Playoff Primer: March 9

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 Tue., Mar. 8:

                        Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
  ATLANTIC GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA S/O Pct
1 Portland  62 38 17 5 2 83 223 178 7-2 .669 +45 119 56 9 9
2 Manchester  65 38 20 2 5 83 213 177 1-5 .638 +36 113 53 8 7
3 Connecticut  64 32 24 2 6 72 177 175 3-6 .563 +2 104 48 10 6
4 Worcester  63 28 23 4 8 68 169 192 5-8 .540 -23 102 45 8 9
5 Springfield  64 30 29 2 3 65 194 206 6-3 .508 -12 97 46 8 8
6 Providence  63 28 30 3 2 61 159 203 5-2 .484 -44 95 45 9 8
7 Bridgeport  62 21 34 3 4 49 164 214 4-4 .395 -50 85 39 8 10
  EAST  GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA S/O Pct Goal Diff Max Pts Max W HR AR
1 W-B/Scranton  63 45 18 0 0 90 205 146 6-0 .714 +59 124 62 7 10
2 Hershey  65 39 21 1 4 83 210 170 3-4 .638 +40 113 54 7 8
3 Charlotte  66 36 22 2 6 80 218 201 3-6 .606 +17 108 50 6 8
4 Norfolk  63 31 19 8 5 75 205 171 4-5 .595 +34 109 48 10 7
5 Binghamton  63 33 23 3 4 73 205 173 1-4 .579 +32 107 50 8 9
6 Albany  62 24 34 1 3 52 161 216 4-3 .419 -55 88 42 7 11
7 Syracuse  62 22 33 3 4 51 153 197 1-4 .411 -44 87 40 11 7
8 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
1 Manitoba  64 35 23 1 5 76 179 160 6-5 .594 +19 108 51 10 6
2 Toronto  67 33 25 1 8 75 192 184 6-8 .560 +8 101 46 9 4
3 Hamilton  62 34 22 1 5 74 179 156 5-5 .597 +23 110 52 7 11
4 Lake Erie  65 32 25 3 5 72 176 173 3-5 .554 +3 102 47 5 10
5 Abbotsford  65 31 25 4 5 71 158 177 10-5 .546 -19 101 46 8 7
6 Grand Rapids  64 30 25 1 8 69 188 195 3-8 .539 -7 101 46 6 10
7 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
1 Milwaukee  63 35 17 4 7 81 181 156 6-7 .643 +25 115 52 12 5
2 Houston  67 37 25 1 4 79 190 175 8-4 .590 +15 105 50 9 4
3 Texas  65 34 22 4 5 77 179 179 5-5 .592 0 107 49 6 9
4 Peoria  65 35 24 2 4 76 182 177 4-4 .585 +5 106 50 8 7
5 Chicago  66 33 25 3 5 74 216 217 4-5 .561 -1 102 47 9 5
6 San Antonio  62 35 24 3 0 73 191 182 6-0 .589 +9 109 53 11 7
7 Oklahoma City  63 33 23 2 5 73 189 181 5-5 .579 +8 107 50 4 13
8 Rockford  63 25 29 4 5 59 163 198 3-5 .468 -35 93 42 8 9
 
Tonight’s Games:
Bridgeport at Albany – 7:00 PM EST
Rockford at Hamilton – 7:00 PM EST
Providence at Manchester – 7:00 PM EST
Hershey at Worcester – 7:00 PM EST
Binghamton at Norfolk – 7:15 PM EST
Peoria at Chicago – 7:00 PM CST

Last Night’s Results:
Hershey 2 at Portland 3 (SO)
Binghamton 1 at Charlotte 2
Rockford 2 at Toronto 3 (SO)
Connecticut 5 at W-B/Scranton 2
Manitoba 4 at Oklahoma City 1
Grand Rapids 3 at Peoria 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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W5

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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