Playoff Primer: March 20

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 Sat., Mar. 19:

  ATLANTIC GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA Pct   SOW ROW Max Pts Max ROW HR AR
  Portland  67 42 18 5 2 91 242 194 .679   7 35 117 48 7 6
  Manchester  72 41 22 3 6 91 232 190 .632   1 40 107 48 3 5
  Connecticut  69 35 26 2 6 78 191 187 .565   4 31 100 42 7 4
  Worcester  69 31 26 4 8 74 186 212 .536   5 26 96 37 6 5
  Providence  69 31 32 3 3 68 178 223 .493   7 24 90 35 6 5
  Springfield  70 30 35 2 3 65 201 227 .464   6 24 85 34 5 5
  Bridgeport  69 23 36 3 7 56 181 237 .406   4 19 78 30 5 6
  EAST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  Pct   SOW ROW Max Pts Max ROW HR AR
x W-B/Scranton  68 49 18 0 1 99 224 155 .728   6 43 123 55 6 6
  Hershey  71 42 22 2 5 91 227 184 .641   3 39 109 48 5 4
  Norfolk  68 35 19 8 6 84 230 184 .618   5 30 108 42 6 6
  Charlotte  70 38 24 2 6 84 226 213 .600   5 33 104 43 5 5
  Binghamton  69 35 27 3 4 77 218 195 .558   1 34 99 45 6 5
  Albany  69 30 35 1 3 64 187 233 .464   5 25 86 36 4 7
  Syracuse  68 26 35 3 4 59 166 211 .434   2 24 83 36 6 6
  Adirondack  67 24 33 4 6 58 159 214 .433   4 20 84 33 6 7
  NORTH  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  Pct   SOW ROW Max Pts Max ROW HR AR
  Manitoba  70 38 26 1 5 82 196 178 .586   7 31 102 41 7 3
  Lake Erie  69 36 25 3 5 80 193 181 .580   3 33 102 44 5 6
  Hamilton  69 36 26 1 6 79 194 175 .572   5 31 101 42 3 8
  Grand Rapids  70 34 26 2 8 78 210 216 .557   5 29 98 39 3 7
  Toronto  72 34 28 1 9 78 202 198 .542   6 28 94 36 6 2
  Abbotsford  69 34 26 4 5 77 168 187 .558   11 23 99 34 4 7
  Rochester  69 30 33 3 3 66 187 221 .478   5 25 88 36 4 7
  WEST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  Pct   SOW ROW Max Pts Max ROW HR AR
  Milwaukee  69 37 19 5 8 87 192 168 .630   6 31 109 42 9 2
  Houston  71 40 25 1 5 86 205 183 .606   8 32 104 41 5 4
  Peoria  70 37 26 2 5 81 195 191 .579   6 31 101 41 7 3
  Oklahoma City  70 36 25 2 7 81 211 203 .579   5 31 101 41 2 8
  Texas  69 35 24 4 6 80 186 188 .580   6 29 102 40 6 5
  Chicago  70 35 26 3 6 79 231 229 .564   5 30 99 40 6 4
  San Antonio  68 37 27 3 1 78 205 207 .574   7 30 102 42 6 6
  Rockford  68 28 31 4 5 65 173 212 .478   4 24 89 36 5 7
                                   
Today’s Games:
Springfield at Connecticut – 3:00 PM EDT
Worcester at Manchester – 3:00 PM EDT
Texas at Manitoba – 2:00 PM CDT
Charlotte at W-B/Scranton – 3:05 PM EDT
Oklahoma City at Chicago – 3:00 PM CDT
Rockford at Grand Rapids – 4:00 PM EDT
Houston at San Antonio – 3:00 PM CDT
Portland at Providence – 4:05 PM EDT
Syracuse at Hershey – 5:00 PM EDT
Binghamton at Bridgeport – 6:00 PM EDT
Lake Erie at Peoria – 5:05 PM CDT

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

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 point)
PTS – points
GF – goals for
GA – goals against
Pct – points percentage
SOW – shootout wins
ROW – regulation/overtime wins
Max Pts – maximum possible points
Max ROW – maximum possible reg/OT 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. (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