Playoff Primer: March 12

A daily look at the race to the 2011 Calder Cup Playoffs. The 2010-11 regular season ends on Sunday, April 10.


Standings through games of Fri., Mar. 11:

ATLANTIC GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Portland  63 39 17 5 2 85 228 181 7-2 .675 +47 119 56 9 8
Manchester  67 38 21 2 6 84 216 183 1-6 .627 +33 110 51 6 7
Connecticut  65 32 25 2 6 72 178 177 3-6 .554 +1 102 47 9 6
Worcester  65 30 23 4 8 72 175 195 5-8 .554 -20 102 45 7 8
Springfield  65 30 30 2 3 65 197 211 6-3 .500 -14 95 45 7 8
Providence  65 30 30 3 2 65 166 208 7-2 .500 -42 95 45 8 7
Bridgeport  64 21 35 3 5 50 171 223 4-5 .391 -52 82 37 8 8
EAST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
W-B/Scranton  64 46 18 0 0 92 209 146 6-0 .719 +63 124 62 7 9
Hershey  67 40 22 1 4 85 214 174 3-4 .634 +40 111 53 7 6
Charlotte  66 36 22 2 6 80 218 201 3-6 .606 +17 108 50 6 8
Norfolk  65 33 19 8 5 79 218 175 4-5 .608 +43 109 48 8 7
Binghamton  65 33 25 3 4 73 209 186 1-4 .562 +23 103 48 8 7
Albany  64 26 34 1 3 56 168 221 4-3 .438 -53 88 42 6 10
Syracuse  63 23 33 3 4 53 154 197 2-4 .421 -43 87 40 10 7
Adirondack  63 21 33 3 6 51 146 208 4-6 .405 -62 85 38 8 9
NORTH  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Manitoba  65 36 23 1 5 78 181 161 7-5 .600 +20 108 51 10 5
Toronto  68 34 25 1 8 77 198 189 6-8 .566 +9 101 46 9 3
Hamilton  64 34 23 1 6 75 182 162 5-6 .586 +20 107 50 5 11
Lake Erie  66 33 25 3 5 74 180 175 3-5 .561 +5 102 47 5 9
Abbotsford  66 31 26 4 5 71 158 181 10-5 .538 -23 99 45 7 7
Grand Rapids  65 30 25 2 8 70 193 201 3-8 .538 -8 100 45 6 9
Rochester  65 29 30 3 3 64 178 208 5-3 .492 -30 94 44 5 10
WEST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Milwaukee  64 35 18 4 7 81 181 158 6-7 .633 +23 113 51 11 5
Houston  68 37 25 1 5 80 191 177 8-5 .588 +14 104 49 8 4
Peoria  67 36 24 2 5 79 189 184 5-5 .590 +5 105 49 8 5
Texas  66 34 22 4 6 78 179 180 5-6 .591 -1 106 48 6 8
Chicago  68 34 25 3 6 77 223 224 5-6 .566 -1 101 46 7 5
San Antonio  63 36 24 3 0 75 195 185 6-0 .595 +10 109 53 10 7
Oklahoma City  65 34 24 2 5 75 198 190 5-5 .577 +8 105 49 3 12
Rockford  65 27 29 4 5 63 167 199 4-5 .485 -32 93 42 8 7
                               
Tonight’s Games:
Lake Erie at Toronto – 3:00 PM EST
Texas at Hamilton – 4:00 PM EST
Springfield at Albany – 5:00 PM EST
Hershey at Adirondack – 7:00 PM EST
Binghamton at Charlotte – 7:00 PM EST
Worcester at Connecticut – 7:00 PM EST
Bridgeport at Manchester – 7:00 PM EST
Providence at Portland – 7:00 PM EST
Rochester at Syracuse – 7:30 PM EST
Manitoba at San Antonio – 7:00 PM CST
Grand Rapids at Oklahoma City – 7:05 PM CST
W-B/Scranton at Abbotsford – 7:00 PM PST

Last Night’s Results:
Hershey 2 at Connecticut 1
Lake Erie 4 at Hamilton 2
Worcester 3 at Manchester 1
Grand Rapids 5 at Oklahoma City 6 (OT)
Bridgeport 3 at Providence 4 (SO)
Albany 2 at Adirondack 1
Binghamton 3 at Norfolk 8
Portland 5 at Springfield 3
Texas 0 at Syracuse 1 (SO)
Toronto 6 at Rochester 5
Rockford 2 at Milwaukee 0
Peoria 5 at Chicago 4 (SO)
Manitoba 2 at Houston 1 (SO)
W-B/Scranton 4 at Abbotsford 0

x – clinched playoff berth
y – clinched division title
z – clinched regular-season title
GP – games played
W – wins (2 points)
L – regulation losses (0 points)
OTL – overtime losses (1 point)
SOL – shootout losses (1 points)
PTS – points
GF – goals for
GA – goals against
S/O – shootout record
PCT – points percentage
Diff – goal differential
Max PTS – maximum possible points
Max W – maximum possible wins
HR – home games remaining
AR – away games remaining

 


Matchups if the Calder Cup Playoffs started today:

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2011 Calder Cup Playoffs Qualification Rules:
In 2010-11, 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 are two possible exceptions to the qualification rules in 2010-11: in each conference, if the fifth-place team in the eight-team division finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the seven-team division, it would cross over and compete in the seven-team division’s playoffs.

(If the fifth-place team in the eight-team division produces more points than the third-place team in the seven-team division, then the team that finishes first in the seven-team division shall play the team that finishes third in the seven-team division.)

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 (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