp – 18:39First period13:54 – ppMark Arcobello 11
Mitch Callahan 4 – 4:27
Jeff Hoggan 4 – 18:31
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period9:41 – Mark Arcobello 12
17:33 – Toni Rajala 4
18:55 – Anton Lander 5
Petr Mrazek 26 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 33 saves / 36 shots
June 5Grand Rapids Griffins5 4Oklahoma City Barons Van Andel Arena Recap  
Jan Mursak 7 – 0:54
Tomas Tatar 11 – pp – 15:55
First period13:07 – Chris VandeVelde 2
13:32 – Teemu Hartikainen 7
Gustav Nyquist 1 – pp – 9:47Second period17:02 – Antti Tyrvainen 3
Jan Mursak 8 – 6:32
Tomas Jurco 7 – 13:48
Third period1:21 – Taylor Fedun 3
Petr Mrazek 35 saves / 39 shotsGoalie stats Yann Danis 28 saves / 33 shots
Grand Rapids wins series 43

The game scheduled for May 31 was postponed to June 1 because of dangerous weather conditions around the Cox Convention Center. [1]

Calder Cup Finals

Syracuse Crunch vs. Grand Rapids Griffins

June 8Syracuse Crunch1 3Grand Rapids Griffins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period6:45 – Mitch Callahan 5
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Jean-Philippe Cote 1 – 13:19Third period12:00 – Riley Sheahan 3
19:45 – en, ppGustav Nyquist 2
Cedrick Desjardins 18 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 28 saves / 29 shots
June 9Syracuse Crunch4 6Grand Rapids Griffins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Andrej Sustr 1 – 14:03First period4:29 – Tomas Tatar 12
11:31 – Triston Grant 1
Richard Panik 5 – pp – 10:06
Brett Connolly 4 – pp – 16:12
J. T. Brown 4 – 18:23
Second period6:23 – Landon Ferraro 5
12:09 – ppTomas Jurco 8
18:49 – ppFrancis Pare 3
No scoringThird period14:56 – Jan Mursak 9
Cedrick Desjardins 23 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 30 saves / 34 shots
June 12Grand Rapids Griffins4 – 2Syracuse Crunch Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:21 – Richard Panik 6
Tomas Tatar 13 – 2:09
Luke Glendening 6 – 4:53
Second period9:56 – Dan Sexton 5
Jan Mursak 10 – 15:11
Jeff Hoggan 5 – 17:32
Third periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 25 saves / 29 shots
June 14Grand Rapids Griffins2 – 3Syracuse Crunch Van Andel Arena Recap  
Joakim Andersson 2 – 3:37
Jan Mursak 11 – 11:04
First period5:04 – Brett Connolly 5
No scoringSecond period14:01 – Ondrej Palat 6
16:52 – Richard Panik 7
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Petr Mrazek 21 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 26 saves / 28 shots
June 15Grand Rapids Griffins2 – 5Syracuse Crunch Van Andel Arena Recap  
Triston Grant 2 – 17:38First period8:39 – Ondrej Palat 7
16:09 – ppBrett Connolly 6
Tomas Tatar 14 – pp – 5:36Second period11:59 – ppRichard Panik 8
No scoringThird period0:36 – Tyler Johnson 10
17:16 – enDan Sexton 6
Petr Mrazek 17 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 40 saves / 42 shots
June 18Syracuse Crunch2 – 5Grand Rapids Griffins Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Richard Panik 9 – 17:15First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period2:23 – Mitch Callahan 6
12:41 – ppTomas Tatar 15
Andrej Sustr 2 – 5:14Third period9:54 – Brennan Evans 2
19:11 – en, pp – Tomas Tatar 16
19:54 – enJoakim Andersson 3
Cedrick Desjardins 20 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 26 shots
Grand Rapids won series 42

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. [2]

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Ondrej Palat Syracuse Crunch 187192612
Tomas Tatar Grand Rapids Griffins 241652123
Tyler Johnson Syracuse Crunch 1810112118
Mark Arcobello Oklahoma City Barons 171282014
Jan Mursak Grand Rapids Griffins 231161726
Luke Glendening Grand Rapids Griffins 246101630
Landon Ferraro Grand Rapids Griffins 245111611
Toni Rajala Oklahoma City Barons 17412168
Riley Sheahan Grand Rapids Griffins 243131610
Teemu Hartikainen Oklahoma City Barons 1778156

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 360 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold. [3]

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)

PlayerTeamGPWLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Brad Thiessen Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1264310151.38.9522654
Cedrick Desjardins Syracuse Crunch 18135458422.30.90831097
Cristopher Nilstorp Texas Stars 945270212.30.9221547
Petr Mrazek Grand Rapids Griffins 24159658552.31.91641431
Yann Danis Oklahoma City Barons 17107535412.41.92311019
Drew MacIntyre Toronto Marlies 954288252.85.9131526

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