2009 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2009 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League (AHL) began on April 15, 2009.[1] The 16 teams that qualified, 8 from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions then played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Hershey Bears defeated the Manitoba Moose four games to two in the finals to win the Calder Cup.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 15–June 12, 2009 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hershey Bears |
| Runner-up | Manitoba Moose |
← 2008 2010 → | |
Playoff seeds
After the 2008–09 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs.
Atlantic Division
- Hartford Wolf Pack – 99 points
- Providence Bruins – 94 points
- Portland Pirates – 88 points
- Worcester Sharks – 87 points
East Division
- Hershey Bears – 106 points
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 106 points
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 104 points
- Philadelphia Phantoms – 93 points
North Division
- Manitoba Moose – 107 points
- Hamilton Bulldogs – 102 points
- Grand Rapids Griffins – 98 points
- Toronto Marlies – 90 points
West Division
- Milwaukee Admirals – 107 points
- Peoria Rivermen – 92 points
- Houston Aeros – 87 points
- Rockford IceHogs – 86 points
Bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Calder Cup Final | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Hartford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Worcester | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Worcester | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Providence | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Providence | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Portland | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Philadelphia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Bridgeport | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Manitoba | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Manitoba | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Toronto | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Manitoba | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Grand Rapids | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Hamilton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Grand Rapids | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Manitoba | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Houston | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Milwaukee | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Rockford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Milwaukee | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Houston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Peoria | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Houston | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.[2]
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.[3]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Giroux | Hershey Bears | 22 | 15 | 13 | 28 | +3 | 22 |
| Corey Locke | Houston Aeros | 20 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| Jason Krog | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +9 | 0 |
| Keith Aucoin | Hershey Bears | 21 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +9 | 16 |
| Chris Bourque | Hershey Bears | 22 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +2 | 30 |
| Jason Jaffray | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +7 | 12 |
| Michael Grabner | Manitoba Moose | 20 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +11 | 2 |
| Matt Beaudoin | Houston Aeros | 20 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 12 |
| Martin St. Pierre | Providence Bruins | 16 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| Brad Marchand | Providence Bruins | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
- All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Goaltending
These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average).[4]
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew MacIntyre | Milwaukee Admirals | 11 | 7 | 4 | 261 | 18 | 1.65 | .931 | 1 | 655 |
| Matt Climie | Houston Aeros | 5 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 1.88 | .945 | 0 | 191 |
| Michal Neuvirth | Hershey Bears | 22 | 16 | 6 | 633 | 43 | 1.92 | .932 | 4 | 1346 |
| Adam Berkhoel | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 | 3 | 2 | 189 | 12 | 2.12 | .937 | 0 | 340 |
| Cory Schneider | Manitoba Moose | 22 | 14 | 7 | 600 | 47 | 2.15 | .922 | 0 | 1315 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
- All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Division Semifinals
- Note 1: All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
- Note 2: Home team is listed first.
(A1) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks
| April 16 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 2 – 0 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Artem Anisimov 1 – 04:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dane Byers 1 – 07:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Zaba 38 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 5 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
| Artem Anisimov 2 – pp – 03:40 Jordan Owens 1 – 07:08 Bobby Sanguinetti 1 – 12:01 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 09:51 – Brendan Buckley 1 10:20 – Andrew Desjardins 1 14:40 – pp – Cory Larose 1 | ||||||
| Mike Ouellette 1 – 02:23 Mark Bell 1 – sh/en – 19:55 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Zaba 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 14 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Worcester Sharks | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | ||
| Tom Cavanaugh 1 – 18:42 | First period | 14:16 – pp – Corey Potter 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Vesce 1 – 06:25 | Second period | 05:01 – Dale Weise 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Vesce 2 – 01:07 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 42 saves / 45 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Worcester Sharks | 6 – 0 | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| Frazer McLaren 1 – 03:19 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Logan Couture 1 – 01:23 Lukas Kaspar 1 – 03:45 Ryan Vesce 3 – 06:16 Tom Cavanaugh 2 – 07:21 T. J. Fox 1 – 19:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 21 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 1 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | XL Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 05:56 – pp – Patrick Traverse 1 07:15 – T. J. Fox 2 13:50 – pp – Patrick Traverse 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dane Byers 2 – pp – 13:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Zaba 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Worcester Sharks | 5 – 3 | Hartford Wolf Pack | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| Andrew Desjardins 2 – 03:53 Lukas Kaspar 2 – 12:17 Dan Da Silva 1 – 14:29 |
First period | 06:31 – pp – Dane Byers 3 | ||||||
| Dan Da Silva 2 – pp – 16:52 | Second period | 05:53 – Dale Weise 2 | ||||||
| Logan Couture 2 – 13:18 | Third period | 18:53 – Dale Weise 3 | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Zaba 28 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Worcester won series 4–2 | |
(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Portland Pirates
| April 15 | Providence Bruins | 0 – 3 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 04:23 – Marek Zagrapan 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:42 – Felix Schutz 1 19:02 – en – Marek Zagrapan | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 28 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vladimir Sobotka 1 – 02:01 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Reich 1 – 10:32 | Third period | 03:33 – sh – Tyler Bouck | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 38 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 5 | Providence Bruins | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:58 – Martin St. Pierre 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 00:59 – Brad Marchand 1 03:16 – sh – Vladimir Sobotka 2 07:33 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 1 | ||||||
| Derek Whitmore 1 – 11:57 | Third period | 01:21 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 2 | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth 20 saves / 24 shots Kellen Briggs 19 saves / 20 shots |
Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 2 | Providence Bruins | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Mark Mancari 1 – 11:55 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:13 – Brad Marchand 2 19:43 – Kirk MacDonald 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 10:25 – pp – Mike Kostka 1 | ||||||
| Jordan Knackstedt 1 – 05:46 Peter Schaefer 1 – pp – 19:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 36 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| Providence won series 4–1 | |
(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E4) Philadelphia Phantoms
| April 16 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 2 – 4 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Spectrum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:18 – Andrew Gordon 1 | ||||||
| Jonathan Matsumoto 1 – 03:21 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lasse Kukkonen 1 – 11:31 | Third period | 01:31 – pp – Kyle Wilson 1 05:31 – Oskar Osala 1 18:02 – Jay Beagle 1 | ||||||
| Scott Munroe 27 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 2 – 6 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Spectrum | Recap | |||
| Boyd Kane 1 – 00:53 Patrick Maroon 1 – 06:42 |
First period | 11:03 – Bryan Helmer 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:58 – pp – Staffan Kronwall 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:27 - pp - Alexandre Giroux 1 13:52 - Mathieu Perreault 1 18:19 - en - Steve Pinizzotto 1 19:33 - pp - Francois Bouchard 1 | ||||||
| Scott Munroe 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 2 | Philadelphia Phantoms | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| Staffan Kronwall 2 – pp – 08:27 Mathieu Perreault 2 – 19:33 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:54 – Jon Kalinski 1 | ||||||
| Alexandre Giroux 2 – pp – 01:20 | Third period | 06:19 – sh – Lasse Kukkonen 2 | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Munroe 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 0 | Philadelphia Phantoms | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Graham Mink 1 – pp – 01:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Sebastien Aubin 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Hershey won series 4–0 | |
Due to scheduling issues, Philadelphia hosted the first two games of the series. These would be their last 2 games in Philadelphia, as the team would move to Adiriondack after the season.
(E2) Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
| April 17 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 2 – 3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:22 – pp – Chris Minard 1 18:51 – pp – Dustin Jeffrey 1 | ||||||
| Trevor Smith 1 – 18:45 | Second period | 10:58 – Luca Caputi 1 | ||||||
| Rob Hennigar 1 – 17:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Lawson | Goalie stats | John Curry | ||||||
| April 18 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 4 – 5 | OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | ||
| Micheal Haley 1 – 09:27 Kyle Okposo 1 – 12:13 Mike Iggulden 1 – pp – 17:25 |
First period | 00:30 – Dustin Jeffrey 2 11:58 – pp – Dustin Jeffrey 3 | ||||||
| Jesse Joensuu 1 – 13:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:11 – Andy Wozniewski 1 08:13 – Ben Lovejoy | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | Chris Minard 2 – 04:54 | ||||||
| Nathan Lawson 18 saves / 23 goals | Goalie stats | John Curry 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 5 | OT | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 15:04 – Jon Sim 1 | ||||||
| Jean-Michel Daoust 1 – pp – 04:03 Jeff Taffe – pp – 05:55 Chris Minard 3 – pp – 11:15 Jean-Michel Daoust 2 – 12:54 |
Second period | 17:13 – pp – Andrew MacDonald | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:51 – Jon Sim 15:46 – Joe Callahan | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 09:48 – Sean Bentivoglio | ||||||
| John Curry 31 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Mannino 32 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 1 – 2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Arena at Harbor Yard | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 15:04 – Chris Minard 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:25 – pp – Jeff Taffe 2 | ||||||
| Ben Walter – pp – 15:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Mannino 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 2 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| Chris Minard 5 – pp – 07:37 | First period | 09:35 – Justin DiBendetto | ||||||
| Dustin Jeffrey 4 – pp – 05:29 Jean-Michel Daoust 3 – 13:13 |
Second period | 14:25 – Jesse Joensuu 2 | ||||||
| Jeff Taffe 3 – 19:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Curry 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Mannino 14 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4–1 | |
- Note: First two games were played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum due to scheduling issues.
(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N4) Toronto Marlies
| April 15 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 3 | OT | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Guillaume Desbiens 1 – pp – 07:09 Raymond Sawada 1 – 16:28 |
Second period | 06:34 – Kyle Rogers 1 13:26 – Alex Foster 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 05:28 – Bates Battaglia 1 | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 37 saves/ 39 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Jason Jaffray 1 – 12:12 Michael Grabner 1 – 12:27 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Maxime Fortunus 1 – pp – 04:21 | Second period | 10:22 – Jiri Tlusty 1 | ||||||
| Jason Jaffray – en/pp – 19:10 | Third period | 05:51 – Darryl Boyce 1 | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 17 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ryan Hamilton 1 – pp – 06:17 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:48 – Alexandre Bolduc 1 | ||||||
| Tim Stapleton 1 – 02:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Pogge 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 5 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Bates Battaglia 2 – pp – 09:48 | Second period | 03:18 – pp – Mark Fistric 1 11:48 – pp – Maxime Fortunus 2 19:31 – Jason Jaffray 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 06:29 – Greg Rallo 1 09:34 – pp – Mark Cullen 1 | ||||||
| Justin Pogge 29 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 20 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Toronto Marlies | 2 – 5 | Manitoba Moose | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Anton Stralman 1 – 19:06 | First period | 06:05 – pp – Jason Jaffray 4 | ||||||
| Darryl Boyce 2 – 17:57 | Second period | 18:43 – Jason Krog 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:33 – Jason Jaffray 5 13:00 – Jason Krog 2 15:44 – Guillaume Desbiens 2 | ||||||
| Justin Pogge 32 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 38 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 2 | Toronto Marlies | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Greg Rallo 2 – 05:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:52 – Tim Stapleton 2 07:01 – Alex Foster 2 | ||||||
| Matt Pope 1 – 01:45 Raymond Sawada 2 – 06:14 Guillaume Desbiens 3 – 15:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 13 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Munro 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Manitoba won series 4–2 | |
(N2) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins
| April 17 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 3 – 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Kyle Chipchura 1 – 05:59 Shawn Belle 1 – 09:47 |
First period | 05:01 – Darren McCarty 1 06:50 – Joakim Andersson 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Desharnais 1 – 18:01 | Third period | 00:19 – Justin Abdelkader 1 13:06 – Darren Haydar 1 | ||||||
| Marc Denis 31 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 1 – 3 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan White 1 – 03:39 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 05:39 – pp – Ville Leino 1 08:50 – Justin Abdelkader 2 19:34 – en – Justin Abdelkader 3 | ||||||
| Marc Denis 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 5 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| Darren McCarty 2 – 19:35 | First period | 10:38 – pp – Yanick Lehoux 1 | ||||||
| Brian Lashoff 1 – pp – 08:21 | Second period | 03:38 – Kyle Chipchura 2 05:17 – Ben Maxwell 1 | ||||||
| Ville Leino 2 – pp – 13:56 Justin Abdelkader 4 – 17:42 |
Third period | 08:37 – Ryan Russell 1 17:17 – Ryan White 2 | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 21 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 – 4 | OT | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | ||
| Aaron Gagnon 1 – 00:34 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Jamie Tardif 1 – 09:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Abdelkader 5 – pp – 00:44 | Third period | 07:58 – sh – Kyle Chipchura 3 09:41 – pp – Ben Maxwell 2 11:27 – pp – Ben Maxwell 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:42 – Ryan White 3 | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 2 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| Tom Galvin 1 – pp – 08:00 Jakub Kindl 1 – 15:07 |
First period | 17:51 – pp – Mike Glumac 1 | ||||||
| Darren Haydar 2 – pp – 07:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darren Haydar 3 – 07:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 14 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Marc Denis 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 1 – 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Greg Stewart 1 – 00:09 | First period | 05:25 – pp – Darren Haydar 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:18 Justin Abdelkader 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:45 – Cory Emmerton 1 19:22 – en – Ville Leino 3 | ||||||
| Marc Denis 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Grand Rapids won series 4–2 | |
(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W4) Rockford IceHogs
| April 16 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 1 | Rockford IceHogs | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Patric Hornqvist 1 – 06:41 | First period | 09:14 – pp – Akim Aliu 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cal O'Reilly 1 – 17:08 Cal O'Reilly 2 – sh/en – 19:51 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 1 | Rockford IceHogs | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Cody Franson 1 – 18:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Hugh Jessiman 1 – 17:48 | Second period | 07:52 – Evan Brophey 1 | ||||||
| Patric Hornqvist 2 – 12:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Corey Crawford 29 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 3 | Milwaukee Admirals | Rockford MetroCentre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:07 – pp – Andreas Thuresson 1 06:36 – Triston Grant 1 | ||||||
| Tyler Mosienko 1 – pp – 17:39 | Third period | 03:08 – pp – Ryan Jones 1 | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 4 | Milwaukee Admirals | Rockford MetroCentre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:03 – Jed Ortmeyer 1 | ||||||
| Pascal Pelletier 1 – pp – 16:21 | Second period | 18:38 – Mike Santorelli 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:02 – Mike Santorelli 2 15:22 – Mike Santorelli 3 | ||||||
| Antti Niemi 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Milwaukee won series 4–0 | |
(W2) Peoria Rivermen vs. (W3) Houston Aeros
| April 15 | Peoria Rivermen | 6 – 4 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| Yan Stastny 1 - 07:36 Steve Regier 1 - pp - 09:48 |
First period | 14:03 – pp – Maxim Noreau 1 | ||||||
| Cam Paddock 1 - 09:05 Yan Stastny 2 - 09:37 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jori Lehtera 1 – 02:36 Carl Corazzini 1 – pp – 07:12 |
Third period | 00:25 – pp – Corey Locke 1 01:22 – Krys Kolanos 1 19:16 – Robbie Earl 1 | ||||||
| Manny Legace 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Peoria Rivermen | 0 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:51 – Peter Olvecky 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 08:45 – Danny Irmen 1 | ||||||
| Manny Legace 26 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 1 | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Corey Locke 2 – pp 09:13 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Corey Locke 3 – pp – 10:02 | Third period | 03:10 – Chris Porter 1 | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 09:11 – Cam Paddock 2 | ||||||
| Tony Hrkac 1 – 05:43 Tomas Mojzis 1 – pp – 07:29 |
Second period | 17:29 – pp – Steve Wagner 1 18:13 – pp – Nicholas Drazenovic 1 | ||||||
| Jesse Schultz 1 – pp – 15:21 | Third period | 05:46 – Trent Whitfield 1 | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 14 saves / 18 shots Matt Climie 3 saves / 3 shots |
Goalie stats | Manny Legace 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | OT | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:18 – Jeff Cowan 1 | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 1 – pp – 15:43 Robbie Earl 2 – 17:13 |
Third period | 12:48 – Steve Regier 2 | ||||||
| Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 12:14 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Manny Legace 16 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trent Whitfield 2 – 18:37 | Second period | 11:36 – pp – Matt Beaudoin 2 | ||||||
| Jonathon Filewich 1 – 04:43 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Manny Legace 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 27 | Peoria Rivermen | 2 – 5 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 01:39 – pp – Krys Kolanos 2 11:01 – sh – Marco Rosa 1 | ||||||
| Jonathon Filewich 2 – 07:33 Carl Corazzini – 15:16 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | 09:41 – Maxim Noreau 3 19:36 – en – Corey Locke 4 19:57 – en – Mitch Love 1 | |||||||
| Manny Legace | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin | ||||||
| Houston won series 4–3 | |
Division Finals
(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks
| April 28 | Providence Bruins | 3 – 2 | OT | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
| Martin St. Pierre 2 – 01:06 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Marchand 3 – pp – 05:55 | Second period | 12:55 – pp – Jamie McGinn 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:39 – Jamie McGinn 2 | ||||||
| Jeremy Reich 2 – 6:19 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tuuka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Worcester Sharks | 2 – 4 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:03 – Martin St. Pierre 3 | ||||||
| Riley Armstrong 1 – 03:42 | Second period | 7:36 – pp – Johnny Boychuk 3 | ||||||
| Dan DaSilva 3 – 11:31 | Third period | 05:15 – Kirk MacDonald 2 19:20 – en – Wacey Rabbit 1 | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 29 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Providence Bruins | 3 – 5 | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 14:10 – pp – Patrick Traverse 3 19:01 – T. J. Fox 3 | ||||||
| Jeff Penner 1 – 00:10 Jeff Penner – pp – 07:55 |
Second period | 04:40 – Andrew Desjardins 3 | ||||||
| Mikko Lehtonen 1 – pp – 19:05 | Third period | 11:39 – Jamie McGinn 3 19:26 – en – Riley Armstrong 2 | ||||||
| Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Worcester Sharks | 1 – 0 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| Tom Cavanaugh 3- 04:41 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 26 saves/ 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 3 | Worcester Sharks | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 19:22 – pp – Patrick Traverse 4 | ||||||
| Martin St. Pierre 4 – 03:07 Brad Marchand 4 – pp – 10:55 Jeremy Reich 3 14:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Levi Nelson 1 – 10:42 | Third period | 10:28 – pp – Jamie McGinn 4 17:48 – Riley Armstrong 3 | ||||||
| Tuuka Rask 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Worcester Sharks | 1 – 5 | Providence Bruins | DCU Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:59 – pp – Brad Marchand 5 10:05 – Jamie Arniel 1 | ||||||
| Andrew Desjardins 4 – sh – 19:48 | Second period | 05:32 – Kirk MacDonald 3 13:29 – Jordan Knackstedt 2 14:10 – pp – Martin St. Pierre 5 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Tuuka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots Kevin Nastiuk 0 saves / 0 shots | ||||||
| Providence won series 4–2 | |
(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
| May 2 | Hershey Bears | 5 – 3 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| Staffan Kronwall 3 – pp – 09:38 Chris Bourque 1 – 11:13 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Gordon 2 – pp – 19:43 | Second period | 14:31 – Jean-Michel Daoust 4 16:55 – pp – Nick Johnson 1 | ||||||
| Kyle Wilson 2 – 01:38 Alexandre Giroux 3 – 09:21 |
Third period | 07:45 – pp – Nick Johnson 2 | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 35 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 18 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| Oskar Osala 2 – 10:38 John Carlson 1 – 13:54 Graham Mink 2 – 17:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:04 – Alex Goligoski 1 | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | John Curry 6 saves / 9 shots Adam Berkhoel 20 shots / 20 saves | ||||||
| May 6 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 2 | OT | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:45 – pp – Graham Mink 3 | ||||||
| Jeff Taffe – 4 – 17:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Thomas – pp – 16:16 | Third period | 03:20 – pp – Alexandre Giroux | ||||||
| Mark Letestu – 04:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 40 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| Nick Johnson 3 – 05:29 Dustin Jeffrey 5 – 11:08 Jean-Michel Daoust 5 – pp – 17:20 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Luca Caputi 2 – pp – 11:37 | Second period | 18:58 – Grant McNeill 1 | ||||||
| Mark Letestu 2 – 15:21 Janne Pesonen 1 – en – 19:06 |
Third period | 04:47 – Steve Pinizzotto 2 17:55 – pp – Keith Aucoin 1 | ||||||
| Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 1 | Hershey Bears | Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| Chris Minard 6 – pp – 08:55 Luca Caputi 3 – pp – 13:43 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Nick Johnson 4 – pp 15:08 | Second period | 05:19 – Darren Reid 1 | ||||||
| Jeff Taffe 5 – sh/en 19:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Berkhoel 39 saves / 40 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| Andrew Gordon 3 – 11:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Darren Reid 2 – 00:22 Alexandre Giroux 5 – pp – 03:11 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Berkhoel 40 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| May 12 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| Keith Aucoin 2 – 00:50 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Bourque 2- pp – 04:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Steve Pinizzotto 3 – 10:49 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Adam Berkhoel 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Hershey won series 4–3 | |
(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins
| May 1 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 18:04 – Francis Pare 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexandre Bolduc 2 – pp – 01:16 Mike Keane 1 – 02:55 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 21 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Alexandre Bolduc 3 – sh – 04:34 | First period | 06:31 – pp – Darren McCarty 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jason Krog 3 – 10:10 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:06 – Matt Pope 2 19:28 – Alexandre Bolduc 4 | ||||||
| Francis Pare 2 – 12:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:36 – en – Jason Jaffray 6 | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 25 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 2 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| Jakub Kindl 2 – sh – 14:33 | First period | 15:48 – pp – Jason Krog 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 01:19 – Guillaume Desbiens 4 06:15 – pp – Mark Cullen 2 | ||||||
| Jamie Tardif 2 – 13:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jimmy Howard 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Manitoba won series 4–0 | |
(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W3) Houston Aeros
| April 30 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 02:58 – pp – Tomas Mojzis 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:36 – Krys Kolanos 3 | ||||||
| Andreas Thuresson 2 – 17:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Milwaukee Admirals | 4 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Cody Franson 2 – 02:57 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Jones 2 – pp – 16:25 | Second period | 11:38 – Robbie Earl 3 | ||||||
| Mike Santorelli 4 – 02:37 Ryan Jones 3 – 11:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 29 shots Matt Climie 6 saves / 6 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Krys Kolanos 4 – 05:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:25 – Ryan Jones 4 | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 3 – pp – 05:14 Corey Locke 5- 18:09 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 13 saves / 16 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 0 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Benoit Pouliot 1 – pp – 16:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Krys Kolanos 5 – en – 19:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 12 saves / 13 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Corey Locke 6 – pp – 09:13 | First period | 10:09 – Bryan Smolinski 1 18:28 – Bryan Smolinski 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 05:03 – Andreas Thuresson 3 10:24 Kelsey Wilson 1 | ||||||
| Corey Locke 7 – pp – 8:52 Robbie Earl 4 – pp – 18:10 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 11 | Milwaukee Admirals | 7 – 0 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Hugh Jessiman 2 – 07:34 Robert Dietrich 1 – 12:52 Patric Hornqvist 3 – 18:10 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bryan Smolinski 3 – pp – 08:23 Mike Santorelli 5 – 10:42 Cody Franson 3 – 14:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Maki 1 – 17:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 21 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 8 shots Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 – 5 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Patric Hornqvist 4 – pp – 14:12 | First period | 3:34 – Corey Locke 8 4:23 – Krys Kolanos 6 | ||||||
| Mike Santorelli 6 – 18:58 | Second period | 14:21 – pp – Clayton Stoner 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:30 – Bryan Lundbohm 1 18:09 – en – Corey Locke 9 | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| Houston won series 4–3 | |
Conference Finals
(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (A2) Providence Bruins
| May 16 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 3 | Providence Bruins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 08:03 – pp -Jeff Penner 3 16:19 – pp – Jordan Knackstedt 3 | ||||||
| Oskar Osala 3 – 3:03 Oskar Osala 4 – 14:41 |
Second period | 08:28 – Matt Marquardt 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Providence Bruins | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Joudrey 1 – 3:21 Alexandre Giroux 6 – pp – 6:01 |
Third period | 19:24 – pp – Brad Marchand | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Tuukka Rask 37 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 6 | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| Zach Hamill 1 – 01:56 Jeff Penner 4 – pp – 15:32 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Schaefer 2 – pp – 03:01 | Second period | 03:26 – Alexandre Giroux 7 09:05 – Chris Bourque 3 | ||||||
| Jeff Penner 5 – pp – 00:38 | Third period | 05:32 – Andrew Gordon 4 06:52 – Alexandre Giroux 8 13:58 – Graham Mink 4 19:25 – pp – Bryan Helmer 2 | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 3 | OT | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
| Peter Schaefer 3 – 05:32 Jeff Penner 6 – pp – 08:12 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 07:31 – pp – Bryan Helmer 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:12 – Keith Aucoin 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:10 – Graham Mink 5 | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Providence Bruins | 2 – 5 | Hershey Bears | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Marchand 7 – pp – 04:45 | Second period | 02:17 – pp – Andrew Gordon 5 16:20 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 9 | ||||||
| Mikko Lehtonen 2 – 01:57 | Third period | 06:46 – sh – Chris Bourque 4 10:19 – Darren Reid 3 19:03 – en – Quintin Laing 1 | ||||||
| Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| Hershey wins series 4–1 | |
(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (W3) Houston Aeros
| May 15 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Dusty Collins 1 – 14:34 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Bliznak 1 – 11:58 | Third period | 09:50 – pp – Matt Beaudoin 4 | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 31 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 16 | Manitoba Moose | 5 – 2 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Jason Krog 5 – 11:00 Michael Grabner 2 – 14:07 Raymond Sawada 3 – pp – 17:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cody Hodgson 1 – 01:55 Michael Grabner 3 – pp – 04:37 |
Second period | 07:25 – J. P. Testwuide 19:50 – Marco Rosa | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 9 saves / 12 shots Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 4 | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:47 – Mike Keane 2 | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 5 – pp – 12:29 | Second period | 12:29 – pp – Alexandre Bolduc 5 14:08 – Michael Grabner 4 | ||||||
| Corey Locke 10 – 01:11 Danny Irmen 2 – sh – 06:30 |
Third period | 16:11 – Michael Grabner 5 | ||||||
| Nolan Schaefer 15 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Houston Aeros | 5 – 4 | OT | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Corey Locke 11 – 01:26 | First period | 07:10 – Mike Keane 3 09:06 – sh – Mike Keane 4 | ||||||
| Robbie Earl 5 – 13:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 6 – 13:34 Tony Hrkac 2 – 14:29 |
Third period | 00:25 – Jason Krog 6 17:21 – Mario Bliznak 2 | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 7 – 02:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 18 saves / 22 shots Nolan Schaefer 0 saves / 0 shots |
Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 25 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Houston Aeros | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Manitoba Moose | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 02:56 Tony Hrkac 3 – 04:22 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Beaudoin 8 – 17:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:29 – pp – Michael Grabner 6 19:39 – pp – Jason Krog 7 19:58 – Mark Cullen 3 | ||||||
| Tony Hrkac 4 – 04:19 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Climie 45 saves / 48 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 16 saves / 19 shots Curtis Sanford 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 25 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 1 | Houston Aeros | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Matt Pope 3 – 12:48 | First period | 12:52 – pp – Corey Locke 12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Grabner 7 – pp – 09:46 Mark Fistric 2 – 12:07 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Climie 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| Manitoba wins series 4–2 | |
Calder Cup Finals
(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (E1) Hershey Bears
| May 30 | Manitoba Moose | 4 – 5 | OT | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | ||
| Mark Cullen 4 – pp – 07:35 Michael Grabner 8 – 13:18 |
First period | 08:31 – sh – Alexandre Giroux 10 | ||||||
| Michael Grabner 9 – 06:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Maxime Fortunus 3 -pp – 18:34 | Third period | 02:34 – Oskar Osala 5 11:01 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 11 15:24 – Oskar Osala 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:33 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 12 | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 30 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| June 2 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 1 | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:31 – Alexandre Giroux 13 | ||||||
| Jason Jaffray 7 – pp – 07:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jason Jaffray 8 – 19:13 Jason Jaffray 9 – pp/en – 19:50 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| June 6 | Hershey Bears | 3 – 0 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| 06:22 – pp – Graham Mink 6 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| 09:38 – pp – Alexandre Giroux 14 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| 19:16 – en/sh – Quintin Laing | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| June 7 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:37 – Raymond Sawada 4 | ||||||
| Kyle Wilson 3 – 05:11 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keith Aucoin 4 – pp – 07:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| June 9 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | GIANT Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:00 – Michael Grabner 10 18:07 – Cody Hodgson 2 | ||||||
| Graham Mink 7 – 04:17 John Carlson 2 – 19:29 |
Third period | 18:39 – en – Jason Krog 8 | ||||||
| Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| June 12 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 4 | Hershey Bears | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 03:56 – Andrew Gordon 6 06:10 – Chris Bourque 5 11:16 Alexandre Giroux 15 | ||||||
| Mario Bliznak 3 – 11:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:39 – en – Keith Aucoin | ||||||
| Cory Schneider 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| Hershey wins series 4–2 | |
See also
References
- 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 16, 2009
- Frequently asked questions Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine theahl.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
- "Top Scorers - 2009 Playoffs - All Players". AHL. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- "Top Goalies - 2009 Playoffs - Goals Against Average". AHL. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
| Preceded by 2008 Calder Cup playoffs |
Calder Cup playoffs 2009 |
Succeeded by 2010 Calder Cup playoffs |
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