2016 Calder Cup playoffs

2016 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates April 20–June 11, 2016
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions Lake Erie Monsters
Runner-up Hershey Bears
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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, and the tenth time the Calder Cup has been won by a team representing Cleveland, Ohio.

Playoff seeds

After the 2015–16 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 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs, with one exception in each conference: if the fifth-place team in the Atlantic or Central Division finishes with a better points percentage than the fourth-place team in the North or Pacific Division, it would cross over and compete in the other division's bracket.

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

Hershey wins series 32

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

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 30

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

Toronto wins series 30

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

Albany wins series 31

Western Conference

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

Grand Rapids wins series 30

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

Lake Erie wins series 30

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

Ontario wins series 31

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

San Diego wins series 31

Division finals

Eastern Conference

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

Hershey wins series 4–3

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

Toronto wins series 4–3

Western Conference

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

Lake Erie wins series 4–2

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

Ontario wins series 4–1

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

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

Hershey wins series 4–1

Western Conference

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

Lake Erie wins series 4–0

Calder Cup Finals

Hershey Bears vs. Lake Erie Monsters

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
Connor CarrickToronto Marlies 157111812
Carter CamperHershey Bears 21611172
Oliver BjorkstrandLake Erie Monsters 17106162
Lukas SedlakLake Erie Monsters 17971618
Jakub VranaHershey Bears 2186142
Jake GuentzelWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1059140
Zach WerenskiLake Erie Monsters 1759142
Ryan CraigLake Erie Monsters 17310138
Josh AndersonLake Erie Monsters 15751224
Daniel ZaarLake Erie Monsters 1775124

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
Anton ForsbergLake Erie Monsters1090255131.34.9492583:58
Justin PetersHershey Bears20119567442.13.92221242:20
Mike McKennaPortland Pirates523146122.13.9180338:20
Peter BudajOntario Reign1376301292.18.9040799:38
Anton KhudobinSan Diego Gulls42110672.26.9340185:28
Matt HackettSan Diego Gulls624187142.27.9251369:33
Aaron DellSan Jose Barracuda413146102.59.9320231:17

References

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