2009 Calder Cup playoffs

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2009 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 15–June 12, 2009
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsHershey Bears
Runner-upManitoba Moose
2008
2010

The 2009 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League (AHL) began on April 15, 2009.[1] The 16 teams that qualified, 8 from each conference, played best-of-seven series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions then played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Hershey Bears defeated the Manitoba Moose four games to two in the finals to win the Calder Cup.

Playoff seeds[]

After the 2008–09 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[]

Atlantic Division[]

  1. Hartford Wolf Pack – 99 points
  2. Providence Bruins – 94 points
  3. Portland Pirates – 88 points
  4. Worcester Sharks – 87 points

East Division[]

  1. Hershey Bears – 106 points
  2. Bridgeport Sound Tigers – 106 points
  3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 104 points
  4. Philadelphia Phantoms – 93 points

Western Conference[]

North Division[]

  1. Manitoba Moose – 107 points
  2. Hamilton Bulldogs – 102 points
  3. Grand Rapids Griffins – 98 points
  4. Toronto Marlies – 90 points

West Division[]

  1. Milwaukee Admirals – 107 points
  2. Peoria Rivermen – 92 points
  3. Houston Aeros – 87 points
  4. Rockford IceHogs – 86 points

Bracket[]

  Division Semifinals Division Finals Conference Finals Calder Cup Final
                                     
A1 Hartford 2  
A4 Worcester 4  
  A4 Worcester 2  
Atlantic Division
  A2 Providence 4  
A2 Providence 4
A3 Portland 1  
  A2 Providence 1  
Eastern Conference
  E1 Hershey 4  
E1 Hershey 4  
E4 Philadelphia 0  
  E1 Hershey 4
East Division
  E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3  
E2 Bridgeport 1
E3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4  
  E1 Hershey 4
  N1 Manitoba 2
N1 Manitoba 4  
N4 Toronto 2  
  N1 Manitoba 4
North Division
  N3 Grand Rapids 0  
N2 Hamilton 2
N3 Grand Rapids 4  
  N1 Manitoba 4
Western Conference
  W3 Houston 2  
W1 Milwaukee 4  
W4 Rockford 0  
  W1 Milwaukee 3
West Division
  W3 Houston 4  
W2 Peoria 3
W3 Houston 4  


In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.[2]

Statistical leaders[]

Skaters[]

These are the top ten skaters based on points.[3]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Alexandre Giroux Hershey Bears 22 15 13 28 +3 22
Corey Locke Houston Aeros 20 12 11 23 -9 32
Jason Krog Manitoba Moose 22 8 15 23 +9 0
Keith Aucoin Hershey Bears 21 5 18 23 +9 16
Chris Bourque Hershey Bears 22 5 16 21 +2 30
Jason Jaffray Manitoba Moose 22 9 10 19 +7 12
Michael Grabner Manitoba Moose 20 10 7 17 +11 2
Matt Beaudoin Houston Aeros 20 8 9 17 -4 12
Martin St. Pierre Providence Bruins 16 5 11 16 -1 26
Brad Marchand Providence Bruins 16 7 8 15 -2 26

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Goaltending[]

These are the top five goaltenders based on both goals against average and save percentage with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average).[4]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Drew MacIntyre Milwaukee Admirals 11 7 4 261 18 1.65 .931 1 655
Matt Climie Houston Aeros 5 1 1 109 6 1.88 .945 0 191
Michal Neuvirth Hershey Bears 22 16 6 633 43 1.92 .932 4 1346
Adam Berkhoel Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 6 3 2 189 12 2.12 .937 0 340
Cory Schneider Manitoba Moose 22 14 7 600 47 2.15 .922 0 1315

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)

All statistics as of: 08:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Division Semifinals[]

Note 1: All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).
Note 2: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference[]

Atlantic Division[]

(A1) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks[]
April 16 Hartford Wolf Pack 2 – 0 Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Artem Anisimov 1 – 04:19 Second period No scoring
Dane Byers 1 – 07:20 Third period No scoring
Matt Zaba 38 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 21 saves / 23 shots
April 18 Hartford Wolf Pack 5 – 3 Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
Artem Anisimov 2 – pp – 03:40
Jordan Owens 1 – 07:08
Bobby Sanguinetti 1 – 12:01
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 09:51 – Brendan Buckley 1
10:20 – Andrew Desjardins 1
14:40 – ppCory Larose 1
1 – 02:23
Mark Bell 1 – sh/en – 19:55
Third period No scoring
Matt Zaba 45 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 14 saves / 18 shots
April 20 Worcester Sharks 3 – 2 2OT Hartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
1 – 18:42 First period 14:16 – ppCorey Potter 1
Ryan Vesce 1 – 06:25 Second period 05:01 – Dale Weise 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan Vesce 2 – 01:07 Second overtime period No scoring
Thomas Greiss 34 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Matt Zaba 42 saves / 45 shots
April 22 Worcester Sharks 6 – 0 Hartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
Frazer McLaren 1 – 03:19 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Logan Couture 1 – 01:23
Lukas Kaspar 1 – 03:45
Ryan Vesce 3 – 06:16
2 – 07:21
1 – 19:13
Third period No scoring
Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Matt Zaba 21 saves / 27 shots
April 23 Hartford Wolf Pack 1 – 3 Worcester Sharks XL Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:56 – ppPatrick Traverse 1
07:15 – 2
13:50 – ppPatrick Traverse 2
No scoring Second period No scoring
Dane Byers 2 – pp – 13:33 Third period No scoring
Matt Zaba 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 28 shots
April 25 Worcester Sharks 5 – 3 Hartford Wolf Pack DCU Center Recap  
Andrew Desjardins 2 – 03:53
Lukas Kaspar 2 – 12:17
1 – 14:29
First period 06:31 – ppDane Byers 3
2 – pp – 16:52 Second period 05:53 – Dale Weise 2
Logan Couture 2 – 13:18 Third period 18:53 – Dale Weise 3
Thomas Greiss 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Matt Zaba 28 saves / 33 shots
Worcester won series 4–2


(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Portland Pirates[]
April 15 Providence Bruins 0 – 3 Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:23 – Marek Zagrapan 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 01:42 – Felix Schutz 1
19:02 – enMarek Zagrapan
Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Jhonas Enroth 28 saves / 28 shots
April 17 Providence Bruins 2 – 1 Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Vladimir Sobotka 1 – 02:01 Second period No scoring
Jeremy Reich 1 – 10:32 Third period 03:33 – shTyler Bouck
Tuukka Rask 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jhonas Enroth 38 saves / 40 shots
April 19 Portland Pirates 1 – 5 Providence Bruins Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:58 – Martin St. Pierre 1
No scoring Second period 00:59 – Brad Marchand 1
03:16 – shVladimir Sobotka 2
07:33 – ppJohnny Boychuk 1
Derek Whitmore 1 – 11:57 Third period 01:21 – ppJohnny Boychuk 2
Jhonas Enroth 20 saves / 24 shots
Kellen Briggs 19 saves / 20 shots
Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 26 shots
April 23 Portland Pirates 1 – 2 Providence Bruins Cumberland County Civic Center Recap  
Mark Mancari 1 – 11:55 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 17:13 – Brad Marchand 2
19:43 – Kirk MacDonald 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Jhonas Enroth 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 31 saves / 32 shots
April 24 Providence Bruins 2 – 1 Portland Pirates Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 10:25 – ppMike Kostka 1
Jordan Knackstedt 1 – 05:46
Peter Schaefer 1 – pp – 19:15
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tuukka Rask 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Jhonas Enroth 36 saves / 38 shots
Providence won series 4–1


East Division[]

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E4) Philadelphia Phantoms[]
April 16 Philadelphia Phantoms 2 – 4 Hershey Bears Wachovia Spectrum Recap  
No scoring First period 15:18 – Andrew Gordon 1
Jonathan Matsumoto 1 – 03:21 Second period No scoring
Lasse Kukkonen 1 – 11:31 Third period 01:31 – ppKyle Wilson 1
05:31 – Oskar Osala 1
18:02 – Jay Beagle 1
Scott Munroe 27 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 32 shots
April 18 Philadelphia Phantoms 2 – 6 Hershey Bears Wachovia Spectrum Recap  
Boyd Kane 1 – 00:53
Patrick Maroon 1 – 06:42
First period 11:03 – Bryan Helmer 1
No scoring Second period 14:58 – ppStaffan Kronwall 1
No scoring Third period 02:27 - pp - Alexandre Giroux 1
13:52 - Mathieu Perreault 1
18:19 - en - Steve Pinizzotto 1
19:33 - pp - Francois Bouchard 1
Scott Munroe 27 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots
April 22 Hershey Bears 3 – 2 Philadelphia Phantoms GIANT Center Recap  
Staffan Kronwall 2 – pp – 08:27
Mathieu Perreault 2 – 19:33
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:54 – Jon Kalinski 1
Alexandre Giroux 2 – pp – 01:20 Third period 06:19 – shLasse Kukkonen 2
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Scott Munroe 24 saves / 27 shots
April 24 Hershey Bears 1 – 0 Philadelphia Phantoms GIANT Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Graham Mink 1 – pp – 01:30 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 23 shots Goalie stats Jean-Sebastien Aubin 29 saves / 30 shots
Hershey won series 4–0


Due to scheduling issues, Philadelphia hosted the first two games of the series. These would be their last 2 games in Philadelphia, as the team would move to Adiriondack after the season.

(E2) Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins[]
April 17 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 – 3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
No Scoring First period 01:22 – ppChris Minard 1
18:51 – ppDustin Jeffrey 1
Trevor Smith 1 – 18:45 Second period 10:58 – Luca Caputi 1
Rob Hennigar 1 – 17:12 Third period No scoring
Nathan Lawson Goalie stats John Curry
April 18 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4 – 5 OT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
Micheal Haley 1 – 09:27
Kyle Okposo 1 – 12:13
Mike Iggulden 1 – pp – 17:25
First period 00:30 – Dustin Jeffrey 2
11:58 – ppDustin Jeffrey 3
Jesse Joensuu 1 – 13:18 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 06:11 – Andy Wozniewski 1
08:13 – Ben Lovejoy
No scoring First overtime period Chris Minard 2 – 04:54
Nathan Lawson 18 saves / 23 goals Goalie stats John Curry 33 saves / 37 shots
April 19 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 – 5 OT Bridgeport Sound Tigers Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoring First period 15:04 – Jon Sim 1
Jean-Michel Daoust 1 – pp – 04:03
Jeff Taffepp – 05:55
Chris Minard 3 – pp – 11:15
Jean-Michel Daoust 2 – 12:54
Second period 17:13 – ppAndrew MacDonald
No scoring Third period 11:51 – Jon Sim
15:46 – Joe Callahan
No scoring First overtime period 09:48 – Sean Bentivoglio
John Curry 31 saves / 36 shots Goalie stats Peter Mannino 32 saves / 36 shots
April 22 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 – 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Arena at Harbor Yard Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:04 – Chris Minard 4
No scoring Second period 01:25 – ppJeff Taffe 2
Ben Walterpp – 15:30 Third period No scoring
Peter Mannino 19 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats John Curry 32 saves / 33 shots
April 24 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 – 2 Bridgeport Sound Tigers Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Chris Minard 5 – pp – 07:37 First period 09:35 –
Dustin Jeffrey 4 – pp – 05:29
Jean-Michel Daoust 3 – 13:13
Second period 14:25 – Jesse Joensuu 2
Jeff Taffe 3 – 19:05 Third period No scoring
John Curry 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Peter Mannino 14 saves / 18 shots
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4–1
  • Note: First two games were played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum due to scheduling issues.

Western Conference[]

North Division[]

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N4) Toronto Marlies[]
April 15 Manitoba Moose 2 – 3 OT Toronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Guillaume Desbiens 1 – pp – 07:09
Raymond Sawada 1 – 16:28
Second period 06:34 – Kyle Rogers 1
13:26 – Alex Foster 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 05:28 – Bates Battaglia 1
Cory Schneider 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Justin Pogge 37 saves/ 39 shots
April 17 Manitoba Moose 4 – 2 Toronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
Jason Jaffray 1 – 12:12
Michael Grabner 1 – 12:27
First period No scoring
Maxime Fortunus 1 – pp – 04:21 Second period 10:22 – Jiri Tlusty 1
Jason Jaffrayen/pp – 19:10 Third period 05:51 – Darryl Boyce 1
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Justin Pogge 17 saves / 20 shots
April 19 Toronto Marlies 2 – 1 Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Ryan Hamilton 1 – pp – 06:17 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 16:48 – Alexandre Bolduc 1
Tim Stapleton 1 – 02:44 Third period No scoring
Justin Pogge 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 26 saves / 28 shots
April 21 Toronto Marlies 1 – 5 Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
Bates Battaglia 2 – pp – 09:48 Second period 03:18 – ppMark Fistric 1
11:48 – ppMaxime Fortunus 2
19:31 – Jason Jaffray 3
No scoring Third period 06:29 – Greg Rallo 1
09:34 – ppMark Cullen 1
Justin Pogge 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 20 saves / 21 shots
April 23 Toronto Marlies 2 – 5 Manitoba Moose Ricoh Coliseum Recap  
Anton Stralman 1 – 19:06 First period 06:05 – ppJason Jaffray 4
Darryl Boyce 2 – 17:57 Second period 18:43 – Jason Krog 1
No scoring Third period 10:33 – Jason Jaffray 5
13:00 – Jason Krog 2
15:44 – Guillaume Desbiens 2
Justin Pogge 32 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 38 saves / 40 shots
April 25 Manitoba Moose 4 – 2 Toronto Marlies MTS Centre Recap  
Greg Rallo 2 – 05:02 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 05:52 – Tim Stapleton 2
07:01 – Alex Foster 2
Matt Pope 1 – 01:45
Raymond Sawada 2 – 06:14
Guillaume Desbiens 3 – 15:46
Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 13 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Adam Munro 29 saves / 33 shots
Manitoba won series 4–2


(N2) Hamilton Bulldogs vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins[]
April 17 Hamilton Bulldogs 3 – 4 Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
Kyle Chipchura 1 – 05:59
Shawn Belle 1 – 09:47
First period 05:01 – Darren McCarty 1
06:50 – Joakim Andersson 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
David Desharnais 1 – 18:01 Third period 00:19 – Justin Abdelkader 1
13:06 – Darren Haydar 1
Marc Denis 31 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 23 saves / 26 shots
April 18 Hamilton Bulldogs 1 – 3 Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Ryan White 1 – 03:39 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:39 – ppVille Leino 1
08:50 – Justin Abdelkader 2
19:34 – enJustin Abdelkader 3
Marc Denis 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots
April 20 Grand Rapids Griffins 4 – 5 Hamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
Darren McCarty 2 – 19:35 First period 10:38 – ppYanick Lehoux 1
Brian Lashoff 1 – pp – 08:21 Second period 03:38 – Kyle Chipchura 2
05:17 – Ben Maxwell 1
Ville Leino 2 – pp – 13:56
Justin Abdelkader 4 – 17:42
Third period 08:37 – Ryan Russell 1
17:17 – Ryan White 2
Jimmy Howard 21 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Marc Denis 27 saves / 31 shots
April 22 Grand Rapids Griffins 3 – 4 OT Hamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
Aaron Gagnon 1 – 00:34 First period No Scoring
Jamie Tardif 1 – 09:47 Second period No scoring
Justin Abdelkader 5 – pp – 00:44 Third period 07:58 – shKyle Chipchura 3
09:41 – ppBen Maxwell 2
11:27 – ppBen Maxwell 3
No scoring First overtime period 02:42 – Ryan White 3
Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Marc Denis 33 saves / 36 shots
April 24 Grand Rapids Griffins 4 – 2 Hamilton Bulldogs Van Andel Arena Recap  
1 – pp – 08:00
Jakub Kindl 1 – 15:07
First period 17:51 – ppMike Glumac 1
Darren Haydar 2 – pp – 07:17 Second period No scoring
Darren Haydar 3 – 07:17 Third period No scoring
Jimmy Howard 14 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Marc Denis 30 saves / 34 shots
April 26 Hamilton Bulldogs 1 – 4 Grand Rapids Griffins Copps Coliseum Recap  
Greg Stewart 1 – 00:09 First period 05:25 – ppDarren Haydar 4
No scoring Second period 04:18 Justin Abdelkader 6
No scoring Third period 13:45 – Cory Emmerton 1
19:22 – enVille Leino 3
Marc Denis 14 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 22 saves / 23 shots
Grand Rapids won series 4–2


West Division[]

(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W4) Rockford IceHogs[]
April 16 Milwaukee Admirals 3 – 1 Rockford IceHogs Bradley Center Recap  
Patric Hornqvist 1 – 06:41 First period 09:14 – ppAkim Aliu 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
Cal O'Reilly 1 – 17:08
Cal O'Reilly 2 – sh/en – 19:51
Third period No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 21 saves / 23 shots
April 18 Milwaukee Admirals 3 – 1 Rockford IceHogs Bradley Center Recap  
Cody Franson 1 – 18:49 First period No scoring
Hugh Jessiman 1 – 17:48 Second period 07:52 – Evan Brophey 1
Patric Hornqvist 2 – 12:49 Third period No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Corey Crawford 29 saves / 32 shots
April 19 Rockford IceHogs 1 – 3 Milwaukee Admirals Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 02:07 – ppAndreas Thuresson 1
06:36 – Triston Grant 1
Tyler Mosienko 1 – pp – 17:39 Third period 03:08 – ppRyan Jones 1
Antti Niemi 27 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots
April 21 Rockford IceHogs 1 – 4 Milwaukee Admirals Rockford MetroCentre Recap  
No scoring First period 15:03 – Jed Ortmeyer 1
Pascal Pelletier 1 – pp – 16:21 Second period 18:38 – Mike Santorelli 1
No scoring Third period 07:02 – Mike Santorelli 2
15:22 – Mike Santorelli 3
Antti Niemi 34 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 26 shots
Milwaukee won series 4–0


(W2) Peoria Rivermen vs. (W3) Houston Aeros[]
April 15 Peoria Rivermen 6 – 4 Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
Yan Stastny 1 - 07:36
Steve Regier 1 - pp - 09:48
First period 14:03 – ppMaxim Noreau 1
Cam Paddock 1 - 09:05
Yan Stastny 2 - 09:37
Second period No scoring
Jori Lehtera 1 – 02:36
Carl Corazzini 1 – pp – 07:12
Third period 00:25 – ppCorey Locke 1
01:22 – Krys Kolanos 1
19:16 – Robbie Earl 1
Manny Legace 29 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 31 shots
April 17 Peoria Rivermen 0 – 2 Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:51 – Peter Olvecky 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 08:45 – Danny Irmen 1
Manny Legace 26 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 30 shots
April 18 Houston Aeros 2 – 1 Peoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
Corey Locke 2 – pp 09:13 Second period No scoring
Corey Locke 3 – pp – 10:02 Third period 03:10 – Chris Porter 1
Anton Khudobin 23 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Manny Legace 22 saves / 24 shots
April 20 Houston Aeros 3 – 4 Peoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period 09:11 – Cam Paddock 2
Tony Hrkac 1 – 05:43
Tomas Mojzis 1 – pp – 07:29
Second period 17:29 – ppSteve Wagner 1
18:13 – ppNicholas Drazenovic 1
Jesse Schultz 1 – pp – 15:21 Third period 05:46 – Trent Whitfield 1
Anton Khudobin 14 saves / 18 shots
Matt Climie 3 saves / 3 shots
Goalie stats Manny Legace 24 saves / 27 shots
April 22 Houston Aeros 3 – 2 OT Peoria Rivermen Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 17:18 – Jeff Cowan 1
Matt Beaudoin 1 – pp – 15:43
Robbie Earl 2 – 17:13
Third period 12:48 – Steve Regier 2
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 12:14 First overtime period No scoring
Anton Khudobin 30 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Manny Legace 16 saves / 19 shots
April 25 Peoria Rivermen 2 – 1 Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Trent Whitfield 2 – 18:37 Second period 11:36 – ppMatt Beaudoin 2
1 – 04:43 Third period No scoring
Manny Legace 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 22 saves / 24 shots
April 27 Peoria Rivermen 2 – 5 Houston Aeros Carver Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 01:39 – ppKrys Kolanos 2
11:01 – shMarco Rosa 1
2 – 07:33
Carl Corazzini – 15:16
Second period No scoring
Third period 09:41 – Maxim Noreau 3
19:36 – enCorey Locke 4
19:57 – enMitch Love 1
Manny Legace Goalie stats Anton Khudobin
Houston won series 4–3


Division Finals[]

Eastern Conference[]

Atlantic Division[]

(A2) Providence Bruins vs. (A4) Worcester Sharks[]
April 28 Providence Bruins 3 – 2 OT Worcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Martin St. Pierre 2 – 01:06 First period No scoring
Brad Marchand 3 – pp – 05:55 Second period 12:55 – ppJamie McGinn 1
No scoring Third period 14:39 – Jamie McGinn 2
Jeremy Reich 2 – 6:19 First overtime period No scoring
Tuuka Rask 35 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 24 saves / 27 shots
May 6 Worcester Sharks 2 – 4 Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
No scoring First period 19:03 – Martin St. Pierre 3
Riley Armstrong 1 – 03:42 Second period 7:36 – ppJohnny Boychuk 3
Dan DaSilva 3 – 11:31 Third period 05:15 – Kirk MacDonald 2
19:20 – enWacey Rabbit 1
Thomas Greiss 29 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Tuuka Rask 22 saves / 24 shots
May 8 Providence Bruins 3 – 5 Worcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:10 – ppPatrick Traverse 3
19:01 – 3
Jeff Penner 1 – 00:10
Jeff Pennerpp – 07:55
Second period 04:40 – Andrew Desjardins 3
Mikko Lehtonen 1 – pp – 19:05 Third period 11:39 – Jamie McGinn 3
19:26 – enRiley Armstrong 2
Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 28 shots
May 9 Worcester Sharks 1 – 0 Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
3- 04:41 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Thomas Greiss 26 saves/ 26 shots Goalie stats Tuuka Rask 26 saves / 27 shots
May 11 Providence Bruins 4 – 3 Worcester Sharks Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:22 – ppPatrick Traverse 4
Martin St. Pierre 4 – 03:07
Brad Marchand 4 – pp – 10:55
Jeremy Reich 3 14:08
Second period No scoring
Levi Nelson 1 – 10:42 Third period 10:28 – ppJamie McGinn 4
17:48 – Riley Armstrong 3
Tuuka Rask 30 saves / 33 shots Goalie stats Thomas Greiss 30 saves / 34 shots
May 13 Worcester Sharks 1 – 5 Providence Bruins DCU Center Recap  
No scoring First period 04:59 – ppBrad Marchand 5
10:05 – Jamie Arniel 1
Andrew Desjardins 4 – sh – 19:48 Second period 05:32 – Kirk MacDonald 3
13:29 – Jordan Knackstedt 2
14:10 – ppMartin St. Pierre 5
No scoring Third period No scoring
Thomas Greiss 25 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Tuuka Rask 34 saves / 35 shots
Kevin Nastiuk 0 saves / 0 shots
Providence won series 4–2


East Division[]

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (E3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins[]
May 2 Hershey Bears 5 – 3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Staffan Kronwall 3 – pp – 09:38
Chris Bourque 1 – 11:13
First period No scoring
Andrew Gordon 2 – pp – 19:43 Second period 14:31 – Jean-Michel Daoust 4
16:55 – ppNick Johnson 1
Kyle Wilson 2 – 01:38
Alexandre Giroux 3 – 09:21
Third period 07:45 – ppNick Johnson 2
Michal Neuvirth 35 saves / 38 shots Goalie stats John Curry 18 saves / 23 shots
May 3 Hershey Bears 3 – 1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Oskar Osala 2 – 10:38
John Carlson 1 – 13:54
Graham Mink 2 – 17:51
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:04 – Alex Goligoski 1
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats John Curry 6 saves / 9 shots
Adam Berkhoel 20 shots / 20 saves
May 6 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3 – 2 OT Hershey Bears Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
No scoring First period 10:45 – ppGraham Mink 3
Jeff Taffe – 4 – 17:24 Second period No scoring
Bill Thomaspp – 16:16 Third period 03:20 – ppAlexandre Giroux
Mark Letestu – 04:48 First overtime period No scoring
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 40 saves / 43 shots
May 8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 6 – 3 Hershey Bears Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Nick Johnson 3 – 05:29
Dustin Jeffrey 5 – 11:08
Jean-Michel Daoust 5 – pp – 17:20
First period No Scoring
Luca Caputi 2 – pp – 11:37 Second period 18:58 – Grant McNeill 1
Mark Letestu 2 – 15:21
Janne Pesonen 1 – en – 19:06
Third period 04:47 – Steve Pinizzotto 2
17:55 – ppKeith Aucoin 1
Adam Berkhoel 23 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 29 shots
May 9 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 – 1 Hershey Bears Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Chris Minard 6 – pp – 08:55
Luca Caputi 3 – pp – 13:43
First period No Scoring
Nick Johnson 4 – pp 15:08 Second period 05:19 – Darren Reid 1
Jeff Taffe 5 – sh/en 19:05 Third period No scoring
Adam Berkhoel 39 saves / 40 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 29 shots
May 10 Hershey Bears 3 – 0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Andrew Gordon 3 – 11:35 First period No scoring
Darren Reid 2 – 00:22
Alexandre Giroux 5 – pp – 03:11
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Adam Berkhoel 40 saves / 43 shots
May 12 Hershey Bears 3 – 0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins GIANT Center Recap  
Keith Aucoin 2 – 00:50 First period No scoring
Chris Bourque 2- pp – 04:54 Second period No scoring
Steve Pinizzotto 3 – 10:49 Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Adam Berkhoel 32 saves / 35 shots
Hershey won series 4–3


Western Conference[]

North Division[]

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (N3) Grand Rapids Griffins[]
May 1 Manitoba Moose 2 – 1 Grand Rapids Griffins MTS Centre Recap  
No Scoring First period 18:04 – Francis Pare 1
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alexandre Bolduc 2 – pp – 01:16
Mike Keane 1 – 02:55
Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 21 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 32 saves / 34 shots
May 2 Manitoba Moose 2 – 1 Grand Rapids Griffins MTS Centre Recap  
Alexandre Bolduc 3 – sh – 04:34 First period 06:31 – ppDarren McCarty 3
No scoring Second period No scoring
Jason Krog 3 – 10:10 Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Jimmy Howard 20 saves / 22 shots
May 4 Grand Rapids Griffins 1 – 3 Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 08:06 – Matt Pope 2
19:28 – Alexandre Bolduc 4
Francis Pare 2 – 12:29 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:36 – enJason Jaffray 6
Jimmy Howard 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 22 saves / 23 shots
May 6 Grand Rapids Griffins 2 – 3 Manitoba Moose Van Andel Arena Recap  
Jakub Kindl 2 – sh – 14:33 First period 15:48 – ppJason Krog 2
No scoring Second period 01:19 – Guillaume Desbiens 4
06:15 – ppMark Cullen 2
Jamie Tardif 2 – 13:00 Third period No scoring
Jimmy Howard 17 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 30 saves / 32 shots
Manitoba won series 4–0


West Division[]

(W1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (W3) Houston Aeros[]
April 30 Milwaukee Admirals 1 – 2 Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
No scoring First period 02:58 – ppTomas Mojzis 2
No scoring Second period 16:36 – Krys Kolanos 3
Andreas Thuresson 2 – 17:13 Third period No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 24 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots
May 2 Milwaukee Admirals 4 – 1 Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Cody Franson 2 – 02:57 First period No scoring
Ryan Jones 2 – pp – 16:25 Second period 11:38 – Robbie Earl 3
Mike Santorelli 4 – 02:37
Ryan Jones 3 – 11:01
Third period No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 18 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 25 saves / 29 shots
Matt Climie 6 saves / 6 shots
May 5 Houston Aeros 3 – 1 Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Krys Kolanos 4 – 05:41 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 18:25 – Ryan Jones 4
Matt Beaudoin 3 – pp – 05:14
Corey Locke 5- 18:09
Third period No scoring
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Drew MacIntyre 13 saves / 16 shots
May 7 Houston Aeros 2 – 0 Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Benoit Pouliot 1 – pp – 16:56 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Krys Kolanos 5 – en – 19:58 Third period No scoring
Anton Khudobin 27 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Drew MacIntyre 12 saves / 13 shots
May 9 Houston Aeros 3 – 4 Milwaukee Admirals Toyota Center Recap  
Corey Locke 6 – pp – 09:13 First period 10:09 – Bryan Smolinski 1
18:28 – Bryan Smolinski 2
No scoring Second period 05:03 – Andreas Thuresson 3
10:24 Kelsey Wilson 1
Corey Locke 7 – pp – 8:52
Robbie Earl 4 – pp – 18:10
Third period No scoring
Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 20 shots Goalie stats Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 30 shots
May 11 Milwaukee Admirals 7 – 0 Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Hugh Jessiman 2 – 07:34
Robert Dietrich 1 – 12:52
Patric Hornqvist 3 – 18:10
First period No scoring
Bryan Smolinski 3 – pp – 08:23
Mike Santorelli 5 – 10:42
Cody Franson 3 – 14:44
Second period No scoring
Ryan Maki 1 – 17:52 Third period No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 21 saves / 21 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 6 saves / 8 shots
Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 23 shots
May 13 Milwaukee Admirals 2 – 5 Houston Aeros Bradley Center Recap  
Patric Hornqvist 4 – pp – 14:12 First period 3:34 – Corey Locke 8
4:23 – Krys Kolanos 6
Mike Santorelli 6 – 18:58 Second period 14:21 – ppClayton Stoner 1
No scoring Third period 5:30 – 1
18:09 – enCorey Locke 9
Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 28 saves / 30 shots
Houston won series 4–3


Conference Finals[]

Eastern Conference[]

(E1) Hershey Bears vs. (A2) Providence Bruins[]

May 16 Hershey Bears 2 – 3 Providence Bruins GIANT Center Recap  
No scoring First period 08:03 – pp -Jeff Penner 3
16:19 – ppJordan Knackstedt 3
Oskar Osala 3 – 3:03
Oskar Osala 4 – 14:41
Second period 08:28 – Matt Marquardt 1
No scoring Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 30 saves / 32 shots
May 17 Hershey Bears 2 – 1 Providence Bruins GIANT Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Andrew Joudrey 1 – 3:21
Alexandre Giroux 6 – pp – 6:01
Third period 19:24 – ppBrad Marchand
Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Tuukka Rask 37 saves / 39 shots
May 22 Providence Bruins 4 – 6 Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Zach Hamill 1 – 01:56
Jeff Penner 4 – pp – 15:32
First period No scoring
Peter Schaefer 2 – pp – 03:01 Second period 03:26 – Alexandre Giroux 7
09:05 – Chris Bourque 3
Jeff Penner 5 – pp – 00:38 Third period 05:32 – Andrew Gordon 4
06:52 – Alexandre Giroux 8
13:58 – Graham Mink 4
19:25 – ppBryan Helmer 2
Tuukka Rask 26 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 28 shots
May 24 Providence Bruins 2 – 3 OT Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
Peter Schaefer 3 – 05:32
Jeff Penner 6 – pp – 08:12
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:31 – ppBryan Helmer 3
No scoring Third period 13:12 – Keith Aucoin 3
No scoring First overtime period 15:10 – Graham Mink 5
Tuukka Rask 40 saves / 43 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 25 saves / 27 shots
May 25 Providence Bruins 2 – 5 Hershey Bears Dunkin' Donuts Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brad Marchand 7 – pp – 04:45 Second period 02:17 – ppAndrew Gordon 5
16:20 – ppAlexandre Giroux 9
Mikko Lehtonen 2 – 01:57 Third period 06:46 – shChris Bourque 4
10:19 – Darren Reid 3
19:03 – enQuintin Laing 1
Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots
Hershey wins series 4–1


Western Conference[]

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (W3) Houston Aeros[]

May 15 Manitoba Moose 2 – 1 Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Dusty Collins 1 – 14:34 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mario Bliznak 1 – 11:58 Third period 09:50 – ppMatt Beaudoin 4
Cory Schneider 31 saves / 32 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 16 saves / 18 shots
May 16 Manitoba Moose 5 – 2 Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Jason Krog 5 – 11:00
Michael Grabner 2 – 14:07
Raymond Sawada 3 – pp – 17:49
First period No scoring
Cody Hodgson 1 – 01:55
Michael Grabner 3 – pp – 04:37
Second period 07:25 – J. P. Testwuide
19:50 – Marco Rosa
No scoring Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 28 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Anton Khudobin 9 saves / 12 shots
Nolan Schaefer 18 saves / 20 shots
May 18 Houston Aeros 3 – 4 Manitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
No scoring First period 13:47 – Mike Keane 2
Matt Beaudoin 5 – pp – 12:29 Second period 12:29 – ppAlexandre Bolduc 5
14:08 – Michael Grabner 4
Corey Locke 10 – 01:11
Danny Irmen 2 – sh – 06:30
Third period 16:11 – Michael Grabner 5
Nolan Schaefer 15 saves / 19 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 21 saves / 24 shots
May 20 Houston Aeros 5 – 4 OT Manitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
Corey Locke 11 – 01:26 First period 07:10 – Mike Keane 3
09:06 – shMike Keane 4
Robbie Earl 5 – 13:58 Second period No scoring
Matt Beaudoin 6 – 13:34
Tony Hrkac 2 – 14:29
Third period 00:25 – Jason Krog 6
17:21 – Mario Bliznak 2
Matt Beaudoin 7 – 02:01 First overtime period No scoring
Anton Khudobin 18 saves / 22 shots
Nolan Schaefer 0 saves / 0 shots
Goalie stats Cory Schneider 25 saves / 30 shots
May 22 Houston Aeros 4 – 3 2OT Manitoba Moose Toyota Center Recap  
Maxim Noreau 2 – pp – 02:56
Tony Hrkac 3 – 04:22
First period No scoring
Matt Beaudoin 8 – 17:34 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:29 – ppMichael Grabner 6
19:39 – ppJason Krog 7
19:58 – Mark Cullen 3
Tony Hrkac 4 – 04:19 Second overtime period No scoring
Matt Climie 45 saves / 48 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 16 saves / 19 shots
Curtis Sanford 22 saves / 23 shots
May 25 Manitoba Moose 3 – 1 Houston Aeros MTS Centre Recap  
Matt Pope 3 – 12:48 First period 12:52 – ppCorey Locke 12
No scoring Second period No scoring
Michael Grabner 7 – pp – 09:46
Mark Fistric 2 – 12:07
Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 16 saves / 17 shots Goalie stats Matt Climie 33 saves / 36 shots
Manitoba wins series 4–2


Calder Cup Finals[]

(N1) Manitoba Moose vs. (E1) Hershey Bears[]

May 30 Manitoba Moose 4 – 5 OT Hershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
Mark Cullen 4 – pp – 07:35
Michael Grabner 8 – 13:18
First period 08:31 – shAlexandre Giroux 10
Michael Grabner 9 – 06:12 Second period No scoring
Maxime Fortunus 3 -pp – 18:34 Third period 02:34 – Oskar Osala 5
11:01 – ppAlexandre Giroux 11
15:24 – Oskar Osala 6
No scoring First overtime period 13:33 – ppAlexandre Giroux 12
Cory Schneider 30 saves / 35 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 26 saves / 30 shots
June 2 Manitoba Moose 3 – 1 Hershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 12:31 – Alexandre Giroux 13
Jason Jaffray 7 – pp – 07:59 Second period No scoring
Jason Jaffray 8 – 19:13
Jason Jaffray 9 – pp/en – 19:50
Third period No scoring
Cory Schneider 27 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 27 saves / 29 shots
June 6 Hershey Bears 3 – 0 Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
06:22 – ppGraham Mink 6 First period No scoring
09:38 – ppAlexandre Giroux 14 Second period No scoring
19:16 – en/shQuintin Laing Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 28 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 21 saves / 23 shots
June 7 Hershey Bears 2 – 1 Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
No scoring First period 11:37 – Raymond Sawada 4
Kyle Wilson 3 – 05:11 Second period No scoring
Keith Aucoin 4 – pp – 07:17 Third period No scoring
Michal Neuvirth 30 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots
June 9 Hershey Bears 2 – 3 Manitoba Moose GIANT Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:00 – Michael Grabner 10
18:07 – Cody Hodgson 2
Graham Mink 7 – 04:17
John Carlson 2 – 19:29
Third period 18:39 – enJason Krog 8
Michal Neuvirth 23 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Cory Schneider 31 saves / 33 shots
June 12 Manitoba Moose 1 – 4 Hershey Bears MTS Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 03:56 – Andrew Gordon 6
06:10 – Chris Bourque 5
11:16 Alexandre Giroux 15
Mario Bliznak 3 – 11:03 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:39 – enKeith Aucoin
Cory Schneider 26 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Michal Neuvirth 24 saves / 25 shots
Hershey wins series 4–2


See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 16, 2009
  2. ^ Frequently asked questions Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine theahl.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers - 2009 Playoffs - All Players". AHL. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  4. ^ "Top Goalies - 2009 Playoffs - Goals Against Average". AHL. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
Preceded by
2008 Calder Cup playoffs
Calder Cup playoffs
2009
Succeeded by
2010 Calder Cup playoffs
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