Updated 2017-04-15 8:11 AM EDT
A daily look at the race to the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs. The 2016-17 regular season ends tonight.
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| Friday’s Games: Toronto 5 at St. John’s 3 Manitoba 1 at Cleveland 0 Charlotte 2 at Grand Rapids 3 (OT) Binghamton 1 at Syracuse 4 Hartford 4 at Utica 5 Providence 4 at Lehigh Valley 5 (OT) Albany 4 at Rochester 5 Bridgeport 0 at Springfield 7 Hershey 2 at W-B/Scranton 1 Chicago 2 at Iowa 3 (OT) Rockford 2 at Milwaukee 6 Texas 1 at San Antonio 0 San Diego 4 at Ontario 3 (SO) Bakersfield 1 at Stockton 2 |
Saturday’s Games: Rochester at Albany – 5:00 PM EDT Toronto at St. John’s – 7:30 PM NDT Providence at Hershey – 7:00 PM EDT Grand Rapids at Milwaukee – 6:00 PM CDT Utica at Syracuse – 7:00 PM EDT Lehigh Valley at Binghamton – 7:05 PM EDT Hartford at Springfield – 7:05 PM EDT Bridgeport at W-B/Scranton – 7:05 PM EDT Charlotte at Chicago – 7:00 PM CDT Iowa at Rockford – 7:00 PM CDT San Antonio at Texas – 7:00 PM CDT San Jose at Bakersfield – 6:00 PM PDT Ontario at San Diego – 7:00 PM PDT Tucson at Stockton – 7:30 PM PDT – End regular season – |
Sunday’s Games: No games scheduled. |
Clinching Scenarios:
 St. John’s clinches a playoff berth on Saturday with:(a) a win vs. Toronto, OR (b) a Utica regulation loss at Syracuse,  OR (c) an OTL/SOL vs. Toronto AND a Utica OTL/SOL at Syracuse |
 Utica clinches a playoff berth on Saturday with:(a) a win at Syracuse AND a St. John’s loss (reg/OT/SO) at Toronto, OR (b) an OTL/SOL at Syracuse AND a St. John’s regulation loss at Toronto |
 Charlotte clinches a playoff berth on Saturday with:(a)Â a point at Chicago |
 Cleveland clinches a playoff berth on Saturday with:(a) a Charlotte regulation loss at Chicago |
 Toronto clinches the North Division title on Saturday with:(a) a point at St. John’s, OR (b) a Syracuse loss (reg/OT/SO) vs. Utica |
 Syracuse clinches the North Division title on Saturday with:(a) a win vs. Utica AND a Toronto regulation loss at St. John’s |
 Chicago clinches the Central Division title on Saturday with:(a) a win vs. Charlotte, OR (b) a Grand Rapids regulation loss at Milwaukee, OR (c) an OTL/SOL vs. Charlotte AND a Grand Rapids OTL/SOL at Milwaukee |
 Grand Rapids clinches the Central Division title on Saturday with:(a) a win at Milwaukee AND a Chicago loss (reg/OT/SO) vs. Charlotte, OR (b) an OTL/SOL at Milwaukee AND a Chicago regulation loss vs. Charlotte |
 San Jose clinches the regular-season league title on Saturday with:(a) a win at Bakersfield, OR (b) a W-B/Scranton regulation loss vs. Bridgeport, OR (c) an OTL/SOL at Bakersfield AND a W-B/Scranton OTL/SOL vs. Bridgeport |
 W-B/Scranton clinches the regular-season league title on Saturday with:(a)Â a win vs. Bridgeport AND a San Jose loss (reg/OT/SO) at Bakersfield, OR (b) an OTL/SOL vs. Bridgeport AND a San Jose regulation loss at Bakersfield |
Matchups if the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs started today:
A1Â  A4  |
C1  C4Â  |
A2Â  A3  |
C2  C3  |
N1Â  N4Â  |
P1Â  P4Â  |
N2  N3  |
P2  P3Â  |
In 2016-17, the AHL will have 16 teams participating in the postseason.
The top four teams in each of the AHL’s four divisions as ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) will qualify for the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Home-ice advantage in all series will be granted to the team with the higher points percentage.
The division semifinals will be best-of-five series. All other series are in a best-of-seven format.
Following are the tiebreaking procedures used in the event of a tie in points percentage in the standings, regardless of division, following the completion of the regular season. When a tie among three or more teams is broken resulting in a two-team tie, the original tiebreaking method is used.
Between two teams:
a) percentage of games won (excluding shootout wins)
b) points in season series between teams
c) goal differential
d) goals scored in season series between teams
e) intra-conference points percentage
Among three or more teams:
a) percentage of games won (excluding shootout wins)
b) points percentage in combined season series
c) goal differential
d) goal differential in combined season series
e) intra-conference points percentage
