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The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 19, 2018, with the playoff format that was introduced in 2016. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals.

A Division finals game between the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the Charlotte Checkers became the longest game in AHL history by going 86:48 into overtime when Alex Krushelnyski of the Phantoms scored the winning 2–1 goal. The game started at 7:03 pm on May 9 and ended at 1:09 am on May 10. The Checkers had 95 shots on goal and Alex Lyon would finish with 94 saves, while Alex Nedeljkovic would finish with 51 saves on 53 shots. The previous record of 82:58 into overtime was set in 2008, also between the AHL affiliates of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Carolina Hurricanes.[1]

The Toronto Marlies won their first Calder Cup, beating the Texas Stars four games to three in the finals.

Playoff seeds[]

After the 2017–18 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs.[2] The Toronto Marlies were the first team to clinch a playoff spot and went on to claim the regular season title with four games remaining.

Eastern Conference[]

Atlantic Division[]

  1. Lehigh Valley Phantoms – 104 points (.684)
  2. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 99 points (.651)
  3. Charlotte Checkers – 96 points (.632)
  4. Providence Bruins – 95 points (.625)

North Division[]

  1. Toronto Marlies– 112 points (.737)
  2. Syracuse Crunch – 100 points (.658)
  3. Rochester Americans – 91 points (.599)
  4. Utica Comets – 88 points (.579)

Western Conference[]

Central Division[]

  1. Chicago Wolves – 95 points (.625)
  2. Grand Rapids Griffins – 93 points (.612)
  3. Manitoba Moose – 92 points (.605)
  4. Rockford IceHogs – 88 points (.579)

Pacific Division[]

  1. Tucson Roadrunners – 90 points (.662)
  2. Texas Stars – 90 points (.592)
  3. Ontario Reign – 79 points (.581)
  4. San Jose Barracuda – 76 points (.559), 33 ROWs

Bracket[]

  Division semifinals Division finals Conference finals Calder Cup final
                                     
A1  Lehigh Valley 3  
A4  Providence 1  
  A1  Lehigh Valley 4  
  A3  Charlotte 1  
A2  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0
A3  Charlotte 3  
  A1  Lehigh Valley 0  
Eastern Conference
  N1  Toronto 4  
N1  Toronto 3  
N4  Utica 2  
  N1  Toronto 4
  N2  Syracuse 0  
N2  Syracuse 3
N3  Rochester 0  
  N1  Toronto 4
  P2  Texas 3
C1  Chicago 0  
C4  Rockford 3  
  C4  Rockford 4
  C3  Manitoba 0  
C2  Grand Rapids 2
C3  Manitoba 3  
  C4  Rockford 2
Western Conference
  P2  Texas 4  
P1  Tucson 3  
P4  San Jose 1  
  P1  Tucson 1
  P2  Texas 4  
P2  Texas 3
P3  Ontario 1  



Division semifinals[]

Note 1: Home team is listed first.
Note 2: Higher-seeded team had the choice of games 1, 2, and 5 at home or games 3, 4, and 5 at home.

Eastern Conference[]

(A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs. (A4) Providence Bruins[]

April 20 Providence Bruins 2 – 3 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Ryan Fitzgerald (1) – pp – 17:38 First period 17:54 – Danick Martel (1)
Ryan Fitzgerald (2) – 3:35 Second period 14:32 – ppGreg Carey (1)
15:13 – pp – Danick Martel (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Zane McIntyre (21 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Alex Lyon (39 saves / 41 shots)
April 21 Providence Bruins 5 – 3 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Anton Blidh (1) – 2:07
Peter Cehlarik (1) – 5:08
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:46 – ppMark Friedman (1)
10:57 – Mike Vecchione (1)
Jordan Szwarz (1) – sh – 0:19
Peter Cehlarik (2) – pp – 11:35
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (1) – en– 18:27
Third period 15:09 – Greg Carey (2)
Jordan Binnington (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Alex Lyon (31 saves / 35 shots)
April 27 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 – 1 Providence Bruins PPL Center Recap  
Philippe Myers (1) – 6:05
Oskar Lindblom (1) – sh – 12:50
First period No scoring
Oskar Lindblom (2) – pp – 2:06 Second period 13:42 – ppAustin Czarnik (1)
Mike Vecchione (2) – 15:16 Third period No scoring
Dustin Tokarski (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Binnington (30 saves / 34 shots)
April 28 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 – 3 OT Providence Bruins PPL Center Recap  
T. J. Brennan (1) – 7:27
Chris Conner (1) – 8:04
Chris Conner (2) – 16:26
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:34 – Tommy Cross (1)
No scoring Third period 12:00 – Anton Blidh (2)
14:59 – Austin Czarnik (2)
Maxim Lamarche (1) – 18:36 First overtime period No scoring
Alex Lyon (49 saves / 52 shots) Goalie stats Jordan Binnington (11 saves / 14 shots)
Zane McIntyre (13 saves / 14 shots)
Lehigh Valley won series 3–1


(A2) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers[]

April 20 Charlotte Checkers 3 – 2 OT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Bojangles' Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 17:44 – ppAndrey Pedan (1)
No scoring Second period 11:16 – Daniel Sprong (1)
Aleksi Saarela (1) – 6:32
Valentin Zykov (1) – pp – 11:45
Third period No scoring
Lucas Wallmark (1) – 3:18 First overtime period No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Jarry (35 saves / 38 shots)
April 21 Charlotte Checkers 4 – 1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Bojangles' Coliseum Recap  
Haydn Fleury (1) – 13:47 First period 0:22 – Joseph Cramarossa (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Josiah Didier (1) – 14:18
Clark Bishop (1) – en – 18:38
Haydn Fleury (2) – en – 18:52
Third period No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Jarry (24 saves / 26 shots)
April 26 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 – 7 Charlotte Checkers Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Anthony Angello (1) – 4:40
Adam Johnson (2) – 7:29
First period 16:41 – Lucas Wallmark (2)
17:02 – Greg McKegg (1)
No scoring Second period 17:46 – Aleksi Saarela (2)
Anthony Angello (2) – 13:31 Third period 5:55 – Clark Bishop (2)
7:36 – Andrew Miller (1)
18:26 – enAndrew Poturalski (1)
18:44 – enJanne Kuokkanen (1)
Tristan Jarry (25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 29 shots)
Charlotte won series 3–0


(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Utica Comets[]

April 21 Toronto Marlies 3 – 2 OT Utica Comets Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jeremy Bracco (1) – 10:29 Second period No scoring
Justin Holl (1) — 14:45 Third period 6:17 – ppZack MacEwen (1)
19:24 – Michael Chaput (1)
Chris Mueller (1) – pp – 17:48 First overtime period No scoring
Garret Sparks (32 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Thatcher Demko (44 saves / 47 shots)
April 22 Toronto Marlies 5 – 2 Utica Comets Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Pierre Engvall (1) – 5:51
Dmytro Timashov (1) – pp – 16:47
First period 12:05 – Cam Darcy (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Colin Greening (1) – 2:16
Carl Grundstrom (1) – 11:20
Trevor Moore (1) – en – 19:00
Third period 1:38 – ppMichael Chaput (2)
Garret Sparks (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Thatcher Demko (24 saves / 28 shots
April 25 Utica Comets 5 – 2 Toronto Marlies Adirondack Bank Center Recap  
Reid Boucher (1) – pp – 7:55
Wacey Hamilton (1) – 9:47
Cole Cassels (1) – 13:59
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Tyler Motte (1) – 14:35
Cole Cassels (2) – en – 18:20
Third period 10:29 – ppCalle Rosen (1)
16:09 – shColin Greening (2)
Thatcher Demko (35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (4 saves / 7 shots)
Calvin Pickard (19 saves / 20 shots)
April 27 Utica Comets 5 – 2 Toronto Marlies Adirondack Bank Center Recap  
Reid Boucher (2) – 1:03 First period No scoring
Tanner MacMaster (1) – 2:55
Reid Boucher (3) – 17:29
Second period No scoring
Michael Carcone (1) – pp – 2:26
Tyler Motte (2) – 12:12
Third period 0:47 – ppDmytro Timashov (2)
15:30 – Pierre Engvall (2)
Thatcher Demko (40 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (15 saves / 20 shots)
April 29 Toronto Marlies 4 – 0 Utica Comets Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Carl Grundstrom (2) – pp – 3:34 First period No scoring
Carl Grundstrom (3) – 12:33 Second period No scoring
Andreas Johnsson (1) – pp – 0:56
Dmytro Timashov (3) – en – 17:49
Third period No scoring
Garret Sparks (37 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Thatcher Demko (34 saves / 37 shots)
Toronto won series 3–2


(N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Rochester Americans[]

April 20 Syracuse Crunch 6 – 2 Rochester Americans Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Gabriel Dumont (1) – 3:22
Jamie McBain (1) – 11:15
First period 4:12 – ppZach Redmond (1)
19:08 – Kyle Criscuolo (1)
Dominik Masin (1) – 1:44 Second period No scoring
Brendan Bradley (1) – 8:27
Gabriel Dumont (2) – pp – 14:46
Gabriel Dumont (3) – en – 19:08
Third period No scoring
Edward Pasquale (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Linus Ullmark (28 saves / 33 shots)
April 21 Syracuse Crunch 6 – 5 Rochester Americans Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
Matthew Peca (1) – pp – 3:48
Mathieu Joseph (1) – 18:31
First period 15:43 – ppColin Blackwell (1)
Olivier Archambault (1) – 1:29
Reid McNeill (1) – 6:15
Second period 5:10 – shJustin Bailey (1)
6:02 – Stuart Percy (1)
Alexander Volkov (1) – 4:52
Alexander Volkov (2) – 5:59
Third period 5:22 – Kevin Porter (1)
6:58 – Nicholas Baptiste (1)
Edward Pasquale (20 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Linus Ullmark (16 saves / 22 shots)
April 25 Rochester Americans 3 – 6 Syracuse Crunch Blue Cross Arena Recap  
Zach Redmond (2) – pp – 3:25 First period 19:16 – Matthew Peca (2)
Justin Bailey (2) – 7:48 Second period 8:17 – Cal Foote (1)
8:36 – Olivier Archambault (2)
10:49 – Mitchell Stephens (1)
Danny O'Regan (1) – 13:50 Third period 6:05 – ppMathieu Joseph (2)
19:08 – enAlexander Volkov (3)
Linus Ullmark (20 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ingram (33 saves / 36 shots)
Syracuse won series 3–0


Western Conference[]

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs[]

April 21 Chicago Wolves 1 – 2 Rockford IceHogs Allstate Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 9:42 – ppTyler Sikura (1)
No scoring Second period 2:05 – ppAdam Clendening (1)
Teemu Pulkkinen (1) – pp – 5:31 Third period No scoring
Oscar Dansk (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (31 saves / 32 shots)
April 22 Rockford IceHogs 5 – 2 Chicago Wolves BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
William Pelletier (1) – 13:24
Luke Johnson (1) – pp – 19:08
First period 9:12 – Wade Megan (1)
19:59 – ppZac Leslie (1)
Matthew Highmore (1) – pp – 3:47
Chris DiDomenico (1) – pp – 16:04
Second period No scoring
Lance Bouma (1) – en – 19:21 Third period No scoring
Collin Delia (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Oscar Dansk (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 26 Chicago Wolves 3 – 4 3OT Rockford IceHogs Allstate Arena Recap  
Philip Holm (1) – 8:48 First period No scoring
Keegan Kolesar (1) – 8:02 Second period 9:50 – ppCody Franson (1)
13:00 – Chris DiDomenico (2)
13:54 – Victor Ejdsell (1)
Wade Megan (2) – 3:11 Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 17:22 – pp – Victor Ejdsell (2)
Maxime Lagace (72 saves / 76 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (52 saves / 55 shots)
Rockford won series 3–0


(C2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (C3) Manitoba Moose[]

April 21 Manitoba Moose 3 – 2 Grand Rapids Griffins Bell MTS Place Recap  
No scoring First period 12:42 – Ben Street (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jan Kostalek (1) – 6:22
Cameron Schilling (1) – 13:12
Michael Spacek (1) – pp – 18:51
Third period 12:41 – Turner Elson (1)
Eric Comrie (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (28 saves / 31 shots)
April 22 Manitoba Moose 1 – 5 Grand Rapids Griffins Bell MTS Place Recap  
Francis Beauvillier (1) – 2:43 First period 6:40 – ppMatthew Ford (1)
11:33 – ppEric Tangradi (1)
13:08 – Turner Elson (2)
18:56 – Ben Street (2)
No scoring Second period 13:24 – Evgeny Svechnikov (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Eric Comrie (19 saves / 24 shots)
Jamie Phillips (15 saves / 15 shots)
Goalie stats Tom McCollum (21 saves / 22 shots)
April 25 Grand Rapids Griffins 3 – 6 Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
Ben Street (3) – pp – 15:28 First period 4:16 – Michael Sgarbossa (1)
8:25 – ppNicolas Petan (1)
Eric Tangradi (2) – 1:43
Zach Nastasiuk (1) – 4:49
Second period 1:05 – Sami Niku (1)
2:26 – Skyler McKenzie (1)
No scoring Third period 18:02 – enChase De Leo (1)
19:53 – enBrendan Lemieux (1)
Tom McCollum (8 saves / 11 shots)
Jared Coreau (11 saves / 12 shots)
Goalie stats Eric Comrie (45 saves / 48 shots)
April 26 Grand Rapids Griffins 3 – 0 Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Matthew Ford (2) – 18:25
Ben Street (4) – 19:40
Second period No scoring
Brian Lashoff (1) – en – 17:04 Third period No scoring
Jared Coreau (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (21 saves / 23 shots)
April 30 Grand Rapids Griffins 1 – 5 Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
Matt Puempel (1) – pp – 6:53 First period 1:49 – Patrice Cormier (1)
No scoring Second period 19:46 – Cameron Schilling (2)
No scoring Third period 6:39 – Michael Sgarbossa (2)
11:17 – Brendan Lemieux (2)
16:31 – enChase De Leo (2)
Jared Coreau (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (34 saves / 35 shots)
Manitoba won series 3–2


(P1) Tucson Roadrunners vs. (P4) San Jose Barracuda[]

April 19 San Jose Barracuda 2 – 4 Tucson Roadrunners SAP Center Recap  
No scoring First period 11:04 – Dakota Mermis (1)
Alexander True (1) – pp – 9:33 Second period 9:56 – Ryan MacInnis (1)
Alexander Chmelevski (1) – 5:16 Third period 18:45 – Lane Pederson (1)
19:46 – enDylan Strome (1)
Antoine Bibeau (20 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (36 saves / 38 shots)
April 21 San Jose Barracuda 6 – 3 Tucson Roadrunners SAP Center Recap  
Rudolfs Balcers (1) – 1:25
Adam Helewka (1) – pp – 11:45
Rourke Chartier (1) – 15:08
First period 4:18 – Dylan Strome (2)
6:16 – Dylan Strome (3)
No scoring Second period 6:36 – Mario Kempe (1)
Rudolfs Balcers (2) – 3:45
Manuel Wiederer (1) – 16:00
Rourke Chartier (2) – en – 18:28
Third period No scoring
Antoine Bibeau (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (26 saves / 31 shots)
April 25 Tucson Roadrunners 6 – 0 San Jose Barracuda Tucson Convention Center Recap  
Michael Bunting (1) – 2:27
Lawson Crouse (1) – pp – 12:47
Lane Pederson (2) – 16:16
First period No scoring
Mike Sislo (1) – 6:53
Andrew Campbell (1) – 14:19
Second period No scoring
Mario Kempe (2) – 0:53 Third period No scoring
Adin Hill (21 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau (10 saves / 15 shots)
Stephon Williams (7 saves / 8 shots)
April 27 Tucson Roadrunners 3 – 0 San Jose Barracuda Tucson Convention Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Mario Kempe (3) – 4:24 Second period No scoring
Conor Garland (1) – 4:53
Mario Kempe (4) – en – 19:00
Third period No scoring
Adin Hill (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Antoine Bibeau (31 saves / 33 shots)
Tucson won series 3–1


(P2) Texas Stars vs. (P3) Ontario Reign[]

April 19 Texas Stars 4 – 3 OT Ontario Reign H-E-B Center Recap  
Sheldon Dries (1) – 3:17 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 10:58 – Justin Auger (1)
13:52 – Jonny Brodzinski (1)
Denis Guryanov (1) – 8:34
Travis Morin (1) – 13:22
Third period 18:44 – Matt Moulson (1)
Brian Flynn (1) – 1:55 First overtime period No scoring
Mike McKenna (38 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Cal Petersen (26 saves / 30 shots)
April 20 Texas Stars 1 – 5 Ontario Reign H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period 16:33 – ppPhilippe Maillet (1)
19:32 – Matt Luff (1)
No scoring Second period 16:38 – T. J. Hensick (1)
Brian Flynn (2) – pp – 14:27 Third period 15:15 – Philippe Maillet (2)
16:21 – enOscar Fantenberg (1)
Mike McKenna (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Cal Petersen (28 saves / 29 shots)
April 22 Ontario Reign 4 – 5 2OT Texas Stars Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
Matt Roy (1) – 8:30
Sean Walker (1) – 11:06
First period 14:14 – Remi Elie (1)
Michael Mersch (1) – pp – 0:27
Michael Amadio (1) – 9:19
Second period 5:32 – ppJustin Dowling (1)
7:02 – Colin Markison (1)
No scoring Third period 3:32 – Travis Morin (2)
No scoring Second overtime period 17:38 – Samuel Laberge (1)
Cal Petersen (39 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Landon Bow (18 saves / 22 shots)
Mike McKenna (44 saves / 44 shots)
April 24 Ontario Reign 0 – 1 Texas Stars Citizens Business Bank Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:54 – Denis Guryanov (2)
Cal Petersen (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (47 saves / 47 shots)
Texas won series 3–1


Division finals[]

Note: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference[]

(A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers[]

May 4 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2 – 1 Charlotte Checkers PPL Center Recap  
No scoring First period 15:26 – Valentin Zykov (2)
Alex Krushelnyski (1) – 6:17 Second period No scoring
Greg Carey (3) – pp – 18:17 Third period No scoring
Alex Lyon (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Alex Nedeljkovic (30 saves / 32 shots)
May 5 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 0 – 6 Charlotte Checkers PPL Center Recap  
No scoring First period 6:04 – ppJanne Kuokkanen (2)
16:02 – Lucas Wallmark (3)
No scoring Second period 13:30 – Philip Samuelsson (1)
19:04 – ppValentin Zykov (3)
No scoring Third period 19:18 – pp – Janne Kuokkanen (3)
19:50 – ppJulien Gauthier (1)
Dustin Tokarski (17 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 26 shots)
May 8 Charlotte Checkers 1 – 5 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Bojangles' Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 3:16 – Mike Vecchione (3)
4:40 – Danick Martel (3)
Valentin Zykov (4) – pp – 3:40 Second period 5:37 – Chris Conner (3)
12:52 – ppOskar Lindblom (3)
No scoring Third period 16:38 – en – Oskar Lindblom (4)
Alex Nedeljkovic (11 saves / 15 shots)
Jeremy Smith (4 saves / 4 shots)
Goalie stats Alex Lyon (34 saves / 35 shots)
May 9[lower-alpha 1] Charlotte Checkers 1 – 2 5OT Lehigh Valley Phantoms Bojangles' Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 16:24 – Danick Martel (4)
Patrick Brown (1) – 6:52 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Fifth overtime period 6:48 – Alex Krushelnyski (2)
Alex Nedeljkovic (51 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Alex Lyon (94 saves / 95 shots)
May 12 Charlotte Checkers 1 – 5 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Bojangles' Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 9:22 – Corban Knight (1)
No scoring Second period 13:56 – Chris Conner (4)
17:02 – Tyrell Goulbourne (1)
Roland McKeown (1) – 5:58 Third period 4:04 – Philippe Myers (2)
7:18 – Colin McDonald (1)
Alex Nedeljkovic (19 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Alex Lyon (27 saves / 28 shots)
Lehigh Valley won series 4–1


(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Syracuse Crunch[]

May 3 Toronto Marlies 6 – 4 Syracuse Crunch Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Adam Brooks (1) – 8:33
Dmytro Timashov (4) – pp – 19:16
First period 18:34 – shMathieu Joseph (3)
Travis Dermott (1) – pp – 15:15 Second period 10:55 – ppCarter Verhaeghe (1)
Mason Marchment (1) – 7:56
Pierre Engvall (3) – 12:46
Ben Smith (1) – en – 19:22
Third period 8:53 – Kevin Lynch (1)
18:55 – Kevin Lynch (2)
Garret Sparks (28 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Edward Pasquale (15 saves / 20 shots)
May 5 Toronto Marlies 2 – 1 2OT Syracuse Crunch Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:25 – Matthew Peca (3)
Mason Marchment (2) – 6:52 Third period No scoring
Frederik Gauthier (1) – 15:10 Second overtime period No scoring
Garret Sparks (46 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Connor Ingram (55 saves / 57 shots)
May 6 Syracuse Crunch 1 – 7 Toronto Marlies Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:23 – Chris Mueller (2)
4:35 – Carl Grundstrom (4)
Erik Cernak (1) – 17:14 Second period 10:39 – Miro Aaltonen (1)
14:05 – Colin Greening (3)
No scoring Third period 8:23 – Trevor Moore (2)
15:08 – Andreas Johnsson (2)
18:20 – Trevor Moore (3)
Connor Ingram (23 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Calvin Pickard (18 saves / 19 shots)
May 8 Syracuse Crunch 1 – 2 Toronto Marlies Oncenter War Memorial Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 4:52 – ppDmytro Timashov (5)
14:56 – ppAndreas Johnsson (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Reid McNeill (2) – 10:29 Third period No scoring
Connor Ingram (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (21 saves / 22 shots)
Toronto won series 4–0


Western Conference[]

(C3) Manitoba Moose vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs[]

May 4 Manitoba Moose 2 – 4 Rockford IceHogs Bell MTS Place Recap  
Buddy Robinson (1) – 16:56 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:53 – Victor Ejdsell (3)
Jan Kostalek (2) – 19:33 Third period 3:29 – ppTyler Sikura (2)
4:14 – John Hayden (1)
19:02 – pp, enCody Franson (2)
Eric Comrie (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (24 saves / 26 shots)
May 5 Manitoba Moose 1 – 4 Rockford IceHogs Bell MTS Place Recap  
Brendan Lemieux (3) – 16:03 First period 18:38 – Tyler Sikura (3)
No scoring Second period 4:45 – ppChris DiDomenico (3)
16:03 – Carl Dahlstrom (1)
No scoring Third period 19:51 – enAndreas Martinsen (1)
Eric Comrie (18 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (33 saves / 34 shots)
May 9 Rockford IceHogs 4 – 1 Manitoba Moose BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tyler Sikura (4) – pp – 6:26
Victor Ejdsell (4) – 7:33
Second period 1:19 – Julian Melchiori (1)
William Pelletier (2) – 13:52
Matthew Highmore (2) – 18:46
Third period No scoring
Collin Delia (36 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (37 saves / 40 shots)
May 11 Rockford IceHogs 6 – 3 Manitoba Moose BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
Cody Franson (3) – pp – 5:37
Chris DiDomenico (4) – 13:40
First period 13:09 – Julian Melchiori (2)
17:50 – shJC Lipon (1)
Carl Dahlstrom (2) – pp – 1:35
Victor Ejdsell (5) – pp, ps – 11:24
Cody Franson (4) – pp – 17:07
Second period No scoring
Andreas Martinsen (2) – en – 16:07 Third period 19:50 – Jake Kulevich (1)
Collin Delia (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Eric Comrie (30 saves / 35 shots)
Rockford won series 4–0


(P1) Tucson Roadrunners vs. (P2) Texas Stars[]

May 2 Tucson Roadrunners 2 – 1 OT Texas Stars Tucson Convention Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Michael Bunting (2) – pp – 13:40 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:25 – ppBrian Flynn (3)
Michael Bunting (3) – 8:53 First overtime period No scoring
Adin Hill (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (34 saves / 36 shots)
May 4 Tucson Roadrunners 1 – 4 Texas Stars Tucson Convention Center Recap  
No scoring First period 16:03 – Sheldon Dries (2)
19:21 – Curtis McKenzie (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Lane Pederson (3) – 8:27 Third period 18:34 – enBrian Flynn (4)
19:28 – en – Brian Flynn (5)
Adin Hill (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (32 saves / 33 shots)
May 7 Texas Stars 5 – 4 OT Tucson Roadrunners H-E-B Center Recap  
Roope Hintz (1) – 7:48 First period No scoring
Jason Dickinson (1) – 1:11
Brian Flynn (6) – 9:51
Gavin Bayreuther (1) – 17:08
Second period 0:34 – Dakota Mermis (2)
13:11 – Carter Camper (1)
No scoring Third period 3:48 – Trevor Murphy (1)
14:24 – Dakota Mermis (3)
Sheldon Dries (3) – 13:36 First overtime period No scoring
Mike McKenna (33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (27 saves / 32 shots)
May 9 Texas Stars 2 – 0 Tucson Roadrunners H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Curtis McKenzie (2) – pp – 12:08
Andrew Bodnarchuk (1) – 15:25
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike McKenna (27 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (26 saves / 28 shots)
May 11 Texas Stars 3 – 2 OT Tucson Roadrunners H-E-B Center Recap  
Colin Markison (2) – 5:20 First period 14:57 – ppLawson Crouse (2)
Travis Morin (3) – pp – 16:21 Second period 17:29 – shRyan MacInnis (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Joel L'Esperance (1) – 8:43 First overtime period No scoring
Mike McKenna (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Adin Hill (26 saves / 29 shots)
Texas won series 4–1


Conference finals[]

Note: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference[]

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A1) Lehigh Valley Phantoms[]

May 19 Toronto Marlies 4 – 3 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Miro Aaltonen (2) – pp – 6:44
Miro Aaltonen (3) – 12:03
First period 16:04 – ppPhilippe Myers (3)
Ben Smith (2) – 16:24 Second period 0:35 – Tyrell Goulbourne (2)
12:57 – ppChris Conner (5)
Adam Brooks (2) – 3:18 Third period No scoring
Garret Sparks (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Alex Lyon (28 saves / 32 shots)
May 20 Toronto Marlies 3 – 2 OT Lehigh Valley Phantoms Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Trevor Moore (4) – pp – 9:34 First period 7:54 – Mark Friedman (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Carl Grundstrom (5) – 5:35 Third period 5:12 – Mikhail Vorobyev (1)
Miro Aaltonen (4) – 10:59 First overtime period No scoring
Garret Sparks (35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Alex Lyon (44 saves / 47 shots)
May 23 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 0 – 5 Toronto Marlies PPL Center Recap  
No scoring First period 1:01 – Carl Grundstrom (6)
No scoring Second period 4:50 – Andreas Johnsson (4)
12:32 – Mason Marchment (3)
No scoring Third period 11:08 – ppBen Smith (4)
12:29 – pp – Ben Smith (5)
Alex Lyon (23 saves / 26 shots)
Dustin Tokarski (6 saves / 8 shots)
Goalie stats Garret Sparks (16 saves / 16 shots)
May 25 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1 – 3 Toronto Marlies PPL Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Travis Sanheim (1) – pp – 13:11 Second period 2:24 – ppAndreas Johnsson (5)
No scoring Third period 3:27 – Andreas Johnsson (6)
19:18 – enTrevor Moore (4)
Alex Lyon (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (19 saves / 20 shots)
Toronto won series 4–0


Western Conference[]

(P2) Texas Stars vs. (C4) Rockford IceHogs[]

May 18 Texas Stars 4 – 2 Rockford IceHogs H-E-B Center Recap  
Curtis McKenzie (3) – 4:22
Roope Hintz (2) – 12:37
First period 11:19 – ppCarl Dahlstrom (3)
Remi Elie (2) – pp – 8:47 Second period 4:35 – Chris DiDomenico (5)
Sheldon Dries (4) – 7:18 Third period No scoring
Mike McKenna (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (20 saves / 24 shots)
May 20 Texas Stars 3 – 2 OT Rockford IceHogs H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period 6:09 – John Hayden (2)
Jason Dickinson (2) – 2:45
Brent Regner (1) – pp – 8:15
Second period 11:09 – ppChris DiDomenico (6)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Curtis McKenzie (4) – pp – 10:46 First overtime period No scoring
Mike McKenna (24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Collin Delia (34 saves / 37 shots)
May 22 Rockford IceHogs 5 – 6 OT Texas Stars BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
Tyler Sikura (5) – 4:43
John Hayden (3) – 12:10
First period 7:13 – ppCurtis McKenzie (5)
13:24 – Justin Dowling (2)
14:32 – Sheldon Dries (5)
Gustav Forsling (1) – 6:17
Luke Johnson (2) – 12:21
Second period No scoring
Cody Franson (5) – 19:09 Third period 10:54 – Sheldon Dries (6)
14:30 – Austin Fyten (1)
No scoring First overtime period 5:12 – Curtis McKenzie (6)
Collin Delia (21 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (34 saves / 39 shots)
May 24 Rockford IceHogs 3 – 2 OT Texas Stars BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
Victor Ejdsell (6) – 6:24 First period 15:52 – ppTravis Morin (4)
No scoring Second period 19:34 – ppMatt Mangene (1)
Luke Johnson (3) – 13:02 Third period No scoring
Victor Ejdsell (7) – pp – 2:32 First overtime period No scoring
Jeff Glass (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (33 saves / 36 shots)
May 25 Rockford IceHogs 3 – 1 Texas Stars BMO Harris Bank Center Recap  
Cody Franson (6) – 3:01
Luke Johnson (4) – 8:15
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 9:17 – Roope Hintz (3)
David Kampf (1) – 11:13 Third period No scoring
Jeff Glass (40 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (18 saves / 21 shots)
May 28 Texas Stars 2 – 1 OT Rockford IceHogs H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sheldon Dries (7) – 10:06 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:26 – Chris DiDomenico (7)
Roope Hintz (4) – 19:51 First overtime period No scoring
Mike McKenna (38 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Jeff Glass (38 saves / 40 shots)
Texas won series 4–2


Calder Cup Finals[]

Note: Home team is listed first.

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (P2) Texas Stars[]

June 2 Toronto Marlies 6 – 5 Texas Stars Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Justin Holl (2) – 8:32 First period 6:19 – ppTravis Morin (5)
12:46 – ppCurtis McKenzie (7)
Frederik Gauthier (2) – 10:57
Chris Mueller (3) – 19:45
Second period 11:25 – Austin Fyten (2)
17:48 – Travis Morin (6)
Mason Marchment (4) – 2:46
Martin Marincin (1) – 4:55
Trevor Moore (5) – pp – 10:03
Third period 6:10 – Justin Dowling (3)
Garret Sparks (32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (28 saves / 34 shots)
June 3 Toronto Marlies 1 – 2 Texas Stars Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Ben Smith (6) – 17:51 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 2:45 – Curtis McKenzie (8)
No scoring Third period 4:31 – ppGavin Bayreuther (2)
Garret Sparks (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (21 saves / 22 shots)
June 5 Texas Stars 1 – 2 Toronto Marlies H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sheldon Dries (8) – 0:55 Second period 3:55 – Chris Mueller (4)
12:28 – Calle Rosen (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike McKenna (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (19 saves / 20 shots)
June 7 Texas Stars 3 – 2 Toronto Marlies H-E-B Center Recap  
Curtis McKenzie (9) – pp – 10:50 First period No scoring
Curtis McKenzie (10) – 6:00 Second period 16:11 – Dmytro Timashov (6)
16:51 – Andreas Johnsson (7)
Justin Dowling (4) – 9:58 Third period No scoring
Mike McKenna (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Garret Sparks (15 saves / 18 shots)
June 9 Texas Stars 2 – 6 Toronto Marlies H-E-B Center Recap  
No scoring First period 1:32 – Andreas Johnsson (8)
2:19 – Trevor Moore (6)
Gavin Bayreuther (3) – 4:06 Second period 7:43 – Colin Greening (4)
8:45 – Calle Rosen (3)
17:07 – Calle Rosen (4)
Sheldon Dries (9) – 11:22 Third period 11:07 – Carl Grundstrom (7)
Mike McKenna (17 saves / 22 shots)
Landon Bow (7 saves / 8 shots)
Goalie stats Garret Sparks (23 saves / 25 shots)
June 12 Toronto Marlies 2 – 5 Texas Stars Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:46 – Curtis McKenzie (11)
14:57 – Travis Morin (7)
17:03 – Austin Fyten (3)
Calle Rosen (5) – 1:37
Justin Holl (3) – 15:12
Third period 3:08 – shSheldon Dries (10)
16:24 – enColin Markison (3)
Garret Sparks (13 saves / 17 shots)
Calvin Pickard (6 saves / 6 shots)
Goalie stats Mike McKenna (43 saves / 45 shots)
June 14 Toronto Marlies 6 – 1 Texas Stars Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Andreas Johnsson (9) – 10:41
Mason Marchment (5) – 19:42
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Carl Grundstrom (8) – 3:35
Andreas Johnsson (10) – 16:14
Ben Smith (7) – en – 18:29
Mason Marchment (6) – 19:04
Third period 11:01 – Austin Fyten (4)
Garret Sparks (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Mike McKenna (40 saves / 45 shots)
Toronto won series 4–3


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.[3]

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Johnsson, AndreasAndreas Johnsson Toronto Marlies 16 10 14 24 4
McKenzie, CurtisCurtis McKenzie Texas Stars 22 11 9 20 27
DiDomenico, ChrisChris DiDomenico Rockford IceHogs 13 7 11 18 22
Moore, TrevorTrevor Moore Toronto Marlies 20 6 11 17 4
Dowling, JustinJustin Dowling Texas Stars 22 4 13 17 2
Smith, BenBen Smith Toronto Marlies 20 7 9 16 0
Mueller, ChrisChris Mueller Toronto Marlies 20 4 12 16 6
Morin, TravisTravis Morin Texas Stars 22 7 8 15 16
Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn Texas Stars 22 6 9 15 6
Grundstrom, CarlCarl Grundstrom Toronto Marlies 20 8 6 14 14

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 240 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.[4]

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
Lyon, AlexAlex Lyon Lehigh Valley Phantoms 11 6 5 449 25 1.98 .944 0 757:59
Nedeljkovic, AlexAlex Nedeljkovic Charlotte Checkers 8 4 4 234 19 2.11 .919 1 540:44
Hill, AdinAdin Hill Tucson Roadrunners 9 4 5 258 20 2.12 .922 2 566:04
Sparks, GarretGarret Sparks Toronto Marlies 19 14 5 497 42 2.22 .915 2 1134:20
Delia, CollinCollin Delia Rockford IceHogs 10 7 3 340 26 2.34 .924 0 666:42
McKenna, MikeMike McKenna Texas Stars 22 14 8 752 55 2.41 .927 2 1371:00
Demko, ThatcherThatcher Demko Utica Comets 5 2 3 191 14 2.69 .927 0 312:23

References[]

External links[]

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2017 Calder Cup playoffs
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Succeeded by
2019 Calder Cup playoffs
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