2016 Calder Cup playoffs
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.
Playoff seeds
After the 2015–16 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference (ranked by points percentage) qualify for the playoffs.
At the end of the regular season, the following teams qualified (with points percentage):
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Hershey Bears – 98 points (.645)
- Providence Bruins – 95 points (.625)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 92 points (.605)
- Portland Pirates – 90 points (.592)
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 87 points (.572)
North Division
- Toronto Marlies – 114 points (.750)
- Albany Devils – 102 points (.671)
- Utica Comets – 88 points (.579)
Western Conference
Central Division
- Milwaukee Admirals – 101 points (.664)
- Lake Erie Monsters – 97 points (.638)
- Rockford IceHogs – 94 points (.618)
- Grand Rapids Griffins – 90 points (.592)
Pacific Division
- Ontario Reign – 93 points (.684)
- San Diego Gulls – 84 points (.618)
- Texas Stars – 91 points (.599)
- San Jose Barracuda – 73 points (.537)
Bracket
| Division semifinals | Division finals | Conference finals | Calder Cup final | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Hershey | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Portland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Hershey | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | W-B/Scranton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Providence | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | W-B/Scranton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A5 | Bridgeport | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Toronto | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Albany | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Albany | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Utica | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Milwaukee | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Grand Rapids | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Lake Erie | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Grand Rapids | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Lake Erie | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Rockford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Ontario | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | San Jose | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Ontario | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | San Diego | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | San Diego | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Division semifinals
- Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).
- Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
- Note 3: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A4) Portland Pirates
| April 22 | Portland Pirates | 6 – 4 | Hershey Bears | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| Kyle Rau (1) – 6:11 Rob Schremp (1) – 18:04 |
First period | 19:46 – Ryan Stanton (1) | ||||||
| Brett Olson (1) – 14:08 | Second period | 15:49 – Jakub Vrána (1) | ||||||
| Shane Harper (1) – 3:12 Rob Schremp (2) – 3:23 Shane Harper (2) – pp – 19:50 |
Third period | 7:49 – Tyler Lewington (1) 15:14 – Tyler Lewington (2) | ||||||
| Mike McKenna 28 saves / 32 shots | Goalie stats | Dan Ellis 26 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Portland Pirates | 1 – 3 | Hershey Bears | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sena Acolatse (1) – 18:02 | Second period | 1:41 – Garrett Mitchell (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:31 – pp – Riley Barber (1) 8:07 – Jakub Vrána (2) | ||||||
| Mike McKenna 18 saves / 21 shots | Goalie stats | Justin Peters 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Hershey Bears | 1 – 2 | 3OT | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Walker (1) – 5:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:28 – Greg McKegg (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third overtime period | 3:10 – Rob Flick (1) | ||||||
| Justin Peters 42 saves / 44 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 41 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 30 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 0 | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | |||
| Travis Boyd (1) – 12:51 Chris Bourque (1) – pp – 16:23 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Peters 19 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 26 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 1 | Hershey Bears | 2 – 1 | Portland Pirates | Giant Center | Recap | |||
| Sean Collins (1) – 14:19 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Stanton (2) – 8:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:51 – Wayne Simpson (1) | ||||||
| Justin Peters 23 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 21 saves / 23 shots | ||||||
| Hershey wins series 3–2 | |
(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
| April 20 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 3 – 2 | OT | Providence Bruins | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
| Jake Guentzel (1) – 13:13 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dustin Jeffrey (1) – 0:18 | Second period | 14:50 – Seth Griffith (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 8:44 – sh – Colby Cave (1) | ||||||
| Carter Rowney (1) – 1:09 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 24 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 – 3 | OT | Providence Bruins | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 2:51 – sh – Noel Acciari (1) 16:52 – Colby Cave (2) | ||||||
| Tim Erixon (1) – 2:46 Daniel Sprong (1) – 6:49 Tom Kostopoulos (1) – 10:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 0:54 – Frank Vatrano (1) | ||||||
| Daniel Sprong (2) – 5:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Casey DeSmith 30 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jeremy Smith 29 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Providence Bruins | 4 – 5 | 2OT | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 0:35 – Jake Guentzel (2) 10:42 – pp – Dominik Simon (1) | ||||||
| Austin Czarnik (1) – 13:39 | Second period | 5:36 – pp – Daniel Sprong (3) 18:28 – Tim Erixon (2) | ||||||
| Chris Breen (1) – 2:22 Tommy Cross (1) – pp – 5:30 Austin Czarnik (2) – 16:01 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 13:52 – Jake Guentzel (3) | ||||||
| Zane McIntyre 9 saves / 13 shots Jeremy Smith 23 saves / 24 shots |
Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 59 saves / 63 shots | ||||||
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 3–0 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (A5) Bridgeport Sound Tigers
| April 23 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 1 – 4 | Toronto Marlies | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Justin Florek (1) – 11:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:36 – pp – T. J. Brennan (1) 8:36 – William Nylander (1) 19:43 – Nikita Soshnikov (1) 19:59 – Connor Brown (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stephon Williams 35 saves / 39 shots | Goalie stats | Antoine Bibeau 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 24 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 0 – 3 | Toronto Marlies | Webster Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:01 – sh – Connor Brown (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:50 – Ben Smith (1) 17:57 – en – Connor Brown (3) | ||||||
| Stephon Williams 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Garret Sparks 31 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Toronto Marlies | 6 – 4 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Connor Carrick (1) – pp – 10:22 | First period | 6:00 – pp – Marc-André Cliche (1) | ||||||
| T. J. Brennan (2) – pp – 14:54 Connor Carrick (2) – 17:07 Connor Carrick (3) – 19:00 |
Second period | 0:42 – Mike Halmo (1) 10:34 – pp – Kyle Burroughs (1) 11:52 – pp – Marc-André Cliche (2) | ||||||
| Viktor Lööv (1) – 2:51 Zach Hyman (1) – 12:14 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Antoine Bibeau 8 saves / 12 shots Garret Sparks 12 saves / 12 shots |
Goalie stats | Christopher Gibson 37 saves / 43 shots | ||||||
| Toronto wins series 3–0 | |
(N2) Albany Devils vs. (N3) Utica Comets
| April 22 | Albany Devils | 3 – 2 | Utica Comets | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
| Ben Thomson (1) – 6:27 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Reid Boucher (1) – pp – 4:27 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joseph Blandisi (1) – 10:31 | Third period | 0:27 – Darren Archibald (1) 15:41 – Jordan Subban (1) | ||||||
| Scott Wedgewood 12 saves / 14 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 26 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Albany Devils | 5 – 1 | Utica Comets | Times Union Center | Recap | |||
| Ben Thomson (2) – 16:27 | First period | 9:04 – Cole Cassels (1) | ||||||
| Jim O'Brien (1) – pp – 4:36 Reid Boucher (2) – sh – 7:15 Pavel Zacha (1) – pp – 7:54 Jim O'Brien (2) – 16:54 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Scott Wedgewood 22 saves / 23 shots | Goalie stats | Richard Bachman 12 saves / 16 shots Joe Cannata 11 saves / 12 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Utica Comets | 2 – 1 | OT | Albany Devils | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Jordan Subban (2) – 12:36 | First period | 17:11 – pp – Mike Sislo (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alexandre Grenier (1) – 9:13 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joe Cannata 27 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Utica Comets | 3 – 6 | Albany Devils | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:53 – Matt Lorito (1) 4:06 – Joseph Blandisi (2) 11:02 – Mike Sislo (2) | ||||||
| Alexandre Grenier (2) – 16:33 | Second period | 10:55 – Reid Boucher (3) 19:30 – sh – Blake Pietila (1) | ||||||
| Alex Friesen (1) – 4:54 T. J. Hensick (1) – 9:20 |
Third period | 17:43 – en – Blake Pietila (2) | ||||||
| Joe Cannata 23 saves / 28 shots Richard Bachman 5 saves / 5 shots |
Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 35 shots | ||||||
| Albany wins series 3–1 | |
Western Conference
(C1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins
| April 22 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 3 | Grand Rapids Griffins | BMO Harris Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| Trevor Murphy (1) – pp – 13:30 | First period | 15:36 – Tyler Bertuzzi (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:44 – Martin Frk (1) 15:04 – Tyler Bertuzzi (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Juuse Saros 19 saves / 22 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Milwaukee Admirals | 1 – 2 | Grand Rapids Griffins | BMO Harris Bradley Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:44 – pp – Anthony Mantha (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:53 – pp – Tyler Bertuzzi (3) | ||||||
| Vladislav Kamenev (1) – pp – 11:32 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Juuse Saros 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 31 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| April 26 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 – 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | Van Andel Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:47 – Adam Payerl (1) | ||||||
| Brian Lashoff (3) – 1:17 Anthony Mantha (2) – 2:51 Anthony Mantha (3) – 17:25 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Colin Campbell (1) – 12:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tom McCollum 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Marek Mazanec 22 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Grand Rapids wins series 3–0 | |
(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C3) Rockford IceHogs
| April 20 | Rockford IceHogs | 2 – 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 8:32 – Sonny Milano (1) 19:41 – Zach Werenski (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:11 – pp – Dean Kukan (1) | ||||||
| Tyler Motte (1) – 14:54 Dennis Rasmussen (1) – 16:18 |
Third period | 9:04 – pp – Alex Broadhurst (1) 18:58 – en, pp – Trent Vogelhuber (1) | ||||||
| Mac Carruth 21 saves / 25 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 28 saves / 30 shots | ||||||
| April 21 | Rockford IceHogs | 1 – 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | BMO Harris Bank Center | Recap | |||
| Ryan Hartman (1) – pp – 5:45 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 0:34 – Josh Anderson (1) 3:48 – Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) 4:08 – Lukas Sedlak (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:28 – Josh Anderson (2) 19:24 – en – Josh Anderson (3) | ||||||
| Mac Carruth 34 saves / 38 shots | Goalie stats | Joonas Korpisalo 24 saves / 25 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Lake Erie Monsters | 5 – 3 | Rockford IceHogs | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | |||
| Josh Anderson (4) – pp – 9:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Zach Werenski (2) – 7:40 | Second period | 13:54 – Jonathan Carlsson (1) | ||||||
| Daniel Zaar (1) – 10:42 Ryan Craig (1) – 14:58 |
Third period | 8:49 – pp – Tyler Motte (2) 18:34 – Mark McNeill (1) | ||||||
| Joonas Korpisalo 21 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Mac Carruth 21 saves / 26 shots | ||||||
| Lake Erie wins series 3–0 | |
(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P4) San Jose Barracuda
| April 22 | San Jose Barracuda | 1 – 2 | Ontario Reign | SAP Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:53 – Kurtis MacDermid (1) | ||||||
| Nikita Jevpalovs (1) – 6:17 | Third period | 15:57 – Jonny Brodzinski (1) | ||||||
| Aaron Dell 35 saves / 37 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | San Jose Barracuda | 3 – 2 | Ontario Reign | SAP Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Carpenter (1) – 3:58 Bryan Lerg (1) – 13:57 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nikolay Goldobin (1) – 8:23 | Third period | 2:40 – Kurtis MacDermid (2) 19:25 – Jonny Brodzinski (2) | ||||||
| Aaron Dell 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Peter Budaj 12 saves / 15 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | Ontario Reign | 3 – 1 | San Jose Barracuda | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Adrian Kempe (1) – 7:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nic Dowd (1) – pp – 2:34 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adrian Kempe (2) – 11:27 | Third period | 13:28 – Nikolay Goldobin (2) | ||||||
| Peter Budaj 16 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Aaron Dell 36 saves / 39 shots Troy Grosenick 4 saves / 4 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | Ontario Reign | 4 – 1 | San Jose Barracuda | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Nic Dowd (2) – 9:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Justin Auger (1) – 13:12 | Second period | 9:58 – Jeremy Langlois (1) | ||||||
| Jordan Samuels-Thomas (1) – 15:33 Andrew Crescenzi (1) – en – 18:33 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peter Budaj 18 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Aaron Dell 31 saves / 34 shots | ||||||
| Ontario wins series 3–1 | |
(P2) San Diego Gulls vs. (P3) Texas Stars
| April 21 | Texas Stars | 1 – 3 | San Diego Gulls | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:00 – Antoine Laganiere (1) | ||||||
| Justin Dowling (1) – sh – 0:39 | Second period | 15:58 – Nick Ritchie (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:56 – Chris Mueller (1) | ||||||
| Maxime Lagace 14 saves / 17 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 23 | Texas Stars | 5 – 1 | San Diego Gulls | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park | Recap | |||
| Derek Hulak (1) – 3:53 | First period | 10:12 – Nick Ritchie (2) | ||||||
| Esa Lindell (1) – pp – 2:30 Matt Mangene (1) – pp – 19:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Curtis McKenzie (1) – 5:02 Justin Dowling (2) – 13:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Campbell 25 saves / 26 shots | Goalie stats | Anton Khudobin 37 saves / 42 shots | ||||||
| April 28 | San Diego Gulls | 6 – 1 | Texas Stars | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | |||
| Brandon Montour (1) – pp – 5:55 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Ritchie (3) – 8:51 Michael Sgarbossa (1) – pp – 11:58 Joseph Cramarossa (1) – 14:27 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Stefan Noesen (1) – 5:35 Chris Wagner (1) – 15:21 |
Third period | 3:22 – Esa Lindell (2) | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Jack Campbell 42 saves / 48 shots | ||||||
| April 29 | San Diego Gulls | 6 – 2 | Texas Stars | Valley View Casino Center | Recap | |||
| Shea Theodore (1) – 6:45 | First period | 7:46 – Brendan Ranford (1) | ||||||
| Chris Mueller (2) – pp – 0:07 Antoine Laganiere (2) – pp – 1:17 Joseph Cramarossa (2) – sh – 8:20 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ondřej Kaše (1) – pp – 7:34 Joseph Cramarossa (3) – en – 17:22 |
Third period | 15:08 – Brett Ritchie (1) | ||||||
| Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 6 shots Matt Hackett 21 saves / 23 shots |
Goalie stats | Jack Campbell 14 saves / 18 shots Maxime Lagace 17 saves / 18 shots | ||||||
| San Diego wins series 3–1 | |
Division finals
Eastern Conference
(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
| May 4 | Hershey Bears | 0 – 4 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:45 – Daniel Sprong (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 0:14 – Carter Rowney (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:04 – pp – Daniel Sprong (5) 17:07 – sh, en – Tom Kostopoulos (2) | ||||||
| Justin Peters 27 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Casey DeSmith 33 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Hershey Bears | 7:00 pm | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | ||||
| May 7 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 7:05 pm | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | ||||
| May 9 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 7:05 pm | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | ||||
| May 11 | Hershey Bears | 7:00 pm | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | ||||
| May 13 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 7:05 pm | Hershey Bears | Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza | ||||
| May 15 | Hershey Bears | 5:00 pm | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | Giant Center | ||||
| Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads series 1–0 | |
(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Albany Devils
| May 4 | Toronto Marlies | 1 – 2 | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | Recap | |||
| Connor Carrick (4) – 9:40 | First period | 8:31 – pp – Brian O'Neill (1) 10:41 – Matt Lorito (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Garret Sparks 27 saves / 29 shots | Goalie stats | Scott Wedgewood 32 saves / 33 shots | ||||||
| May 6 | Toronto Marlies | 7:30 pm | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | ||||
| May 8 | Albany Devils | 5:00 pm | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | ||||
| May 10 | Albany Devils | 7:00 pm | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | ||||
| May 12 | Albany Devils | 7:00 pm | Toronto Marlies | Times Union Center | ||||
| May 14 | Toronto Marlies | 3:00 pm | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | ||||
| May 16 | Toronto Marlies | 7:30 pm | Albany Devils | Ricoh Coliseum | ||||
| Albany leads series 1–0 | |
Western Conference
(C2) Lake Erie Monsters vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins
| May 5 | Lake Erie Monsters | 3 – 2 | OT | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lukas Sedlak (2) – 4:29 Alex Broadhurst (2) – pp – 11:29 |
Second period | 0:58 – Eric Tangradi (1) 16:11 – sh – Brian Lashoff (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) – pp – 12:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joonas Korpisalo 22 saves / 24 shots | Goalie stats | Tom McCollum 36 saves / 39 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | Lake Erie Monsters | 12:00 pm | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | ||||
| May 8 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4:00 pm | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | ||||
| May 10 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 7:00 pm | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | ||||
| May 14 | Lake Erie Monsters | 7:00 pm | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | ||||
| May 16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 7:00 pm | Lake Erie Monsters | Van Andel Arena | ||||
| May 17 | Lake Erie Monsters | 7:00 pm | Grand Rapids Griffins | Quicken Loans Arena | ||||
| Lake Erie leads series 1–0 | |
(P1) Ontario Reign vs. (P2) San Diego Gulls
| May 5 | Ontario Reign | 5 – 3 | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | Recap | |||
| Michael Mersch (1) – 10:26 Vincent LoVerde (1) – pp – 14:37 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lowry (1) – 14:37 | Second period | 3:06 – Kalle Kossila (1) 5:32 – Matt Bailey (1) | ||||||
| Michael Mersch (2) – 9:11 Jeff Schultz (1) – sh, en – 19:27 |
Third period | 17:37 – Corey Tropp (1) | ||||||
| Peter Budaj 16 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Matt Hackett 24 saves / 28 shots | ||||||
| May 7 | San Diego Gulls | 10:05 pm | Ontario Reign | Valley View Casino Center | ||||
| May 8 | Ontario Reign | 10:00 pm | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | ||||
| May 13 | San Diego Gulls | 10:05 pm | Ontario Reign | Valley View Casino Center | ||||
| May 14 | Ontario Reign | 10:00 pm | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | ||||
| May 16 | San Diego Gulls | 10:05 pm | Ontario Reign | Valley View Casino Center | ||||
| May 18 | Ontario Reign | 10:00 pm | San Diego Gulls | Citizens Business Bank Arena | ||||
| Ontario leads series 1–0 | |
Playoff statistical leaders
Leading skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrick, ConnorConnor Carrick | Toronto Marlies | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Guentzel, JakeJake Guentzel | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Sprong, DanielDaniel Sprong | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson | Lake Erie Monsters | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Boucher, ReidReid Boucher | Albany Devils | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Broadhurst, AlexAlex Broadhurst | Lake Erie Monsters | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Rowney, CarterCarter Rowney | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Mueller, ChrisChris Mueller | San Diego Gulls | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand | Lake Erie Monsters | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Ritchie, NickNick Ritchie | San Diego Gulls | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks, GarretGarret Sparks | Toronto Marlies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 0.82 | .972 | 1 | 146:10 |
| Peters, JustinJustin Peters | Hershey Bears | 5 | 3 | 2 | 149 | 7 | 1.23 | .953 | 1 | 341:24 |
| McCollum, TomTom McCollum | Grand Rapids Griffins | 4 | 3 | 1 | 133 | 6 | 1.43 | .955 | 0 | 252:00 |
| Wedgewood, ScottScott Wedgewood | Albany Devils | 5 | 4 | 1 | 135 | 9 | 1.75 | .933 | 0 | 308:41 |
| Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj | Ontario Reign | 5 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 1.81 | .909 | 0 | 298:00 |
| DeSmith, CaseyCasey DeSmith | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 9 | 1.93 | .944 | 1 | 280:14 |
| Khudobin, AntonAnton Khudobin | San Diego Gulls | 4 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 7 | 2.26 | .934 | 0 | 185:28 |
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| Preceded by 2015 Calder Cup playoffs |
Calder Cup playoffs 2016 |
Succeeded by 2017 Calder Cup playoffs |
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