2023 Calder Cup playoffs

2023 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 18, 2023 – June 21, 2023
Teams	23
Final positions
Champions	Hershey Bears
Runner-up	Coachella Valley Firebirds
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Calder Cup playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Hockey League (AHL) to determine the winner of the Calder Cup, which is awarded to the AHL playoff champions.

The 2023 playoffs began on April 18, 2023, with the 23-team playoff format that was introduced in 2022. All teams except the bottom two teams of the Atlantic, North, and Central divisions, as well as the bottom three teams of the Pacific division qualified for the playoffs. Each division has a best-of-three series in the first round to determine the top 16 teams for the division semifinals, with various teams receiving byes based on regular season performance.^[1]

The 16 teams that remain—four from each division—will play a best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with another best-of-five series for the division finals and a best-of-seven series for the conference finals and Calder Cup finals.

The Hershey Bears defeated the Coachella Valley Firebirds in overtime of game seven, granting Hershey their 12th Calder Cup in team history and first since 2010.

1 Playoff seeds
- 1.1 Eastern Conference
  - 1.1.1 Atlantic Division
  - 1.1.2 North Division
- 1.2 Western Conference
  - 1.2.1 Central Division
  - 1.2.2 Pacific Division
2 Bracket
3 First Round
- 3.1 Eastern Conference
- 3.2 Western Conference
4 Division semifinals
- 4.1 Eastern Conference
- 4.2 Western Conference
5 Division finals
- 5.1 Eastern Conference
  - 5.1.1 (A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack
  - 5.1.2 (N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N3) Rochester Americans
- 5.2 Western Conference
  - 5.2.1 (C1) Texas Stars vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals
  - 5.2.2 (P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds
6 Conference finals
- 6.1 Eastern Conference
  - 6.1.1 (A2) Hershey Bears vs. (N3) Rochester Americans
- 6.2 Western Conference
  - 6.2.1 (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals
7 Calder Cup Finals
- 7.1 (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (A2) Hershey Bears
8 Playoff statistical leaders
- 8.1 Leading skaters
- 8.2 Leading goaltenders
9 References
10 External links

Playoff seeds

After the 2022–23 AHL regular season, 23 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top 5 teams in the North and Central divisions, the top 6 teams in the Atlantic division, and the top 7 teams in the Pacific division based on points total qualified for the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs. The Calgary Wranglers won the regular season title in their season finale.^[2]

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Providence Bruins – 98 points (.681)
Hershey Bears – 97 points (.674)
Charlotte Checkers – 86 points (.597)
Springfield Thunderbirds – 84 points (.583)
Hartford Wolf Pack – 81 points (.563)
Lehigh Valley Phantoms – 80 points (.556)

North Division

Toronto Marlies – 90 points (.625)
Syracuse Crunch – 81 points (.563), 27 RWs
Rochester Americans – 81 points (.563), 25 RWs
Utica Comets – 80 points (.556)
Laval Rocket – 76 points (.528)

Western Conference

Central Division

Texas Stars – 92 points (.639)
Milwaukee Admirals – 89 points (.618)
Manitoba Moose – 84 points (.583)
Iowa Wild – 79 points (.549), 24 RWs
Rockford IceHogs – 79 points (.549), 20 RWs

Pacific Division

Calgary Wranglers – 106 points (.736)
Coachella Valley Firebirds – 103 points (.715)
Colorado Eagles – 90 points (.625)
Abbotsford Canucks – 87 points (.604)
Bakersfield Condors – 78 points (.542)
Ontario Reign – 74 points (.514)
Tucson Roadrunners – 69 points (.479), 25 RWs

Bracket

First Round
April 18 – 23

Division Semifinals
April 21 – May 6

Division Finals
May 11 – 21

Conference Finals
May 23 – June 5

Calder Cup Finals
June 8 – 21

A1

Providence

1

A4

Springfield

0

A5

Hartford

3

A5

Hartford

2

Atlantic Division

A5

Hartford

0

A2

Hershey

3

A2

Hershey

3

Eastern Conference

A3

Charlotte

2

A3

Charlotte

1

A6

Lehigh Valley

1

A2

Hershey

4

N3

Rochester

2

N1

Toronto

3

N4

Utica

2

N4

Utica

1

N5

Laval

0

North Division

N1

Toronto

0

N3

Rochester

3

N2

Syracuse

2

N3

Rochester

3

A2

Hershey

4

P2

Coachella Valley

3

C1

Texas

3

C4

Iowa

0

C5

Rockford

0

C5

Rockford

2

Central Division

C1

Texas

2

C2

Milwaukee

3

C2

Milwaukee

3

Western Conference

C3

Manitoba

2

C2

Milwaukee

2

P2

Coachella Valley

4

P1

Calgary

3

P4

Abbotsford

2

P4

Abbotsford

1

P5

Bakersfield

0

Pacific Division

P1

Calgary

2

P2

Coachella Valley

2

P2

Coachella Valley

3

P7

Tucson

1

P2

Coachella Valley

3

P3

Colorado

2

P3

Colorado

2

P6

Ontario

0

First Round

Eastern Conference

(A3) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A6) Lehigh Valley Phantoms

April 18	Charlotte Checkers		4 – 3	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	Bojangles Coliseum	Recap
08:28 - Lucas Carlsson (1)		First period		Adam Brooks (1) - 12:54
No scoring		Second period		Tyson Foerster (1) - 0:49 Cooper Marody (1) - 01:02 Tyson Foerster (2) - 04:46
09:40 - pp - Riley Nash (1) 10:18 - Santtu Kinnunen (1)		Third period		No scoring
Mack Guzda ( 13 saves / 17 shots ) Jean-François Bérubé ( 8 saves / 8 shots )		Goalie stats		Samuel Ersson ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

April 20	Charlotte Checkers		4 – 5	2OT	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	Bojangles Coliseum	Recap
04:44 - pp - Justin Sourdif (1) 06:06 - Calle Själin (1)		First period			Artem Anisimov (1) - 19:17
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
06:46 - pp - Cory Conacher (1) 09:23 - Connor Bunnaman (1)		Third period			Olle Lycksell (1) - 00:40 Olle Lycksell (2) - 12:03 Elliot Desnoyers (1) - 13:35
18:48 - Lucas Carlsson (2)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mack Guzda ( 38 saves / 42 shots )		Goalie stats			Samuel Ersson ( 45 saves / 50 shots )

April 21	Charlotte Checkers		0 – 6	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	Bojangles Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
03:04 - Patrick Giles (1) 06:54 - Riley Nash (2) 10:52- Dominic Franco (1) 15:12 - Henry Bowlby (1) 18:08 - pp - Cameron Morrison (1)		Second period		No scoring
08:47 - sh - Connor Bunnaman (2)		Third period		No scoring
Jean-François Bérubé ( 31 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Samuel Ersson ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) Nolan Maier ( 9 saves / 11 shots )

Charlotte won series 2 – 1

(A4) Springfield Thunderbirds vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

April 19	Springfield Thunderbirds		6 – 1	Hartford Wolf Pack	MassMutual Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Lauri Pajuniemi (1) - 03:37
No scoring		Second period		Zac Jones (1) - 06:02 Lauri Pajuniemi (2) - 10:43 Blake Hillman (1) - 19:54
11:41 - pp - Adam Gaudette (1)		Third period		Ryan Carpenter (1) - 03:42 Ty Emberson (1) - en - 18:38
Joel Hofer ( 30 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats		Dylan Garand ( 24 saves / 25 shots )

April 21	Hartford Wolf Pack		1 – 7	Springfield Thunderbirds	XL Center	Recap
08:03 - Tanner Fritz (1) 10:48 - Wyatt Kalynuk (1) 12:50 - pp - Ty Emberson (2)		First period		William Bitten (1) - 19:33
03:57 - pp - Bobby Trivigno (1) 06:30 - Blake Hillman (2)		Second period		No scoring
13:34 - en, sh - Anton Blidh (1) 15:02 - en - Tim Gettinger (1)		Third period		No scoring
Dylan Garand ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Joel Hofer ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Hartford won series 2 – 0

(N4) Utica Comets vs. (N5) Laval Rocket

April 19	Laval Rocket		4 – 0	Utica Comets	Place Bell	Recap
No scoring		First period		Reilly Walsh (1) - 12:21
No scoring		Second period		Aarne Talvitie (1) - 03:11 Ryan Schmelzer (1) - 18:49
No scoring		Third period		Ryan Schmelzer (2) - en - 18:53
Cayden Primeau ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Nico Daws ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

April 21	Utica Comets		1 – 2	OT	Laval Rocket	Adirondack Bank Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Frédéric Allard (1) - 07:01
19:58 - Reilly Walsh (2)		Third period			No scoring
02:45 - Samuel Laberge (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Nico Daws ( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Cayden Primeau ( 32 saves / 34 shots )

Utica won series 2 – 0

Western Conference

(C4) Iowa Wild vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

April 19	Rockford IceHogs		2 – 3	OT	Iowa Wild	BMO Center	Recap
Dave Gust (1) - 03:44 Brett Seney (1) - 17:55		First period			03:26 - Mitchell Balmas (1)
No scoring		Second period			04:14 - pp - Steven Fogarty (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Rocco Grimaldi (1) - 03:59		First overtime period			No scoring
Arvid Söderblom ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Jesper Wallstedt ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

April 21	Iowa Wild		4 – 3	OT	Rockford IceHogs	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
05:49 - Damien Giroux (1)		First period			Isaak Phillips (1) - pp - 17:27
No scoring		Second period			Dave Gust (2) - 16:10
00:20 - pp - Marco Rossi (1) 05:53 - Adam Beckman (1)		Third period			Michal Teplý (1) - 09:34
No scoring		First overtime period			Buddy Robinson (1) - 02:05
Jesper Wallstedt ( 33 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Arvid Söderblom ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Rockford won series 2 – 0

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P7) Tucson Roadrunners

April 19	Coachella Valley Firebirds		1 – 5	Tucson Roadrunners	Acrisure Arena	Recap
01:00 - pp - Max McCormick (1) 07:49 - Alexander True (1) 09:26 - Kole Lind (1)		First period		No scoring
08:03 - pp - Max McCormick (2)		Second period		No scoring
16:19 - en - Carsen Twarynski (1)		Third period		Vladislav Kolyachonok (1) - 18:43
Joey Daccord ( 45 saves / 46 shots )		Goalie stats		Ivan Prosvetov ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

April 21	Coachella Valley Firebirds		4 – 3	Tucson Roadrunners	Acrisure Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Colin Theisen (1) - 06:54 Michael Carcone (1) - pp - 10:21 Milos Kelemen (1) - 15:07
01:42 - pp - Jimmy Schuldt (1)		Second period		Michael Carcone (2) - 02:43
10:01 - pp - Tye Kartye (1) 17:23 - Jeremy McKenna (1)		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord ( 22 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Ivan Prosvetov ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

April 23	Coachella Valley Firebirds		1 – 5	Tucson Roadrunners	Acrisure Arena	Recap
03:49 - Ville Petman (1) 05:56 - Shane Wright (1) 06:25 - Kole Lind (2) 07:22 - Tye Kartye (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
10:52 - en - Kole Lind (3)		Third period		Michael Carcone (3) - 17:32
Joey Daccord ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Ivan Prosvetov ( 3 saves / 7 shots ) Tyler Parks ( 24 save / 24 shots )

Coachella Valley won series 2 – 1

(P3) Colorado Eagles vs. (P6) Ontario Reign

April 19	Colorado Eagles		2 – 3	OT	Ontario Reign	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
05:43 - Charles Hudon (1)		Second period			Nate Thompson (1) - 01:57 Tyrell Goulbourne (1) - 10:16
03:52 - Cedric Paré (1)		Third period			No scoring
06:08 - Gustav Rydahl (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Justus Annunen ( 30 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Cal Petersen ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

April 21	Colorado Eagles		4 – 6	Ontario Reign	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
04:16 - Kale Kessy (1)		First period		Lias Andersson (1) - 02:20
11:04 - Oskar Olausson (1) 16:03 - Ryan Wagner (1)		Second period		No scoring
07:24 - pp - Charles Hudon (2) 10:01 - pp - Cedric Paré (2) 19:53 - en - Cedric Paré (3)		Third period		Aidan Dudas (1) - 09:09 Nate Thompson (2) - 18:06 Lias Andersson (2) - 18:34
Justus Annunen ( 30 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats		Cal Petersen ( 20 saves / 25 shots )

Colorado won series 2 – 0

(P4) Abbotsford Canucks vs. (P5) Bakersfield Condors

April 19	Abbotsford Canucks		0 – 3	Bakersfield Condors	Abbotsford Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Max Sasson (1) - 01:28 Max Sasson (2) - 04:58		Second period		No scoring
Jack Rathbone (1) - 14:28		Third period		No scoring
Spencer Martin ( 21 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Calvin Pickard ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

April 21	Abbotsford Canucks		2 – 4	Bakersfield Condors	Abbotsford Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
02:06 - Jack Rathbone (2) 13:16 - Brady Keeper (1)		Second period		James Hamblin (1) - pp - 18:26
07:36 - pp - Nils Höglander (2) 19:05 - en - John Stevens (1)		Third period		Raphaël Lavoie (1) - 03:30
Artūrs Šilovs ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Calvin Pickard ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Abbotsford won series 2 – 0

Division semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Providence Bruins vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

April 28	Providence Bruins		1 – 0	Hartford Wolf Pack	Amica Mutual Pavilion	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Bobby Trivigno (2) - 15:23
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Brandon Bussi ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Dylan Garand ( 14 saves / 14 shots )

April 29	Providence Bruins		2 – 1	Hartford Wolf Pack	Amica Mutual Pavilion	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
13:14 - Luke Toporowski (1)		Second period		Anton Blidh (2) - 06:17 Adam Clendening (1) - 09:43
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Brandon Bussi ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Dylan Garand ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

May 3	Hartford Wolf Pack		6 – 3	Providence Bruins	XL Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Justin Brazeau (1) - pp - 15:54 Oskar Steen (1) - 19:59
19:35 - pp - Zac Jones (2)		Second period		Luke Toporowski (2) - pp - 14:03
02:18 - sh - Tim Gettinger (2) 13:34 - Lauri Pajuniemi (3)		Third period		Jack Ahcan (1) - 05:58 Justin Brazeau (2) - en - 18:28 Vinni Lettieri (1) - en - 19:52
Dylan Garand ( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Brandon Bussi ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

May 5	Hartford Wolf Pack		0 – 4	Providence Bruins	XL Center	Recap
3:40 - Turner Elson (1)		First period		No scoring
4:49 - Jake Leschyshyn (1) 15:23 - Ryan Carpenter (2)		Second period		No scoring
12:18 - en - Jake Leschyshyn (2)		Third period		No scoring
Dylan Garand ( 32 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Brandon Bussi ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Hartford won series 3 – 1

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers

April 28	Charlotte Checkers		5 – 2	Hershey Bears	Bojangles Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Mike Vecchione (1) - 14:12 Aliaksei Protas (1) - 16:43
05:42 - pp - Lucas Carlsson (3)		Second period		Hendrix Lapierre (1) - 02:06 Connor McMichael (1) - 04:03
08:52 - Santtu Kinnunen (2)		Third period		Michael Sgarbossa (1) - pp, en - 19:54
Mack Guzda ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) Jean-François Bérubé ( 16 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

April 29	Charlotte Checkers		5 – 1	Hershey Bears	Bojangles Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Joe Snively (1) - pp - 06:46 Mason Morelli (1) - 14:55
09:15 - Ryan McAllister (1)		Third period		Connor McMichael (2) - 09:50 Sam Anas (1) - 10:13 Garrett Pilon (1) - en - 14:30
Jean-François Bérubé ( 11 saves / 15 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 19 saves / 20 shots )

May 3	Hershey Bears		2 – 1	Charlotte Checkers	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
02:07 - Sam Anas (2)		Second period		Cory Conacher (2) - 13:24 Aleksi Heponiemi (1) - 17:53
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Shepard ( 18 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Mack Guzda ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

May 4	Hershey Bears		2 – 6	Charlotte Checkers	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jake Wise (1) - 2:00 Riley Nash (3) - 7:54
10:15 - Mason Morelli (2) 19:44 - Beck Malenstyn (1)		Second period		No scoring
8:59 - pp - Aliaksei Protas (2) 10:57 - Aliaksei Protas (3) 17:49 - en - Riley Sutter (1) 19:00 - en - Dylan McIlrath (1)		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Shepard ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Mack Guzda ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Jean-François Bérubé ( 9 saves / 9 shots )

Hershey won series 3 – 1

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Utica Comets

April 27	Toronto Marlies		5 – 6	OT	Utica Comets	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			Reilly Walsh (3) – pp – 06:08 Graeme Clarke (1) - 13:39
05:43 - Pontus Holmberg (1) 07:00 - Topi Niemelä (1) 13:59 - pp - Logan Shaw (1)		Second period			Xavier Parent (1) - 02:06
11:43 - Logan Shaw (2) 12:41 - Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (1)		Third period			Reilly Walsh (4) - 11:08 Alexander Holtz (1) - 19:08
18:35 - Joseph Blandisi (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Keith Petruzzelli ( 40 saves / 45 shots )		Goalie stats			Nico Daws ( 43 saves / 49 shots )

April 29	Toronto Marlies		7 – 2	Utica Comets	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
13:42 - pp - Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (2) 15:09 - pp - Kyle Clifford (1)		First period		Brian Halonen (1) - 01:46 Aarne Talvitie (2) - 12:40
No scoring		Second period		Nolan Stevens (1) - 06:56 Ryan Schmelzer (3) - 13:25 Xavier Parent (2) - 14:10
No scoring		Third period		Graeme Clarke (2) - pp - 05:36 Brian Pinho (2) - 09:00
Keith Petruzzelli ( 19 saves / 26 shots ) Dennis Hildeby ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats		Nico Daws ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

May 3	Utica Comets		5 – 2	Toronto Marlies	Adirondack Bank Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Ryan Chyzowski (1) - 04:57
05:33 - Aarne Talvitie (3) 17:52 - Šimon Nemec (1)		Second period		Kyle Clifford (2) - ps - 05:01
No scoring		Third period		Ryan Chyzowski (2) - 04:34 Pontus Holmberg (2) - 16:12 Logan Shaw (3) - sh, en - 18:40
Nico Daws ( 23 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Källgren ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

May 5	Utica Comets		4 – 1	Toronto Marlies	Adirondack Bank Center	Recap
10:15 - Xavier Parent (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Carl Dahlström (1) - 5:04 Matteo Pietroniro (1) - 10:31 Logan Shaw (4) - 11:10
No scoring		Third period		Kyle Clifford (3) - en - 19:58
Nico Daws ( 33 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Källgren ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

Toronto won series 3 – 1

(N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

April 21	Syracuse Crunch		2 – 3	OT	Rochester Americans	Upstate Medical University Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
04:12 - pp - Declan Carlile (1) 16:30 - pp - Felix Robert (1)		Second period			Linus Weissbach (1) - 08:54 Josh Passolt (1) - 16:30
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
02:20 - Philippe Myers (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Maxime Lagacé ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Malcolm Subban ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

April 22	Syracuse Crunch		0 – 3	Rochester Americans	Upstate Medical University Arena	Recap
01:52 - Ryan Jones (1) 11:29 - Gage Goncalves (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
19:27 - en - Gage Goncalves (2)		Third period		No scoring
Maxime Lagacé ( 18 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

April 28	Rochester Americans		5 – 8	Syracuse Crunch	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
05:31 - pp - Isak Rosén (1) 17:39 - Michael Mersch (1)		First period		Simon Ryfors (1) - 06:28
18:55 - Sean Malone (1)		Second period		Gage Goncalves (3) - 07:29
04:22 - sh - Mason Jobst (1) 15:21 - pp - Jiří Kulich (1) 16:07 - pp - Michael Mersch (2) 18:41 - en - Brett Murray (1) 19:24 - en - Michael Mersch (3)		Third period		Simon Ryfors (2) - 05:25 Alex Barré-Boulet (1) - pp - 07:38 Simon Ryfors (3) - 17:27
Malcolm Subban ( 23 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Maxime Lagacé ( 19 saves / 25 shots )

April 30	Rochester Americans		0 – 4	Syracuse Crunch	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
03:38 - pp - Jiří Kulich (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
03:06 - Lawrence Pilut (1) 14:50 - Mason Jobst (2) 16:11 - en - Tyson Kozak (1)		Third period		No scoring
Malcolm Subban ( 31 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Maxime Lagacé ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

May 6	Syracuse Crunch		5 – 4	OT	Rochester Americans	Upstate Medical University Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Tyson Kozak (2) - 11:08
14:14 - Declan Carlile (2) 19:46 - Simon Ryfors (4)		Second period			Lawrence Pilut (2) - 09:46 Jiří Kulich (3) - 13:59 Michael Mersch (4) - 14:59
09:36 - Gabriel Dumont (1) 19:30 - Trevor Carrick (1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Lawrence Pilut (3) - pp - 11:35
Maxime Lagacé ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) Hugo Alnefelt ( 9 saves / 10 shots )		Goalie stats			Malcolm Subban ( 44 saves / 48 shots )

Rochester won series 3 – 2

Western Conference

(C1) Texas Stars vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

April 28	Rockford IceHogs		5 – 3	Texas Stars	BMO Center	Recap
19:58 - pp - Joey Anderson (1)		First period		Rhett Gardner (1) - 12:34
01:16 - D. J. Busdeker (1)		Second period		Marián Studenič (1) - 14:33
02:57 - Bobby Lynch (1)		Third period		Scott Reedy (1) - pp - 07:16 Nick Caamano (1) - 16:22 Marián Studenič (2) - en - 19:00
Arvid Söderblom ( 35 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Murray ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

April 30	Rockford IceHogs		4 – 1	Texas Stars	BMO Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Curtis McKenzie (1) - 08:08
No scoring		Second period		Riley Barber (1) - 11:39
05:54 - Joey Anderson (2)		Third period		Riley Barber (2) - 16:32 Tanner Kero - en - 19:33
Arvid Söderblom ( 25 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Murray ( 26 saves / 27 shots )

May 3	Texas Stars		2 – 4	Rockford IceHogs	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park	Recap
02:16 - Riley Damiani (1) 12:01 - Nick Caamano (2)		First period		Michal Teplý (2) - pp - 07:11
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
04:57 - Oskari Laaksonen (1) 17:14 - pp - Rhett Gardner (2)		Third period		Lukas Reichel (1) - 19:44
Matt Murray ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Arvid Söderblom ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

Texas won series 3 – 0

(C2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C3) Manitoba Moose

April 28	Manitoba Moose		6 – 2	Milwaukee Admirals	Canada Life Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Marc Del Gaizo (1) - 01:35 Zach Sanford (1) - pp - 07:24 Jimmy Huntington (1) - 08:19
03:19 - Jansen Harkins (1) 19:15 - Daniel Torgersson (1)		Second period		Jordan Gross (1) - pp - 05:55 Austin Rueschhoff (1) - 07:58 Jordan Gross (2) - 10:03
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Arvid Holm ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Evan Cormier ( 4 saves / 7 shots )		Goalie stats		Yaroslav Askarov ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

April 30	Manitoba Moose		2 – 3	OT	Milwaukee Admirals	Canada Life Centre	Recap
16:53 - Nicholas Jones (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Kiefer Sherwood (1) - pp - 05:48
19:07 - Cole Maier (1)		Third period			Luke Evangelista (1) - 13:03
01:32 - Jansen Harkins (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Oskari Salminen ( 30 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Yaroslav Askarov ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

May 3	Milwaukee Admirals		3 – 2	OT	Manitoba Moose	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
16:06 - Luke Evangelista (2)		First period			Alex Limoges (1) - 02:49
No scoring		Second period			Jeff Malott (1) - 09:57
06:10 - Kevin Gravel (1)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Wyatt Bongiovanni (1) - pp - 04:53
Yaroslav Askarov ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Oskari Salminen ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

May 5	Milwaukee Admirals		3 – 5	Manitoba Moose	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
8:13 - pp - Zach Sanford (2) 18:45 - en - Adam Wilsby (1)		First period		Greg Meireles (1) - pp - 5:02
2:15 - pp - Joakim Kemell (1) 15:49 - Kiefer Sherwood (2)		Second period		No scoring
19:41 - en - Austin Rueschhoff (2)		Third period		Jansen Harkins (3) - pp - 2:37 Wyatt Bongiovanni (2) - 4:43
Yaroslav Askarov ( 16 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats		Oskari Salminen ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

May 6	Milwaukee Admirals		1 – 2	Manitoba Moose	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
11:24 - Mark Jankowski (1)		Second period		No scoring
19:33 - Spencer Stastney (1)		Third period		Jansen Harkins (4) - 18:03
Yaroslav Askarov ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Oskari Salminen ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

Milwaukee won series 3 – 2

(P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P4) Abbotsford Canucks

April 26	Calgary Wranglers		2 – 3	OT	Abbotsford Canucks	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
13:19 - Dryden Hunt (1)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
08:49 - Adam Klapka (1)		Third period			Marc Gatcomb (1) - 01:35 Aatu Räty (1) - 15:10
11:52 - Jakob Pelletier (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Dustin Wolf ( 37 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			Spencer Martin ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

April 28	Calgary Wranglers		3 – 4	OT	Abbotsford Canucks	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
09:54 - Clark Bishop (1)		First period			Arshdeep Bains (1) - sh - 18:30 Arshdeep Bains (2) - sh - 19:25
No scoring		Second period			Tristen Nielsen (1) - 16:22
00:37 - Ben Jones (1) 05:48 - pp - Dryden Hunt (2)		Third period			No scoring
07:49 - pp - Matthew Phillips (ice hockey)		First overtime period			No scoring
Dustin Wolf - ( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Artūrs Šilovs - ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

May 3	Abbotsford Canucks		2 – 3	Calgary Wranglers	Abbotsford Centre	Recap
09:58 - pp - Linus Karlsson (1)		First period		Jérémie Poirier (1) - 04:37
04:44 - Christian Wolanin (1)		Second period		No scoring
01:10 - Kyle Rau (1)		Third period		Nick DeSimone (1) - 09:15
Spencer Martin ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Dustin Wolf ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

May 5	Abbotsford Canucks		3 – 2	Calgary Wranglers	Abbotsford Centre	Recap
2:18 - Nils Höglander (3)		First period		Cole Schwindt (1) - pp - 12:51
15:33 - Tristen Nielsen (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Ilya Solovyov (1) - 8:29 Adam Klapka (2) - 12:41
Spencer Martin ( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Dustin Wolf ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

Calgary won series 3 – 1

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P3) Colorado Eagles

April 26	Colorado Eagles		6 – 2	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
08:44 - Mikhail Maltsev (1)		First period		Eddie Wittchow (1) - 11:09 Jimmy Schuldt (2) - pp - 16:05
No scoring		Second period		Eddie Wittchow (2) - 06:38 Max McCormick (3) - 15:31
05:32 - Mikhail Maltsev (2)		Third period		Alexander True (2) - 06:27 Carsen Twarynski (2) - 08:58
Justus Annunen ( 33 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

April 27	Colorado Eagles		2 – 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
14:34 - sh - Cedric Paré (4)		First period		Ryker Evans (1) - pp - 15:48
19:57 - Josh Jacobs (1)		Second period		Luke Henman (1) - 13:21
16:00 - Mikhail Maltsev (3)		Third period		No scoring
Jonas Johansson ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

April 30	Coachella Valley Firebirds		1 – 0	OT	Colorado Eagles	Acrisure Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Keaton Middleton (1) - 01:40
Joey Daccord ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Jonas Johansson ( 29 saves / 29 shots )

May 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds		3 – 4	Colorado Eagles	Acrisure Arena	Recap
03:31 - Alexander True (3) 06:36 - Ville Petman (2)		First period		Ryan Wagner (2) - 09:31
13:52 - pp - Kole Lind (4)		Second period		Charles Hudon (3) - 02:05
17:28 - sh - Alexander True (4)		Third period		Charles Hudon (4) - pp - 02:10
Joey Daccord ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Jonas Johansson ( 17 saves / 21 shots )

May 5	Coachella Valley Firebirds		0 – 5	Colorado Eagles	Acrisure Arena	Recap
6:03 - Jeremy McKenna (2) 6:50 - sh - Max McCormick (4) 19:09 - Jimmy Schuldt (3)		First period		No scoring
2:28 - pp - Max McCormick (5)		Second period		No scoring
2:15 - Jeremy McKenna (3)		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord ( 33 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Jonas Johansson ( 18 saves / 23 shots )

Coachella Valley won series 3 – 2

Division finals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

May 11	Hershey Bears		2 – 3	OT	Hartford Wolf Pack	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			Lauri Pajuniemi (4) - pp - 06:55
No scoring		Second period			Jonny Brodzinski (1) - pp - 02:33
02:52 - pp - Logan Day (1) 17:51 - Connor McMichael (3)		Third period			No scoring
04:41 - Henrik Borgström (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Hunter Shepard ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Dylan Garand ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

May 13	Hershey Bears		2 – 4	Hartford Wolf Pack	Giant Center	Recap
3:12 - pp - Mason Morelli (3) 12:44 - Beck Malenstyn (2)		First period		Will Cuylle (1) - pp - 11:32
08:48 - Mike Vecchione (2)		Second period		No scoring
13:14 - Hendrix Lapierre (2)		Third period		Adam Clendening (2) - 15:09
Hunter Shepard ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Dylan Garand ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

May 17	Hartford Wolf Pack		3 – 1	Hershey Bears	XL Center	Recap
17:40 - Turner Elson (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Vincent Iorio (1) - 15:05
No scoring		Third period		Lucas Johansen (1) - 04:22 Garrett Pilon (2) - 7:25
Louis Domingue ( 13 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 33 saves / 34 shots )

Hershey won series 3 – 0

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

May 11	Toronto Marlies		4 – 3	Rochester Americans	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
3:04 - Nick Abruzzese (1)		First period		Kohen Olischefski (1) - sh - 9:00 Brett Murray (2) - 18:16
No scoring		Second period		Isak Rosén (2) - pp - 18:58
7:56 - Joseph Blandisi (2) 16:19 - Kyle Clifford (4)		Third period		Jiří Kulich (4) - pp - 2:07
Erik Källgren ( 16 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

May 13	Toronto Marlies		7 – 4	Rochester Americans	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jiří Kulich (5) - 9:57
1:20 - pp - Nick Abruzzese (2) 10:08 - pp - Max Ellis (1)		Second period		Jérémy Davies (1) - 4:28 Lukáš Rousek (1) - 5:58 Sean Malone (2) - 7:01 Joseph Cecconi (1) - 7:13
5:03 - pp - Pontus Holmberg (3) 18:22 - pp - Alex Steeves (1)		Third period		Michael Mersch (5) - pp - 7:12 Brendan Warren (1) - en - 16:15
Erik Källgren ( 15 saves / 19 shots ) Keith Petruzzelli ( 9 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 34 saves / 38 shots )

May 17	Rochester Americans		4 – 8	Toronto Marlies	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
3:05 - Ethan Prow (1) 6:33 - Kohen Olischefski (2) 9:57 - pp - Lukáš Rousek (2)		First period		Pontus Holmberg (4) - 0:17
6:50 - Jiří Kulich (6) 13:27 - pp - Isak Rosén (3)		Second period		Pontus Holmberg (5) - pp - 9:09 Pontus Holmberg (6) - 19:01
9:45 - Isak Rosén (4) 16:01 - pp - Brett Murray (3) 19:37 - en - Matt Bartkowski (1)		Third period		Topi Niemelä (2) - 13:41
Malcolm Subban ( 34 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats		Joseph Woll ( 28 saves / 35 shots )

Rochester won series 3 – 0

Western Conference

(C1) Texas Stars vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals

May 12	Milwaukee Admirals		1 – 2	Texas Stars	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
16:24 - pp - Luke Evangelista (3)		First period		Rhett Gardner (3) - 6:30
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
4:35 - pp - Joakim Kemell (2)		Third period		No scoring
Yaroslav Askarov ( 26 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Murray ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

May 13	Milwaukee Admirals		5 – 3	Texas Stars	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Curtis McKenzie (2) - 7:23
12:55 - pp - Marc Del Gaizo (2)		Second period		Alex Petrovic (1) - 0:18
14:28 - Roland McKeown (1) 15:37 - Roland McKeown (2)		Third period		Oskar Bäck (1) - sh - 9:13 Mavrik Bourque (1) - pp - 17:30 Rhett Gardner (4) - en - 19:34
Yaroslav Askarov ( 16 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Murray ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

May 17	Texas Stars		4 – 3	Milwaukee Admirals	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park	Recap
No scoring		First period		Isaac Ratcliffe (1) - 14:30
5:19 - Ben Gleason (1)		Second period		Joakim Kemell (3) - 6:42
3:46 - Dawson Barteaux (1) 4:12 - Alex Petrovic (2)		Third period		Egor Afanasyev (1) - 13:26 Isaac Ratcliffe (2) - 18:59
Matt Murray ( 25 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Yaroslav Askarov ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

May 19	Texas Stars		3 – 4	2OT	Milwaukee Admirals	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park	Recap
16:30 - Alex Petrovic (3)		First period			Michael McCarron (1) - 6:13 Luke Evangelista (4) - 8:02
18:33 - pp - Curtis McKenzie (3) 18:57 - Nick Caamano (3)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Austin Rueschhoff (3) - 13:13
15:10 - Oskar Bäck (2)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Matt Murray ( 42 saves / 45 shots )		Goalie stats			Yaroslav Askarov ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

May 21	Texas Stars		5 – 2	Milwaukee Admirals	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park	Recap
No scoring		First period		Adam Wilsby (2) - 8:12 Marc Del Gaizo (3) - 11:29 Joakim Kemell (4) - pp - 11:57 Joakim Kemell (5) - 19:01
1:48 - Riley Damiani (2)		Second period		No scoring
10:30 - sh - Nick Caamano (4)		Third period		Egor Afanasyev (2) - en - 19:32
Matt Murray ( 10 saves / 14 shots ) Remi Poirier ( 10 saves / 10 shots )		Goalie stats		Yaroslav Askarov ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

Milwaukee won series 3 – 2

(P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds

May 11	Calgary Wranglers		6 – 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
5:04 - pp - Jakob Pelletier (2) 8:19 - Dryden Hunt (3)		First period		Luke Henman (2) - 1:48 Jeremy McKenna (4) - 4:39 Max McCormick (6) - 7:11
6:04 - Adam Klapka (3)		Second period		Kole Lind (5) - pp - 0:35 Carsen Twarynski (3) - 8:24 Kole Lind (6) - pp - 9:11
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Wolf ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) Oscar Dansk ( 7 saves / 8 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

May 12	Calgary Wranglers		2 – 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Scotiabank Saddledome	Recap
18:02 - pp - Connor Zary (1)		First period		Kole Lind (7) - 18:45
1:44 - Jakob Pelletier (3)		Second period		No scoring
3:45 - Brett Sutter (1)		Third period		Gustav Olofsson (1) - 7:59
Dustin Wolf ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

May 15	Coachella Valley Firebirds		2 – 3	3OT	Calgary Wranglers	Acrisure Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Klapka (4) - pp - 8:25 Jakob Pelletier (4) - 15:23
5:28 - Gustav Olofsson (2)		Second period			No scoring
2:59 - pp - Max McCormick (7)		Third period			No scoring
11:22 - Ryker Evans (2)		Third overtime period			No scoring
Joey Daccord ( 60 saves / 62 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Wolf ( 48 saves / 51 shots )

May 17	Coachella Valley Firebirds		1 – 0	Calgary Wranglers	Acrisure Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Cole Schwindt (2) - pp - 7:20
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Dustin Wolf ( 27 saves / 27 shots )

May 19	Coachella Valley Firebirds		5 – 6	OT	Calgary Wranglers	Acrisure Arena	Recap
13:28 - Jesper Frödén (1)		First period			No scoring
2:35 - Ville Petman (3)		Second period			Kristiāns Rubīns (1) - 2:03 Clark Bishop (2) - 6:09
2:20 - Jeremy McKenna (5) 7:54 - Gustav Olofsson (3) 14:13 - Jeremy McKenna (6)		Third period			Nick DeSimone (2) - 7:14 Jérémie Poirier (2) - 8:24 Cole Schwindt (3) - 13:02
7:00 - Andrew Poturalski (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Joey Daccord ( 28 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Wolf ( 35 saves / 41 shots )

Coachella Valley won series 3 – 2

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

May 23	Hershey Bears		5 – 1	Rochester Americans	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Joseph Cecconi (2) - 0:14 Brett Murray (4) - 9:04
No scoring		Second period		Matt Bartkowski (2) - 1:42 Mason Jobst (3) - 6:33
9:42 - Aaron Ness (1)		Third period		Lukáš Rousek (3) - en - 18:59
Hunter Shepard ( 12 saves / 16 shots ) Zachary Fucale ( 6 saves / 6 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

May 25	Hershey Bears		0 – 2	Rochester Americans	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
16:05 - pp - Henrik Borgström (2) 19:28 - Beck Malenstyn (3)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Shepard ( 24 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

May 27	Rochester Americans		4 – 2	Hershey Bears	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Logan Day (2) - 11:50
7:57 - Zach Metsa (1)		Second period		Sam Anas (3) - pp - 5:36 Connor McMichael (4) - 10:27
7:36 - Sean Malone (3)		Third period		Aliaksei Protas (4) - en - 19:17
Malcolm Subban ( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

May 29	Rochester Americans		4 – 2	Hershey Bears	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
3:01 - Linus Weissbach (2)		First period		No scoring
16:01 - Linus Weissbach (3)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Lucas Johansen (2) - 10:06 Logan Day (3) - 12:11 Mason Morelli (4) - 15:27 Mason Morelli (5) - en - 19:03
Malcolm Subban ( 32 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 20 saves / 22 shots )

May 31	Hershey Bears		4 – 1	Rochester Americans	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jiří Kulich (7) - 4:43
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
3:44 - pp - Aliaksei Protas (5)		Third period		Lukáš Rousek (4) - 1:22 Michael Mersch (6) - pp - 13:11 Lukáš Rousek (5) - en - 18:38
Hunter Shepard ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Malcolm Subban ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

June 2	Rochester Americans		1 – 0	Hershey Bears	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Shane Gersich (1) - 12:40
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Malcolm Subban ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard ( 19 saves / 19 shots )

Hershey won series 4 – 2

Western Conference

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals

May 25	Coachella Valley Firebirds		4 – 6	Milwaukee Admirals	Acrisure Arena	Recap
4:14 - pp - Tye Kartye (3)		First period		Joakim Kemell (6) - 4:44
5:38 - sh - Jimmy Schuldt (4)		Second period		Philip Tomasino (1) - 7:50
7:22 - Max McCormick (8) 8:09 - Andrew Poturalski (2) 10:54 - Max McCormick (9) 17:44 - en - Max McCormick (10)		Third period		Michael McCarron (2) - 1:52 Jimmy Huntington (2) - 18:06
Joey Daccord ( 18 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Yaroslav Askarov ( 23 saves / 28 shots )

May 27	Coachella Valley Firebirds		3 – 5	Milwaukee Admirals	Acrisure Arena	Recap
1:01 - Alexander True (5)		First period		Zach Sanford (3) - pp - 5:44
1:45 - Jesper Frödén (2) 6:25 - Ville Petman (4)		Second period		No scoring
17:54 - en - Max McCormick (11) 19:26 - en - Carsen Twarynski (4)		Third period		Anthony Angello (1) - 3:53 Egor Afanasyev (3) - 19:46
Joey Daccord ( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats		Yaroslav Askarov ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

May 29	Milwaukee Admirals		1 – 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:13 - Marc Del Gaizo (4) 16:08 - Joakim Kemell (7)		Second period		Shane Wright (2) - 4:08
5:39 - Keaton Thompson (1)		Third period		No scoring
Devin Cooley ( 28 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

June 1	Milwaukee Admirals		2 – 5	Coachella Valley Firebirds	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
10:00 - Philip Tomasino (2)		First period		Jimmy Schuldt (5) - 5:13
1:04 - pp - Isaac Ratcliffe (3) 11:25 - pp - Joakim Kemell (8)		Second period		Eddie Wittchow (3) - 2:01
0:17 - sh - Michael McCarron (3) 17:18 - en - Egor Afanasyev (4)		Third period		No scoring
Devin Cooley ( 30 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

June 3	Milwaukee Admirals		2 – 1	Coachella Valley Firebirds	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
12:03 - pp - Kiefer Sherwood (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Brogan Rafferty (1) - 1:22 Max McCormick (12) - 16:43
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Devin Cooley ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

June 5	Coachella Valley Firebirds		3 – 4	Milwaukee Admirals	Acrisure Arena	Recap
7:31 - Alexander True (6) 14:19 - Ryker Evans (3)		First period		No scoring
6:00 - Tye Kartye (4)		Second period		Michael McCarron (4) - 1:50
5:20 - pp - Tye Kartye (5)		Third period		Egor Afanasyev (5) - 2:28 Kiefer Sherwood (4) - 11:15
Joey Daccord ( 29 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats		Devin Cooley ( 17 saves / 21 shots )

Coachella Valley won series 4 – 2

Calder Cup Finals

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (A2) Hershey Bears

June 8	Coachella Valley Firebirds		0 – 5	Hershey Bears	Acrisure Arena	Recap
9:02 – pp – Tye Kartye (6)		First period		No scoring
6:54 – Ville Petman (5)		Second period		No scoring
1:59 – Andrew Poturalski (3) 9:30 – Jesper Frödén (3) 10:08 – Alexander True (7)		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord (25 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard (22 saves / 27 shots)

June 10	Coachella Valley Firebirds		0 – 4	Hershey Bears	Acrisure Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
5:08 – pp – Jesper Frödén (4) 6:22 – Austin Poganski (1) 11:55 – Ryker Evans (4) 18:37 – pp – Cameron Hughes (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord (33 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard (19 saves / 23 shots)

June 13	Hershey Bears		4 – 5	OT	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Giant Center	Recap
13:24 – pp – Ethen Frank (1)		First period			Brogan Rafferty (2) – pp – 18:39
1:05 – Joe Snively (2) 17:18 – pp – Sam Anas (4)		Second period			No scoring
7:21 – Garrett Pilon (3)		Third period			Carsen Twarynski (5) – 6:33 Cameron Hughes (2) – pp – 15:26 Cameron Hughes (3) – 19:09
13:34 – Riley Sutter (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Hunter Shepard (33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Joey Daccord (25 saves / 30 shots)

June 15	Hershey Bears		2 – 3	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Giant Center	Recap
4:27 – pp – Mike Vecchione (3)		First period		Austin Poganski (2) – 12:41
3:03 – Mike Vecchione (4) 14:24 – Ethen Frank (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Jesper Frödén (5) – 7:01
Hunter Shepard (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Joey Daccord (25 saves / 28 shots)

June 17	Hershey Bears		0 – 1	OT	Coachella Valley Firebirds	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
10:01 – Garrett Pilon (4)		First overtime period			No scoring
Hunter Shepard (21 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Joey Daccord (30 saves / 31 shots)

June 19	Coachella Valley Firebirds		2 – 5	Hershey Bears	Acrisure Arena	Recap
10:10 – pp – Max McCormick (13) 12:01 – John Hayden (1) 16:52 – Cameron Hughes (4)		First period		Connor McMichael (5) – 1:33
11:50 – pp – Kole Lind (8)		Second period		Beck Malenstyn (4) – 3:28
3:57 – Kole Lind (9)		Third period		No scoring
Joey Daccord (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Shepard (17 saves / 22 shots) Zachary Fucale (6 saves / 6 shots)

June 21	Coachella Valley Firebirds		3 – 2	OT	Hershey Bears	Acrisure Arena	Recap
4:41 – Ryker Evans (5)		First period			No scoring
0:24 – Max McCormick (14)		Second period			Connor McMichael (6) – pp – 13:52 Hendrix Lapierre (3) – 17:09
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Mike Vecchione (5) – 16:19
Joey Daccord (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Shepard (45 saves / 47 shots)

Hershey won series 4 – 3

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.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kole Lind	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	9	22	31	16
Max McCormick	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	14	13	27	16
Ryker Evans	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	5	21	26	26
Cameron Hughes	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	4	19	23	14
Alexander True	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	7	12	19	6
Luke Evangelista	Milwaukee Admirals	16	4	11	15	4
Joe Snively	Hershey Bears	20	2	13	15	6
Logan Day	Hershey Bears	19	3	11	14	4
Michael Mersch	Rochester Americans	14	6	7	13	4
Mason Morelli	Hershey Bears	20	5	8	13	28
Aliaksei Protas	Hershey Bears	20	5	8	13	2

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 60 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.^[4]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Jean-François Bérubé	Charlotte Checkers	5	1	1	80	5	1.54	.938	1	195:12
Dylan Garand	Hartford Wolf Pack	8	5	3	216	14	1.76	.935	2	477:14
Spencer Martin	Abbotsford Canucks	4	2	2	112	8	1.92	.929	1	250:15
Joey Daccord	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	15	11	823	61	2.22	.926	3	1,647:42
Oskari Salminen	Manitoba Moose	4	2	2	117	9	2.25	.923	0	239:55
Brandon Bussi	Providence Bruins	4	1	3	122	9	2.28	.926	0	237:18

References

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External links

AHL official site

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2023 Calder Cup playoffs

Contents

Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

North Division

Western Conference

Central Division

Pacific Division

Bracket

First Round

Eastern Conference

(A3) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A6) Lehigh Valley Phantoms

(A4) Springfield Thunderbirds vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

(N4) Utica Comets vs. (N5) Laval Rocket

Western Conference

(C4) Iowa Wild vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P7) Tucson Roadrunners

(P3) Colorado Eagles vs. (P6) Ontario Reign

(P4) Abbotsford Canucks vs. (P5) Bakersfield Condors

Division semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Providence Bruins vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Utica Comets

(N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

Western Conference

(C1) Texas Stars vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

(C2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C3) Manitoba Moose

(P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P4) Abbotsford Canucks

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P3) Colorado Eagles

Division finals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

Western Conference

(C1) Texas Stars vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals

(P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(A2) Hershey Bears vs. (N3) Rochester Americans

Western Conference

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals

Calder Cup Finals

(P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (A2) Hershey Bears

Playoff statistical leaders

Leading skaters

Leading goaltenders

References

External links

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