2011 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2011 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 13, 2011. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. Then the Eastern Conference Champion Binghamton Senators defeated the Western Conference Champion Houston Aeros four games to two to win the Calder Cup, the first one in Binghamton franchise history.
Playoff seeds
After the 2010–11 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Portland Pirates – 103 points
- Manchester Monarchs – 98 points
- Connecticut Whale – 88 points
East Division
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 117 points
- Hershey Bears – 100 points
- Charlotte Checkers – 97 points
- Norfolk Admirals – 93 points
- Binghamton Senators – 92 points
Western Conference
North Division
- Hamilton Bulldogs – 97 points
- Lake Erie Monsters – 96 points
- Manitoba Moose – 93 points
West Division
- Milwaukee Admirals – 102 points
- Houston Aeros – 98 points
- Peoria Rivermen – 92 points (36 Regulation/Overtime Wins)
- Texas Stars – 92 points (35 Regulation/Overtime Wins)
- Oklahoma City Barons – 91 points
Bracket
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Calder Cup final | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Portland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Manchester | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Charlotte | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E4 | Norfolk | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Charlotte | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Hershey | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E3 | Charlotte | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| E5 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Houston | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W5 | Oklahoma City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Hamilton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Manitoba | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Lake Erie | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Manitoba | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Hamilton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Milwaukee | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W4 | Texas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| W1 | Milwaukee | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W2 | Houston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| W3 | Peoria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
In each round the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.[1]
Division semifinals
- Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC-4).
- Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
- Note 3: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
(A1) Portland Pirates vs. (A3) Connecticut Whale
| April 14 | Portland Pirates | 3 – 2 | Connecticut Whale | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Luke Adam 1 - pp - 13:47 Corey Tropp 1 - 14:45 Colin Stuart 1 - pp - 16:40 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:13 - Blake Parlett 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:03 - Dale Weise 1 | ||||||
| David Leggio 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dov Grumet-Morris 20 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Portland Pirates | 3 – 2 | OT | Connecticut Whale | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | ||
| Matt Ellis 1 - 5:02 | First period | 15:26 - Francis Lemieux 1 16:42 - pp - John Mitchell 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Whitmore 1 - 12:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Whitmore 2 - 12:04 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Leggio 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Dov Grumet-Morris 33 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Connecticut Whale | 3 – 1 | Portland Pirates | XL Center | Recap | |||
| Tommy Grant 1 - 3:03 | First period | 19:07 - Mark Voakes 1 | ||||||
| Derek Couture 1 - 16:23 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Mitchell 2 - pp - 9:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dov Grumet-Morris 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | David Leggio 19 saves / 22 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Connecticut Whale | 3 – 1 | Portland Pirates | XL Center | Recap | |||
| Chad Kolarik 1 - pp - 16:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Mitchell 3 - 4:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mats Zuccarello 1 - 4:48 | Third period | 12:23 - Mark Voakes 2 | ||||||
| Dov Grumet-Morris 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | David Leggio 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Portland Pirates | 5 – 4 | Connecticut Whale | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Mark Mancari 1 - pp - 11:28 Travis Turnbull 1 - 17:47 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luke Adam 2 - 0:45 Dennis McCauley 1 - 9:03 |
Second period | 4:28 - pp - Kris Newbury 1 9:24 - Kris Newbury 2 12:03 - pp - Chad Kolarik 2 | ||||||
| Mark Parrish 1 - pp - 2:44 | Third period | 1:36 - Brodie Dupont 1 | ||||||
| David Leggio 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Dov Grumet-Morris 13 saves / 16 shots Cameron Talbot 22 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Connecticut Whale | 4 – 6 | Portland Pirates | XL Center | Recap | |||
| Jeremy Williams 1 - pp - 3:45 Dale Weise 2 - pp - 18:42 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carl Hagelin 1 - 10:47 | Second period | 2:00 - pp - Paul Byron 1 4:05 - Mark Parrish 2 9:25 - Mark Mancari 2 17:08 - Alex Biega 1 | ||||||
| Chad Kolarik 3 - pp - 19:43 | Third period | 10:56 - Paul Byron 2 14:14 - Corey Tropp 2 | ||||||
| Dov Grumet-Morris 24 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | David Leggio 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Portland won series 4–2 | |
(A2) Manchester Monarchs vs. (E5) Binghamton Senators
| April 14 | Manchester Monarchs | 2 – 1 | Binghamton Senators | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Corey Elkins 1 - 2:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Kolomatis 1 - pp - 16:25 | Third period | 19:21 - Ryan Potulny 1 | ||||||
| Jeff Zatkoff 34 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Barry Brust 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Manchester Monarchs | 3 – 4 | OT | Binghamton Senators | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Toffoli 1 - pp - 2:16 Justin Azevedo 1 - 9:09 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jake Muzzin 1 - 18:58 | Third period | 1:07 - Ryan Potulny 2 5:22 - Ryan Keller 1 8:59 - pp - Kaspars Daugavins 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 4:03 - Derek Grant 1 | ||||||
| Jeff Zatkoff 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Barry Brust 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Binghamton Senators | 4 – 5 | OT | Manchester Monarchs | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| Andre Benoit 1 - 3:28 Roman Wick 1 - pp - 12:36 Colin Greening 1 - 18:24 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:50 - Bud Holloway 1 17:16 - Bud Holloway 2 | ||||||
| Bobby Butler 1 - pp - 7:44 | Third period | 9:15 - pp - Jake Muzzin 2 11:50 - Dwight King 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 1:43 - Bud Holloway 3 | ||||||
| Barry Brust 27 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Jeff Zatkoff 15 saves / 18 shots Martin Jones 14 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Binghamton Senators | 3 – 6 | Manchester Monarchs | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:01 - pp - Vyacheslav Voynov 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Potulny 3 - 2:56 Ryan Potulny 4 - 3:57 |
Second period | 1:50 - David Kolomatis 2 | ||||||
| Ryan Potulny 5 - 9:34 | Third period | 7:05 - Brayden Schenn 1 13:56 - sh - Justin Azevedo 2 15:36 - David Meckler 1 17:26 - pp - Corey Elkins 2 | ||||||
| Barry Brust 20 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Jones 35 saves / 38 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Binghamton Senators | 5 – 4 | OT | Manchester Monarchs | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| Cody Bass 1 - 5:52 | First period | 16:14 - pp - Vyacheslav Voynov 2 18:24 - Ray Kaunisto 1 | ||||||
| Bobby Butler 2 - 5:32 | Second period | 17:00 - Ray Kaunisto 2 | ||||||
| Ryan Potulny 6 - pp - 3:08 Ryan Potulny 7 - pp - 15:26 |
Third period | 5:03 - David Meckler 2 | ||||||
| Kaspars Daugavins 2 - pp - 6:38 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 30 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jeff Zatkoff 37 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Manchester Monarchs | 1 – 2 | 2OT | Binghamton Senators | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Azevedo 3 - 9:02 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:26 - Bobby Butler 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 10:01 - Geoff Kinrade 1 | ||||||
| Martin Jones 43 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 51 saves / 52 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Manchester Monarchs | 5 – 6 | OT | Binghamton Senators | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 13:57 - Ryan Keller 2 16:41 - Ryan Keller 3 | ||||||
| Bud Holloway 4 - pp - 5:11 Jake Muzzin 3 - 11:53 Brandon Kozun 1 - 17:43 John Zeiler 1 - 18:16 |
Second period | 0:56 - sh - Erik Condra 1 6:05 - Bobby Butler 4 | ||||||
| Dwight King 2 - pp - 10:19 | Third period | 18:15 - Erik Condra 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 3:07 - Ryan Potulny 8 | ||||||
| Martin Jones 13 saves / 16 shots Jeff Zatkoff 20 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 32 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| Binghamton won series 4–3 | |
East Division
(E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (E4) Norfolk Admirals
| April 15 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 1 – 2 | Norfolk Admirals | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:23 - Mattias Ritola 1 18:27 - Marc-Antoine Pouliot 1 | ||||||
| Keven Veilleux 1 - 17:13 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Dustin Tokarski 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 0 – 2 | Norfolk Admirals | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:52 - Paul Szczechura 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:56 - en - Marc-Antoine Pouliot 2 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Dustin Tokarski 27 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Norfolk Admirals | 1 – 2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Norfolk Scope | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 17:58 - Keven Veilleux 2 | ||||||
| Stefano Giliati 1 - pp - 15:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:20 - pp - Bryan Lerg 1 | ||||||
| Dustin Tokarski 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Norfolk Admirals | 2 – 4 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Norfolk Scope | Recap | |||
| Johan Harju 1 - 16:04 | First period | 4:48 - Corey Potter 1 | ||||||
| Marc-Antoine Pouliot 3 - 13:25 | Second period | 2:38 - Brian Strait 1 18:17 - pp - Ryan Craig 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:38 - Joe Vitale 1 | ||||||
| Dustin Tokarski 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Norfolk Admirals | 1 – 2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Norfolk Scope | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 8:06 - pp - Nick Petersen 1 19:13 - pp - Nick Petersen 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Barberio 1 - pp - 9:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Tokarski 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 6 – 3 | Norfolk Admirals | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| Steve Wagner 1 - pp - 2:13 Steve Wagner 2 - pp - 3:58 Steve Wagner 3 - 18:36 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:18 - Marc-Antoine Pouliot 4 16:03 - pp - Blair Jones 1 | ||||||
| Joe Vitale 2 - 7:23 Tim Wallace 1 - en - 18:57 Zach Sill 1 - en - 19:21 |
Third period | 10:35 - pp - James Wright 1 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Dustin Tokarski 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4–2 | |
(E2) Hershey Bears vs. (E3) Charlotte Checkers
| April 14 | Hershey Bears | 4 – 5 | Charlotte Checkers | Giant Center | Recap | |||
| Steve Pinizzotto 1 - 1:10 Keith Aucoin 1 - pp - 16:34 |
First period | 3:58 - Zac Dalpe 1 6:07 - Chris Terry 1 | ||||||
| Boyd Kane 1 - 13:11 | Second period | 8:15 - sh - Brett Bellemore 1 | ||||||
| Brian Willsie 1 - 1:42 | Third period | 8:40 - Zach Boychuk 1 10:38 - Drayson Bowman 1 | ||||||
| Braden Holtby 23 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Hershey Bears | 4 – 2 | Charlotte Checkers | Giant Center | Recap | |||
| Patrick McNeill 1 - 12:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Andrew Kozek 1 - 4:25 Brian Willsie 2 - 7:08 Sheldon Souray 1 - sh - 17:05 |
Second period | 5:00 - Zac Dalpe 2 11:09 - pp - Zac Dalpe 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Braden Holtby 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Pogge 16 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Charlotte Checkers | 2 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 8:44 - Francois Bouchard 1 14:50 - Keith Aucoin 2 18:48 - Kyle Greentree 1 | ||||||
| Nick Dodge 1 - 5:20 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zach Boychuk 2 - 2:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Charlotte Checkers | 3 – 2 | Hershey Bears | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nicolas Blanchard 1 - pp - 3:03 | Second period | 11:10 - Mathieu Perreault 1 | ||||||
| Oskar Osala 1 - pp - 6:29 Nick Dodge 2 - 17:21 |
Third period | 18:00 - Mathieu Perreault 2 | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 21 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Charlotte Checkers | 5 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:06 - Steve Pinizzotto 2 | ||||||
| Brett Sutter 1 - 17:14 | Second period | 1:49 - Mathieu Perreault 3 12:57 - Andrew Carroll 1 | ||||||
| Zach Boychuk 3 - pp - 1:00 Oskar Osala 2 - 5:48 Nick Dodge 3 - 11:24 Drayson Bowman 2 - en - 19:00 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 32 saves / 35 shots | Goalie stats | Braden Holtby 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 2 | OT | Charlotte Checkers | Giant Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 0:35 - Brett Sutter 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brian Fahey 1 - 14:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 1:30 - Nicolas Blanchard 2 | ||||||
| Braden Holtby 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| Charlotte won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference
North Division
(N1) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (W5) Oklahoma City Barons
| April 14 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 5 – 2 | Oklahoma City Barons | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Nigel Dawes 1 - pp - 1:38 Olivier Fortier 1 - 9:43 Ryan Russell 1 - 16:41 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Aaron Palushaj 1 - pp - 13:39 | Second period | 7:23 - Ben Ondrus 1 | ||||||
| Joe Stejskal 1 - pp - 1:29 | Third period | 7:00 - Bryan Helmer 1 | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers 3 saves / 6 shots Martin Gerber 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2 – 1 | Oklahoma City Barons | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Andreas Engqvist 1 - 19:57 | First period | 17:18 - Brad Moran 1 | ||||||
| Nigel Dawes 2 - pp - 1:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Gerber 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Oklahoma City Barons | 2 – 0 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Cox Convention Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Colin McDonald 1 - 8:38 Alexandre Giroux 1 - 15:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Gerber 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 44 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Oklahoma City Barons | 5 – 2 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Cox Convention Center | Recap | |||
| Hunter Tremblay 1 - 3:06 | First period | 10:29 - Ian Schultz 1 | ||||||
| Zack Stortini 1 - 5:40 Mark Arcobello 1 - pp - 19:34 |
Second period | 13:50 - Paul Zanette 1 | ||||||
| Linus Omark 1 - 11:26 Chris VandeVelde 1 - en - 19:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Gerber 29 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Oklahoma City Barons | 0 – 2 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Cox Convention Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:31 - pp - Aaron Palushaj 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:33 - Nigel Dawes 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Martin Gerber 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 20 saves / 20 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 4 – 1 | Oklahoma City Barons | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nigel Dawes 4 - 6:43 Frederic St. Denis 1 - pp - 17:04 Nigel Dawes 5 - en - 19:15 J. T. Wyman 1 - en - 19:48 |
Third period | 5:41 - Alexandre Giroux 2 | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Martin Gerber 15 saves / 17 shots | ||||||
| Hamilton won series 4–2 | |
(N2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (N3) Manitoba Moose
| April 16 | Lake Erie Monsters | 6 – 4 | Manitoba Moose | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
| Matthew Ford 1 - 3:27 | First period | 6:47 - Marco Rosa 1 13:46 - Sergei Shirokov 1 | ||||||
| Justin Mercier 1 - sh - 1:41 Ben Walter 1 - pp - 9:20 Ryan Stoa 1 - 17:33 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Ford 2 - 13:18 Mark Olver 1 - en - 19:42 |
Third period | 0:20 - Marco Rosa 2 16:56 - sh - Kevin Connauton 1 | ||||||
| Jason Bacashihua 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 19 saves / 24 shots Tyler Weiman 2 saves / 2 shots | ||||||
| April 17 | Lake Erie Monsters | 2 – 3 | OT | Manitoba Moose | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
| David Van der Gulik 1 - pp - 19:34 | First period | 10:38 - Aaron Volpatti 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Julien Brouillette 1 - 11:28 | Third period | 19:10 - Marco Rosa 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 8:03 - Rick Rypien 1 | ||||||
| John Grahame 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Tyler Weiman 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 2 | Lake Erie Monsters | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Sergei Shirokov 2 - 1:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 0:38 - David Van der Gulik 2 3:03 - Ben Walter 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Weiman 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | John Grahame 39 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Manitoba Moose | 3 – 6 | Lake Erie Monsters | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:12 - pp - Ben Walter 3 16:29 - pp - Luke Walker 1 | ||||||
| Kevin Clark 1 - 3:08 Jason Jaffray 1 - 17:45 |
Second period | 7:56 - pp - Justin Mercier 2 9:00 - sh - Justin Mercier 3 | ||||||
| Kevin Clark 2 - 13:56 | Third period | 19:27 - en - Matthew Ford 3 19:50 - en - Mark Olver 2 | ||||||
| Tyler Weiman 16 saves / 20 shots Eddie Lack 8 saves / 8 shots |
Goalie stats | John Grahame 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 0 | Lake Erie Monsters | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sergei Shirokov 3 - 6:35 Jason Jaffray 2 - en - 19:50 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eddie Lack 26 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Jason Bacashihua 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Lake Erie Monsters | 1 – 3 | Manitoba Moose | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Julian Talbot 1 - pp - 2:10 | Second period | 3:43 - Bill Sweatt 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:36 - pp - Keith Seabrook 1 17:02 - Sergei Shirokov 4 | ||||||
| John Grahame 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Lake Erie Monsters | 1 – 4 | Manitoba Moose | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
| Jonas Holos 1 - 19:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:21 - Sergei Shirokov 5 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:00 - Alexandre Bolduc 1 10:55 - pp - Keith Seabrook 2 18:09 - en - Marco Rosa 4 | ||||||
| John Grahame 17 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| Manitoba won series 4–3 | |
West Division
(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W4) Texas Stars
| April 14 | Milwaukee Admirals | 5 – 2 | Texas Stars | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Gabriel Bourque 1 - 14:22 Chris Mueller 1 - pp - 17:15 |
First period | 9:48 - pp - Aaron Gagnon 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Thang 1 - 7:36 Gabriel Bourque 2 - 18:41 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Mueller 2 - 9:26 | Third period | 6:59 - Mathieu Tousignant 1 | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 13 saves / 17 shots Tyler Beskorowany 7 saves / 8 shots | ||||||
| April 16 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 3 | Texas Stars | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Teemu Laakso 1 - pp - 11:17 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:52 - pp - Philip Larsen 1 15:34 - Aaron Gagnon 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:03 - pp - Travis Morin 1 | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 26 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 29 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Texas Stars | 3 – 2 | OT | Milwaukee Admirals | Cedar Park Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 3:36 - Chris Mueller 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Philip Larsen 2 - pp - 15:51 Brad Lukowich 1 - 19:39 |
Third period | 0:34 - Gabriel Bourque 3 | ||||||
| Travis Morin 2 - 8:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Richard Bachman 21 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 37 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| April 20 | Texas Stars | 2 – 3 | Milwaukee Admirals | Cedar Park Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:03 - pp - Gabriel Bourque 4 | ||||||
| Scott Glennie 1 - 6:25 | Second period | 12:37 - pp - Taylor Beck 1 | ||||||
| Greg Rallo 1 - pp - 8:45 | Third period | 3:13 - Mark Van Guilder 1 | ||||||
| Richard Bachman 20 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 22 | Texas Stars | 1 – 2 | OT | Milwaukee Admirals | Cedar Park Center | Recap | ||
| Raymond Sawada 1 - pp - 10:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:55 - Gabriel Bourque 5 | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:29 - Ryan Thang 2 | ||||||
| Richard Bachman 36 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 40 saves / 41 shots | ||||||
| April 25 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Texas Stars | Bradley Center | Recap | ||
| Mike Bartlett 1 - 4:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:41 - pp - Colton Sceviour 1 | ||||||
| Andreas Thuresson 1 - 1:22 | Third period | 7:14 - Travis Morin 3 | ||||||
| Mark Van Guilder 2 - 10:42 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 52 saves / 54 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 47 saves / 50 shots | ||||||
| Milwaukee won series 4–2 | |
(W2) Houston Aeros vs. (W3) Peoria Rivermen
| April 13 | Houston Aeros | 4 – 1 | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Warren Peters 1 - 7:46 Robbie Earl 1 - pp - 16:39 |
First period | 1:16 - Adam Cracknell 1 | ||||||
| Jed Ortmeyer 1 - 16:38 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Patrick O'Sullivan 1 - 0:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 17 saves / 18 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Allen 27 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 15 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | OT | Peoria Rivermen | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Jarod Palmer 1 - 10:24 | First period | 10:10 - Anthony Peluso 1 | ||||||
| Chad Rau 1 - pp - 8:44 | Second period | 7:12 - pp - Adam Cracknell 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carson McMillan 1 - 11:34 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Jake Allen 43 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 18 | Peoria Rivermen | 3 – 5 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| Akim Aliu 1 - 0:19 T. J. Hensick 1 - 9:49 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| T. J. Hensick 2 - pp - 3:41 | Second period | 0:48 - pp - Casey Wellman 1 9:43 - Jon DiSalvatore 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:12 - Chad Rau 2 11:53 - Colton Gillies 1 15:31 - Colton Gillies 2 | ||||||
| Jake Allen 25 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 19 | Peoria Rivermen | 1 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Carver Arena | Recap | |||
| Nathan Oystrick 1 - pp - 8:03 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:22 - Drew Bagnall 1 11:04 - Patrick O'Sullivan 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ben Bishop 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 23 saves / 24 shots | ||||||
| Houston won series 4–0 | |
Division finals
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
(A1) Portland Pirates vs. (E5) Binghamton Senators
| April 27 | Portland Pirates | 2 – 3 | Binghamton Senators | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Maxime Legault 1 - 4:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Colin Stuart 2 - 17:14 | Second period | 6:28 - Ryan Keller 4 7:39 - pp - Bobby Butler 5 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:35 - Zack Smith 1 | ||||||
| David Leggio 40 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 33 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Portland Pirates | 3 – 5 | Binghamton Senators | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| Derek Whitmore 3 - 13:08 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mark Mancari 3 - 1:27 | Second period | 8:28 - sh - Kaspars Daugavins 3 11:16 - Zack Smith 2 16:22 - pp - Bobby Butler 6 | ||||||
| Mark Mancari 4 - 10:40 | Third period | 16:09 - Bob Raymond 1 19:56 - en - Kaspars Daugavins 4 | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 43 saves / 46 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Binghamton Senators | 2 – 3 | Portland Pirates | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:29 - Brian O'Hanley 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Keller 5 - 5:16 Kaspars Daugavins 5 - pp - 14:56 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:51 - Derek Whitmore 4 19:47 - Tim Conboy 1 | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | David Leggio 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Binghamton Senators | 6 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Mike Hoffman 1 - pp - 2:54 Kaspars Daugavins 6 - 8:27 Ryan Keller 6 - pp - 16:18 |
First period | 8:17 - Luke Adam 3 | ||||||
| Kaspars Daugavins 7 - 1:26 Ryan Potulny 9 - 12:23 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Potulny 10 - pp - 19:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | David Leggio 16 saves / 20 shots Jhonas Enroth 17 saves / 19 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Binghamton Senators | 2 – 6 | Portland Pirates | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:59 - pp - Colin Stuart 3 6:09 - pp - Luke Adam 4 11:40 - sh - Mark Mancari 5 14:29 - Mark Parrish 3 | ||||||
| Jim O'Brien 1 - 5:52 Bobby Butler 7 - 15:30 |
Second period | 2:37 - Mark Voakes 3 12:33 - Mark Mancari 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 10 saves / 14 shots Barry Brust 25 saves / 27 shots |
Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth 35 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Portland Pirates | 0 – 3 | Binghamton Senators | Cumberland County Civic Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:25 - Jim O'Brien 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:04 - pp - Zack Smith 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:39 - en - Kaspars Daugavins 8 | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 36 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| Binghamton won series 4–2 | |
East Division
(E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (E3) Charlotte Checkers
| April 28 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 2 – 3 | Charlotte Checkers | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:10 - Zac Dalpe 4 | ||||||
| Geoff Walker 1 - pp - 4:29 | Second period | 7:18 - pp - Jon Matsumoto 1 | ||||||
| Brett Sterling 1 - pp - 6:26 | Third period | 5:03 - pp - Jon Matsumoto 2 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 0 | Charlotte Checkers | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Sterling 2 - 15:17 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Collins 1 - 2:22 Ryan Craig 2 - en - 19:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 2 | Charlotte Checkers | 2 – 1 | OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 13:23 - Chris Collins 2 | ||||||
| Nick Dodge 4 - 9:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brett Sutter 3 - 5:40 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 26 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Charlotte Checkers | 1 – 0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Terry 2 - pp - 2:01 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 44 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Charlotte Checkers | 0 – 1 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:54 - Chris Collins 3 | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 32 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Brad Thiessen 23 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 4 | Charlotte Checkers | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Craig 3 - 7:13 Corey Potter 2 - pp - 9:45 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Vitale 3 - sh - 1:13 | Third period | 7:24 - Chris Terry 3 10:40 - Brett Sutter 4 11:10 - Chris Terry 4 16:42 - Zac Dalpe 5 | ||||||
| Brad Thiessen 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Charlotte won series 4–2 | |
Western Conference
North Division
(N1) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N3) Manitoba Moose
| April 28 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 4 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ryan Russell 2 - 9:27 | First period | 5:10 - Alexandre Bolduc 2 | ||||||
| Aaron Palushaj 3 - pp - 13:34 Nigel Dawes 6 - pp - 16:16 J. T. Wyman 2 - sh - 18:59 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 19 saves / 20 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 4 – 2 | Manitoba Moose | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Mathieu Carle 1 - pp - 9:08 | First period | 2:47 - Kevin Clark 3 | ||||||
| Ryan Russell 3 - 14:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gabriel Dumont 1 - 4:22 Gabriel Dumont 2 - en - 19:11 |
Third period | 19:30 - Chris Tanev 1 | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 27 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Manitoba Moose | 5 – 4 | Hamilton Bulldogs | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| Alexandre Bolduc 3 - 14:42 | First period | 16:08 - Ian Schultz 2 | ||||||
| Jordan Schroeder 1 - 19:25 Sergei Shirokov 6 - pp - 19:59 |
Second period | 4:40 - Aaron Palushaj 4 | ||||||
| Marco Rosa 5 - pp - 4:40 Jason Jaffray 3 - 17:43 |
Third period | 5:18 - Gabriel Dumont 3 19:28 - pp - Ryan White 1 | ||||||
| Eddie Lack 23 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 23 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 4 | Manitoba Moose | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Hamilton Bulldogs | MTS Centre | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:50 - pp - Gabriel Dumont 4 | ||||||
| Guillaume Desbiens 1 - 17:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mario Bliznak 1 - 11:54 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Eddie Lack 43 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 32 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Manitoba Moose | 1 – 5 | Hamilton Bulldogs | MTS Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:09 - pp - Nigel Dawes 7 | ||||||
| Marco Rosa 6 - pp - 15:04 | Second period | 4:58 - Jimmy Bonneau 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 12:26 - Ryan Russell 4 16:13 - Ryan White 2 17:50 - en - Nigel Dawes 8 | ||||||
| Eddie Lack 25 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 0 – 1 | Manitoba Moose | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:40 - sh - Alexandre Bolduc 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 33 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 25 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| May 9 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2 – 1 | 3OT | Manitoba Moose | Copps Coliseum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 10:09 - pp - Sergei Shirokov 7 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nigel Dawes 9 - 6:24 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Boyd 1 - 0:06 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 29 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Eddie Lack 55 saves / 57 shots | ||||||
| Hamilton won series 4–3 | |
West Division
(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W2) Houston Aeros
| April 29 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Steve Begin 1 - 9:49 Taylor Beck 2 - 10:30 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Thang 3 - 0:32 | Third period | 6:53 - Colton Gillies 3 | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 18 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | 0 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:47 - pp - Warren Peters 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:56 - Colton Gillies 4 | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 21 saves / 21 shots | ||||||
| May 3 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 5 | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Jared Spurgeon 1 - pp - 8:15 | First period | 17:55 - Mark Van Guilder 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:55 - Ryan Thang 4 13:58 - Andreas Thuresson 2 | ||||||
| Marco Scandella 1 - pp - 8:16 Jarod Palmer 2 - 10:08 |
Third period | 9:35 - Steve Begin 2 10:35 - Mike Bartlett 2 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 20 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| May 5 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | OT | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Colton Gillies 5 - 1:58 Patrick O'Sullivan 3 - pp - 9:53 |
First period | 14:28 - Andreas Thuresson 3 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:12 - pp - Aaron Johnson 1 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carson McMillan 2 - 3:35 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 11 saves / 13 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 30 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | OT | Milwaukee Admirals | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:28 - Ryan Thang 5 19:55 - sh - Steve Begin 3 | ||||||
| Robbie Earl 2 - pp - 15:38 Chad Rau 3 - 18:39 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robbie Earl 3 - 8:45 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 23 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 50 saves / 53 shots | ||||||
| May 8 | Milwaukee Admirals | 5 – 4 | OT | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | ||
| Ryan Ellis 1 - pp - 4:46 Gabriel Bourque 6 - 18:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Roman Josi 1 - pp - 3:24 | Second period | 9:42 - Jarod Palmer 3 10:29 - Maxim Noreau 1 13:36 - pp - Jon DiSalvatore 2 | ||||||
| Chris Mueller 4 - 15:16 | Third period | 9:32 - Patrick O'Sullivan 4 | ||||||
| Kelsey Wilson 1 - 1:01 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 18 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| May 10 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 – 4 | Houston Aeros | Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Gabriel Bourque 7 - 8:02 | First period | 19:47 - Colton Gillies 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Halischuk 1 - pp - 8:26 | Third period | 3:18 - Carson McMillan 3 18:39 - Casey Wellman 2 18:56 - en - Warren Peters 3 | ||||||
| Jeremy Smith 36 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 30 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Houston won series 4–3 | |
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
(E3) Charlotte Checkers vs. (E5) Binghamton Senators
| May 12 | Charlotte Checkers | 4 – 7 | Binghamton Senators | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| Brad Herauf 1 - 2:06 Zac Dalpe 6 - 11:12 Riley Nash 1 - pp - 17:54 |
First period | 1:37 - Corey Locke 1 2:42 - Kaspars Daugavins 9 9:04 - sh - Andre Benoit 2 13:33 - pp - Bobby Butler 8 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:31 - Roman Wick 2 | ||||||
| Oskar Osala 3 - pp - 6:25 | Third period | 10:03 - Erik Condra 3 10:28 - Ryan Potulny 11 | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 10 saves / 15 shots Justin Pogge 5 saves / 7 shots |
Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 9 saves / 12 shots Barry Brust 27 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 13 | Charlotte Checkers | 0 – 3 | Binghamton Senators | Time Warner Cable Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 19:16 - Ryan Potulny 12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 0:29 - pp - Ryan Potulny 13 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:01 - Bobby Butler 9 | ||||||
| Mike Murphy 28 saves / 31 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 35 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Binghamton Senators | 7 – 1 | Charlotte Checkers | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Erik Condra 4 - 8:33 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zack Smith 4 - 3:41 Zack Smith 5 - sh - 6:09 |
Second period | 11:21 - Jon Matsumoto 3 | ||||||
| Ryan Keller 7 - pp - 0:55 Bobby Butler 10 - 11:23 Zack Smith 6 - 12:43 Roman Wick 3 - 19:06 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 37 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 24 saves / 29 shots Justin Pogge 1 saves / 3 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Binghamton Senators | 4 – 3 | OT | Charlotte Checkers | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | ||
| Ryan Potulny 14 - pp - 12:34 Kaspars Daugavins 10 - sh - 19:39 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:20 - Chris Terry 5 18:39 - Casey Borer 1 | ||||||
| Andre Benoit 3 - pp - 4:44 | Third period | 18:36 - Chris Terry 6 | ||||||
| Ryan Keller 8 - 13:05 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 42 saves / 45 shots | Goalie stats | Mike Murphy 33 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| Binghamton won series 4–0 | |
Western Conference
(W2) Houston Aeros vs. (N1) Hamilton Bulldogs
| May 13 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 1 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Chad Rau 4 - pp - 14:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jed Ortmeyer 2 - 2:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:09 - Mathieu Carle 2 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 38 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 15 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 2 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robbie Earl 4 - pp - 3:16 Marco Scandella 2 - pp - 19:50 |
Second period | 14:03 - Gabriel Dumont 5 | ||||||
| Colton Gillies 7 - 5:10 | Third period | 12:06 - Ryan Russell 5 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 17 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2 – 3 | Houston Aeros | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Nigel Dawes 10 - pp - 18:11 Andreas Engqvist 2 - 19:38 |
First period | 3:39 - Jon DiSalvatore 3 15:40 - Maxim Noreau 2 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:18 - pp - Jon DiSalvatore 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 25 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| May 18 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 8 – 1 | Houston Aeros | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Ryan Russell 6 - sh - 1:03 Aaron Palushaj 5 - 15:09 Gabriel Dumont 6 - 19:34 |
First period | 2:25 - pp - Casey Wellman 3 | ||||||
| J. T. Wyman 3 - 13:05 Dustin Boyd 2 - 13:36 Nigel Dawes 11 - 14:53 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Boyd 3 - 11:48 Nigel Dawes 12 - pp - 18:59 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 14 saves / 15 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 17 saves / 22 shots Josh Tordjman 15 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| May 20 | Hamilton Bulldogs | 4 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Copps Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Paul Zanette 2 - 8:18 Aaron Palushaj 6 - pp - 10:17 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:04 - Jean-Michel Daoust 1 | ||||||
| Ryan Russell 7 - sh - 8:22 Andrew Conboy 1 - en - 18:50 |
Third period | 10:02 - Jed Ortmeyer 3 | ||||||
| Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| May 22 | Houston Aeros | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Hamilton Bulldogs | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Chad Rau 5 - pp - 3:34 | First period | 8:58 - Andreas Engqvist 3 | ||||||
| Robbie Earl 5 - 4:29 | Second period | 16:07 - pp - Dustin Boyd 4 18:37 - Nigel Dawes 13 | ||||||
| Nate Prosser 1 - 11:02 Jed Ortmeyer 4 - 18:04 |
Third period | 0:27 - sh - Andreas Engqvist 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 9:11 - Nigel Dawes 14 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 33 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 57 saves / 61 shots | ||||||
| May 24 | Houston Aeros | 4 – 3 | Hamilton Bulldogs | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| Chad Rau 6 - 7:03 Casey Wellman 4 - 7:12 |
First period | 9:13 - Dustin Boyd 5 13:21 - pp - Mathieu Carle 3 | ||||||
| Casey Wellman 5 - 2:42 | Second period | 9:57 - pp - Aaron Palushaj 7 | ||||||
| Jon DiSalvatore 5 - 18:47 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Drew MacIntyre 30 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Houston won series 4–3 | |
Calder Cup finals
Binghamton Senators vs. Houston Aeros
| May 27 | Houston Aeros | 3 – 1 | Binghamton Senators | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:17 - Bobby Butler 11 | ||||||
| Jed Ortmeyer 5 - 1:47 Jed Ortmeyer 6 - 6:09 Warren Peters 4 - en - 19:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 38 saves / 40 shots | ||||||
| May 28 | Houston Aeros | 1 – 2 | OT | Binghamton Senators | Toyota Center | Recap | ||
| Casey Wellman 6 - pp - 4:27 | First period | 1:45 - pp - Bobby Butler 12 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 7:54 - Jim O'Brien 3 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 19 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| June 1 | Binghamton Senators | 1 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:08 - Jon DiSalvatore 6 | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:51 - Nate Prosser 2 | ||||||
| Ryan Keller 9 - pp - 2:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 28 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| June 3 | Binghamton Senators | 3 – 0 | Houston Aeros | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Cody Bass 2 - 11:48 Corey Locke 2 - pp - 17:10 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Derek Smith 1 - 2:19 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 21 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 34 saves / 37 shots | ||||||
| June 4 | Binghamton Senators | 4 – 2 | Houston Aeros | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Recap | |||
| Corey Locke 3 - 9:19 Erik Condra 5 - 12:17 |
First period | 11:08 - Jean-Michel Daoust 2 19:53 - Jean-Michel Daoust 3 | ||||||
| Zack Smith 7 - pp - 19:51 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zack Smith 8 - 15:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robin Lehner 41 saves / 43 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 23 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| June 7 | Houston Aeros | 2 – 3 | Binghamton Senators | Toyota Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jon DiSalvatore 7 - pp - 6:37 Jean-Michel Daoust 4 - pp - 11:20 |
Second period | 2:28 - Roman Wick 4 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:26 - pp - Bobby Butler 13 9:09 - pp - Ryan Keller 10 | ||||||
| Matt Hackett 24 saves / 27 shots | Goalie stats | Robin Lehner 34 saves / 36 shots | ||||||
| Binghamton won series 4–2 | |
Playoff statistical leaders
Leading skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.[2]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potulny, RyanRyan Potulny | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 14 | 12 | 26 | +6 | 12 |
| Keller, RyanRyan Keller | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 10 | 15 | 25 | +6 | 8 |
| Dawes, NigelNigel Dawes | Hamilton Bulldogs | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | +4 | 8 |
| Daugavins, KasparsKaspars Daugavins | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 | +8 | 8 |
| Smith, ZackZack Smith | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | –5 | 36 |
| Palushaj, AaronAaron Palushaj | Hamilton Bulldogs | 19 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +2 | 14 |
| O'Sullivan, PatrickPatrick O'Sullivan | Houston Aeros | 24 | 4 | 14 | 18 | –5 | 16 |
| Benoit, AndreAndre Benoit | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +6 | 14 |
| Butler, BobbyBobby Butler | Binghamton Senators | 23 | 13 | 4 | 17 | –1 | 6 |
| Rosa, MarcoMarco Rosa | Manitoba Moose | 14 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +1 | 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. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.[3]
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)
| Player | Team | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Thiessen | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 12 | 6 | 6 | 332 | 20 | 1.67 | .940 | 2 | 720 |
| Martin Gerber | Oklahoma City Barons | 6 | 2 | 3 | 145 | 10 | 1.79 | .931 | 1 | 335 |
| Drew MacIntyre | Hamilton Bulldogs | 20 | 11 | 9 | 603 | 42 | 1.95 | .930 | 1 | 1289 |
| Eddie Lack | Manitoba Moose | 12 | 6 | 5 | 369 | 25 | 1.99 | .932 | 2 | 752 |
| Robin Lehner | Binghamton Senators | 19 | 14 | 4 | 639 | 39 | 2.10 | .939 | 3 | 1112 |
| Jeremy Smith | Milwaukee Admirals | 13 | 7 | 6 | 462 | 32 | 2.28 | .931 | 0 | 843 |
See also
References
- ↑ Frequently asked questions Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. theahl.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
- ↑ "Top Scorers - 2011 Playoffs - All Players". AHL. April 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Top Goalies - 2011 Playoffs - Goals Against Average". AHL. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
| Preceded by 2010 Calder Cup playoffs |
Calder Cup playoffs 2011 |
Succeeded by 2012 Calder Cup playoffs |
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