A daily look at the race to the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs. The 2012-13 regular season ends on Sunday, April 21.
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| Saturday's Results: St. John's 4 at Toronto 3 (SO) Norfolk 0 at Albany 2 Springfield 3 at Adirondack 2 Providence 3 at Bridgeport 0 Connecticut 1 at Portland 5 Hershey 2 at Binghamton 4 Hamilton 1 at Rochester 5 Manchester 3 at W-B/Scranton 1 Grand Rapids 0 at Lake Erie 1 Worcester 3 at Syracuse 4 (SO) Milwaukee 2 at Chicago 0 Abbotsford 3 at Oklahoma City 7 Houston 5 at San Antonio 2 Rockford 5 at Texas 3 Charlotte 5 at Peoria 0 | Sunday's Games: Adirondack at Albany - 3:00 PM EDT Portland at Bridgeport - 3:00 PM EDT Rochester at Hamilton - 3:00 PM EDT Binghamton at Syracuse - 3:00 PM EDT St. John's at Toronto - 3:00 PM EDT Norfolk at Providence - 3:05 PM EDT Grand Rapids at Chicago - 4:00 PM CDT Manchester at Hershey - 5:00 PM EDT Houston at Oklahoma City - 4:00 PM CDT Milwaukee at Peoria - 5:05 PM CDT -- End Regular Season -- | Monday's Games: No games scheduled |
Sunday's Clinching Scenarios:
 | Hershey clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with: |
| (a) a win vs. Manchester, OR | |
| (b) an OTL/SOL vs. Manchester AND a Norfolk loss (reg/OT/SO) at Providence | |
 | Norfolk clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with: |
| (a) a win at Providence AND a Hershey loss (reg/OT/SO) vs. Manchester, OR | |
| (b) an OTL/SOL at Providence AND a Hershey regulation loss vs. Manchester | |
 | Connecticut clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with: |
| (a) a Hershey regulation loss vs. Manchester AND a Norfolk regulation loss at Providence | |
 | Milwaukee clinches a playoff berth on Sunday with: |
| (a) a point at Peoria | |
 | Rockford clinches a playoff berth on Saturday with: |
| (a) a Milwaukee regulation loss at Peoria | |
2013 Calder Cup Playoffs Qualification Rules:
In 2012-13, the AHL will have 16 teams participating in the postseason.
Eight teams in each conference shall qualify for the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs. The three division winners in each conference will be seeded first through third (in order of regular-season points) and the next five best teams (in order of regular-season points) will be seeded fourth through eighth.
Home ice advantage in the Conference Quarterfinals is granted to those teams seeded first through fourth in each conference.
In the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals, teams will be reseeded according to the same criteria as the Conference Quarterfinals (division leaders will be seeded first and granted home ice advantage while remaining teams will be seeded in order of regular-season points).
Home ice advantage in the Calder Cup Finals will be determined by the higher number of points in the final standings at the end of the Schedule of Championship Games.
The conference quarterfinals 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 in the standings, regardless of division, following the completion of the regular season. (Prior to the end of the regular season, the team with fewer games played is ranked higher in the event of a tie in points.) 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 (excluding shootouts)
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 (excluding shootouts)
b) points percentage in combined season series
c) goal differential
d) goal differential in combined season series
e) intra-conference points percentage