2007–08 AHL season

2007–08 AHL season
League	American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	October 3, 2007 - April 13, 2008
Regular season
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy	Providence Bruins
Season MVP	Jason Krog
Top scorer	Jason Krog
Calder Cup playoffs
Calder Cup playoffs MVP	Jason Krog
Finals champions	Chicago Wolves
Runners-up	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The 2007–08 AHL season was the 72nd season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Chicago Wolves won their second Calder Cup, defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final.

Team changes

• The dormant Utah Grizzlies relocate to Cleveland, Ohio, playing as the Lake Erie Monsters in the North Division. [1]
• The dormant Cincinnati Mighty Ducks relocate to Rockford, Illinois, playing as the Rockford IceHogs in the West Division, using the name of a previous United Hockey League franchise.
• The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights relocate to Moline, Illinois (Quad Cities), playing as the Quad City Flames in the West Division. [2] [3]

Standings

Complete standings available here.

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Blue shade = clinched division, Green shade = clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	Pts	GF	GA
Providence Bruins (BOS)	80	55	18	3	4	117	280	206
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)	80	50	20	2	8	110	266	198
Portland Pirates (ANA)	80	45	26	5	4	99	238	215
Manchester Monarchs (LA)	80	39	31	5	5	88	240	228
Springfield Falcons (EDM)	80	35	35	5	5	80	214	257
Worcester Sharks (SJ)	80	32	37	5	6	75	216	258
Lowell Devils (NJ)	80	25	43	7	5	62	183	270

East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	Pts	GF	GA
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)	80	47	26	3	4	101	223	187
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI)	80	46	27	4	3	99	236	212
Albany River Rats (CAR)	80	43	30	3	4	93	213	198
Hershey Bears (WAS)	80	42	30	2	6	92	253	247
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	80	40	36	1	3	84	225	240
Binghamton Senators (OTT)	80	34	32	9	5	82	225	248
Norfolk Admirals (TB)	80	29	44	2	5	65	213	267

Western Conference

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	Pts	GF	GA
Toronto Marlies (TOR)	80	50	21	3	6	109	246	203
Syracuse Crunch (CBJ)	80	46	26	2	6	100	247	201
Manitoba Moose (VAN)	80	46	27	3	4	99	236	197
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL)	80	36	34	3	7	82	208	235
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	80	31	41	2	6	70	210	245
Lake Erie Monsters (COL)	80	26	41	6	7	65	209	276
Rochester Americans (BUF/FLA)	80	24	46	6	4	58	197	291

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	Pts	GF	GA
Chicago Wolves (ATL)	80	53	22	2	3	111	300	226
Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	80	44	26	4	6	98	247	231
Houston Aeros (MIN)	80	45	29	2	4	96	206	183
Milwaukee Admirals (NAS)	80	44	29	4	3	95	231	212
San Antonio Rampage (PHX)	80	42	28	3	7	94	238	225
Quad City Flames (CGY)	80	38	32	3	7	86	203	214
Peoria Rivermen (STL)	80	38	33	4	5	85	247	242
Iowa Stars (DAL)	80	35	37	5	3	78	217	255

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jason Krog	Chicago Wolves	73	36	65	101	30
Martin St. Pierre	Rockford IceHogs	63	20	63	83	72
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	Hartford Wolf Pack	75	34	47	81	73
Teddy Purcell	Manchester Monarchs	63	22	55	77	32
Cal O'Reilly	Milwaukee Admirals	73	15	59	74	18
Brad Moran	Manitoba Moose	68	21	52	73	40
Grant Stevenson	Quad City Flames	73	30	41	71	56
Pascal Pelletier	Providence Bruins	67	35	35	70	60
Rob Schremp	Springfield Falcons	71	19	48	67	58
Andrew Ebbett	Portland Pirates	69	17	50	67	66

Stats as of April 2, 2008.

Calder Cup playoffs

Main article: 2008 Calder Cup playoffs

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 is one possible exception to the qualification rules in 2007–08: if the fifth-place team in the West Division finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the North Division, it would cross over and compete in the North Division playoffs. Thus, the San Antonio Rampage replace the Hamilton Bulldogs in the North Division playoffs. [4]

Division Semi-finals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Calder Cup Final

A1

Providence

4

A4

Manchester

0

A1

Providence

2

Atlantic Division

A3

Portland

4

A2

Hartford

1

A3

Portland

4

A3

Portland

3

Eastern Conference

E1

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

4

E1

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

4

E4

Hershey

1

E1

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

4

East Division

E2

Philadelphia

1

E2

Philadelphia

4

E3

Albany

3

E1

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

2

W1

Chicago

4

N1

Toronto

4

W5

San Antonio

3

N1

Toronto

4

North Division

N2

Syracuse

3

N2

Syracuse

4

N3

Manitoba

2

N1

Toronto

1

Western Conference

W1

Chicago

4

W1

Chicago

4

W4

Milwaukee

2

W1

Chicago

4

West Division

W2

Rockford

3

W2

Rockford

4

W3

Houston

1

All Star Classic

The 21st AHL All-Star Classic was played at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, New York, on January 28, 2008. [5] The Canadian All-Stars defeated the Planet USA All-Stars 9–8 in a shootout. Teddy Purcell scored a hat trick, scored the winning shootout goal, and was awarded the MVP award.

	Planet USA All-Stars	Canadian All-Stars
Coach:	Don Lever	Scott Gordon
Assistant coach:	Ron Wilson	Rob Murray
Starters:	#9 F Bobby Ryan (Portland Pirates) #29 F Brett Sterling (Chicago Wolves) #37 F Joakim Lindström (Syracuse Crunch) #5 D Erik Reitz (Houston Aeros) #21 D Matt Lashoff (Providence Bruins) #30 G Tuukka Rask (Providence Bruins)	#29 G Michael Leighton (Albany River Rats) #62 F Teddy Purcell (Manchester Monarchs) #39 F Martin St. Pierre (Rockford Icehogs) #45 D Alexandre Picard (Philadelphia Phantoms) #28 D Lawrence Nycholat (Binghamton Senators) #17 F Denis Hamel (Binghamton Senators, captain)
Reserves:	#3 D Peter Harrold (Manchester Monarchs) #4 D Clay Wilson (Syracuse Crunch) #10 F Petr Vrana (Lowell Devils) #12 F Joe Motzko (Hershey Bears) #13 D Alex Goligoski (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) #15 F Greg Moore (Hartford Wolf Pack) #17 F T. J. Hensick (Lake Erie Monsters) #19 F Toby Petersen (Iowa Stars) #24 D Brian Salcido (Portland Pirates) #28 F Gabe Gauthier (Manchester Monarchs) #33 G Jimmy Howard (Grand Rapids Griffins) #35 G Pekka Rinne (Milwaukee Admirals) #44 F Rob Schremp (Springfield Falcons) #52 D Jonathan Ericsson (Grand Rapids Griffins) #11 F Keith Aucoin (Albany River Rats, captain) #8 D Brian Lee (Binghamton Senators)	#1 G Drew MacIntyre (Manitoba Moose) #2 D Adam Pardy (Quad City Flames) #4 D Brett Skinner (Providence Bruins) #7 F Jeff Tambellini (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) #8 D Joel Kwiatkowski (Chicago Wolves) #10 F Jason Krog (Chicago Wolves) #12 F Andrew Ebbett (Portland Pirates) #14 F Joey Tenute (San Antonio Rampage) #19 F Justin Keller (Norfolk Admirals) #25 D Micki DuPont (Peoria Rivermen) #26 F Mark Mancari (Rochester Americans) #27 F Mike Iggulden (Worcester Sharks) #31 G Nolan Schaefer (Houston Aeros) #38 D Derrick Walser (Toronto Marlies) #84 F Corey Locke (Hamilton Bulldogs)

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Chicago Wolves
Richard F. Canning Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champions:	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Western Conference playoff champions:	Chicago Wolves
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Regular season champions, League:	Providence Bruins
Frank Mathers Trophy Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference:	Providence Bruins
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Regular Season champions, Western Conference:	Chicago Wolves
Emile Francis Trophy Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division:	Providence Bruins
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, East Division:	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Sam Pollock Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Toronto Marlies
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Chicago Wolves

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Jason Krog - Chicago Wolves
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Jason Krog - Chicago Wolves
Willie Marshall Award Top goal scorer:	Jason Krog - Chicago Wolves
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Teddy Purcell - Manchester Monarchs
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Andrew Hutchinson - Hartford Wolf Pack
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Michael Leighton - Albany River Rats
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Nolan Schaefer & Barry Brust - Houston Aeros
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Scott Gordon - Providence Bruins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Jordan Sigalet - Providence Bruins
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award Community Service Award:	Denis Hamel - Binghamton Senators
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Jason Krog - Chicago Wolves

See also

• List of AHL seasons
• 2007 in ice hockey
• 2008 in ice hockey

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB