2010 Calder Cup playoffs

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2010 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 14 – June 14, 2010
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Hershey Bears
Runner-up Texas Stars
  2009
2011  

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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Team captain Bryan Helmer with the Calder Cup H0614 0774 (25570956767).jpg
Team captain Bryan Helmer with the Calder Cup
Chris Bourque with the Jack Butterfield Trophy H0614 0770 (25570956927).jpg
Chris Bourque with the Jack Butterfield Trophy
Team shot of the Hershey Bears H0614 1113 (40442147341).jpg
Team shot of the Hershey Bears

Playoff seeds

After the 2009–10 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Worcester Sharks – 104 points
  2. Portland Pirates – 101 points
  3. Manchester Monarchs – 95 points
  4. Lowell Devils – 88 points
  5. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 86 points

East Division

  1. Hershey Bears – 123 points
  2. Albany River Rats – 94 points
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 87 points

Western Conference

North Division

  1. Hamilton Bulldogs – 115 points
  2. Rochester Americans – 91 points
  3. Abbotsford Heat – 90 points
  4. Manitoba Moose – 87 points

West Division

  1. Chicago Wolves – 105 points
  2. Texas Stars – 99 points
  3. Rockford IceHogs – 94 points
  4. Milwaukee Admirals – 91 points

Bracket

Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Calder Cup Final
            
E1 Hershey4
A5 Bridgeport 1
E1 Hershey4
East Division
E2 Albany 0
E2 Albany4
E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0
E1 Hershey4
Eastern Conference
A3 Manchester 2
A1 Worcester4
A4 Lowell 1
A1 Worcester 2
Atlantic Division
A3 Manchester4
A2 Portland 0
A3 Manchester4
E1 Hershey4
W2 Texas 2
N1 Hamilton4
N4 Manitoba 2
N1 Hamilton4
North Division
N3 Abbotsford 2
N2 Rochester 3
N3 Abbotsford4
N1 Hamilton 3
Western Conference
W2 Texas4
W1 Chicago4
W4 Milwaukee 3
W1 Chicago 3
West Division
W2 Texas4
W2 Texas4
W3 Rockford 0

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. [1]

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/–PIM
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 21141327+222
Chris Bourque Hershey Bears 2172027+710
Jamie Benn Texas Stars 24141226+722
Keith Aucoin Hershey Bears 2122325+12
David Desharnais Hamilton Bulldogs 19101323+416
Andrew Gordon Hershey Bears 1713720+22
Brock Trotter Hamilton Bulldogs 1981119+514
Mathieu Perreault Hershey Bears 2171219+1418
Perttu Lindgren Texas Stars 2471017+12
Andrew Hutchinson Texas Stars 2151116+914

Leading goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on games played who have played at least 420 minutes. 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
Michal Neuvirth Hershey Bears 18144489392.07.92011133
Jonathan Bernier Manchester Monarchs 16106488301.81.9393996
Matt Climie Texas Stars 1576476402.71.9160885
Alex Stalock Worcester Sharks 1165320262.28.9190683
Brent Krahn Texas Stars 1174342262.48.9240628

Division Semifinals

Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC-4).
Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
Note 3: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

East Division

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Bridgeport Sound Tigers
April 14Hershey Bears4 3OTBridgeport Sound Tigers Giant Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period5:40 - Trevor Smith (1)
15:14 - Matt Martin (1)
Alexandre Giroux (1) - 5:33Second period19:59 - Andrew MacDonald (1)
Francois Bouchard (1) - 14:14
Mathieu Perreault (1) - 18:52
Third periodNo scoring
Andrew Joudrey (1) - 4:08First overtime period
Braden Holtby (21 saves / 24 shots)Goalie stats Scott Munroe (29 saves / 33 shots)
April 16Hershey Bears3 2Bridgeport Sound Tigers Giant Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period16:14 - Dustin Kohn (1)
Alexandre Giroux (2) - 16:32Second period19:15 - pp - Dustin Kohn (2)
Alexandre Giroux (3) - 1:32
Mathieu Perreault (2) - pp - 7:06
Third periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth (23 saves / 25 shots)Goalie stats Nathan Lawson (30 saves / 32 shots)
Scott Munroe (8 saves / 9 shots)
April 17Bridgeport Sound Tigers2 7Hershey Bears Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period5:19 - Andrew Gordon (1)
5:44 - Andrew Gordon (2)
10:34 - Alexandre Giroux (4)
11:52 - pp - Andrew Gordon (3)
12:46 - Steve Pinizzotto (1)
18:12 - pp - Alexandre Giroux (5)
Greg Mauldin (1) - 9:11
Jeremy Reich (1) - 17:56
Third period Kyle Wilson (1) - 17:06
Scott Munroe (10 saves / 15 shots)
Mikko Koskinen (7 saves / 9 shots)
Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth (32 saves / 34 shots)
April 18Bridgeport Sound Tigers4 1Hershey Bears Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
Sean Bentivoglio (1) - pp - 15:07First periodNo scoring
Andrew MacDonald (2) - pp - 0:34
Andrew MacDonald (3) - pp - 12:03
Robin Figren (1) - 18:31
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period6:55 - Andrew Gordon (4)
Mikko Koskinen 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Braden Holtby (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 21Hershey Bears4 1Bridgeport Sound Tigers Giant Center Recap  
Karl Alzner (1) - 3:25
Zach Miskovic (1) - 9:29
Kyle Wilson (2) - 14:51
First period12:42 - sh - Dylan Reese (1)
Alexandre Giroux (6) - pp - 1:32Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth (6 saves / 7 shots)Goalie stats Mikko Koskinen (30 saves / 34 shots)
Hershey won series 4–1
(E2) Albany River Rats vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
April 14Albany River Rats4 3Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Times Union Center Recap  
Jacob Micflikier 1 - 10:01First period12:26 - sh - Nick Johnson 1
Nick Dodge 1 - 9:55
Jamie McBain 1 - 10:31
Second periodNo scoring
Nick Dodge 2 - 19:09Third period2:52 - Nick Johnson 2
18:38 - Nick Johnson 3
Justin Peters 30 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 38 shots
April 16Albany River Rats3 2Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Times Union Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:12 - Eric Tangradi 1
Chris Terry 1 - 7:17Second periodNo scoring
Nick Dodge 3 - 10:00
Jamie McBain 2 - 15:58
Third period14:50 - Konstantin Pushkarev 1
Justin Peters 27 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats John Curry 29 saves / 32 shots
April 18Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins1 2Albany River Rats Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Chris Conner 1 - 14:27Third period2:16 - Mike Angelidis 1
5:45 - Jerome Samson 2
John Curry 26 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Justin Peters 31 saves / 32 shots
April 19Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins3 5Albany River Rats Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Wyatt Smith 1 - 15:33First periodNo scoring
pp - Chris Conner 2 - 18:50Second period12:32 - Oskar Osala 1
19:36 - Jamie McBain 3
Nick Johnson 4 - 0:28Third period1:49 - Jerome Samson 3
13:12 - Zach Boychuk 1
19:55 - en - Jamie McBain 4
John Curry 34 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Justin Peters 26 saves / 29 shots
Albany won series 4–0

Atlantic Division

(A1) Worcester Sharks vs. (A4) Lowell Devils
April 14Worcester Sharks2 3Lowell Devils DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:16 - Brad Mills 1
pp Dan DaSilva 1 - 8:36
John McCarthy 1 - 14:53
Second period10:10 - pp Ben Walter 1
18:33 - Alexander Vasyunov 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Alex Stalock 21 saves / 24 shotsGoalie stats Mike McKenna 34 saves / 36 shots
April 15Worcester Sharks3 2OTLowell Devils DCU Center Recap  
Derek Joslin 1 - 7:36
Danny Groulx 1 - 13:48
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period15:29 - Tyler Eckford 1
15:38 - Patrick Davis 1
Ryan Vesce 1 - 19:03First overtime period
Alex Stalock 34 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Mike McKenna 32 saves / 35 shots
April 17Lowell Devils2 3Worcester Sharks Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Recap  
No scoringFirst period5:24 - Dan DaSilva 2
16:05 - pp - T. J. Trevelyan 1
pp - David McIntyre 1 - 17:52Second period19:19 - Derek Joslin 2
pp - Matt Taormina 1 - 14:07Third periodNo scoring
Mike McKenna 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 32 saves / 34 shots
April 20Lowell Devils2 4Worcester Sharks Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Recap  
Alexander Vasyunov 2 - 1:55First period9:18 - Andrew Desjardins 1
Patrick Davis 2 - 3:36Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period4:28 - John McCarthy 2
10:27 - pp - Benn Ferriero 1
13:16 - pp - T. J. Trevelyan 2
Mike McKenna 37 saves / 41 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 25 saves / 27 shots
April 21Lowell Devils1 5Worcester Sharks Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:24 - T. J. Trevelyan 3
13:02 - Benn Ferriero 2
Nick Palmieri 1 - 2:26Second period9:44 - sh - Benn Ferriero 2
19:00 - pp - Andrew Desjardins 2
No scoringThird period4:21 - T. J. Trevelyan 4
Mike McKenna 25 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 33 saves / 34 shots
Worcester won series 4–1

Due to scheduling issues Lowell hosted game 5.

(A2) Portland Pirates vs. (A3) Manchester Monarchs
April 16Portland Pirates1 2Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
pp - Derek Whitmore 1 - 6:18First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period2:22 - John Zeiler 1
4:37 - pp - Bud Holloway 1
J. P. Lamoureux 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 22 saves / 23 shots
April 17Portland Pirates1 3Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period11:26 - Corey Elkins 1
13:11 - Bud Holloway 2
17:00 - Trevor Lewis 1
pp - Derek Whitmore 2 - 9:33Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
J. P. Lamoureux 34 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 22 saves / 23 shots
April 19Manchester Monarchs (AHL)2 1OTPortland Pirates Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
Marc-Andre Cliche 1 - 0:35First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period7:43 - Mike Weber 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Bud Holloway 2 - 2:00First overtime period
Jonathan Bernier 37 saves / 38 shotsGoalie statsJ. P. Lamoureux 23 saves / 25 shots
April 20Manchester Monarchs (AHL)7 2Portland Pirates Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Trevor Lewis 2 - 0:31
Trevor Lewis 3 - pp - 12:10
Bud Holloway 4 - 12:52
Kevin Westgarth 1 - 15:39
Second period18:47 - pp Nathan Gerbe 1
Oscar Moller 1 - 16:52
Andrew Campbell 1 - en - 17:04
Joe Piskula 1 - 18:53
Third period12:10 - Mark Mancari 1
Jonathan Bernier 44 saves / 46 shotsGoalie stats Todd Ford 17 saves / 20 shots
J. P. Lamoureux 5 saves / 8 shots
Manchester won series 4–0

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N4) Manitoba Moose
April 15Hamilton Bulldogs2 0Manitoba Moose Copps Coliseum Recap  
Mike Glumac 1 - 5:54First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ryan Russell 1 - 3:37Third periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 21 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 16 saves / 18 shots
April 17Hamilton Bulldogs8 2Manitoba Moose Copps Coliseum Recap  
David Desharnais 1 - pp - 6:32First period19:10 - Mario Bliznak 1
Ryan Russell 2 - 2:24
P. K. Subban 1 - pp - 8:50
Mike Glumac 2 - pp - 10:57
Brock Trotter 1 - 12:19
Brock Trotter 2 - 19:53
Second periodNo scoring
J. T. Wyman 1 - sh, ps - 2:42
Alex Henry 1 - pp - 13:44
Third period0:38 - pp - Dan Sexton 1
Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 17 saves / 22 shots
Daren Machesney 12 saves / 15 shots
April 19Manitoba Moose7 2Hamilton Bulldogs MTS Centre Recap  
Jordan Schroeder 1 - pp - 12:04
Jordan Schroeder 2 - pp - 14:28
First periodNo scoring
Dan Sexton 2 - 2:02
Jordan Schroeder 3 - 2:43
Second period2:59 - Andrew Conboy 1
8:51 - pp - Ryan White 1
Guillaume Desbiens 1 - sh - 3:58
Yan Stastny 1 - pp - 14:51
Marco Rosa 1 - pp - 16:38
Third periodNo scoring
Cory Schneider 34 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 4 saves / 8 shots
Robert Mayer 13 saves / 16 shots
April 21Manitoba Moose4 52OTHamilton Bulldogs MTS Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:37 - pp - Mike Glumac 3
Evan Oberg 1 - 1:20
Mario Bliznak 2 - pp - 6:31
Dusty Collins 1 - 7:11
Kevin Clark 1 - 8:41
Second period6:46 - Brock Trotter 3
10:48 - P. K. Subban 2
No scoringThird period12:19 - Mike Glumac 4
No scoringSecond overtime period6:05 - P. K. Subban 3
Cory Schneider 40 saves / 45 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 38 saves / 42 shots
April 23Manitoba Moose5 2Hamilton Bulldogs MTS Centre Recap  
Peter Olvecky 1 - pp - 10:58First periodNo scoring
Peter Olvecky 2 - 19:17Second periodNo scoring
Aaron Volpatti 1 - 0:32
Guillaume Desbiens 2 - 14:19
Guillaume Desbiens 3 - en - 18:54
Third period4:45 - Andre Benoit 1
11:08 - pp - David Desharnais 2
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 17 saves / 21 shots
April 25Hamilton Bulldogs3 2OTManitoba Moose Copps Coliseum Recap  
David Desharnais 3 - pp - 18:04First period4:03 - sh - Yan Stastny 2
Ryan White 2 - pp - 15:26Second period0:33 - Peter Olvecky 3
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Grant Stevenson 1 - 8:49First overtime periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 25 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Cory Schneider 46 saves / 49 shots
Hamilton won series 4–2
(N2) Rochester Americans vs. (N3) Abbotsford Heat
April 15Rochester Americans2 3Abbotsford Heat Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Jordan Henry 1 - pp - 15:32First period0:35 - Keith Seabrook 1
8:16 - pp - Shawn Weller 1
18:17 - pp - Keith Seabrook 2
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Mike York 1 - pp - 19:33Third periodNo scoring
Alexander Salak 6 saves / 9 shots
Tyler Plante 20 saves / 20 shots
Goalie statsDavid Shantz 30 saves / 32 shots
April 17Rochester Americans4 1Abbotsford Heat Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:43 - John Lammers 1
Jason Garrison 1 - pp - 3:53
Mike Duco 1 - 9:00
Graham Mink 1 - pp - 17:40
Second periodNo scoring
Jeff Taffe 1 - 5:23Third periodNo scoring
Tyler Plante 30 saves / 31 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 19 saves / 23 shots
April 19Abbotsford Heat4 8Rochester Americans Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
Mikael Backlund 1 - pp - 1:44
Jon Rheault 1 - 17:56
First period18:57 - Clay Wilson 1
No scoringSecond period8:03 - Shawn Matthias 1
10:01 - pp - Jordan Henry 2
13:54 - Clay Wilson 2
19:52 - Graham Mink 2
Brett Sutter 1 - 3:32
Brett Sutter 2 - pp - 12:23
Third period6:04 - Shawn Matthias 2
7:47 - Graham Mink 3
8:09 - Keaton Ellerby 1
David Shantz 16 saves / 21 shots
Leland Irving 4 saves / 7 shots
Goalie stats Tyler Plante 32 saves / 36 shots
April 21Abbotsford Heat1 6Rochester Americans Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
No scoringFirst period8:49 - pp - Jamie Johnson 1
Josh Meyers 1 - 4:14Second period7:03 - pp - Jordan Henry 3
8:21 - Jordan Henry 4
18:22 - pp - Jason Garrison 2
18:50 - Michal Repik 1
No scoringThird period4:43 - pp - Chris Taylor
David Shantz 16 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Tyler Plante 46 saves / 47 shots
April 23Rochester Americans1 3Abbotsford Heat Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Mike York 2 - 13:04First period7:45 - Jon Rheault 2
10:27 - Garth Murray 1
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period9:48 - David Van der Gulik 1
Tyler Plante 31 saves / 34 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 18 saves / 19 shots
April 25Abbotsford Heat5 1Rochester Americans Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
Jason Jaffray 1 - 9:09
Jon Rheault 3 - 9:50
Jon Rheault 4 - 11:18
First periodNo scoring
David Van der Gulik 2 - pp - 17:51Second period8:25 - pp - Jamie Johnson 2
Jon Rheault 5 - 7:26Third periodNo scoring
David Shantz 22 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Tyler Plante 4 saves / 7 shots
Alexander Salak 32 saves / 34 shots
April 27Rochester Americans0 2Abbotsford Heat Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:58 - John Lammers 2
No scoringSecond period6:36 - Olivier Latendresse 1
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Tyler Plante 38 saves / 40 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 24 saves / 24 shots
Abbotsford won series 4–3

West Division

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (W4) Milwaukee Admirals
April 14Chicago Wolves6 5Milwaukee Admirals Allstate Arena Recap  
Anthony Stewart 1 - pp - 2:07
Joey Crabb 1 - pp - 6:53
Jason Krog 1 - 11:08
First period16:46 - Mike Santorelli 1
19:42 - pp - Ryan Maki 1
Arturs Kulda 1 - 11:17Second period13:45 - Jonathon Blum 1
Joey Crabb 2 - 1:28
Kevin Doell 1 - 3:42
Third period14:30 - Mike Santorelli 2
18:39 - Ben Guite 1
Peter Mannino 23 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Mark Dekanich 29 saves / 35 shots
April 16Chicago Wolves3 0Milwaukee Admirals Allstate Arena Recap  
Spencer Machacek 1 - pp - 18:50First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
John Pohl 1 - 8:06
Tim Stapleton 1 - 15:14
Third periodNo scoring
Peter Mannino 23 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Mark Dekanich 28 saves / 31 shots
April 17Milwaukee Admirals6 0Chicago Wolves Bradley Center Recap  
Chris Mueller 1 - pp - 16:50First periodNo scoring
Blake Geoffrion 1 - 0:24
Mike Santorelli 3 - pp - 13:21
Alexander Sulzer - pp - 16:25
Second periodNo scoring
Blake Geoffrion 2 - pp - 4:15
Andreas Thuresson 1 - 5:58
Third periodNo scoring
Mark Dekanich 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 33 saves / 37 shots
Drew MacIntyre 8 saves / 10 shots
April 19Milwaukee Admirals0 1Chicago Wolves Bradley Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period14:00 - Spencer Machacek 2
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Mark Dekanich 24 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 29 saves / 29 shots
April 21Chicago Wolves4 5Milwaukee Admirals Allstate Arena Recap  
Tim Stapleton 2 - 0:53
Kevin Doell 2 - pp - 12:18
First periodNo scoring
Joey Crabb 3 - pp - 0:55
Anthony Stewart 2 - pp - 12:43
Second period5:18 - Andreas Thuresson 2
17:12 - Mark Santorelli 1
18:10 - Ben Guite 2
No scoringThird period10:53 - Ryan Thang 1
18:05 - pp - Chris Mueller 2
Peter Mannino 27 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Mark Dekanich 18 saves / 21 shots
Chet Pickard 9 saves / 10 shots
April 23Milwaukee Admirals5 4OTChicago Wolves Bradley Center Recap  
Ben Guite 3 - 2:46
Marty Murray 1 - 14:09
First period15:20 - John Pohl 2
Chris Mueller 3 - 1:53
Teemu Laakso 1 - 2:21
Second period5:42 - Joey Crabb 4
No scoringThird period9:51 - pp - Jason Krog 2
13:00 - pp - John Pohl 3
Ryan Maki 2 - 4:22First overtime periodNo scoring
Mark Dekanich 27 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 4 saves / 6 shots
Drew MacIntyre 11 saves / 14 shots
April 26Chicago Wolves2 1Milwaukee Admirals Allstate Arena Recap  
Anthony Stewart 3 - 12:29
Kevin Doell 3 - 13:57
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period3:01 - pp - Marty Murray 2
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Peter Mannino 15 saves / 16 shotsGoalie stats Mark Dekanich 34 saves / 36 shots
Chicago won series 4–3
(W2) Texas Stars vs. (W3) Rockford IceHogs
April 16Texas Stars2 1Rockford IceHogs Cedar Park Center Recap  
Jamie Benn 1 - 17:41First periodNo scoring
Raymond Sawada 1 - pp - 19:51Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period7:56 - Rob Klinkhammer
Brent Krahn 27 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Corey Crawford 21 saves / 23 shots
April 17Texas Stars3 1Rockford IceHogs Cedar Park Center Recap  
Maxime Fortunus 1 - 12:52
Perttu Lindgren 1 - 17:12
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Raymond Sawada 2 - 1:06Third period14:16 - pp - Kyle Beach 1
Brent Krahn 31 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Corey Crawford 31 saves / 34 shots
April 21Rockford IceHogs1 6Texas Stars Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoringFirst period19:35 - pp - Garrett Stafford 1
No scoringSecond period1:26 - Jamie Benn 2
12:14 - Landon Wilson 1
15:14 - pp - Greg Rallo 1
19:34 - Jamie Benn 3
Ben Smith 1 - 5:47Third period8:23 - Mathieu Beaudoin 1
Corey Crawford 16 saves / 21 shots
Hannu Toivonen 4 saves / 5 shots
Goalie stats Brent Krahn 26 saves / 27 shots
April 23Rockford IceHogs2 4Texas Stars Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoringFirst period3:56 - pp - Andrew Hutchinson 1
No scoringSecond period8:38 - Mathieu Beaudoin 2
10:23 pp - Andrew Hutchinson 2
Kyle Beach 2 - pp - 7:51
Kyle Beach 3 - pp - 19:25
Third period19:51 - en - Warren Peters 1
Corey Crawford 20 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Brent Krahn 38 saves / 40 shots
Texas won series 4–0

Division Finals

Eastern Conference

East Division

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E2) Albany River Rats
April 24Hershey Bears4 3OTAlbany River Rats Giant Center Recap  
Andrew Gordon 5 - 4:00First period8:25 - Drayson Bowman 1
Andrew Gordon 6 - pp - 15:47Second period6:40 - pp - Jerome Samson 3
Keith Aucoin 1 - 13:16Third period7:13 - Jerome Samson 4
Kyle Wilson 3 - 10:41First overtime period
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Justin Peters 44 saves / 48 shots
April 25Hershey Bears6 3Albany River Rats Giant Center Recap  
Ashton Rome 1 - 10:48First period15:37 - Drayson Bowman 2
Alexandre Giroux 7 - 5:15Second period3:35 - pp - Zac Dalpe 1
Andrew Gordon 7 - pp - 3:24
Alexandre Giroux 8 - pp - 4:10
Andrew Gordon 8 - pp - 9:56
Steve Pinizzotto 2 - en - 18:22
Third period1:16 - sh - Nick Dodge 4
Michal Neuvirth 18 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Justin Peters 22 saves / 27 shots
April 27Albany River Rats5 6OTHershey Bears Times Union Center Recap  
Zac Dalpe 2 - pp - 1:55
Oskar Osala 2 - 4:13
First periodNo scoring
Drayson Bowman 3 - 11:22Second period5:31 - Ashton Rome 2
13:58 - pp - Andrew Gordon 9
15:41 - Chris Bourque 1
Zac Dalpe 3 - pp - 2:22
Mike Angelidis 2 - 6:37
Third period3:56 - sh - Chris Bourque 2
16:14 - Alexandre Giroux 9
No scoringFirst overtime period16:08 - Jay Beagle 1
Justin Peters 37 saves / 43 shotsGoalie stats Braden Holtby 27 saves / 32 shots
April 29Albany River Rats4 5OTHershey Bears Times Union Center Recap  
Jerome Samson 5 - 11:58
Chris Terry 2 - pp - 14:28
First period8:23 - pp - Chris Bourque 3
Zach Boychuk 2 - 10:31Second period0:59 - pp - Chris Bourque 4
Jerome Samson 6 - 10:19Third period16:37 - pp - Alexandre Giroux 10
18:47 - Mathieu Perreault 3
No scoringFirst overtime period2:23 - Mathieu Perreault 4
Justin Peters 34 saves / 39 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 17 saves / 21 shots
Hershey won series 4–0

Atlantic Division

(A1) Worcester Sharks vs. (A3) Manchester Monarchs
April 25Worcester Sharks4 3Manchester Monarchs (AHL) DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period0:35 - Oscar Moller 2
9:17 - John Zeiler 2
Benn Ferriero 4 - 14:54Second periodNo scoring
Dean Strong 1 - 2:02
Cory Quirk 1 - 6:29
Steven Zalewski 1 - 11:10
Third period9:32 - Dwight King 1
Alex Stalock 22 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 23 saves / 27 shots
April 28Worcester Sharks2 3OTManchester Monarchs (AHL) DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brandon Mashinter 1 - 11:22
Derek Joslin 3 - pp - 14:46
Second period10:15 - pp - Corey Elkins 2
No scoringThird period7:37 - Justin Azevedo 1
No scoringFirst overtime period4:29 - Bud Holloway 5
Alex Stalock 28 saves / 31 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 31 saves / 33 shots
April 30Manchester Monarchs (AHL)5 0Worcester Sharks Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
Gabe Gauthier 1 - pp - 2:24First periodNo scoring
Trevor Lewis 4 - pp - 1:57
Trevor Lewis 5 - pp - 2:47
Second periodNo scoring
David Meckler 1 - 6:36
Corey Elkins 3 - 12:06
Third periodNo scoring
Jonathan Bernier 26 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 31 saves / 36 shots
May 1Manchester Monarchs (AHL)2 3Worcester Sharks Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period11:12 - pp - Ryan Vesce 2
Gabe Gauthier 2 - 12:36
Justin Azevedo 2 - 13:39
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period10:54 - Cory Quirk 2
19:26 - Derek Joslin 4
Jonathan Bernier 33 saves / 36 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 19 saves / 21 shots
May 5Worcester Sharks0 1Manchester Monarchs (AHL) DCU Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:11 - Bud Holloway 6
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Alex Stalock 24 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 30 saves / 30 shots
May 7Manchester Monarchs (AHL)2 1OTWorcester Sharks Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period1:45 - Ryan Vesce 3
Gabe Gauthier 3 - pp - 9:06Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Slava Voynov 1 - 1:55First overtime periodNo scoring
Jonathan Bernier 28 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Alex Stalock 25 saves / 27 shots
Manchester won series 4–2

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N3) Abbotsford Heat
April 29Hamilton Bulldogs2 3Abbotsford Heat Copps Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Aaron Palushaj 1 - 12:40Second period9:40 - David Van der Gulik 3
13:12 - Gord Baldwin 1
Brock Trotter 4 - 19:14Third period1:21 - Brett Sutter 3
Cedrick Desjardins 29 saves / 32 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 30 saves / 32 shots
May 2Hamilton Bulldogs3 1Abbotsford Heat Copps Coliseum Recap  
Ryan White 3 - 2:30
Mike Glumac 5 - pp - 8:55
First period7:20 - pp - Jason Jaffray 2
David Desharnais 4 - pp - 8:23Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 22 saves / 23 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 20 saves / 23 shots
May 4Abbotsford Heat2 3Hamilton Bulldogs Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
Jon Rheault 6 - pp - 5:48
Brett Sutter 4 - pp - 15:15
First period11:53 - pp - Andre Benoit 2
No scoringSecond period16:49 - pp - Gabriel Dumont 1
No scoringThird period18:54 - Olivier Fortier 1
David Shantz 23 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 31 saves / 33 shots
May 6Abbotsford Heat4 1Hamilton Bulldogs Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
Lance Bouma 1 - 12:44First periodNo scoring
Mitch Wahl 1 - pp - 14:59Second period13:18 - Ryan Russell 3
Mitch Wahl 2 - 3:26
David Van der Gulik 4 - 14:35
Third periodNo scoring
David Shantz 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Cedrick Desjardins 25 saves / 29 shots
May 8Abbotsford Heat2 5Hamilton Bulldogs Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre Recap  
Gaelan Patterson 1 - 11:50First periodNo scoring
Cam Cunning 1 - pp - 1:02Second period6:55 - Mike Glumac 6
No scoringThird period10:41 - Mike Glumac 7
16:37 - Andre Benoit 3
19:27 - en - Ryan Russell 4
19:59 - en - David Desharnais 5
David Shantz 24 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Sanford 30 saves / 32 shots
May 10Hamilton Bulldogs4 0Abbotsford Heat Copps Coliseum Recap  
David Desharnais 6 - 18:30First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Aaron Palushaj 2 - 6:14
Brock Trotter 5 - pp - 17:31
Mike Glumac 8 - en - 18:43
Third periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford 30 saves / 30 shotsGoalie statsDavid Shantz 33 saves / 36 shots
Hamilton won series 4–2

West Division

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (W2) Texas Stars
April 30Chicago Wolves3 4OTTexas Stars Allstate Arena Recap  
Jason Krog 3 - 7:27First period6:34 - Colton Sceviour 1
Anthony Stewart 4 - pp - 6:36Second period1:43 - Francis Wathier 1
Joey Crabb 5 - 14:25Third period0:16 - Jamie Benn 4
No scoringFirst overtime period2:22 - pp - Garrett Stafford 2
Peter Mannino 24 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Brent Krahn 32 saves / 35 shots
May 2Chicago Wolves4 32OTTexas Stars Allstate Arena Recap  
Spencer Machacek 3 - 8:36First periodNo scoring
Jason Krog 4 - 3:51Second period18:46 - Aaron Gagnon 1
Anthony Stewart 5 - pp - 1:32Third period11:57 - Andrew Hutchinson 3
19:06 - Warren Peters 2
Anthony Stewart 6 - 12:21Second overtime periodNo scoring
Peter Mannino 35 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Brent Krahn 42 saves / 46 shots
May 4Texas Stars3 5Chicago Wolves Cedar Park Center Recap  
Perttu Lindgren 2 - 2:41
Aaron Gagnon 2 - pp - 11:37
First period5:46 - pp - Spencer Machacek 4
8:33 - pp - Nathan Oystrick 1
No scoringSecond period5:11 - Brett Sterling 1
18:32 - pp - Nathan Oystrick 2
Perttu Lindgren 3 - 14:58Third period7:28 - Spencer Machacek 5
Brent Krahn 18 saves / 22 shots
Matt Climie 5 saves / 6 shots
Goalie stats Peter Mannino 27 saves / 30 shots
May 5Texas Stars3 2Chicago Wolves Cedar Park Center Recap  
Travis Morin 1 - 6:23First period11:12 - pp - Brett Sterling 2
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Travis Morin 2 - 6:06
Dan Jancevski 1 - pp - 13:43
Third period8:37 - Brett Sterling 3
Brent Krahn 21 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 20 saves / 23 shots
May 7Texas Stars5 3Chicago Wolves Cedar Park Center Recap  
Jamie Benn 5 - pp - 9:40
Jamie Benn 6 - 12:57
Perttu Lindgren 4 - 19:28
First period2:23 - pp - Anthony Stewart 7
Jamie Benn 7 - 5:43Second period11:14 - Anthony Stewart 8
Aaron Gagnon 3 - en - 19:43Third period18:29 - Tim Stapleton 3
Brent Krahn 43 saves / 46 shotsGoalie stats Peter Mannino 12 saves / 16 shots
Drew MacIntyre 6 saves / 6 shots
May 9Chicago Wolves2 0Texas Stars Allstate Arena Recap  
Anthony Stewart 9 - pp - 12:28First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Joey Crabb 6 - 6:06Third periodNo scoring
Drew MacIntyre 28 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Brent Krahn 6 saves / 7 shots
Matt Climie 26 saves / 27 shots
May 11Chicago Wolves5 6OTTexas Stars Allstate Arena Recap  
Spencer Machacek 6 - 3:22
Brett Sterling 4 - 4:22
Spencer Machacek 7 - sh - 18:09
First period4:55 - Travis Morin 3
5:15 - Scott McCulloch 1
Tim Stapleton 4 - 2:16Second period9:10 - Aaron Gagnon 4
Jason Krog 5 - 9:45Third period4:09 - Maxime Fortunus 2
13:50 - Andrew Hutchinson 4
No scoringFirst overtime period4:57 - Jamie Benn 8
Drew MacIntyre 47 saves / 53 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 24 saves / 29 shots
Texas won series 43

Conference Finals

Eastern Conference

Hershey Bears vs. Manchester Monarchs

May 12Hershey Bears4 2Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Giant Center Recap  
Sean Collins 1 - 0:16
Andrew Gordon 10 - pp - 10:02
First periodNo scoring
Steve Pinizzotto 3 - 7:25Second periodNo scoring
Karl Alzner 2 - 14:18Third period12:32 - Andrei Loktionov 1
16:10 - Gabe Gauthier 4
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 24 saves / 28 shots
May 15Hershey Bears3 2OTManchester Monarchs (AHL) Giant Center Recap  
Chris Bourque 5 - 3:07First period13:58 - pp - Gabe Gauthier 5
No scoringSecond period1:07 - Gabe Gauthier 6
Steve Pinizzotto 4 - 3:35Third periodNo scoring
Chris Bourque 6 - 10:28First overtime periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 31 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 37 saves / 34 shots
May 17Manchester Monarchs (AHL)3 2OTHershey Bears Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period17:26 - pp - Alexandre Giroux 11
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
John Zeiler 3 - 5:44
Gabe Gauthier 7 - 7:22
Third period3:55 - Mathieu Perreault 5
Justin Azevedo 3 - 2:43First overtime periodNo scoring
Jonathan Bernier 23 saves / 25 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 37 saves / 40 shots
May 18Manchester Monarchs (AHL)1 0Hershey Bears Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Dwight King 2 - 9:11Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Jonathan Bernier 18 saves / 18 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 26 shots
May 20Manchester Monarchs (AHL)2 3OTHershey Bears Verizon Wireless Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Bud Holloway 7 - pp - 4:00
Jake Muzzin 1 - pp - 17:26
Third period11:41 - Kyle Wilson 4
19:09 - Chris Bourque 7
No scoringFirst overtime period10:38 - Francois Bouchard 2
Jonathan Bernier 32 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots
May 22Hershey Bears3 2OTManchester Monarchs (AHL) Giant Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period19:43 - John Zeiler 4
No scoringSecond period17:44 - Joe Piskula 2
Alexandre Giroux 12 - 7:37
Patrick McNeill 1 - 14:09
Third periodNo scoring
Boyd Kane 1 - 7:06First overtime periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 32 saves / 34 shotsGoalie stats Jonathan Bernier 28 saves / 31 shots
Hershey won series 4–2

Western Conference

Hamilton Bulldogs vs. Texas Stars

May 14Hamilton Bulldogs3 2OTTexas Stars Copps Coliseum Recap  
David Desharnais 7 - pp - 5:22
Brock Trotter 6 - 15:23
First period11:01 - pp - Jamie Benn 9
No scoringSecond period18:15 - pp - Jamie Benn 10
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Brock Trotter 7 - pp - 0:14First overtime periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford 18 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 35 saves / 38 shots
May 16Hamilton Bulldogs3 1Texas Stars Copps Coliseum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Ryan Russell 5 - pp - 0:28
Alex Henry 2 - 4:52
Second period17:40 - Warren Peters 3
Mike Glumac 9 - 10:59Third periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford 22 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 27 saves / 30 shots
May 19Texas Stars5 4OTHamilton Bulldogs Cedar Park Center Recap  
Perttu Lindgren 5 - pp - 10:23First period4:44 - Ryan White 4
Jamie Benn 11 - pp - 12:46
Aaron Gagnon 5 - pp - 17:18
Second period18:20 - Mike Glumac 10
Warren Peters 4 - 15:01Third period7:39 - pp - Brock Trotter 8
18:27 - pp - Ryan Russell 6
Ethan Graham 1 - 2:13First overtime periodNo scoring
Matt Climie 31 saves / 35 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Sanford 29 saves / 34 shots
May 21Texas Stars2 1OTHamilton Bulldogs Cedar Park Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period8:56 - pp - David Desharnais 8
Jamie Benn 12 - 0:24Third periodNo scoring
Jamie Benn 13 - 5:52First overtime periodNo scoring
Matt Climie 26 saves / 27 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Sanford 30 saves / 32 shots
May 22Texas Stars0 3Hamilton Bulldogs Cedar Park Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:22 - pp - Ryan Russell 7
No scoringSecond period3:37 - Mike Glumac 11
15:33 - David Desharnais 9
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Climie 30 saves / 33 shotsGoalie stats Curtis Sanford 23 saves / 23 shots
May 24Hamilton Bulldogs2 3OTTexas Stars Copps Coliseum Recap  
Gabriel Dumont 2 - 16:58First periodNo scoring
Shawn Belle 1 - pp - 17:51Second period9:04 - pp - Garrett Stafford 3
No scoringThird period5:56 - Scott McCulloch 2
No scoringFirst overtime period18:32 - Aaron Gagnon 6
Curtis Sanford 35 saves / 38 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 51 saves / 53 shots
May 26Hamilton Bulldogs2 4Texas Stars Copps Coliseum Recap  
David Desharnais 10 - 19:51First periodNo scoring
Max Pacioretty 1 - 5:32Second period14:38 - Ethan Graham 2
No scoringThird period9:15 - Mathieu Beaudoin 3
14:00 - Perttu Lindgren 6
18:33 - Jamie Benn 14
Curtis Sanford 16 saves / 20 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 41 saves / 43 shots
Texas won series 4–3

Calder Cup Finals

Hershey Bears vs. Texas Stars

The series began eight days after the conclusion of the Conference Finals, as the Giant Center hosted the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus over the Memorial Day weekend.

June 3Hershey Bears1 2Texas Stars Giant Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Francois Bouchard 3 - 4:25Second period9:57 - Greg Rallo 2
No scoringThird period2:10 - Scott McCulloch 3
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 26 saves / 27 shots
June 5Hershey Bears3 4Texas Stars Giant Center Recap  
Steve Pinizzotto 5 - sh - 7:40First period1:00 - Aaron Gagnon 7
Francois Bouchard 4 - 11:49Second period11:03 - pp - Garrett Stafford 4
Andrew Gordon 11 - 10:44Third period3:18 - Mathieu Beaudoin 4
19:14 - Travis Morin 4
Michal Neuvirth 19 saves / 23 shotsGoalie stats Matt Climie 25 saves / 28 shots
June 7Texas Stars3 6Hershey Bears Cedar Park Center Recap  
Andrew Hutchinson 5 - pp - 5:59
Francis Wathier 2 - sh - 11:15
Raymond Sawada 3 - 17:57
First period10:33 - Kyle Wilson 5
No scoringSecond period12:27 - pp - Kyle Wilson 6
13:55 - Mathieu Perreault 6
No scoringThird period6:41 - Andrew Gordon 12
8:12 - Mathieu Perreault 7
12:07 - Andrew Gordon 13
Matt Climie 23 saves / 29 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 30 shots
June 9Texas Stars2 4Hershey Bears Cedar Park Center Recap  
Greg Rallo 3 - 17:33First period5:17 - pp - Keith Aucoin 2
Perttu Lindgren 7 - pp - 10:47Second period13:45 - Jay Beagle 2
No scoringThird period17:52 - pp - John Carlson 1
19:33 - pp/en - Alexandre Giroux 13
Matt Climie 25 saves / 28 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 28 shots
June 11Texas Stars1 2OTHershey Bears Cedar Park Center Recap  
Aaron Gagnon 8 - pp - 8:03First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:12 - Francois Bouchard 5
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period13:28 - Alexandre Giroux 14
Matt Climie 41 saves / 43 shotsGoalie stats Michal Neuvirth 35 saves / 36 shots
June 14Hershey Bears4 0Texas Stars Giant Center Recap  
John Carlson 2 - pp - 12:29
Karl Alzner 3 - 14:23
First periodNo scoring
Patrick McNeill 2 - 14:47Second periodNo scoring
Patrick McNeill 3 - pp - 14:52Third periodNo scoring
Michal Neuvirth 22 saves / 22 shotsGoalie stats Brent Krahn 32 saves / 36 shots
Hershey won series 4–2

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2010
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