2015 Calder Cup playoffs

2015 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
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

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

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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

May 2	Manchester Monarchs		5 – 3	Portland Pirates	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Michael Mersch (4) – 01:42 Ryan Horvat (1) – 16:34		First period		No scoring
Jordan Weal (5) – pp – 03:34		Second period		12:33 – pp – Henrik Samuelsson (2) 16:13 – pp – Tyler Gaudet (1) 19:59 – Brendan Shinnimin (2)
Michael Mersch (5) – 01:16 Adrian Kempe (1) – 01:36		Third period		No scoring
Jean-Francois Berube 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Louis Domingue 33 saves / 38 shots

Manchester wins series 3–2

(2) Hershey Bears vs. (7) Worcester Sharks

April 24	Worcester Sharks		1 – 4	Hershey Bears	DCU Center	Recap
Micheal Haley (1) – pp – 19:46		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		18:31 – Connor Carrick (1)
No scoring		Third period		17:39 – pp – Nate Schmidt (1) 19:03 – pp – Stanislav Galiev (1) 19:30 – en, pp – Chris Brown (1)
Aaron Dell 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Pheonix Copley 41 saves / 42 shots

April 25	Worcester Sharks		1 – 3	Hershey Bears	DCU Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Eriah Hayes (1) – 02:46		Second period		01:03 – Jim O'Brien (1) 03:34 – Chris Conner (1) 13:58 – Cameron Schilling (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Aaron Dell 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Pheonix Copley 33 saves / 34 shots

April 29	Hershey Bears		1 – 4	Worcester Sharks	Giant Center	Recap
Liam O'Brien (1) – 03:13		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		01:01 – pp – Chris Tierney (1) 3:55 – Ryan Carpenter (1)
No scoring		Third period		05:37 – pp – Taylor Fedun (1) 19:53 – en – Micheal Haley (2)
Pheonix Copley 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Troy Grosenick 27 saves / 28 shots

May 1	Hershey Bears		10 – 4	Worcester Sharks	Giant Center	Recap
Chris Brown (2) – 0:24 Dustin Gazley (1) – sh – 03:44 Jakub Vrana – 10:40 Casey Wellman (1) – pp – 16:10		First period		12:17 – Dylan DeMelo (1)
Cameron Schilling (2) – 09:05 Tim Kennedy (1) – pp – 19:32		Second period		4:07 – pp – Karl Stollery (1)
Casey Wellman (2) – pp – 0:19 Liam O'Brien (2) – pp – 01:28 Casey Wellman (3) – 2:09 Chris Brown (3) – 08:06		Third period		11:05 – Rylan Schwartz (1) 15:07 – Matt Taormina (1)
Philipp Grubauer 19 saves / 21 shots Pheonix Copley 11 saves / 13 shots		Goalie stats		Troy Grosenick 12 saves / 16 shots Aaron Dell 26 saves / 32 shots

Hershey wins series 3–1

(3) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (6) Providence Bruins

April 22	Hartford Wolf Pack		3 – 1	Providence Bruins	XL Center	Recap
Steve Spinell (1) – 04:58		First period		No scoring
Danny Kristo (1) – 03:19		Second period		08:34 – pp – Zach Trotman (1)
Carl Klingberg (1) – en – 19:56		Third period		No scoring
Yann Danis 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Jeremy Smith 22 saves / 24 shots

April 25	Hartford Wolf Pack		1 – 2	Providence Bruins	XL Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Chris Bourque (1) – 12:21		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		02:28 – pp – Paul Carey (1) 04:36 – Alexander Khokhlachev (1)
Yann Danis 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Jeremy Smith 20 saves / 21 shots

April 26	Providence Bruins		2 – 1	3OT	Hartford Wolf Pack	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:33 – pp – Brady Skjei (1)
Alexander Khokhlachev (2) – 19:54		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Seth Griffith (1) – 02:00		Third overtime period			No scoring
Malcolm Subban 46 saves / 47 shots		Goalie stats			Yann Danis 45 saves / 47 shots

April 28	Providence Bruins		1 – 2	Hartford Wolf Pack	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		3:06 – Mathew Bodie (1)
Seth Griffith (2) – pp – 12:54		Third period		2:04 – Tyler Brown (1)
Malcolm Subban 15 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 28 saves / 29 shots

May 1	Hartford Wolf Pack		3 – 2	OT	Providence Bruins	XL Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Chris Mueller (1) – pp – 17:27		Second period			07:55 – Colin Stuart (1)
Chris Mueller (2) – pp – 19:14		Third period			07:36 – pp – Tommy Cross (1)
Tommy Hughes (1) – 04:35		First overtime period			No scoring
Yann Danis 38 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Jeremy Smith 39 saves / 42 shots

Hartford wins series 3–2

(4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (5) Syracuse Crunch

April 24	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		5 – 1	Syracuse Crunch	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
Dominik Uher (1) – 16:52		First period		No scoring
Kasperi Kapanen (1) – 06:03 Carter Rowney (1) – 06:34 Kasperi Kapanen (2) – 07:43		Second period		14:00 – Matthew Peca (1)
Danny Syvret (1) – 12:32		Third period		No scoring
Matt Murray 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Kristers Gudlevskis 16 saves / 20 shots Adam Wilcox 14 saves / 15 shots

April 25	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		4 – 0	Syracuse Crunch	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
Jayson Megna (1) – pp – 02:32 Carter Rowney (2) – pp – 16:32 Tom Kostopoulos (1) – pp – 19:59		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Kasperi Kapanen (3) – 16:10		Third period		No scoring
Matt Murray 27 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Kristers Gudlevskis 25 saves / 29 shots

April 29	Syracuse Crunch		2 – 5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Yanni Gourde (1) – pp – 16:53		First period		07:53 – pp – Scott Wilson (1)
No scoring		Second period		02:39 – Conor Sheary (1)
Tanner Richard (1) – 05:36		Third period		01:59 – pp – Conor Sheary (2) 04:30 – pp – Derrick Pouliot (1) 18:42 – en –Andrew Ebbett (1)
Kristers Gudlevskis 19 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Matt Murray 33 saves / 35 shots

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 3–0

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (8) Chicago Wolves

April 22	Chicago Wolves		2 – 3	2OT	Utica Comets	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:56 – Hunter Shinkaruk (1) 10:28 – Nicklas Jensen (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Magnus Paajarvi (1) – 01:25 Magnus Paajarvi (2) – 19:59		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			03:10 – Bobby Sanguinetti (1)
Jordan Binnington 40 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Jacob Markstrom 30 saves / 32 shots

April 24	Chicago Wolves		2 – 1	Utica Comets	Allstate Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Brent Regner (1) – pp – 01:10 Jeremy Welsh (1) – 11:52		Second period		10:10 – Hunter Shinkaruk (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jordan Binnington 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 20 saves / 22 shots

April 29	Utica Comets		2 – 1	OT	Chicago Wolves	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:31 – Colin Fraser (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Adam Clendening (1) – pp – 06:58		Third period			No scoring
Darren Archibald (1) – 10:58		First overtime period			No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 26 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Jordan Binnington 50 saves / 52 shots

May 1	Utica Comets		3 – 4	OT	Chicago Wolves	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Cory Conacher (1) – pp – 06:43 Adam Clendening (2) – 14:56		First period			10:59 – Adam Cracknell (1)
No scoring		Second period			01:21 – Mathieu Brodeur (1) 12:26 – pp – Benn Ferriero (1)
Bobby Sanguinetti (2) – pp – 05:05		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:19 – pp – Joel Edmundson (1)
Jacob Markstrom 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Jordan Binnington 35 saves / 38 shots

May 2	Utica Comets		4 – 2	Chicago Wolves	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Brandon DeFazio (1) – 0:18 Brendan Gaunce (1) – pp – 12:36 Brendan Gaunce (2) – pp – 15:07		Second period		07:11 – pp – Magnus Paajarvi (3) 13:06 – Joel Edmundson (2)
Sven Baertschi (1) – en – 19:16		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats		Jordan Binnington 27 saves / 30 shots

Utica wins series 3–2

(2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (7) Toronto Marlies

April 25	Toronto Marlies		7 – 4	Grand Rapids Griffins	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
T. J. Brennan (1) – 0:26 Greg McKegg (1) – 12:55		First period		17:04 – pp – Andreas Athanasiou (1)
Ryan Rupert (1) – 15:31 Byron Froese (1) – 19:56		Second period		0:40 – Teemu Pulkkinen (1) 10:12 – Louis-Marc Aubry (1)
Brendan Leipsic (1) – 05:51 Jack Rodewald (1) – 11:19 Josh Leivo (1) – en – 18:03		Third period		14:51 – pp – Teemu Pulkkinen (2)
Christopher Gibson 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 28 saves / 34 shots

April 26	Toronto Marlies		5 – 2	Grand Rapids Griffins	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
Matt Frattin (1) – 16:54		First period		04:42 – Teemu Pulkkinen (3) 05:25 – pp – Andy Miele (1)
Matt Frattin (2) – pp – 02:35		Second period		No scoring
T. J. Brennan (2) – pp – 13:24 Connor Brown (1) – en – 19:03 Greg McKegg (2) – en – 19:47		Third period		No scoring
Christopher Gibson 26 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Jared Coreau 21 saves / 24 shots

April 29	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 2	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Andy Miele (2) – 07:51		First period		06:33 – Troy Bodie (1)
Andreas Athanasiou (2) – pp – 07:18		Second period		No scoring
Tyler Bertuzzi (1) – 09:11 Teemu Pulkkinen (4) – 09:49 Teemu Pulkkinen (5) – en – 16:07		Third period		12:32 – pp – Brendan Mikkelson (1)
Tom McCollum 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Christopher Gibson 25 saves / 29 shots

May 2	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 4	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Tomas Nosek (1) – sh – 06:44 Tomas Nosek (2) – pp – 11:07		First period		00:46 – Matt Frattin (3)
No scoring		Second period		02:24 – Ryan Rupert (2)
Andreas Athanasiou (3) – 02:30 Teemu Pulkkinen (6) – pp – 05:52 Tyler Bertuzzi (2) – 15:18		Third period		18:55 – Brendan Mikkelson (2) 19:20 – T. J. Brennan (3)
Tom McCollum 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Christopher Gibson 22 saves / 27 shots

May 3	Grand Rapids Griffins		3 – 1	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Louis-Marc Aubry (2) – 08:49		First period		No scoring
Alden Hirschfeld (1) – 12:35		Second period		02:24 – Sam Carrick (1)
Andreas Athanasiou (4) – 03:38		Third period		No scoring
Tom McCollum 35 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Christopher Gibson 39 saves / 42 shots

Grand Rapids wins series 3–2

(3) San Antonio Rampage vs. (6) Oklahoma City Barons

April 23	Oklahoma City Barons		5 – 2	San Antonio Rampage	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Brad Hunt (1) – pp – 12:04		First period		15:56 – Vincent Trocheck (1)
No scoring		Second period		08:01 – Rocco Grimaldi (1)
Joshua Winquist (1) – pp – 10:22 Ryan Hamilton (1) – 14:05 Connor Jones (1) – en – 18:39 Matthew Ford (1) – en – 19:52		Third period		No scoring
Laurent Brossoit 29 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Dan Ellis 33 saves / 36 shots

April 25	Oklahoma City Barons		4 – 3	OT	San Antonio Rampage	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:16 – Connor Brickley (1) 12:34 – pp – Corban Knight (1)
Ryan Hamilton (2) – pp – 17:27		Second period			06:44 – John McFarland (1)
Jordan Oesterle (1) – pp – 16:43 Matthew Ford (2) – pp – 19:24		Third period			No scoring
Connor Jones (2) – 04:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Laurent Brossoit 21 saves / 24 shots Richard Bachman 16 saves / 16 shots		Goalie stats			Michael Houser 35 saves / 39 shots

April 29	San Antonio Rampage		1 – 2	OT	Oklahoma City Barons	AT&T Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			18:51 – Kellen Jones (1)
Dylan Olsen (1) – 19:01		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			05:01 – Jujhar Khaira (1)
Dan Ellis 36 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats			Richard Bachman 35 saves / 36 shots

Oklahoma City wins series 3–0

(4) Rockford IceHogs vs. (5) Texas Stars

April 24	Texas Stars		2 – 4	Rockford IceHogs	Cedar Park Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:23 – pp – Spencer Abbott (1)
Curtis McKenzie (1) – 16:37		Second period		No scoring
Julius Honka (1) – pp – 04:24		Third period		08:31 – pp – Spencer Abbott (2) 12:19 – Kirill Gotovets (1) 18:56 – en – Ryan Hartman (1)
Jussi Rynnas 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 33 saves / 35 shots

April 25	Texas Stars		1 – 4	Rockford IceHogs	Cedar Park Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		09:28 – Garret Ross (1) 18:01 – Tanner Kero (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Brett Ritchie (1) – 11:58		Third period		16:17 – pp – Peter Regin (1) 18:10 – en – Brandon Mashinter (1)
Jack Campbell 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 34 saves / 35 shots

April 29	Rockford IceHogs		3 – 2	OT	Texas Stars	BMO Harris Bank Center	Recap
Phillip Danault (1) – 03:43		First period			19:21 – Devin Shore (1)
No scoring		Second period			18:41 – Scott Glennie (1)
Phillip Danault (2) – 09:51		Third period			No scoring
Stephen Johns (1) – 00:23		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Leighton 39 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Jussi Rynnas 38 saves / 41 shots

Rockford wins series 3–0

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

May 6	Manchester Monarchs		4 – 3	3OT	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Nick Shore (1) – 00:18 Brian O'Neill (4) – 10:49		First period			03:34 – Taylor Chorney (1) 19:49 – pp – Scott Wilson (2)
Colin Miller (1) – 11:50		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			08:19 – Conor Sheary (3)
Zach O'Brien (1) – 04:13		Third overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Francois Berube 40 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Matt Murray 52 saves / 56 shots

May 7	Manchester Monarchs		5 – 2	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Brian O'Neill (5) – 09:28		First period		No scoring
Justin Auger (1) – 12:38 Jordan Weal (6) – 17:03		Second period		12:28 – pp – Conor Sheary (4) 12:52 – Dominik Uher (2)
Jordan Weal (7) – pp – 05:24 Brian O'Neill 6 – en – 17:57		Third period		No scoring
Jean-Francois Berube 18 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Matt Murray 29 saves / 33 shots

May 9	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		2 – 1	Manchester Monarchs	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
Bryan Rust (1) – 06:22		First period		No scoring
Tom Kostopoulos (2) – pp – 13:27		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		13:01 – David Van der Gulik (1)
Matt Murray 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 18 saves / 20 shots

May 11	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		2 – 5	Manchester Monarchs	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:42 – Jordan Weal (8)
No scoring		Second period		05:45 – sh – Michael Mersch (6) 12:57 – Jordan Weal (9) 16:53 – David Van der Gulik (2)
Tom Kostopoulos (3) – 10:58 Bryan Rust (2) – 11:35		Third period		09:45 – pp – Jordan Weal (10)
Matt Murray 21 saves / 25 shots Jeff Zatkoff 1 save / 2 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 27 saves / 29 shots

May 12	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		1 – 2	Manchester Monarchs	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:01 – Adrian Kempe (2) 14:57 – Nick Shore (2)
Conor Sheary (5) – 18:43		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Matt Murray 4 saves / 6 shots Jeff Zatkoff 22 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 28 saves / 29 shots

Manchester wins series 4–1

(2) Hershey Bears vs. (3) Hartford Wolf Pack

May 6	Hershey Bears		1 – 2	OT	Hartford Wolf Pack	Giant Center	Recap
Chris Conner (2) – 19:06		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			05:28 – pp – Chris Mueller (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			16:47 – Chris Bourque (2)
Philipp Grubauer 41 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Yann Danis 36 saves / 37 shots

May 8	Hershey Bears		6 – 4	Hartford Wolf Pack	Giant Center	Recap
Tim Kennedy (2) – 05:19		First period		07:33 – Joey Crabb (1) 10:26 – pp – Chris Bourque (3) 13:27 – Chad Nehring (1)
Tim Kennedy (3) – 03:40 Nate Schmidt (2) – 09:09 Jim O'Brien (2) – pp – 15:33 Jakub Vrana (2) – 18:43		Second period		08:57 – Mathew Bodie (2)
Jim O'Brien (3) – en, sh – 19:02		Third period		No scoring
Philipp Grubauer 13 saves / 17 shots Pheonix Copley 9 saves / 9 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 23 saves / 28 shots

May 10*	Hartford Wolf Pack		1 – 2	Hershey Bears	XL Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Joey Crabb (2) – sh – 19:19		Second period		01:07 – Nate Schmidt (3)
No scoring		Third period		10:23 – sh – Cameron Schilling (3)
Yann Danis 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 32 shots

May 11*	Hartford Wolf Pack		3 – 1	Hershey Bears	XL Center	Recap
Joey Crabb (3) – 16:11		First period		No scoring
Oscar Lindberg (1) – pp – 08:45 Ryan Haggerty (1) – 13:09		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		12:02 – Jon Landry (1)
Yann Danis 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Philipp Grubauer 29 saves / 32 shots

May 13	Hershey Bears		4 – 5	OT	Hartford Wolf Pack	Giant Center	Recap
Connor Carrick (2) – pp – 07:21 Chandler Stephenson (1) – 08:44 Garrett Mitchell (1) – sh – 09:44		First period			02:39 – pp – Danny Kristo (2)
No scoring		Second period			06:22 – Conor Allen (1)
Liam O'Brien (3) – 13:27		Third period			12:09 – Chris Bourque (4) 16:36 – Chris Mueller (4)
No scoring		First overtime period			11:39 – sh – Chris Mueller (5)
Philipp Grubauer 37 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats			Yann Danis 34 saves / 38 shots

May 15	Hartford Wolf Pack		6 – 3	Hershey Bears	XL Center	Recap
Marek Hrivik (1) – 09:02		First period		01:24 – Andre Burakovsky (1)
Marek Hrivik (2) – 01:26 Michael Kostka (1) – 09:00 Joey Crabb – sh – 16:37		Second period		05:39 – sh – Dustin Gazley (2)
Carl Klingberg (2) – 14:14 Marek Hrivik (3) – 19:24		Third period		12:44 – Nate Schmidt (4)
Yann Danis 23 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 36 shots

Hartford wins series 4–2

*The games scheduled for May 10 and May 11 were played at DCU Center due to the lack of availability at XL Center.

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (6) Oklahoma City Barons

May 7	Utica Comets		1 – 2	4OT	Oklahoma City Barons	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Kent Huskins (1) – 17:10		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			04:13 – Kellen Jones (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Fourth overtime period			0:16 – Curtis Hamilton (1)
Jacob Markstrom 65 saves / 67 shots		Goalie stats			Richard Bachman 56 saves / 57 shots

May 8	Utica Comets		2 – 1	OT	Oklahoma City Barons	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			08:50 – Connor Jones (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Adam Clendening (3) – 01:31		Third period			No scoring
Alexandre Grenier (1) – 03:32		First overtime period			No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 22 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Richard Bachman 36 saves / 38 shots

May 11	Oklahoma City Barons		2 – 3	Utica Comets	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Andrew Miller (2) – sh – 15:10		First period		01:20 – Alex Friesen (1) 12:35 – Alexandre Grenier (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Joshua Winquist (1) – pp – 03:08		Third period		04:50 – Mike Zalewski (1)
Richard Bachman 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 20 saves / 22 shots

May 13	Oklahoma City Barons		7 – 4	Utica Comets	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Jujhar Khaira (1) – 09:30		First period		01:20 – Hunter Shinkaruk (3)
Andrew Miller (3) – pp – 01:16 Matthew Ford (2) – pp – 13:08 Jujhar Khaira (2) - 17:34		Second period		06:50 – pp – Sven Baertschi (2) 11:34 – Alex Friesen (2)
Ryan Hamilton (4) – pp – 09:12 Brandon Davidson (1) – pp – 11:29 Brad Hunt (1) – 17:15		Third period		16:56 – Brendan Gaunce (3)
Richard Bachman 38 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 17 saves / 23 shots

May 14	Oklahoma City Barons		1 – 3	Utica Comets	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:13 – Wacey Hamilton (1)
No scoring		Second period		03:54 – Peter Andersson (1)
Brad Hunt (2) – pp – 18:51		Third period		19:44 – en – Alexandre Grenier (3)
Richard Bachman 29 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 33 saves / 34 shots

May 18	Utica Comets		1 – 2	Oklahoma City Barons	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:23 – Brad Hunt (3)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Sven Baertschi (3) – 14:13		Third period		08:26 – Ryan Hamilton (5)
Jacob Markstrom 19 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Richard Bachman 33 saves / 34 shots

May 20	Utica Comets		1 – 0	Oklahoma City Barons	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Alexandre Grenier (4) – 07:11		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 35 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Richard Bachman 39 saves / 40 shots

Utica wins series 4–3

(2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (4) Rockford IceHogs

May 6	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 3	Rockford IceHogs	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Kevin Porter (1) – 02:01		First period		No scoring
Teemu Pulkkinen (7) – 13:05 Teemu Pulkkinen (8)– 16:28		Second period		08:41 – Mark McNeill (1)
Teemu Pulkkinen (9) – 17:14 Louis-Marc Aubry (3) – en – 19:42		Third period		03:16 – Stephen Johns (2) 09:20 – Garret Ross (2)
Tom McCollum 34 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 23 saves / 27 shots

May 8	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 1	Rockford IceHogs	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Tyler Bertuzzi (3) – 12:26		First period		06:18 – Brandon Mashinter (2)
Anthony Mantha (1) – 09:32		Second period		No scoring
Teemu Pulkkinen (10) – 01:36 Jeff Hoggan (1) – 07:58 Teemu Pulkkinen (11) – pp – 15:24		Third period		No scoring
Tom McCollum 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Michael Leighton 25 saves / 30 shots

May 13	Rockford IceHogs		4 – 1	Grand Rapids Griffins	BMO Harris Bank Center	Recap
Mark McNeill (2) – sh – 12:21 Ryan Hartman (2) – pp – 18:36		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		08:27 – pp – Teemu Pulkkinen (12)
Stephen Johns (3) – 04:50 Spencer Abbott (3) – en – 16:57		Third period		No scoring
Michael Leighton 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 23 saves / 26 shots

May 14	Rockford IceHogs		1 – 2	OT	Grand Rapids Griffins	BMO Harris Bank Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:48 – Tyler Bertuzzi (4)
Phillip Danault (3) – 09:01		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			00:13 – Tyler Bertuzzi (5)
Michael Leighton 29 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Tom McCollum 27 saves / 28 shots

May 17	Rockford IceHogs		3 – 5	Grand Rapids Griffins	BMO Harris Bank Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:01 – pp – Teemu Pulkkinen (13)
Tanner Kero (2) – 05:10		Second period		00:39 – Andy Miele (3) 02:16 – Marek Tvrdon (1) 12:21 – Tyler Bertuzzi (6)
Zach Miskovic (1) – 16:14 Brandon Mashinter (3) – pp – 18:01		Third period		11:38 – en – Jeff Hoggan (2)
Michael Leighton 10 saves / 12 shots Mac Carruth 13 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 24 saves / 27 shots

Grand Rapids wins series 4–1

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (3) Hartford Wolf Pack

May 21	Manchester Monarchs		3 – 2	Hartford Wolf Pack	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Michael Mersch (7) – 00:35		First period		11:33 – Oscar Lindberg (2)
Nic Dowd (2) – 11:07 Michael Mersch (8) – 16:02		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		06:43 – Mathew Bodie (2)
Jean-Francois Berube 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 22 saves / 25 shots

May 23	Manchester Monarchs		7 – 4	Hartford Wolf Pack	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Sean Backman (2) – 08:37 Michael Mersch (9) – 11:25		First period		No scoring
Michael Mersch (10) – pp – 15:50 Brian O'Neill (7) – 19:10 Sean Backman (3) – 19:51		Second period		04:16 – Oscar Lindberg (3) 05:59 – Carl Klingberg (3) 11:07 – Joey Crabb (5)
Nic Dowd (2) – 07:05 Michael Mersch (11) – 14:13		Third period		16:49 – Carl Klingberg (4)
Jean-Francois Berube 14 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 19 saves / 24 shots Mackenzie Skapski 3 saves / 6 shots

May 26	Hartford Wolf Pack		3 – 5	Manchester Monarchs	XL Center	Recap
Chad Nehring (2) – pp – 13:47		First period		05:11 – Nick Shore (3) 19:26 – Brian O'Neill (8)
No scoring		Second period		05:05 – Adrian Kempe (3)
Danny Kristo (3) – pp – 12:16 Joey Crabb (6) – 19:59		Third period		07:38 – Sean Backman (4) 14:00 – Zach O'Brien (2)
Mackenzie Skapski 29 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 17 saves / 20 shots

May 27	Hartford Wolf Pack		1 – 3	Manchester Monarchs	XL Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:13 – Nic Dowd (4)
Ryan Haggerty (2) – 1:23		Second period		06:18 – Adrian Kempe (4)
No scoring		Third period		08:10 – Brian O'Neill (9)
Yann Danis 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 21 saves / 22 shots

Manchester wins series 4–0

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (2) Grand Rapids Griffins

May 24	Utica Comets		2 – 1	Grand Rapids Griffins	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Nicklas Jensen (2) – 00:35 Brandon DeFazio (1) – 11:06		First period		16:03 – pp – Mark Zengerle (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 25 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 29 saves / 31 shots

May 25	Utica Comets		2 – 4	Grand Rapids Griffins	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:00 – Dylan Larkin (1) 18:33 – Dylan Larkin (2)
No scoring		Second period		14:12 – pp – Teemu Pulkkinen (14) 17:22 – pp – Tyler Bertuzzi (7)
Brendan Gaunce (4) – pp – 14:20 Sven Baertschi (3) – pp – 17:30		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 12 saves / 16 shots Joacim Eriksson 2 saves / 2 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 29 saves / 31 shots

May 28	Grand Rapids Griffins		1 – 4	Utica Comets	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		03:17 – Sven Baertschi (4) 09:35 – pp – Sven Baertschi (5) 11:53 – Sven Baertschi (6)
Marek Tvrdon (2) – pp – 04:19		Third period		15:23 – Cory Conacher (2)
Tom McCollum 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 40 saves / 41 shots

May 29	Grand Rapids Griffins		3 – 2	OT	Utica Comets	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Xavier Ouellet (1) – pp – 05:48		Second period			08:01 – pp – Alex Friesen (4) 16:12 – Cory Conacher (3)
Anthony Mantha (2) – 05:44		Third period			No scoring
Andreas Athanasiou (5) – 05:05		First overtime period			No scoring
Tom McCollum 34 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Jacob Markstrom 22 saves / 25 shots

May 31	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 3	Utica Comets	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Mark Zengerle (2) – pp – 04:20		First period		02:14 – Wacey Hamilton (2) 06:07 – Hunter Shinkaruk (4) 11:47 – Bobby Sanguinetti (3)
Dylan Larkin (3) – pp – 19:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Tom McCollum 18 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Jacob Markstrom 32 saves / 34 shots

June 2	Utica Comets		2 – 0	Grand Rapids Griffins	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Cory Conacher (4) – 03:16		Second period		No scoring
Alexandre Grenier (5) – en – 18:46		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 21 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Tom McCollum 27 saves / 28 shots

Utica wins series 4–2

Calder Cup Finals

Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica Comets

June 6	Manchester Monarchs		3–2	OT	Utica Comets	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Brian O'Neill (10) – 16:00		First period			17:01 – pp – Sven Baertschi (7)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Michael Mersch (12) – pp – 02:23		Third period			05:24 – Cory Conacher (5)
Michael Mersch (13) – 04:10		First overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Francois Berube 15 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats			Jacob Markstrom 34 saves / 37 shots

June 7	Manchester Monarchs		2–1	OT	Utica Comets	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Zach O'Brien (3) – pp – 19:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:12 – Nicklas Jensen (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Nic Dowd (5) – 05:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Jean-Francois Berube 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			Jacob Markstrom 37 saves / 39 shots

June 10	Utica Comets		3–2	Manchester Monarchs	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Cal O'Reilly (1) – 05:45 Alexandre Grenier (6) – 18:58		First period		19:35 – Adrian Kempe (5)
Nicklas Jensen (4) – 06:18		Second period		07:22 – Adrian Kempe (6)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 32 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Jean-Francois Berube 8 saves / 9 shots Patrik Bartosak 27 saves / 29 shots

June 12	Utica Comets		3–6	Manchester Monarchs	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Frank Corrado (1) – 14:09 Sven Baertschi (8) – pp – 18:54		First period		12:45 – Sean Backman (5) 13:17 – Nic Dowd (6)
No scoring		Second period		03:08 – pp – Colin Miller (2) 07:51 – pp – Nick Shore (4) 19:49 – Nic Dowd (7)
Will Acton (1) – 17:54		Third period		06:27 – Adrian Kempe (7)
Jacob Markstrom 27 saves / 33 shots Joacim Eriksson 5 saves / 5 shots		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartosak 22 saves / 25 shots

June 13	Utica Comets		1–2	Manchester Monarchs	Utica Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:02 – Adrian Kempe (8) 13:09 – pp – Vincent LoVerde (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Cal O'Reilly (2) – 19:45		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Markstrom 17 saves / 19 shots		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartosak 31 saves / 32 shots

Manchester wins Calder Cup 4–1

Playoff statistical leaders

Leading skaters

These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.^[1]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Michael Mersch	Manchester Monarchs	18	13	9	22	8
Jordan Weal	Manchester Monarchs	19	10	12	22	16
Brian O'Neill	Manchester Monarchs	19	10	10	20	12
Cal O'Reilly	Utica Comets	23	2	17	19	4
Teemu Pulkkinen	Grand Rapids Griffins	16	14	4	18	22
Nick Shore	Manchester Monarchs	19	4	14	18	2
Sean Backman	Manchester Monarchs	19	5	12	17	8
Chris Bourque	Hartford Wolf Pack	15	4	13	17	12
Oscar Lindberg	Hartford Wolf Pack	15	3	13	16	6
Sven Baertschi	Utica Comets	21	8	7	15	6

Leading goaltenders

This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 180 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.^[2]

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)

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Richard Bachman	Oklahoma City Barons	9	5	4	322	15	1.55	.953	0	580:35
Pheonix Copley	Hershey Bears	5	3	1	130	7	1.83	.946	0	229:08
Jeremy Smith	Providence Bruins	3	1	2	87	6	1.96	.931	0	183:19
Jacob Markstrom	Utica Comets	23	12	11	682	51	2.11	.925	2	1449:40
Jordan Binnington	Chicago Wolves	5	2	3	194	12	2.16	.938	0	333:15

References

^ "Top Scorers - 2015 Playoffs". AHL. April 24, 2015.
^ "Top Goalies - 2015 Playoffs". AHL. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

Preceded by 2014 Calder Cup playoffs	Calder Cup playoffs 2015	Succeeded by 2016 Calder Cup playoffs

[1] "Top Scorers - 2015 Playoffs". AHL. April 24, 2015.

[2] "Top Goalies - 2015 Playoffs". AHL. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

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Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

East Division

Western Conference

West Division

Midwest Division

North Division

Bracket

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (8) Portland Pirates

(2) Hershey Bears vs. (7) Worcester Sharks

(3) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (6) Providence Bruins

(4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (5) Syracuse Crunch

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (8) Chicago Wolves

(2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (7) Toronto Marlies

(3) San Antonio Rampage vs. (6) Oklahoma City Barons

(4) Rockford IceHogs vs. (5) Texas Stars

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

(2) Hershey Bears vs. (3) Hartford Wolf Pack

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (6) Oklahoma City Barons

(2) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (4) Rockford IceHogs

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(1) Manchester Monarchs vs. (3) Hartford Wolf Pack

Western Conference

(1) Utica Comets vs. (2) Grand Rapids Griffins

Calder Cup Finals

Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica Comets

Playoff statistical leaders

Leading skaters

Leading goaltenders

References