Clinching Scenarios: April 6

Following are the potential scenarios for teams to clinch playoff berths and division titles for Sunday, April 6:

Manchester clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:
(a) a point vs. Providence, OR
(b) a Springfield loss (regulation/OT/SO) vs. Worcester

Houston clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:
(a) a point vs. Peoria

San Antonio clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:
(a) a win over Milwaukee, OR
(b) a Peoria regulation loss to Houston, OR
(c) an OTL/SOL vs. Milwaukee AND a Peoria OT/SO loss to Houston

Milwaukee clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with:
(a) a point vs. San Antonio, OR
(b) a Peoria loss (regulation/OT/SO) to Houston

AHL Standings
(through games of Saturday, 4/5/08)

  Atlantic Pts W GR Sun
4/6
Mon
4/7
Tue
4/8
Wed
4/9
Thu
4/10
Fri
4/11
Sat
4/12
Sun
4/13
y Providence 111 52 5 MCH     @WOR   MCH @MCH LOW
x Hartford 102 46 4 LOW         @SPR BRI @BRI
x Portland 95 44 3       @LOW   WOR @SPR  
  Manchester 85 38 3 @PRO         @PRO PRO  

  Springfield 78 34 4 @WOR         HFD POR @WOR
  Worcester 67 28 5 SPR     PRO   @POR LOW SPR
  Lowell 60 24 5 @HFD     POR   @BRI @WOR @PRO
                         
  East Pts
W
GR
Sun
4/6
Mon
4/7
Tue
4/8
Wed
4/9
Thu
4/10
Fri
4/11
Sat
4/12
Sun
4/13
x W-B/Scranton 95 45 4 @HER     BRI   @ALB NOR  
x Philadelphia 95 44 4 BRI         HER @HER ALB
x Albany 91 42 3       NOR   WBS   @PHI
  Hershey 85 39 4 @WBS         @PHI PHI BNG

  Binghamton 81 34 3           NOR @SYR @HER
  Bridgeport 80 38 5 @PHI     @WBS   LOW @HFD HFD
  Norfolk 61 27 3       @ALB   @BNG @WBS  
                         
  North Pts
W
GR
Sun
4/6
Mon
4/7
Tue
4/8
Wed
4/9
Thu
4/10
Fri
4/11
Sat
4/12
Sun
4/13
y Toronto 103 47 4       CHI   @HAM RCH MTB
x Manitoba 96 45 3           @GRA @GRA @TOR
x Syracuse 90 41 5 @RCH   @LEM   @RCH BNG HAM

  Hamilton 76 33 5 GRA     RCH   TOR @LEM @SYR
Grand Rapids 66 29 3 @HAM         MTB MTB  
  Lake Erie 65 26 3     SYR       HAM @RCH
  Rochester 56 23 5 SYR     @HAM   SYR @TOR LEM
                         
  West Pts
W
GR
Sun
4/6
Mon
4/7
Tue
4/8
Wed
4/9
Thu
4/10
Fri
4/11
Sat
4/12
Sun
4/13
y Chicago 105 50 5 QCY     @TOR   @RFD RFD PEO
x Rockford 94 42 4       PEO   CHI @CHI IOW
  Houston 90 42 5 @PEO     @QCY   @MIL MIL MIL
  San Antonio 90 40 5 @MIL   @IOW     @PEO QCY QCY
  Milwaukee 90 42 4 SAN         HOU @HOU @HOU

  Peoria 81 36 5 HOU     @RFD   SAN IOW @CHI
  Quad City 79 34 5 @CHI     HOU   IOW @SAN @SAN
Iowa 75 34 4     SAN     @QCY @PEO @RFD

x-clinched playoff berth
y-clinched division title


brackets08.jpgIn 2007-08, the AHL will have 16 teams participating in the postseason.

In each division, the fourth-place team will play the first-place team in the division semifinals, while the second-place team plays the third-place team.

There is one possible exception to the qualification rules in 2007-08: if the fifth-place team in the West Division finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the North Division, it would cross over and compete in the North Division playoffs.

Division semifinal winners face off in the division finals. The winner of the East Division final plays the winner of the Atlantic Division final in the Eastern Conference final, while the winner of the North Division final plays the winner of the West Division final in the Western Conference final. Conference final winners meet in the Calder Cup Finals.

All series are in a best-of-seven format.

Following are the tiebreaking procedures used in the event of a tie in the standings 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) 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) wins
b) points percentage in combined season series
c) goal differential
d) goal differential in combined season series
e) intra-conference points percentage