2019 Calder Cup playoffs

2019 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 17–June 8, 2019
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Charlotte Checkers
Runner-up	Chicago Wolves
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The 2019 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 17, 2019 with the playoff format that was introduced in 2016. The sixteen teams that qualified, four from each division, play a best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with best-of-seven series for the division finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals.

The playoffs ended with the Charlotte Checkers winning their first Calder Cup in franchise history, defeating the Chicago Wolves in five games in the Calder Cup Finals.^[1]

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 Division semifinals
- 3.1 Eastern Conference
- 3.2 Western Conference
4 Division finals
- 4.1 Eastern Conference
  - 4.1.1 (A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A3) Hershey Bears
  - 4.1.2 (N3) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Cleveland Monsters
- 4.2 Western Conference
  - 4.2.1 (C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C3) Iowa Wild
  - 4.2.2 (P1) Bakersfield Condors vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls
5 Conference finals
- 5.1 Eastern Conference
  - 5.1.1 (A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (N3) Toronto Marlies
- 5.2 Western Conference
  - 5.2.1 (C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls
6 Calder Cup Finals
- 6.1 (A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (C1) Chicago Wolves
7 Playoff statistical leaders
- 7.1 Leading skaters
- 7.2 Leading goaltenders
8 References
9 External links

Playoff seeds

After the 2018–19 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualify for the playoffs. The top four teams in each division ranked by points qualify for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs. The Charlotte Checkers were the first team to clinch a playoff spot on March 22^[2] and won the regular season title with three games remaining.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Charlotte Checkers – 110 points (.724)
Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 95 points (.625)
Hershey Bears – 94 points (.618)
Providence Bruins – 87 points (.572)

North Division

Syracuse Crunch – 102 points (.671)
Rochester Americans – 99 points (.651)
Toronto Marlies – 91 points (.599)
Cleveland Monsters – 84 points (.553)

Western Conference

Central Division

Chicago Wolves – 98 points (.645)
Milwaukee Admirals – 88 points (.579)
Iowa Wild – 87 points (.572), 33 ROWs
Grand Rapids Griffins – 87 points (.572), 32 ROWs

Pacific Division

Bakersfield Condors – 89 points (.654)
San Jose Barracuda – 85 points (.625)
San Diego Gulls – 80 points (.588)
Colorado Eagles – 77 points (.566)

Bracket

Division semifinals

Division finals

Conference finals

Calder Cup final

A1

Charlotte

3

A4

Providence

1

A1

Charlotte

4

A3

Hershey

0

A2

Bridgeport

2

A3

Hershey

3

A1

Charlotte

4

Eastern Conference

N3

Toronto

2

N1

Syracuse

1

N4

Cleveland

3

N4

Cleveland

0

N3

Toronto

4

N2

Rochester

0

N3

Toronto

3

A1

Charlotte

4

C1

Chicago

1

C1

Chicago

3

C4

Grand Rapids

2

C1

Chicago

4

C3

Iowa

2

C2

Milwaukee

2

C3

Iowa

3

C1

Chicago

4

Western Conference

P3

San Diego

2

P1

Bakersfield

3

P4

Colorado

1

P1

Bakersfield

2

P3

San Diego

4

P2

San Jose

1

P3

San Diego

3

Division semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A4) Providence Bruins

April 20	Providence Bruins		5 – 4	Charlotte Checkers	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
6:45 – Jordan Szwarz (1) 9:31 – pp – Cooper Zech (1) 10:11 – Anton Blidh (1)		First period		Morgan Geekie (1) – 1:26 Morgan Geekie (2) – 3:49
No scoring		Second period		Tomas Jurco (1) – pp – 6:53 Julien Gauthier (1) – 16:34
6:44 – Paul Carey (1)		Third period		Bobby Sanguinetti (1) – 7:06
Zane McIntyre (22 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (23 saves / 27 shots)

April 21	Providence Bruins		2 – 4	Charlotte Checkers	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
2:04 – pp – Cooper Zech (2) 18:42 – Jack Studnicka (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Andrew Poturalski (1) – pp – 17:46 Dan Renouf (1) – 19:05
9:41 – Peter Cehlarik (1) 19:59 – en – Chris Breen (1)		Third period		No scoring
Dan Vladar (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (28 saves / 31 shots)

April 24	Charlotte Checkers		0 – 3	Providence Bruins	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
10:05 – Andrew Poturalski (2) 13:54 – Morgan Geekie (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
1:04 – Andrew Poturalski (3)		Third period		No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Zane McIntyre (25 saves / 28 shots)

April 26	Charlotte Checkers		1 – 4	Providence Bruins	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
17:32 – Jacob Pritchard (1)		First period		No scoring
7:01 – Morgan Geekie (4) 11:04 – Andrew Poturalski (4)		Second period		No scoring
19:30 – en – Andrew Poturalski (5)		Third period		Jeremy Lauzon (1) – 2:36
Alex Nedeljkovic (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Kyle Keyser (26 saves / 29 shots)

Charlotte won series 3–1

(A2) Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs. (A3) Hershey Bears

April 19	Bridgeport Sound Tigers		2 – 3	2OT	Hershey Bears	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
14:21 – pp – Kieffer Bellows (1)		Second period			Chris McCarthy (1) – 8:16 Jayson Megna (1) – sh – 13:02
17:52 – pp – Steve Bernier (1)		Third period			No scoring
13:36 – pp – Kieffer Bellows (2)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Christopher Gibson (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Ilya Samsonov (49 saves / 52 shots)

April 20	Bridgeport Sound Tigers		2 – 0	Hershey Bears	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Michael Sgarbossa (1) – 11:15
No scoring		Second period		Riley Barber (1) – 4:07
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Smith (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Vitek Vanecek (39 saves / 39 shots)

April 23	Hershey Bears		1 – 2	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	Giant Center	Recap
11:22 – Liam O'Brien (1)		First period		Josh Ho-Sang (1) – 17:38
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
2:50 – Ryan Sproul (1)		Third period		No scoring
Ilya Samsonov (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Christopher Gibson (32 saves / 34 shots)

April 25	Hershey Bears		3 – 2	OT	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	Giant Center	Recap
5:47 – Ryan Sproul (2)		First period			No scoring
15:22 – sh – Jayson Megna (2)		Second period			Stephen Gionta (1) – 2:18
No scoring		Third period			Oliver Wahlstrom (1) – 1:56
No scoring		First overtime period			Matt Lorito (1) – 1:13
Vitek Vanecek (37 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Christopher Gibson (22 saves / 24 shots)

April 27	Bridgeport Sound Tigers		3 – 2	OT	Hershey Bears	Webster Bank Arena	Recap
7:30 – Matt Lorito (2)		First period			No scoring
12:07 – Oliver Wahlstrom (2)		Second period			Steven Whitney (1) – 6:43 Riley Barber (2) – pp – 15:43
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Brian Pinho (1) – 10:27
Christopher Gibson (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Ilya Samsonov (29 saves / 31 shots)

Hershey won series 3–2

(N1) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N4) Cleveland Monsters

April 19	Syracuse Crunch		5 – 3	Cleveland Monsters	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
17:55 – pp – Alexander Volkov (1)		Second period		Mark Letestu (1) – 10:15 Ryan MacInnis (1) – 12:26
10:49 – pp – Cory Conacher (1) 18:08 – Carter Verhaeghe (1)		Third period		Kevin Stenlund (1) – pp – 13:09 Zac Dalpe (1) – 14:01 Dillon Simpson (1) – en – 19:23
Edward Pasquale (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen (16 saves / 19 shots)

April 20	Syracuse Crunch		5 – 1	Cleveland Monsters	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
12:36 – pp – Ross Colton (1)		Second period		Justin Scott (1) – 0:18 Dan DeSalvo (1) – 17:15
No scoring		Third period		Mark Letestu (2) – 9:05 Sonny Milano (1) – en – 15:47 Derek Barach (1) – en – 17:40
Edward Pasquale (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen (18 saves / 19 shots)

April 23	Cleveland Monsters		2 – 1	Syracuse Crunch	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Recap
No scoring		First period		Alex Barre-Boulet (1) – 12:10
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
12:47 – sh – Justin Scott (2)		Third period		Andy Andreoff (1) – pp – 0:31
Brad Thiessen (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Edward Pasquale (25 saves / 26 shots)

April 25	Cleveland Monsters		0 – 3	Syracuse Crunch	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Recap
6:36 – Liam Foudy (1)		First period		No scoring
4:31 – Alex Broadhurst (1) 18:02 – Liam Foudy (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Brad Thiessen (38 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Edward Pasquale (22 saves / 25 shots)

Cleveland won series 3–1

(N2) Rochester Americans vs. (N3) Toronto Marlies

April 19	Rochester Americans		4 – 1	Toronto Marlies	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Nicholas Baptiste (1) – 2:53 Chris Mueller (1) – 14:31
18:52 – Tage Thompson (1)		Third period		Chris Mueller (2) – pp – 10:50 Adam Brooks (1) – sh – 14:45
Scott Wedgewood (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Kasimir Kaskisuo (29 saves / 30 shots)

April 21	Rochester Americans		3 – 2	OT	Toronto Marlies	Blue Cross Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
4:05 – C. J. Smith (1) 18:36 – Kevin Porter (1)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Chris Mueller (3) – pp – 0:59 Jeremy Bracco (1) – 1:54
No scoring		First overtime period			Jeremy Bracco (2) – 2:20
Scott Wedgewood (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Kasimir Kaskisuo (40 saves / 42 shots)

April 24	Toronto Marlies		1 – 3	Rochester Americans	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
1:26 – Adam Brooks (2)		First period		No scoring
11:37 – Adam Brooks (3)		Second period		Tage Thompson (2) – pp – 9:38
19:24 – en – Adam Brooks (4)		Third period		No scoring
Kasimir Kaskisuo (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Scott Wedgewood (17 saves / 19 shots)

Toronto won series 3–0

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins

April 19	Chicago Wolves		5 – 1	Grand Rapids Griffins	Allstate Arena	Recap
8:28 – Tye McGinn (1)		First period		Colin Campbell (1) – 19:18
No scoring		Second period		Matt Puempel (1) – pp – 10:01
No scoring		Third period		Dominic Turgeon (1) – 13:10 Turner Elson (1) – 17:06 Dominik Shine (1) – 17:39
Oscar Dansk (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Harri Sateri (29 saves / 30 shots)

April 20	Chicago Wolves		2 – 3	Grand Rapids Griffins	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:38 – Tomas Hyka (1) 12:58 – pp – Zach Whitecloud (1) 13:42 – Keegan Kolesar (1)		Second period		Colin Campbell (2) – 8:18
No scoring		Third period		Chris Terry (1) – 15:30
Maxime Lagace (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Harri Sateri (24 saves / 27 shots)

April 23	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 6	Chicago Wolves	Van Andel Arena	Recap
19:28 – Filip Zadina (1)		First period		T. J. Tynan (1) – pp – 12:31
2:24 – Martin Frk (1) 9:16 – Wade Megan (1) 12:23 – pp – Wade Megan (2) 16:55 – Filip Zadina (2)		Second period		Tye McGinn (2) – 5:56
15:02 – pp – Matt Puempel (2)		Third period		No scoring
Harri Sateri (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Maxime Lagace (19 saves / 25 shots)

April 24	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 2	Chicago Wolves	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:02 – Derek Hulak (1)		Second period		Nicolas Hague (1) – pp – 9:19 T. J. Tynan (2) – pp – 12:44
2:08 – Turner Elson (2)		Third period		Cody Glass (1) – 1:03 Tye McGinn (3) – en – 18:41 Keegan Kolesar (2) – en – 19:49
Harri Sateri (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (29 saves / 31 shots)

April 28	Chicago Wolves		2 – 4	Grand Rapids Griffins	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Vili Saarijarvi (1) – 7:22
3:41 – Cody Glass (2) 5:31 – pp – Tomas Hyka (2) 13:08 – Keegan Kolesar (3)		Second period		No scoring
3:06 – Keegan Kolesar (4)		Third period		Colin Campbell (3) – 19:26
Oscar Dansk (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Harri Sateri (16 saves / 20 shots)

Chicago won series 3–2

(C2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C3) Iowa Wild

April 21	Iowa Wild		0 – 7	Milwaukee Admirals	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
12:19 – Cal O'Reilly (1)		First period		No scoring
4:32 – Gerald Mayhew (1) 8:30 – Sam Anas (1) 11:24 – Kyle Rau (1)		Second period		No scoring
10:19 – Kyle Rau (2) 11:32 – Luke Kunin (1) 18:26 – pp – Colton Beck (1)		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Hammond (29 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Grosenick (22 saves / 26 shots) Tom McCollum (13 saves / 16 shots)

April 23	Iowa Wild		1 – 6	Milwaukee Admirals	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
17:29 – Luke Kunin (2)		First period		Justin Kirkland (1) – 18:40
19:50 – pp – Matt Read (1)		Second period		No scoring
5:34 – Luke Kunin (3) 6:38 – Mason Shaw (1) 8:49 – Gerald Mayhew (2) 19:24 – Mike Liambas (1)		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Hammond (33 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Grosenick (25 saves / 31 shots)

April 25	Milwaukee Admirals		1 – 3	Iowa Wild	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
0:30 – Colin Blackwell (1)		First period		No scoring
8:43 – Mathieu Olivier (1)		Second period		No scoring
14:32 – Anthony Richard (1)		Third period		Kyle Rau (3) – pp – 13:23
Troy Grosenick (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Andrew Hammond (20 saves / 23 shots)

April 26	Milwaukee Admirals		4 – 5	OT	Iowa Wild	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
6:59 – Phillip Di Giuseppe (1) 18:14 – sh – Anthony Richard (2)		First period			Matt Read (2) – pp – 18:43
No scoring		Second period			Gerald Mayhew (3) – 4:15
3:11 – Anthony Richard (3) 6:54 – Phillip Di Giuseppe (2)		Third period			Cal O'Reilly (2) – pp – 5:23 Gerald Mayhew (4) – sh – 11:55
12:33 – Frederic Allard (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Troy Grosenick (28 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond (25 saves / 30 shots)

April 29	Milwaukee Admirals		2 – 1	Iowa Wild	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Cal O'Reilly (3) – pp – 4:19
11:35 – pp – Anthony Richard (4)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Louie Belpedio (1) – 9:24
Troy Grosenick (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Andrew Hammond (26 saves / 27 shots)

Iowa won series 3–2

(P1) Bakersfield Condors vs. (P4) Colorado Eagles

April 19	Colorado Eagles		3 – 2	Bakersfield Condors	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Brad Malone (1) – 9:17
0:55 – Mark Alt (1)		Second period		William Lagesson (1) – 6:30
5:48 – David Warsofsky (1)		Third period		Logan Day (1) – 6:33
Pavel Francouz (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Shane Starrett (26 saves / 28 shots)

April 20	Colorado Eagles		1 – 4	Bakersfield Condors	Budweiser Events Center	Recap
2:22 – Julien Nantel (1)		First period		No scoring
9:30 – sh – Andrew Agozzino (1)		Second period		No scoring
12:29 – pp – Andrew Agozzino (2) 19:50 – en – Andrew Agozzino (3)		Third period		Ethan Bear (1) – 1:34
Pavel Francouz (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Shane Starrett (18 saves / 21 shots)

April 23	Bakersfield Condors		2 – 5	Colorado Eagles	Rabobank Arena	Recap
10:20 – pp – Ryan Stanton (1)		First period		No scoring
5:34 – Joe Gambardella (1) 7:14 – Evan Polei (1) 10:30 – Evan Bouchard (1) 17:42 – Evan Polei (2)		Second period		Anton Lindholm (1) – 7:30 Sheldon Dries (1) – 19:46
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Shane Starrett (16 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Pavel Francouz (36 saves / 41 shots)

April 27	Bakersfield Condors		2 – 5	Colorado Eagles	Rabobank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
4:03 – Mitch Callahan (1)		Second period		Martin Kaut (1) – 8:16 Martin Kaut (2) – pp – 19:59
2:23 – pp – Evan Bouchard (2) 9:05 – sh – Patrick Russell (1) 10:54 – Brad Malone (2) 19:07 – en – Luke Esposito (1)		Third period		No scoring
Shane Starrett 24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Pavel Francouz (26 saves / 30 shots)

Bakersfield won series 3–1

(P2) San Jose Barracuda vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

April 17	San Diego Gulls		5 – 6	OT	San Jose Barracuda	Pechanga Arena	Recap
7:10 – Jacob Larsson (1) 7:47 – Sam Carrick (1) 10:18 – Kiefer Sherwood (1)		First period			T. J. Hensick (1) – 3:17 Jeffrey Truchon-Viel (1) – 5:27 Dylan Gambrell (1) – 6:15
14:47 – Corey Tropp (1) 16:35 – Chase De Leo (1)		Second period			Ivan Chekhovich (1) – 4:47 John McCarthy (1) – 10:34
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
1:13 – Kiefer Sherwood (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Kevin Boyle (3 saves / 6 shots) Jeff Glass (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Antoine Bibeau (5 saves / 8 shots) Josef Korenar (31 saves / 34 shots)

April 18	San Diego Gulls		5 – 3	San Jose Barracuda	Pechanga Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Evan Weinger (1) – 12:19
6:15 – sh – Chase De Leo (2)		Second period		Ivan Chekhovich (2) – pp – 5:44 Jon Martin (1) – 9:27
15:46 – Justin Kloos (1) 19:33 – Sam Steel (1)		Third period		Jayden Halbgewachs (1) – en – 18:03 Evan Weinger (2) – en – 19:38
Jeff Glass (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Josef Korenar (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 22	San Jose Barracuda		4 – 2	San Diego Gulls	SAP Center	Recap
2:48 – Jon Martin (2)		First period		Sam Steel (2) – 19:21
18:44 – pp – Jon Martin (3)		Second period		Ben Street (1) – pp – 3:41 Chase De Leo (3) – 16:47
No scoring		Third period		Adam Cracknell (1) – en – 19:02
Josef Korenar (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeff Glass (20 saves / 22 shots)

April 24	San Jose Barracuda		5 – 2	San Diego Gulls	SAP Center	Recap
0:50 – Alexander True (1)		First period		Sam Carrick (2) – 15:46
13:39 – pp – Nick DeSimone (1)		Second period		Andy Welinski (1) – pp – 3:43 Sam Steel (3) – 6:43
No scoring		Third period		Adam Cracknell (2) – 5:12 Chase De Leo (4) – en – 18:07
Josef Korenar (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeff Glass (30 saves / 32 shots)

San Diego won series 3–1

Division finals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A3) Hershey Bears

May 3	Charlotte Checkers		1 – 4	Hershey Bears	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
1:42 – Julien Gauthier (2) 3:56 – Derek Sheppard (1) 10:27 – Aleksi Saarela (1) 11:32 – Stelio Mattheos (1)		First period		Chris McCarthy (2) – 15:38
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Tokarski (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Vitek Vanecek (34 saves / 38 shots)

May 4	Charlotte Checkers		3 – 7	Hershey Bears	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
4:43 – Zach Nastasiuk (1)		First period		Jayson Megna (3) – pp – 17:05
5:34 – pp – Martin Necas (1) 9:25 – Morgan Geekie (5)		Second period		Ryan Sproul (3) – 15:51
3:24 – Tomas Jurco (2) 6:57 – Julien Gauthier (3) 14:22 – Tomas Jurco (3) 17:58 – pp – Martin Necas (2)		Third period		Riley Barber (3) – 16:32
Alex Nedeljkovic (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Ilya Samsonov (26 saves / 33 shots)

May 7	Hershey Bears		3 – 1	Charlotte Checkers	Giant Center	Recap
18:56 – Nathan Walker (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Aleksi Saarela (2) – 6:32
No scoring		Third period		Stelio Mattheos (2) – 17:52 Aleksi Saarela (3) – en – 19:03
Vitek Vanecek (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (17 saves / 18 shots)

May 8	Hershey Bears		5 – 2	Charlotte Checkers	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Aleksi Saarela (4) – 14:25
No scoring		Second period		Julien Gauthier (4) – pp – 0:57 Aleksi Saarela (5) – 14:22
5:37 – pp – Jayson Megna (4) 14:44 – Shane Gersich (1)		Third period		Tomas Jurco (4) – pp – 3:01 Aleksi Saarela (6) – en – 18:23
Ilya Samsonov (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (16 saves / 18 shots)

Charlotte won series 4–0

(N3) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Cleveland Monsters

May 1	Toronto Marlies		2 – 5	Cleveland Monsters	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Tommy Cross (1) – pp – 12:39
2:15 – Pierre Engvall (1) 11:59 – pp – Chris Mueller (4) 14:13 – pp – Dmytro Timashov (1) 15:42 – pp – Trevor Moore (1)		Second period		Mark Letestu (3) – 5:37
19:44 – pp, en – Trevor Moore (2)		Third period		No scoring
Kasimir Kaskisuo (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen (21 saves / 25 shots)

May 3	Toronto Marlies		3 – 4	OT	Cleveland Monsters	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
7:42 – pp – Chris Mueller (5) 9:30 – Joseph Duszak (1)		First period			Sonny Milano (2) – 17:58
18:23 – Yegor Korshkov (1)		Second period			Dan DeSalvo (2) – 3:15
No scoring		Third period			Ryan Collins (1) – 0:40
1:13 – Michael Carcone (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Kasimir Kaskisuo (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen (22 saves / 26 shots)

May 5	Cleveland Monsters		2 – 0	Toronto Marlies	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Recap
No scoring		First period		Adam Brooks (5) – 13:24
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Dmytro Timashov (2) – en – 19:29
Brad Thiessen (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Kasimir Kaskisuo (35 saves / 35 shots)

May 7	Cleveland Monsters		6 – 2	Toronto Marlies	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	Recap
2:54 – Trey Fix-Wolansky (1) 6:58 – pp – Zac Dalpe (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Mason Marchment (1) – 1:00 Mason Marchment (2) – pp – 3:47 Trevor Moore (3) – 7:12 Trevor Moore (4) – pp – 9:56
No scoring		Third period		Michael Carcone (2) – 4:56 Michael Carcone (3) – en – 19:23
Brad Thiessen (21 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Kasimir Kaskisuo (23 saves / 25 shots)

Toronto won series 4–0

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C3) Iowa Wild

May 1	Chicago Wolves		2 – 3	OT	Iowa Wild	Allstate Arena	Recap
14:24 – Brooks Macek (1)		First period			Gerald Mayhew (5) – 18:50
No scoring		Second period			Gerald Mayhew (6) – 16:32
6:28 – Nicolas Hague (2)		Third period			No scoring
18:39 – Cody Glass (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Oscar Dansk (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrew Hammond (26 saves / 29 shots)

May 2	Chicago Wolves		3 – 4	Iowa Wild	Allstate Arena	Recap
1:29 – Brooks Macek (2) 4:42 – Matthew Weis (1) 18:28 – Zach Whitecloud (2)		First period		Gerald Mayhew (7) – pp – 10:15 Luke Kunin (4) – 17:50
6:07 – Tobias Lindberg (1)		Second period		Luke Kunin (5) – 19:02
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Oscar Dansk (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Andrew Hammond (26 saves / 30 shots)

May 5	Iowa Wild		0 – 2	Chicago Wolves	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
17:05 – Luke Kunin (6)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
19:05 – en – Matt Read (3)		Third period		No scoring
Andrew Hammond (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (18 saves / 19 shots)

May 8	Iowa Wild		1 – 2	Chicago Wolves	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
13:01 – Gerald Mayhew (8)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
5:25 – Gerald Mayhew (9)		Third period		Curtis McKenzie (1) – 9:11
Andrew Hammond (33 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (20 saves / 22 shots)

May 10	Iowa Wild		7 – 4	Chicago Wolves	Wells Fargo Arena	Recap
15:02 – Ryan Donato (1)		First period		Matthew Weis (2) – 3:09 Stefan Matteau (1) – sh – 18:15
16:05 – pp – Kyle Rau (4)		Second period		Daniel Carr (1) – pp – 4:24 Curtis McKenzie (2) – 5:10 Curtis McKenzie (3) – pp – 19:03
1:52 – Matt Bartkowski (1) 19:19 – Ryan Donato (2)		Third period		Gage Quinney (1) – 10:14 Curtis McKenzie (4) – pp – 16:42
Andrew Hammond (22 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (24 saves / 28 shots)

May 13	Chicago Wolves		1 – 3	Iowa Wild	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
4:27 – pp – Curtis McKenzie (5) 17:33 – sh – Daniel Carr (2) 17:58 – Cody Glass (4)		Second period		Hunter Warner (1) – pp – 13:22
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Oscar Dansk (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Andrew Hammond (23 saves / 26 shots)

Chicago won series 4–2

(P1) Bakersfield Condors vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

May 3	Bakersfield Condors		3 – 2	4OT	San Diego Gulls	Rabobank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
12:09 – sh – Brad Malone (3)		Second period			No scoring
4:22 – Joe Gambardella (2)		Third period			Justin Kloos (2) – pp – 0:32 Sam Carrick (3) – 4:33
No scoring		Fourth overtime period			Max Comtois (1) – 4:20
Shane Starrett (53 saves / 56 shots)		Goalie stats			Jeff Glass (51 saves / 53 shots)

May 4	Bakersfield Condors		4 – 1	San Diego Gulls	Rabobank Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kiefer Sherwood (3) – 18:15
No scoring		Second period		Max Comtois (2) – 2:29
5:44 – Ethan Bear (1)		Third period		Isac Lundestrom (1) – 14:45 Adam Cracknell (3) – en – 18:19
Dylan Wells (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Boyle (19 saves / 20 shots) Jeff Glass (8 saves / 8 shots)

May 8	San Diego Gulls		7 – 6	OT	Bakersfield Condors	Pechanga Arena	Recap
15:03 – Adam Cracknell (4)		First period			Joe Gambardella (3) – 5:28 Joe Gambardella (4) – 15:55
5:23 – pp – Kalle Kossila (1) 5:34 – Kiefer Sherwood (4) 8:10 – pp – Andy Welinski (2)		Second period			Ethan Bear (2) – 1:04 Joe Gambardella (5) – pp – 14:01
0:34 – Corey Tropp (2) 7:11 – Sam Steel (4)		Third period			Brad Malone (4) – 11:00 Tyler Benson (1) – 19:49
No scoring		First overtime period			William Lagesson (2) – 0:33
Jeff Glass (30 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Shane Starrett (13 saves / 17 shots) Stuart Skinner (10 saves / 12 shots)

May 10	San Diego Gulls		2 – 4	Bakersfield Condors	Pechanga Arena	Recap
12:10 – pp – Adam Cracknell (5)		First period		Ryan Stanton (2) – 15:48
0:25 – Sam Carrick (4) 5:07 – Adam Cracknell (6) 19:16 – pp – Kevin Roy (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Keegan Lowe (1) – 8:02
Jeff Glass (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Shane Starrett (9 saves / 12 shots) Stuart Skinner (18 saves / 19 shots)

May 11	Bakersfield Condors		1 – 2	2OT	San Diego Gulls	Rabobank Arena	Recap
9:30 – pp – Joe Gambardella (6)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Kevin Roy (2) – 10:44
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
13:02 – Josh Currie (1)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Stuart Skinner (45 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Jeff Glass (42 saves / 44 shots)

May 13	San Diego Gulls		2 – 6	Bakersfield Condors	Pechanga Arena	Recap
0:46 – Chase De Leo (5) 10:00 – Kalle Kossila (2) 17:33 – pp – Kalle Kossila (3)		First period		Brad Malone (5) — pp – 5:14
9:34 – Max Comtois (3) 13:41 – Sam Carrick (5)		Second period		Evan Bouchard (3) – 4:29
18:01 – Ben Street (2)		Third period		No scoring
Jeff Glass (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Stuart Skinner (5 saves / 8 shots) Shane Starrett (18 saves / 21 shots)

San Diego won series 4–2

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (N3) Toronto Marlies

May 17	Charlotte Checkers		2 – 1	Toronto Marlies	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
12:07 – Haydn Fleury (1)		Second period		Dmytro Timashov (3) – pp – 5:50
No scoring		Third period		Mason Marchment (3) – 0:57
Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Kasimir Kaskisuo (26 saves / 27 shots)

May 18	Charlotte Checkers		3 – 5	Toronto Marlies	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jeremy Bracco (3) – 1:33 Colin Greening (1) – 15:43
15:34 – Tomas Jurco (5)		Second period		Adam Brooks (6) – 4:52
7:21 – Nicolas Roy (1) 8:30 – Jesper Sellgren (1) 18:19 – Andrew Poturalski (6) 19:17 – en – Patrick Brown (1)		Third period		No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (9 saves / 12 shots) Dustin Tokarski (9 saves / 9 shots)		Goalie stats		Kasimir Kaskisuo (20 saves / 24 shots)

May 21	Toronto Marlies		5 – 1	Charlotte Checkers	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		Trevor Carrick (1) – 8:28 Tomas Jurco (6) – 13:54
No scoring		Second period		Andrew Poturalski (7) – 18:30
17:50 – pp – Mason Marchment (4)		Third period		Patrick Brown (2) – 8:57 Morgan Geekie (6) – 15:23
Kasimir Kaskisuo (19 saves / 22 shots) Michael Hutchinson (3 saves / 5 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (33 saves / 34 shots)

May 23	Toronto Marlies		3 – 4	OT	Charlotte Checkers	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
17:12 – Michael Carcone (4)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Nicolas Roy (2) – sh – 3:40
5:07 – Michael Carcone (5) 11:16 – Jeremy Bracco (4)		Third period			Jesper Sellgren (2) – 1:08 Andrew Poturalski (8) – pp – 7:35
7:29 – Michael Carcone (6)		First overtime period			No scoring
Kasimir Kaskisuo (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Nedeljkovic (24 saves / 28 shots)

May 24	Toronto Marlies		4 – 1	Charlotte Checkers	Coca-Cola Coliseum	Recap
10:40 – pp – Trevor Moore (5)		First period		Nicolas Roy (3) – sh – 19:01
No scoring		Second period		Steven Lorentz (1) – 0:18 Haydn Fleury (2) – sh – 2:32
No scoring		Third period		Clark Bishop (1) – en – 18:05
Michael Hutchinson (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Tokarski (40 saves / 41 shots)

May 26	Charlotte Checkers		3 – 4	2OT	Toronto Marlies	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
19:51 – Patrick Brown (3)		First period			No scoring
5:15 – sh – Clark Bishop (2) 18:04 – pp – Patrick Brown (4)		Second period			Dmytro Timashov (4) – pp, ps – 6:10 Andreas Borgman (1) – 11:35 Calle Rosen (1) – 16:48
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
1:52 – Morgan Geekie (7)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (43 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Kasimir Kaskisuo (31 saves / 35 shots)

Charlotte won series 4–2

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

May 17	Chicago Wolves		4 – 5	OT	San Diego Gulls	Allstate Arena	Recap
6:10 – Tobias Lindberg (2)		First period			Corey Tropp (3) – 19:32
10:05 – pp – Daniel Carr (3)		Second period			Max Comtois (4) – 18:51
5:50 – Tye McGinn (4) 16:55 – Nicolas Hague (3)		Third period			Andy Welinski (3) – pp – 8:18 Max Comtois (5) – 10:43
14:03 – Cody Glass (5)		First overtime period			No scoring
Oscar Dansk (40 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Jeff Glass (23 saves / 28 shots)

May 18	Chicago Wolves		3 – 0	San Diego Gulls	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Sam Carrick (6) – 6:56
No scoring		Second period		Jack Kopacka (1) – 2:08
No scoring		Third period		Sam Steel (5) – en – 18:42
Oscar Dansk (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Boyle (29 saves / 29 shots)

May 22	San Diego Gulls		2 – 3	Chicago Wolves	Pechanga Arena	Recap
4:56 – Corey Tropp (4)		First period		Tye McGinn (5) – 1:35
3:34 – sh – Sam Steel (6) 11:44 – Trevor Murphy (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Curtis McKenzie (6) – 16:30
Kevin Boyle (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (26 saves / 29 shots)

May 24	San Diego Gulls		2 – 1	2OT	Chicago Wolves	Pechanga Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Griffin Reinhart (1) – 4:17
3:36 – Justin Kloos (3)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			Daniel Carr (4) – 6:01
Kevin Boyle (42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Dansk (40 saves / 41 shots)

May 25	San Diego Gulls		5 – 2	Chicago Wolves	Pechanga Arena	Recap
4:57 – Adam Cracknell (7)		First period		Tomas Hyka (3) – 11:24 Cody Glass (6) – 13:59
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
3:57 – Jacob Larsson (2)		Third period		Daniel Carr (5) – 5:24 Maxime Lagace (1) – en – 10:49 Tye McGinn (6) – en – 17:51
Kevin Boyle (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Maxime Lagace (19 saves / 21 shots)

May 27	Chicago Wolves		1 – 3	San Diego Gulls	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
12:28 – Curtis McKenzie (7) 12:47 – Keegan Kolesar (5) 16:55 – Curtis McKenzie (8)		Third period		Sam Carrick (7) – pp – 14:51
Oscar Dansk (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Boyle (25 saves / 28 shots)

Chicago won series 4–2

Calder Cup Finals

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.

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (C1) Chicago Wolves

June 1	Charlotte Checkers		4 – 3	OT	Chicago Wolves	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
2:19 – pp – Trevor Carrick (2) 15:47 – Martin Necas (3) 19:03 – Andrew Poturalski (9)		First period			Stefan Matteau (2) – 5:54
No scoring		Second period			Zac Leslie (1) – 11:27 Zach Whitecloud (3) – 19:54
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Stefan Matteau (3) – 5:30
Alex Nedeljkovic (32 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Dansk (35 saves / 38 shots)

June 2	Charlotte Checkers		3 – 5	Chicago Wolves	Bojangles' Coliseum	Recap
3:50 – sh – Nick Schilkey (1)		First period		Keegan Kolesar (6) – 4:43
5:34 – Nicolas Roy (4) 5:48 – Stelio Mattheos (3) 18:53 – Tomas Jurco (7)		Second period		Gage Quinney (2) – 7:00 Gage Quinney (3) – pp – 11:13
19:00 – en – Andrew Poturalski (10)		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Tokarski (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Dansk (26 saves / 30 shots)

June 5	Chicago Wolves		4 – 1	Charlotte Checkers	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Julien Gauthier (5) – 1:51
No scoring		Second period		Jake Bean (1) – pp – 2:16 Patrick Brown (5) – sh – 11:46
14:49 – Brooks Macek (3)		Third period		Martin Necas (4) – en – 16:55
Oscar Dansk (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (38 saves / 39 shots)

June 6	Chicago Wolves		5 – 3	Charlotte Checkers	Allstate Arena	Recap
0:45 – Nic Hague (4) 16:29 – Zac Leslie (2)		First period		Jesper Sellgren (3) – 5:21
13:47 – Brooks Macek (4)		Second period		Martin Necas (5) – pp – 19:00
No scoring		Third period		Nicolas Roy (5) – 0:32 Aleksi Saarela (7) – 12:52 Nicolas Roy (6) – en – 17:28
Oscar Dansk (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Tokarski (22 saves / 25 shots)

June 8	Chicago Wolves		5 – 3	Charlotte Checkers	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Andrew Poturalski (11) – 1:31
19:35 – Brooks Macek (5)		Second period		Morgan Geekie (8) – 8:25
16:54 – Gage Quinney (4) 19:21 – Cody Glass (7)		Third period		Trevor Carrick (3) – 6:15 Andrew Poturalski (12) – en – 18:13 Zach Nastasiuk (2) – en – 19:44
Oscar Dansk (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 29 shots)

Charlotte won series 4–1

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]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andrew Poturalski	Charlotte Checkers	18	12	11	23	12
Morgan Geekie	Charlotte Checkers	19	8	10	18	6
Tomas Jurco	Charlotte Checkers	18	7	11	18	18
Adam Cracknell	San Diego Gulls	15	7	9	16	0
Jeremy Bracco	Toronto Marlies	13	4	12	16	2
Curtis McKenzie	Chicago Wolves	21	8	7	15	51
Aleksi Saarela	Charlotte Checkers	17	7	8	15	4
Cody Glass	Chicago Wolves	22	7	8	15	6
Nicolas Roy	Charlotte Checkers	19	6	9	15	14
Tomas Hyka	Chicago Wolves	22	3	12	15	6
Zach Whitecloud	Chicago Wolves	22	3	12	15	11

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

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
Dustin Tokarski	Charlotte Checkers	5	5	0	124	8	1.74	.935	0	275:08
Christopher Gibson	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	4	2	2	123	9	1.91	.927	0	283:20
Kasimir Kaskisuo	Toronto Marlies	12	9	3	356	26	2.14	.927	1	729:57
Vitek Vanecek	Hershey Bears	4	1	3	139	9	2.25	.935	1	240:32
Kevin Boyle	San Diego Gulls	7	3	3	175	14	2.25	.920	1	373:52

References

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External links

AHL official site

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2019 Calder Cup playoffs

Contents

Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

North Division

Western Conference

Central Division

Pacific Division

Bracket

Division semifinals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A4) Providence Bruins

(A2) Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs. (A3) Hershey Bears

(N1) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N4) Cleveland Monsters

(N2) Rochester Americans vs. (N3) Toronto Marlies

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C4) Grand Rapids Griffins

(C2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C3) Iowa Wild

(P1) Bakersfield Condors vs. (P4) Colorado Eagles

(P2) San Jose Barracuda vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

Division finals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A3) Hershey Bears

(N3) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Cleveland Monsters

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (C3) Iowa Wild

(P1) Bakersfield Condors vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (N3) Toronto Marlies

Western Conference

(C1) Chicago Wolves vs. (P3) San Diego Gulls

Calder Cup Finals

(A1) Charlotte Checkers vs. (C1) Chicago Wolves

Playoff statistical leaders

Leading skaters

Leading goaltenders

References

External links

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