2009 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 15 – June 12, 2009
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsHershey Bears
Runner-upManitoba Moose
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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.

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.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Hartford Wolf Pack – 99 points
  2. Providence Bruins – 94 points
  3. Portland Pirates – 88 points
  4. Worcester Sharks – 87 points

East Division

  1. Hershey Bears – 106 points
  2. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 106 points
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 104 points
  4. Philadelphia Phantoms – 93 points

Western Conference

North Division

  1. Manitoba Moose – 107 points
  2. Hamilton Bulldogs – 102 points
  3. Grand Rapids Griffins – 98 points
  4. Toronto Marlies – 90 points

West Division

  1. Milwaukee Admirals – 107 points
  2. Peoria Rivermen – 92 points
  3. Houston Aeros – 87 points
  4. 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.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

(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


East Division

(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

Western Conference

North Division

(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


West Division

(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

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

(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


East Division

(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


Western Conference

North Division

(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


West Division

(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

Eastern Conference

(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


Western Conference

(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

  1. ^ 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 16, 2009
  2. ^ Frequently asked questions Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine theahl.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers - 2009 Playoffs - All Players". AHL. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  4. ^ "Top Goalies - 2009 Playoffs - Goals Against Average". AHL. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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