Playoff Primer: March 10

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 Wed., Mar. 9:

ATLANTIC GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Manchester  66 38 20 2 6 84 215 180 1-6 .636 +35 112 52 7 7
Portland  62 38 17 5 2 83 223 178 7-2 .669 +45 119 56 9 9
Connecticut  64 32 24 2 6 72 177 175 3-6 .563 +2 104 48 10 6
Worcester  64 29 23 4 8 70 172 194 5-8 .547 -22 102 45 7 9
Springfield  64 30 29 2 3 65 194 206 6-3 .508 -12 97 46 8 8
Providence  64 29 30 3 2 63 162 205 6-2 .492 -43 95 45 9 7
Bridgeport  63 21 35 3 4 49 168 219 4-4 .389 -51 83 38 8 9
EAST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
W-B/Scranton  63 45 18 0 0 90 205 146 6-0 .714 +59 124 62 7 10
Hershey  66 39 22 1 4 83 212 173 3-4 .629 +39 111 53 7 7
Charlotte  66 36 22 2 6 80 218 201 3-6 .606 +17 108 50 6 8
Norfolk  64 32 19 8 5 77 210 172 4-5 .602 +38 109 48 9 7
Binghamton  64 33 24 3 4 73 206 178 1-4 .570 +28 105 49 8 8
Albany  63 25 34 1 3 54 166 220 4-3 .429 -54 88 42 6 11
Syracuse  62 22 33 3 4 51 153 197 1-4 .411 -44 87 40 11 7
Adirondack  62 21 32 3 6 51 145 206 4-6 .411 -61 87 39 9 9
NORTH  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Manitoba  64 35 23 1 5 76 179 160 6-5 .594 +19 108 51 10 6
Hamilton  63 34 22 1 6 75 180 158 5-6 .595 +22 109 51 6 11
Toronto  67 33 25 1 8 75 192 184 6-8 .560 +8 101 46 9 4
Lake Erie  65 32 25 3 5 72 176 173 3-5 .554 +3 102 47 5 10
Abbotsford  65 31 25 4 5 71 158 177 10-5 .546 -19 101 46 8 7
Grand Rapids  64 30 25 1 8 69 188 195 3-8 .539 -7 101 46 6 10
Rochester  64 29 29 3 3 64 173 202 5-3 .500 -29 96 45 6 10
WEST  GP  W  L  OTL  SOL  PTS  GF  GA  S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
Milwaukee  63 35 17 4 7 81 181 156 6-7 .643 +25 115 52 12 5
Houston  67 37 25 1 4 79 190 175 8-4 .590 +15 105 50 9 4
Texas  65 34 22 4 5 77 179 179 5-5 .592 0 107 49 6 9
Peoria  66 35 24 2 5 77 184 180 4-5 .583 +4 105 49 8 6
Chicago  67 34 25 3 5 76 219 219 5-5 .567 0 102 47 8 5
San Antonio  62 35 24 3 0 73 191 182 6-0 .589 +9 109 53 11 7
Oklahoma City  63 33 23 2 5 73 189 181 5-5 .579 +8 107 50 4 13
Rockford  64 26 29 4 5 61 165 199 4-5 .477 -34 93 42 8 8
 
Tonight’s Games:
Oklahoma City at San Antonio – 7:00 PM CST

Last Night’s Results:
Bridgeport 4 at Albany 5
Rockford 2 at Hamilton 1 (SO)
Providence 3 at Manchester 2 (SO)
Hershey 2 at Worcester 3
Binghamton 1 at Norfolk 5
Peoria 2 at Chicago 3 (SO)

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