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The 2016 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League started on April 20, 2016, with a changed playoff format. The sixteen teams that qualifies, eight from each conference, will play best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs to continue with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals. The Lake Erie Monsters defeated the Hershey Bears in a four game sweep to win the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history.

Playoff seeds[]

After the 2015–16 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference (ranked by points percentage) qualify for the playoffs.

At the end of the regular season, the following teams qualified (with points percentage):

Eastern Conference[]

Atlantic Division[]

  1. Hershey Bears – 98 points (.645)
  2. Providence Bruins – 95 points (.625)
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 92 points (.605)
  4. Portland Pirates – 90 points (.592)
  5. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 87 points (.572)

North Division[]

  1. Toronto Marlies – 114 points (.750)
  2. Albany Devils – 102 points (.671)
  3. Utica Comets – 88 points (.579)

Western Conference[]

Central Division[]

  1. Milwaukee Admirals – 101 points (.664)
  2. Lake Erie Monsters – 97 points (.638)
  3. Rockford IceHogs – 94 points (.618)
  4. Grand Rapids Griffins – 90 points (.592)

Pacific Division[]

  1. Ontario Reign – 93 points (.684)
  2. San Diego Gulls – 84 points (.618)
  3. Texas Stars – 91 points (.599)
  4. San Jose Barracuda – 73 points (.537)

Bracket[]

  Division semifinals Division finals Conference finals Calder Cup final
                                     
A1  Hershey 3  
A4  Portland 2  
  A1  Hershey 4  
  A3  W-B/Scranton 3  
A2  Providence 0
A3  W-B/Scranton 3  
  A1  Hershey 4  
Eastern Conference
  N1  Toronto 1  
N1  Toronto 3  
A5  Bridgeport 0  
  N1  Toronto 4
  N2  Albany 3  
N2  Albany 3
N3  Utica 1  
  A1  Hershey 0
  C2  Lake Erie 4
C1  Milwaukee 0  
C4  Grand Rapids 3  
  C4  Grand Rapids 2
  C2  Lake Erie 4  
C2  Lake Erie 3
C3  Rockford 0  
  C2  Lake Erie 4
Western Conference
  P1  Ontario 0  
P1  Ontario 3  
P4  San Jose 1  
  P1  Ontario 4
  P2  San Diego 1  
P2  San Diego 3
P3  Texas 1  


Division semifinals[]

Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).
Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
Note 3: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference[]

(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A4) Portland Pirates[]

April 22 Portland Pirates 6 – 4 Hershey Bears Cross Insurance Arena Recap  
Kyle Rau (1) – 6:11
Rob Schremp (1) – 18:04
First period 19:46 – Ryan Stanton (1)
Brett Olson (1) – 14:08 Second period 15:49 – Jakub Vrána (1)
Shane Harper (1) – 3:12
Rob Schremp (2) – 3:23
Shane Harper (2) – pp – 19:50
Third period 7:49 – Tyler Lewington (1)
15:14 – Tyler Lewington (2)
Mike McKenna 28 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Dan Ellis 26 saves / 32 shots
April 23 Portland Pirates 1 – 3 Hershey Bears Cross Insurance Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sena Acolatse (1) – 18:02 Second period 1:41 – Garrett Mitchell (1)
No scoring Third period 1:31 – ppRiley Barber (1)
8:07 – Jakub Vrána (2)
Mike McKenna 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 31 saves / 32 shots
April 28 Hershey Bears 1 – 2 3OT Portland Pirates Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Nathan Walker (1) – 5:27 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:28 – Greg McKegg (1)
No scoring Third overtime period 3:10 – Rob Flick (1)
Justin Peters 42 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Mike McKenna 41 saves / 42 shots
April 30 Hershey Bears 2 – 0 Portland Pirates Giant Center Recap  
Travis Boyd (1) – 12:51
Chris Bourque (1) – pp – 16:23
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Justin Peters 19 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Mike McKenna 26 saves / 28 shots
May 1 Hershey Bears 2 – 1 Portland Pirates Giant Center Recap  
Sean Collins (1) – 14:19 First period No scoring
Ryan Stanton (2) – 8:29 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:51 – Wayne Simpson (1)
Justin Peters 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Mike McKenna 21 saves / 23 shots
Hershey wins series 3–2


(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins[]

April 20 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 – 2 OT Providence Bruins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Jake Guentzel (1) – 13:13 First period No scoring
Dustin Jeffrey (1) – 0:18 Second period 14:50 – Seth Griffith (1)
No scoring Third period 8:44 – shColby Cave (1)
Carter Rowney (1) – 1:09 First overtime period No scoring
Casey DeSmith 31 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Smith 24 saves / 27 shots
April 21 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 – 3 OT Providence Bruins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoring First period 2:51 – shNoel Acciari (1)
16:52 – Colby Cave (2)
Tim Erixon (1) – 2:46
Daniel Sprong (1) – 6:49
Tom Kostopoulos (1) – 10:40
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 0:54 – Frank Vatrano (1)
Daniel Sprong (2) – 5:13 First overtime period No scoring
Casey DeSmith 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Jeremy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots
April 23 Providence Bruins 4 – 5 2OT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoring First period 0:35 – Jake Guentzel (2)
10:42 – ppDominik Simon (1)
Austin Czarnik (1) – 13:39 Second period 5:36 – ppDaniel Sprong (3)
18:28 – Tim Erixon (2)
Chris Breen (1) – 2:22
Tommy Cross (1) – pp – 5:30
Austin Czarnik (2) – 16:01
Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 13:52 – Jake Guentzel (3)
Zane McIntyre 9 saves / 13 shots
Jeremy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots
Goalie stats Casey DeSmith 59 saves / 63 shots
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 3–0


(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A5) Bridgeport Sound Tigers[]

April 23 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 – 4 Toronto Marlies Webster Bank Arena Recap  
Justin Florek (1) – 11:30 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 4:36 – ppT. J. Brennan (1)
8:36 – William Nylander (1)
19:43 – Nikita Soshnikov (1)
19:59 – Connor Brown (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Stephon Williams 35 saves / 39 shots Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau 31 saves / 32 shots
April 24 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 0 – 3 Toronto Marlies Webster Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 12:01 – shConnor Brown (2)
No scoring Third period 2:50 – Ben Smith (1)
17:57 – en – Connor Brown (3)
Stephon Williams 34 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Garret Sparks 31 saves / 31 shots
April 28 Toronto Marlies 6 – 4 Bridgeport Sound Tigers Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Connor Carrick (1) – pp – 10:22 First period 6:00 – ppMarc-André Cliche (1)
T. J. Brennan (2) – pp – 14:54
Connor Carrick (2) – 17:07
Connor Carrick (3) – 19:00
Second period 0:42 – Mike Halmo (1)
10:34 – ppKyle Burroughs (1)
11:52 – pp – Marc-André Cliche (2)
Viktor Lööv (1) – 2:51
Zach Hyman (1) – 12:14
Third period No scoring
Antoine Bibeau 8 saves / 12 shots
Garret Sparks 12 saves / 12 shots
Goalie stats Christopher Gibson 37 saves / 43 shots
Toronto wins series 3–0


(N2) Albany Devils vs. (N3) Utica Comets[]

April 22 Albany Devils 3 – 2 Utica Comets Times Union Center Recap  
Ben Thomson (1) – 6:27 First period No scoring
Reid Boucher (1) – pp – 4:27 Second period No scoring
Joseph Blandisi (1) – 10:31 Third period 0:27 – Darren Archibald (1)
15:41 – Jordan Subban (1)
Scott Wedgewood 12 saves / 14 shots Goalie stats Richard Bachman 26 saves / 29 shots
April 23 Albany Devils 5 – 1 Utica Comets Times Union Center Recap  
Ben Thomson (2) – 16:27 First period 9:04 – Cole Cassels (1)
Jim O'Brien (1) – pp – 4:36
Reid Boucher (2) – sh – 7:15
Pavel Zacha (1) – pp – 7:54
Jim O'Brien (2) – 16:54
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Scott Wedgewood 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Richard Bachman 12 saves / 16 shots
Joe Cannata 11 saves / 12 shots
April 26 Utica Comets 2 – 1 OT Albany Devils Utica Memorial Auditorium Recap  
Jordan Subban (2) – 12:36 First period 17:11 – ppMike Sislo (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Alexandre Grenier (1) – 9:13 First overtime period No scoring
Joe Cannata 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 28 saves / 30 shots
April 28 Utica Comets 3 – 6 Albany Devils Utica Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 3:53 – Matt Lorito (1)
4:06 – Joseph Blandisi (2)
11:02 – Mike Sislo (2)
Alexandre Grenier (2) – 16:33 Second period 10:55 – Reid Boucher (3)
19:30 – shBlake Pietila (1)
Alex Friesen (1) – 4:54
T. J. Hensick (1) – 9:20
Third period 17:43 – en – Blake Pietila (2)
Joe Cannata 23 saves / 28 shots
Richard Bachman 5 saves / 5 shots
Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 35 shots
Albany wins series 3–1


Western Conference[]

(C1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins[]

April 22 Milwaukee Admirals 1 – 3 Grand Rapids Griffins BMO Harris Bradley Center Recap  
Trevor Murphy (1) – pp – 13:30 First period 15:36 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1)
No scoring Second period 11:44 – Martin Frk (1)
15:04 – Tyler Bertuzzi (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Juuse Saros 19 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Tom McCollum 32 saves / 33 shots
April 23 Milwaukee Admirals 1 – 2 Grand Rapids Griffins BMO Harris Bradley Center Recap  
No scoring First period 5:44 – ppAnthony Mantha (1)
No scoring Second period 8:53 – ppTyler Bertuzzi (3)
Vladislav Kamenev (1) – pp – 11:32 Third period No scoring
Juuse Saros 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Tom McCollum 31 saves / 32 shots
April 26 Grand Rapids Griffins 4 – 1 Milwaukee Admirals Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:47 – Adam Payerl (1)
Brian Lashoff (3) – 1:17
Anthony Mantha (2) – 2:51
Anthony Mantha (3) – 17:25
Second period No scoring
Colin Campbell (1) – 12:05 Third period No scoring
Tom McCollum 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Marek Mazanec 22 saves / 26 shots
Grand Rapids wins series 3–0


(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C3) Rockford IceHogs[]

April 20 Rockford IceHogs 2 – 5 Lake Erie Monsters BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
No scoring First period 8:32 – Sonny Milano (1)
19:41 – Zach Werenski (1)
No scoring Second period 11:11 – ppDean Kukan (1)
Tyler Motte (1) – 14:54
Dennis Rasmussen (1) – 16:18
Third period 9:04 – ppAlex Broadhurst (1)
18:58 – en, ppTrent Vogelhuber (1)
Mac Carruth 21 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 28 saves / 30 shots
April 21 Rockford IceHogs 1 – 5 Lake Erie Monsters BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
Ryan Hartman (1) – pp – 5:45 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 0:34 – Josh Anderson (1)
3:48 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)
4:08 – Lukas Sedlak (1)
No scoring Third period 15:28 – Josh Anderson (2)
19:24 – en – Josh Anderson (3)
Mac Carruth 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 24 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Lake Erie Monsters 5 – 3 Rockford IceHogs Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Josh Anderson (4) – pp – 9:30 First period No scoring
Zach Werenski (2) – 7:40 Second period 13:54 – Jonathan Carlsson (1)
Daniel Zaar (1) – 10:42
Ryan Craig (1) – 14:58
Third period 8:49 – ppTyler Motte (2)
18:34 – Mark McNeill (1)
Joonas Korpisalo 21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Mac Carruth 21 saves / 26 shots
Lake Erie wins series 3–0


(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P4) San Jose Barracuda[]

April 22 San Jose Barracuda 1 – 2 Ontario Reign SAP Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:53 – Kurtis MacDermid (1)
Nikita Jevpalovs (1) – 6:17 Third period 15:57 – Jonny Brodzinski (1)
Aaron Dell 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 28 saves / 29 shots
April 23 San Jose Barracuda 3 – 2 Ontario Reign SAP Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Carpenter (1) – 3:58
Bryan Lerg (1) – 13:57
Second period No scoring
Nikolay Goldobin (1) – 8:23 Third period 2:40 – Kurtis MacDermid (2)
19:25 – Jonny Brodzinski (2)
Aaron Dell 34 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 12 saves / 15 shots
April 28 Ontario Reign 3 – 1 San Jose Barracuda Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
Adrian Kempe (1) – 7:12 First period No scoring
Nic Dowd (1) – pp – 2:34 Second period No scoring
Adrian Kempe (2) – 11:27 Third period 13:28 – Nikolay Goldobin (2)
Peter Budaj 16 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Aaron Dell 36 saves / 39 shots
Troy Grosenick 4 saves / 4 shots
April 29 Ontario Reign 4 – 1 San Jose Barracuda Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
Nic Dowd (2) – 9:12 First period No scoring
Justin Auger (1) – 13:12 Second period 9:58 – Jeremy Langlois (1)
Jordan Samuels-Thomas (1) – 15:33
Andrew Crescenzi (1) – en – 18:33
Third period No scoring
Peter Budaj 18 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Aaron Dell 31 saves / 34 shots
Ontario wins series 3–1


(P2) San Diego Gulls vs. (P3) Texas Stars[]

April 21 Texas Stars 1 – 3 San Diego Gulls H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Recap  
No scoring First period 15:00 – Antoine Laganiere (1)
Justin Dowling (1) – sh – 0:39 Second period 15:58 – Nick Ritchie (1)
No scoring Third period 10:56 – Chris Mueller (1)
Maxime Lagace 14 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots
April 23 Texas Stars 5 – 1 San Diego Gulls H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Recap  
Derek Hulak (1) – 3:53 First period 10:12 – Nick Ritchie (2)
Esa Lindell (1) – pp – 2:30
Matt Mangene (1) – pp – 19:07
Second period No scoring
Curtis McKenzie (1) – 5:02
Justin Dowling (2) – 13:36
Third period No scoring
Jack Campbell 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 37 saves / 42 shots
April 28 San Diego Gulls 6 – 1 Texas Stars Valley View Casino Center Recap  
Brandon Montour (1) – pp – 5:55 First period No scoring
Nick Ritchie (3) – 8:51
Michael Sgarbossa (1) – pp – 11:58
Joseph Cramarossa (1) – 14:27
Second period No scoring
Stefan Noesen (1) – 5:35
Chris Wagner (1) – 15:21
Third period 3:22 – Esa Lindell (2)
Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jack Campbell 42 saves / 48 shots
April 29 San Diego Gulls 6 – 2 Texas Stars Valley View Casino Center Recap  
Shea Theodore (1) – 6:45 First period 7:46 – Brendan Ranford (1)
Chris Mueller (2) – pp – 0:07
Antoine Laganiere (2) – pp – 1:17
Joseph Cramarossa (2) – sh – 8:20
Second period No scoring
Ondřej Kaše (1) – pp – 7:34
Joseph Cramarossa (3) – en – 17:22
Third period 15:08 – Brett Ritchie (1)
Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 6 shots
Matt Hackett 21 saves / 23 shots
Goalie stats Jack Campbell 14 saves / 18 shots
Maxime Lagace 17 saves / 18 shots
San Diego wins series 3–1


Division finals[]

Eastern Conference[]

(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins[]

May 4 Hershey Bears 0 – 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period 0:45 – Daniel Sprong (4)
No scoring Second period 0:14 – Carter Rowney (2)
No scoring Third period 7:04 – pp – Daniel Sprong (5)
17:07 – sh, enTom Kostopoulos (2)
Justin Peters 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Casey DeSmith 33 saves / 33 shots
May 6 Hershey Bears 2 – 0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Giant Center Recap  
Sean Collins (2) – sh – 12:43
Carter Camper (1) – 15:06
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Justin Peters 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Casey DeSmith 23 saves / 25 shots
May 7 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2 – 5 Hershey Bears Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoring First period 18:40 – Dustin Gazley (1)
No scoring Second period 12:34 – ppChris Bourque (2)
14:08 – Jakub Vrána (3)
Niclas Andersén (1) – 1:02
Jake Guentzel (4) – pp – 8:52
Third period 0:32 – Chris Bourque (3)
2:52 – Liam O'Brien (1)
Casey DeSmith 17 saves / 22 shots
Tristan Jarry 5 saves / 5 shots
Goalie stats Justin Peters 22 saves / 24 shots
May 9 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2 – 1 OT Hershey Bears Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tom Kostopoulos (3) – pp – 5:53 Second period 9:37 – ppCarter Camper (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Kael Mouillierat (1) – pp – 2:31 First overtime period No scoring
Tristan Jarry 22 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 28 saves / 30 shots
May 11 Hershey Bears 5 – 3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Giant Center Recap  
Carter Camper (3) – 5:45
Jakub Vrána (4) – pp – 17:40
First period No scoring
Sean Collins (3) – 12:43 Second period 9:44 – Tom Kostopoulos (4)
14:38 – Josh Archibald (1)
Zach Sill (1) – sh – 5:57
Ryan Bourque (1) – en – 18:59
Third period 3:53 – Tom Sestito (1)
Justin Peters 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Tristan Jarry 10 saves / 13 shots
Casey DeSmith 10 saves / 11 shots
May 13 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 6 – 2 Hershey Bears Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Kael Mouillierat (2) – 10:52
Tom Kostopoulos (5) – 15:16
Carter Rowney (3) – 18:22
Will O'Neill (1) – pp – 19:48
First period No scoring
Jake Guentzel (5) – 15:39 Second period 12:51 – Tyler Lewington (3)
Carter Rowney (4) – 3:30 Third period 16:29 – ppZach Sill (2)
Casey DeSmith 24 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 8 saves / 12 shots
Dan Ellis 17 saves / 19 shots
May 15 Hershey Bears 3 – 2 OT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Giant Center Recap  
Dustin Gazley (2) – 1:33 First period 7:15 – ppMatthias Plachta (1)
Carter Camper (4) – 18:43 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 3:53 – Kael Mouillierat (3)
Travis Boyd (2) – 10:57 First overtime period No scoring
Justin Peters 32 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Casey DeSmith 21 saves / 24 shots
Hershey wins series 4–3


(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Albany Devils[]

May 4 Toronto Marlies 1 – 2 Albany Devils Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Connor Carrick (4) – 9:40 First period 8:31 – ppBrian O'Neill (1)
10:41 – Matt Lorito (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Garret Sparks 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 33 shots
May 6 Toronto Marlies 5 – 3 Albany Devils Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Ben Smith (2) – 11:20 First period 12:38 – Dan Kelly (1)
15:26 – Nick Lappin (1)
T. J. Brennan (3) – pp – 10:36 Second period No scoring
Zach Hyman (2) – 2:02
T. J. Brennan (4) – 6:43
Zach Hyman (3) – 18:15
Third period 3:52 – Matt Lorito (3)
Antoine Bibeau 40 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 27 saves / 32 shots
May 8 Albany Devils 3 – 2 OT Toronto Marlies Times Union Center Recap  
Rod Pelley (1) – sh – 8:33 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:50 – Josh Leivo (1)
Nick Lappin (2) – sh – 19:39 Third period 8:30 – William Nylander (2)
Nick Lappin (3) – pp – 18:40 First overtime period No scoring
Scott Wedgewood 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau 36 saves / 39 shots
May 10 Albany Devils 2 – 7 Toronto Marlies Times Union Center Recap  
Blake Pietila (3) – 2:10 First period 13:17 – ppMark Arcobello (1)
18:48 – ppKasperi Kapanen (1)
No scoring Second period 1:05 – ppT. J. Brennan (5)
14:10 – ppBrendan Leipsic (1)
18:39 – Nikita Soshnikov (2)
Graham Black (1) – 19:40 Third period 1:36 – Nikita Soshnikov (3)
10:27 – Connor Brown (4)
Scott Wedgewood 12 saves / 17 shots
Yann Danis 7 saves / 9 shots
Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau 24 saves / 26 shots
May 12 Albany Devils 1 – 5 Toronto Marlies Times Union Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Paul Thompson (1) – 17:01 Second period 1:23 – ppConnor Carrick (5)
6:38 – ppConnor Brown (5)
15:19 – Nikita Soshnikov (4)
No scoring Third period 11:09 – Brendan Leipsic (2)
17:52 – enJosh Leivo (2)
Scott Wedgewood 18 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau 21 saves / 22 shots
May 14 Toronto Marlies 1 – 4 Albany Devils Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 4:24 – Reid Boucher (4)
5:13 – Corbin McPherson (1)
Kasperi Kapanen (2) – 10:45 Second period 14:42 – Nick Lappin (4)
No scoring Third period 8:56 – Graham Black (2)
Antoine Bibeau 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 34 saves / 35 shots
May 16 Toronto Marlies 4 – 3 Albany Devils Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Connor Brown (6) – sh – 2:56 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 0:46 – Paul Thompson (2)
Kasperi Kapanen (3) – 9:07
Connor Carrick (6) – 12:59
Richard Clune (1) – 17:30
Third period 2:41 – Nick Lappin (5)
15:19 – Paul Thompson (3)
Antoine Bibeau 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Scott Wedgewood 20 saves / 24 shots
Toronto wins series 4–3


Western Conference[]

(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins[]

May 5 Lake Erie Monsters 3 – 2 OT Grand Rapids Griffins Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Lukas Sedlak (2) – 4:29
Alex Broadhurst (2) – pp – 11:29
Second period 0:58 – Eric Tangradi (1)
16:11 – shBrian Lashoff (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) – pp – 12:23 First overtime period No scoring
Joonas Korpisalo 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Tom McCollum 36 saves / 39 shots
May 7 Lake Erie Monsters 4 – 3 Grand Rapids Griffins Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Sonny Milano (2) – pp – 14:39
Steve Eminger (1) – pp – 17:33
First period 19:56 – ppEric Tangradi (2)
No scoring Second period 2:05 – Xavier Ouellet (1)
14:58 – ppAndy Miele (1)
Ryan Craig (2) – 14:10
Daniel Zaar (2) – 16:46
Third period No scoring
Joonas Korpisalo 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Tom McCollum 16 saves / 20 shots
May 8 Grand Rapids Griffins 1 – 2 Lake Erie Monsters Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 0:17 – Josh Anderson (5)
Ryan Sproul (1) – 17:48 Second period 8:07 – Zach Werenski (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tom McCollum 21 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 41 saves / 42 shots
May 10 Grand Rapids Griffins 5 – 4 Lake Erie Monsters Van Andel Arena Recap  
Tyler Bertuzzi (4) – 13:32 First period 8:33 – ppMichael Chaput (1)
14:26 – Sonny Milano (3)
Anthony Mantha (4) – pp – 19:05 Second period 8:36 – Lukas Sedlak (3)
13:31 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (4)
Louis-Marc Aubry (1) – 3:12
Robbie Russo (1) – 4:40
Andreas Athanasiou (1) – 18:05
Third period No scoring
Tom McCollum 17 saves / 21 shots
Jared Coreau 16 saves / 16 shots
Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 30 saves / 35 shots
May 14 Lake Erie Monsters 1 – 6 Grand Rapids Griffins Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Kerby Rychel (1) – 16:42 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 1:56 – Andy Miele (2)
5:03 – Tyler Bertuzzi (5)
16:52 – Andreas Athanasiou (2)
No scoring Third period 7:55 – Tyler Bertuzzi (6)
13:25 – ppNathan Paetsch (1)
16:40 – Tyler Bertuzzi (7)
Joonas Korpisalo 25 saves / 30 shots
Anton Forsberg 5 saves / 6 shots
Goalie stats Jared Coreau 35 saves / 36 shots
May 16 Grand Rapids Griffins 3 – 4 OT Lake Erie Monsters Van Andel Arena Recap  
Ryan Sproul (2) – 0:34
Tomáš Nosek (1) – 2:16
First period 3:42 – Daniel Zaar (3)
Xavier Ouellet (2) – pp – 1:48 Second period 8:18 – Michael Chaput (2)
No scoring Third period 1:43 – Lukas Sedlak (4)
No scoring First overtime period 12:32 – Zach Werenski (4)
Jared Coreau 43 saves / 47 shots Goalie stats Joonas Korpisalo 6 saves / 9 shots
Anton Forsberg 23 saves / 23 shots
Lake Erie wins series 4–2


(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P2) San Diego Gulls[]

May 5 Ontario Reign 5 – 3 San Diego Gulls Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
Michael Mersch (1) – 10:26
Vincent LoVerde (1) – pp – 14:37
First period No scoring
Joel Lowry (1) – 14:37 Second period 3:06 – Kalle Kossila (1)
5:32 – Matt Bailey (1)
Michael Mersch (2) – 9:11
Jeff Schultz (1) – sh, en – 19:27
Third period 17:37 – Corey Tropp (1)
Peter Budaj 16 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Matt Hackett 24 saves / 28 shots
May 7 San Diego Gulls 1 – 2 OT Ontario Reign Valley View Casino Center Recap  
Nick Ritchie (4) – 3:22 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 1:39 – ppKris Newbury (1)
No scoring First overtime period 11:55 – Justin Auger (2)
Matt Hackett 42 saves / 44 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 26 saves / 27 shots
May 8 Ontario Reign 0 – 3 San Diego Gulls Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:27 – Kalle Kossila (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 8:18 – ppNick Ritchie (5)
16:49 – en – Jaycob Megna (1)
Peter Budaj 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Matt Hackett 29 saves / 29 shots
May 13 San Diego Gulls 3 – 4 OT Ontario Reign Valley View Casino Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Shea Theodore (2) – pp – 7:21 Second period No scoring
Chris Mueller (3) – 11:02
Chris Mueller (4) – 14:06
Third period 3:47 – Nic Dowd (3)
12:04 – Adrian Kempe (3)
13:56 – Adrian Kempe (4)
No scoring First overtime period 6:29 – Mike Amadio (1)
Matt Hackett 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 25 saves / 28 shots
May 14 Ontario Reign 2 – 1 San Diego Gulls Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joel Lowry (2) – 2:33
Justin Auger (3) – 8:56
Second period 8:31 – Chris Wagner (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Peter Budaj 15 saves / 16 shots Goalie stats Matt Hackett 24 saves / 26 shots
Ontario wins series 4–1


Conference finals[]

Eastern Conference[]

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A1) Hershey Bears[]

May 20 Hershey Bears 3 – 1 Toronto Marlies Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period 9:04 – William Nylander (3)
Carter Camper (5) – 3:39 Second period No scoring
Liam O'Brien (2) – 2:51
Zach Sill (3) – pp – 8:12
Third period No scoring
Justin Peters 19 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau 20 saves / 23 shots
May 21 Hershey Bears 3 – 2 OT Toronto Marlies Giant Center Recap  
Chandler Stephenson (1) – 14:06 First period 6:33 – Connor Brown (7)
Jakub Vrána (5) – pp – 7:55 Second period 17:42 – Mark Arcobello (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Carter Camper (6) – 9:09 First overtime period No scoring
Justin Peters 38 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Garret Sparks 20 saves / 23 shots
May 25 Toronto Marlies 2 – 8 Hershey Bears Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Josh Leivo (3) – 6:06
Colin Smith (1) – 8:09
First period 3:02 – Dustin Gazley (3)
No scoring Second period 6:12 – Chris Bourque (4)
19:07 – Zach Sill (4)
No scoring Third period 0:18 – sh – Zach Sill (5)
1:42 – shRyan Bourque (2)
5:13 – Jakub Vrána (6)
6:12 – ppChristian Djoos (3)
16:14 – Jakub Vrána (7)
Antoine Bibeau 14 saves / 18 shots
Garret Sparks 7 saves / 11 shots
Goalie stats Justin Peters 26 saves / 28 shots
May 27 Toronto Marlies 5 – 0 Hershey Bears Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
William Nylander (4) – 19:28 First period No scoring
William Nylander (5) – 18:35 Second period No scoring
Josh Leivo (4) – pp – 6:59
Connor Carrick (7) – pp – 7:24
William Nylander (6) – pp – 15:57
Third period No scoring
Antoine Bibeau 18 saves / 18 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 28 saves / 33 shots
May 29 Toronto Marlies 2 – 3 Hershey Bears Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 9:18 – Liam O'Brien (3)
William Nylander (7) – 8:05 Second period 1:09 – Christian Djoos (2)
2:13 – Nathan Walker (2)
Nikita Soshnikov (5) – 5:11 Third period No scoring
Antoine Bibeau 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 21 saves / 23 shots
Hershey wins series 4–1


Western Conference[]

(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (C2) Lake Erie Monsters[]

May 21 Ontario Reign 3 – 4 Lake Erie Monsters Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sean Backman (1) – pp – 4:23 Second period 7:10 – Lukas Sedlak (5)
8:23 – ppJosh Anderson (6)
9:46 – Ryan Craig (3)
Nic Dowd (4) – 1:38
Joel Lowry (3) – 8:16
Third period 8:35 – Alex Broadhurst (3)
Peter Budaj 30 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 30 shots
May 22 Ontario Reign 2 – 3 Lake Erie Monsters Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:28 – Markus Hännikäinen (1)
12:40 – Lukas Sedlak (6)
No scoring Second period 4:40 – ppT. J. Tynan (1)
Paul Bissonnette (1) – 5:31
Kevin Gravel (1) – 12:48
Third period No scoring
Peter Budaj 18 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 29 shots
May 24 Lake Erie Monsters 4 – 0 Ontario Reign Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Oliver Bjorkstrand (5) – 6:00
Sonny Milano (4) – 7:50
Josh Anderson (7) – 10:27
First period No scoring
Markus Hännikäinen (2) – 16:31 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Anton Forsberg 26 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 17 saves / 21 shots
Michael Houser 6 saves / 6 shots
May 26 Lake Erie Monsters 2 – 1 2OT Ontario Reign Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Lukas Sedlak (7) – 6:26 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:44 – Joel Lowry (4)
Lukas Sedlak (8) – 6:25 Second overtime period No scoring
Anton Forsberg 41 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Peter Budaj 29 saves / 31 shots
Lake Erie wins series 4–0


Calder Cup Finals[]

Hershey Bears vs. Lake Erie Monsters[]

June 1 Hershey Bears 1 – 4 Lake Erie Monsters Giant Center Recap  
Jakub Vrána (8) – 15:42 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 7:48 – Daniel Zaar (4)
No scoring Third period 5:39 – Trent Vogelhuber (2)
13:33 – Daniel Zaar (5)
15:09 – Markus Hännikäinen (3)
Justin Peters 22 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Anton Forsberg 26 saves / 27 shots
June 3 Hershey Bears 3 – 5 Lake Erie Monsters Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period 3:05 – ppZach Werenski (5)
Zach Sill (6) – pp – 8:48 Second period 4:29 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (6)
13:51 – Lukas Sedlak (9)
Tyler Lewington (4) – 9:57
Liam O'Brien (4) – 11:51
Third period 2:04 – pp – Oliver Bjorkstrand (7)
18:59 – enDaniel Zaar (6)
Justin Peters 24 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Anton Forsberg 27 saves / 30 shots
June 6 Lake Erie Monsters 3 – 2 OT Hershey Bears Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
Oliver Bjorkstrand (8) – 6:44 First period 2:07 – Ryan Stanton (3)
Daniel Zaar (7) – pp – 18:13 Second period 19:00 – Dustin Gazley (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) – 1:20 First overtime period No scoring
Anton Forsberg 17 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 25 saves / 28 shots
June 11 Lake Erie Monsters 1 – 0 OT Hershey Bears Quicken Loans Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oliver Bjorkstrand (10) – 19:58 First overtime period No scoring
Anton Forsberg 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Justin Peters 32 saves / 33 shots
Lake Erie wins series 4–0


Playoff statistical leaders[]

Leading skaters[]

These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Carrick, ConnorConnor Carrick align=left|Toronto Marlies 15 7 11 18 12
Camper, CarterCarter Camper align=left|Hershey Bears 21 6 11 17 2
Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 17 10 6 16 2
Sedlak, LukasLukas Sedlak align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 17 9 7 16 18
Vrána, JakubJakub Vrána align=left|Hershey Bears 21 8 6 14 2
Guentzel, JakeJake Guentzel align=left|Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 10 5 9 14 0
Werenski, ZachZach Werenski align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 17 5 9 14 2
Craig, RyanRyan Craig align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 17 3 10 13 8
Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 15 7 5 12 24
Zaar, DanielDaniel Zaar align=left|Lake Erie Monsters 17 7 5 12 4

Leading goaltenders[]

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 180 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg Lake Erie Monsters 10 9 0 255 13 1.34 .949 2 583:58
Peters, JustinJustin Peters Hershey Bears 20 11 9 567 44 2.13 .922 2 1242:20
McKenna, MikeMike McKenna Portland Pirates 5 2 3 146 12 2.13 .918 0 338:20
Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj Ontario Reign 13 7 6 301 29 2.18 .904 0 799:38
Khudobin, AntonAnton Khudobin San Diego Gulls 4 2 1 106 7 2.26 .934 0 185:28
Hackett, MattMatt Hackett San Diego Gulls 6 2 4 187 14 2.27 .925 1 369:33
Dell, AaronAaron Dell San Jose Barracuda 4 1 3 146 10 2.59 .932 0 231:17

References[]

External links[]

Preceded by
2015 Calder Cup playoffs
Calder Cup playoffs
2016
Succeeded by
2017 Calder Cup playoffs


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