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![]() The champion Manchester Monarchs | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | April 22 – June 13, 2015 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Manchester Monarchs |
Runner-up | Utica Comets |
The 2015 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 22, 2015, with the playoff format that was introduced in 2012. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, will play best-of-five series in the conference quarterfinals, with the playoffs to continue with best-of-seven series for the conference semi-finals, conference finals, and Calder Cup finals. The Manchester Monarchs defeated the Utica Comets in five games to win the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history, and the last prior to their relocation as the Ontario Reign.
Playoff seeds
After the 2014–15 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualifies for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
- Manchester Monarchs – 109 points
- Providence Bruins – 91 points
- Worcester Sharks – 88 points
- Portland Pirates – 87 points
Northeast Division
- Hartford Wolf Pack – 95 points
- Syracuse Crunch – 92 points
East Division
- Hershey Bears – 100 points
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 97 points
Western Conference
West Division
- San Antonio Rampage – 98 points
- Texas Stars – 94 points
- Oklahoma City Barons – 90 points
Midwest Division
- Grand Rapids Griffins – 100 points
- Rockford IceHogs – 99 points
- Chicago Wolves – 87 points
North Division
- Utica Comets – 103 points
- Toronto Marlies – 89 points
Bracket
Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Calder Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Manchester | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Portland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Manchester | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | W-B/Scranton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Hershey | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Worcester | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Manchester | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Hartford | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Hartford | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Providence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Hershey | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Hartford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | W-B/Scranton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Syracuse | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Manchester | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Utica | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Utica | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Chicago | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Utica | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Oklahoma City | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Grand Rapids | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Toronto | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Utica | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Grand Rapids | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | San Antonio | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Oklahoma City | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Grand Rapids | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Rockford | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Rockford | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Texas | 0 |
Conference quarterfinals
- Note 1: All times are in Eastern Time (UTC-4).
- Note 2: Game times in italics signify games to be played only if necessary.
- Note 3: Home team is listed first.
Eastern Conference
(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (8) Portland Pirates
April 23 | Manchester Monarchs | 5 – 2 | Portland Pirates | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | |||
Jordan Weal (1) – 02:07 Brian O'Neill (1) – 10:27 |
First period | 03:11 – pp – Henrik Samuelsson (1) | ||||||
Jordan Weal (2) – pp – 11:27 Brian O'Neill (2) – 17:30 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Vincent LoVerde (1) – en, sh – 17:56 | Third period | 19:08 – pp – Jordan Szwarz (1) | ||||||
Jean-Francois Berube 14 saves / 16 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 10 saves / 14 shots Louis Domingue 8 saves / 8 shots |
April 25 | Manchester Monarchs | 6 – 2 | Portland Pirates | Verizon Wireless Arena | Recap | |||
Michael Mersch (1) – 0:20 Jordan Weal (3) – 0:30 |
First period | 19:45 – Brendan Shinnimin (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Sean Backman (1) – pp – 1:53 Brian O'Neill (3) – 2:10 Nic Dowd (1) – 2:30 Michael Mersch (2) – en – 18:16 |
Third period | 6:30 – pp – Philip Samuelsson (1) | ||||||
Jean-Francois Berube 17 saves / 19 shots | Goalie stats | Mike McKenna 1 save / 3 shots Louis Domingue 23 saves / 26 shots |
April 26 | Portland Pirates | 3 – 2 | Manchester Monarchs | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
Phil Lane (1) – 14:32 | First period | 19:34 – pp – Michael Mersch (3) | ||||||
Eric Selleck (1) – 12:50 | Second period | 5:28 – Jordan Weal (4) | ||||||
Francis Wathier (1) – 19:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Louis Domingue 31 saves / 33 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Francois Berube 20 saves / 23 shots |
April 30 | Portland Pirates | 5 – 0 | Manchester Monarchs | Cross Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
Francis Wathier (2) – 19:05 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Brandon Gormley (1) – 08:59 Patrick McNeill (1) – pp – 13:11 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Francis Wathier (3) – 0:46 Brendan Perlini (1) – 18:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Louis Domingue 28 saves / 28 shots | Goalie stats | Jean-Francois Berube 14 saves / 19 shots |