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2008 Calder Cup playoffs

North American ice hockey tournament

North American ice hockey tournament

FieldValue
titleCalder Cup playoffs
year2008
datesApril 16 – June 10, 2008
num_teams16
winnersChicago Wolves
secondWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
prev_season[2007](2007-calder-cup-playoffs)
next_season[2009](2009-calder-cup-playoffs)

The 2008 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 16, 2008. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for division semifinals, finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 10, 2008 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, four games to two, to win the second Calder Cup in team history. Jason Krog won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP, after having already been named the regular-season MVP. Krog also tied the AHL record for most assists in one playoff with 26.

In Game 5 of the East Division Semifinals between the Philadelphia Phantoms and Albany River Rats, Ryan Potulny of Philadelphia scored 2:58 into the fifth overtime period, ending what was longest game in AHL history. In 2018 a game would last until 6:48 into the fifth overtime period, setting a new record. Chicago's Darren Haydar set two AHL playoff scoring records in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Final by recording his 52nd career AHL playoff goal, as well as his 120th career AHL playoff point. In the same game, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Alex Goligoski set an AHL record for most points scored by a defenseman in a single post-season with 26. This eclipsed the record set by former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defenseman Chris Kelleher, who scored 25 points in the 2001 Calder Cup Playoffs. Goligoski extended his record to 28 points before the playoffs ended.

Playoff seeds

After the 2007–08 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs, except in the North division where the fourth playoff spot was taken by the fifth-placed team from the West division since the fifth-placed San Antonio Rampage earned more points than the Hamilton Bulldogs during the season. This is because the West division has 8 teams while the other three divisions have 7 teams each. Therefore, this was the only situation in which a crossover was possible. The Providence Bruins were the Eastern Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Chicago Wolves were the Western Conference regular season champions.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

  1. Providence Bruins – Eastern Conference regular season champions; Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners, 117 points
  2. Hartford Wolf Pack – 110 points
  3. Portland Pirates – 99 points
  4. Manchester Monarchs – 88 points

East Division

  1. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 101 points
  2. Philadelphia Phantoms – 99 points
  3. Albany River Rats – 93 points
  4. Hershey Bears – 92 points

Western Conference

North Division

  1. Toronto Marlies – 109 points
  2. Syracuse Crunch – 100 points
  3. Manitoba Moose – 99 points
  4. San Antonio Rampage – 94 points (Fifth-place in West Division)

West Division

  1. Chicago Wolves – Western Conference regular season champions, 111 points
  2. Rockford IceHogs – 98 points
  3. Houston Aeros – 96 points
  4. Milwaukee Admirals – 95 points

Bracket

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Division Semifinals

:Note 1: All times are in Eastern Daylight 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

Atlantic Division

(A1) Providence Bruins vs. (A4) Manchester Monarchs

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Petr Kanko (1) - 14:47 |1-2-1 = 9:48 - sh - Wacey Rabbit (1) |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = 6:16 - Jeff Hoggan (1) |1-3-2 = Matt Moulson (1) - 9:30 |1-4-1 = 9:01 - Pascal Pelletier (1) |1-4-2 = No scoring |goalie1-1 = Tuukka Rask 25 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2 = Jonathan Bernier 34 saves / 37 shots

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = No scoring |2-2-2 = No scoring |2-3-1 = 16:54 - Jordan Knackstedt (1) 19:20 - en - Pascal Pelletier (2) |2-3-2 = No scoring |goalie2-1 = Tuukka Rask 21 saves / 21 shots |goalie2-2 = Jonathan Quick 38 saves / 39 shots

|3-1-1 = 17:07 - T.J. Trevelyan (1) |3-1-2 = No scoring |3-2-1 = No scoring |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 = 9:21 - Wacey Rabbit (2) |3-3-2 = Troy Milam (1) - pp - 10:03 Matt Moulson (2) - pp - 13:41 |3-4-1 = 5:34 - sh - Jeff Hoggan (2) |3-4-2 = No scoring |goalie3-1 = Tuukka Rask 33 saves / 35 shots |goalie3-2 = Jonathan Bernier 31 saves / 34 shots

|4-1-1 = No scoring |4-1-2 = No scoring |4-2-1 = No scoring |4-2-2 = 14:18 - David Meckler (1) 19:50 - Brady Murray (1) |4-3-1 = Pascal Pelletier (3) - 5:41 Jeff Hoggan (3) - 15:10 |4-3-2 = No scoring |4-4-1 = Martins Karsums (1) - 0:46 |4-4-2 = No scoring |goalie4-1 = Tuukka Rask 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 = Jonathan Bernier 24 saves / 27 shots

(A2) Hartford Wolf Pack vs. (A3) Portland Pirates

East Division

(E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (E4) Hershey Bears

|1-1-1=No scoring |1–1-2=No scoring |1-2-1=No scoring |1-2-2=No scoring |1-3-1=0:17 - Connor James (1) |1-3-2=Chris Bourque (1) - 10:02 |1-4-1= 4:52 - Chris Minard (1) |1-4-2=No scoring |goalie1-1=John Curry 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie1-2=Frederic Cassivi 21 saves / 23 shots |2-1-1=2:13 - Tim Brent (1) 14:31 - Chris Minard (2) |2-1-2=Andrew Gordon (1) - 13:34 |2-2-1=9:27 - Alex Goligoski (1) |2-2-2=Andrew Gordon (2) - pp - 4:37 |2-3-1=5:53 - Dave Gove (1) 7:34 - Tim Brent (2) 8:08 - Ryan Stone (1) |2-3-2=No scoring |goalie2-1=John Curry 26 saves / 28 shots |goalie2-2=Federic Cassivi 21 saves / 27 shots Daren Machesney 2 saves / 2 shots |3-1-1=Alain Nasreddine (1) - pp - 1:54 Mark Ardelan (1) - pp - 7:59 Tim Brent (3) - pp - 9:16 |3-1-2= 13:06 - pp - Andrew Gordon (3) |3-2-1=Tim Wallace (1) - 1:30 |3-2-2=No scoring |3-3-1=Nathan Smith (1) - 14:29 |3-3-2=No scoring |goalie3-1=John Curry 23 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2=Daren Machesney 9 saves / 12 shots Frederic Cassivi 17 saves / 19 shots |4-1-1=No scoring |4-1-2=No scoring |4-2-1=No scoring |4-2-2= 9:00 - pp - Alexandre Giroux (1) |4-3-1=Chris Minard (3) - pp - 3:42 Chris Minard (4) - 19:41 |4-3-2= 16:59 - pp - Jonathan Paiement (1) |4-4-1=No scoring |4-4-2=0:20 - Alexandre Giroux (2) |goalie4-1=John Curry 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie4-2=Frederic Cassivi 32 saves / 34 shots |5-1-1=15:10 - pp - Tim Brent (4) |5-1-2=Maxime Lacroix (1) - 7:08 |5-2-1= 10:36 - Luca Caputi (1) 13:47 - pp - Chris Minard (5) |5-2-2=Alexandre Giroux (3) - 3:47 |5-3-1= 8:38 - pp - Tim Brent (5) 9:28 - pp - Alex Goligoski (2) 15:17 - Nathan Smith (2) 19:45 - Dennis Bonvie (1) |5-3-2=Eric Fehr (1) - 0:25 |goalie5-1=John Curry 30 saves / 33 shots |goalie5-2=Frederic Cassivi 26 saves / 33 shots

(E2) Philadelphia Phantoms vs. (E3) Albany River Rats

Game five was the longest game in AHL history at the time at 82 minutes, 58 seconds of overtime play. It is now the second longest game in AHL history. Philadelphia's Michael Leighton faced 101 shots and made 98 saves, which remains the AHL record. |1-1-1=No scoring |1-1-2=Jakub Patruzalek (1) - 7:20 |1-2-1=No scoring |1-2-2=Jerome Samson (1) - pp - 17:06 Bryan Rodney (1) - 18:57 |1-3-1=No scoring |1-3-2=Marc Cavosie (1) - pp - 3:17 |goalie1-1= Scott Munroe 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie1-2=Michael Leighton 39 saves / 39 shots |2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =13:27 - pp - Jared Ross (1) 19:47 - Peter Zingoni (1) |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 = 18:56 - en - Boyd Kane (1) |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 = Scott Munroe 18 saves / 18 shots |goalie2-2 = Michael Leighton 37 saves / 39 shots |3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = 4:56 - pp - Bryan Rodney (2) 7:39 - Brett Carson (1) 17:10 - Bryan Rodney (3) |3-2-1 = No scoring |3-2-2 = No scoring |3-3-1 =Peter Zingoni (2) - pp - 15:53 |3-3-2 = 18:34 - en - Joe Jensen (1) |goalie3-1 = Scott Munroe 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2 = Michael Leighton 38 saves / 39 shots |4-1-1 = Jon Matsumoto (1) - 2:20 |4-1-2 = 2:20 - pp - Jakub Petruzalek (2) |4-2-1 =Kyle Greentree (1) - pp - 5:20 |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 = Scott Munroe 30 saves / 31 shots |goalie4-2 = Michael Leighton 24 saves / 26 shots

|5-1-1=No scoring |5-1-2=No scoring |5-2-1=7:41 - sh - Jared Ross (2) |5-2-2=Kiel McLeod (1) - 2:57 Kiel McLeod (2) - pp - 17:14 |5-3-1=15:13 - Jared Ross (3) |5-3-2=No scoring |5-4-1=2:58 - Ryan Potulny (1) |5-4-2=No scoring |goalie5-1=Scott Munroe 65 saves / 67 shots |goalie5-2=Michael Leighton 98 saves / 101 shots

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (W5) San Antonio Rampage
(N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Manitoba Moose

West Division

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (W4) Milwaukee Admirals

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = No scoring |1-2-1 =12:07 - Brett Sterling (1) 19:48 - Bryan Little (1) |1-2-2 =Josh Langfeld (1) - pp - 2:14 |1-3-1 =1:23 - Jesse Schultz (1) |1-3-2 =Josh Langfeld (2) - pp - 5:43 Josh Langfeld (3) - 13:04 |1-4-1 =No scoring |1-4-2 =Cal O'Reilly (1) - 6:07 |goalie1-1 = Ondrej Pavelec 21 saves / 25 shots |goalie1-2 = Pekka Rinne 34 saves / 37 shots |2-1-1= 9:30 - Kevin Doell (1) |2-1-2=No scoring |2-2-1=No scoring |2-2-2=No scoring |2-3-1=5:54 - Jesse Schultz (2) |2-3-2=John Laliberte (1) - 5:27 |goalie2-1=Ondrej Pavelec 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie2-2=Pekka Rinne 36 saves / 38 shots |3-1-1=Jesse Schultz (3) - 16:24 Darren Haydar (1) - 18:16 |3-1-2= 12:05 - Kelsey Wilson (1) |3-2-1=No scoring |3-2-2=No scoring |3-3-1=Kevin Doell (2) - sh - 11:24 |3-3-2=2:05 - pp - Josh Langfeld (4) 4:03 - sh - Josh Langfeld (5) |3-4-1=Darren Haydar (2) - pp - 14:08 |3-4-2=No scoring |goalie3-1=Ondrej Pavelec 27 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2=Pekka Rinne 29 saves / 33 shots |4-1-1=No scoring |4-1-2=No scoring |4-2-2=No scoring |4-3-1=No scoring |4-3-2= 5:45 - Rich Peverley (1) 18:15 - Antti Pihlstrom (1) |goalie4-1=Ondrej Pavelec 15 saves / 17 shots |goalie4-2=Pekka Rinne 37 saves / 37 shots |5-1-1=1:59 - Brett Sterling (2) 9:17 - Darren Haydar (3) |5-1-2=No scoring |5-2-1=4:45 - Brian Fahey (1) 7:52 - Joe Motzko (1) |5-2-2=No scoring |5-3-1=No scoring |5-3-2=Mark Matheson (1) - 19:52 |goalie5-1=Ondrej Pavelec 26 saves / 27 shots |goalie5-2=Pekka Rinne 19 saves / 23 shots Dov Grumet-Morris 6 saves / 6 shots |6-1-1=Arturs Kulda (1) - 7:19 |6-1-2=No scoring |6-2-1=Boris Valabik (1) - sh - 5:05 |6-2-2=No scoring |6-3-1= Boris Valabik (2) - en - 19:26 |6-3-2=No scoring |goalie6-1=Ondrej Pavelec 30 saves / 30 shots |goalie6-2=Pekka Rinne 24 saves / 26 shots

(W2) Rockford IceHogs vs. (W3) Houston Aeros

Division Finals

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

(A1) Providence Bruins vs. (A3) Portland Pirates

East Division

(E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (E2) Philadelphia Phantoms

|1-1-1=No scoring |1-1-2=Jon Matsumoto (2) - pp - 14:03 |1-2-1=7:23 - Connor James (2) |1-2-2=Jared Ross (4) - 5:10 Stefan Ruzicka (2) - 5:23 Stefan Ruzicka (3) - pp - 19:47 |1-3-1=13:11 - Tim Brent (6) |1-3-2=Andreas Nodl (1) - en - 19:36 |goalie1-1=John Curry 19 saves / 23 shots |goalie1-2=Scott Munroe 31 saves / 33 shots |2-1-1=No scoring |2-1-2=Ryan Potulny (3) - pp - 18:27 |2-2-1=8:51 - pp - Chris Minard (6) |2-2-2=Boyd Kane (2) - pp - 15:22 Boyd Kane (3) - 16:29 Lars Jonsson (1) - 16:39 |2-3-1=3:36 - Tim Brent (7) 13:25 - Luca Caputi (2) 19:14 - Kurtis McLean (1) |2-3-2=No scoring |2-4-1=2:07 - Chris Minard (7) |2-4-2=No scoring |goalie2-1=John Curry 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie2-2=Scott Munroe 28 saves / 33 shots |3-1-1=Alain Nasreddine (2) - 10:16 Connor James (3) - 10:28 Alex Goligoski (3) - 17:06 |3-1-2=No scoring |3-2-1=No scoring |3-2-2=No scoring |3-3-1=No scoring |3-3-2=7:58 - pp - Stefan Ruzicka (4) 8:30 - Jon Kalinski (1) |goalie3-1=John Curry 22 saves / 24 shots |goalie3-2=Scott Munroe 24 saves / 27 shots |4-1-1=Tim Brent (8) - pp - 5:00 Mark Ardelan (2) - 15:22 |4-1-2=17:44 - Darroll Powe (1) |4-2-1=Ryan Stone (2) - 0:27 Dustin Jeffrey (1) - 4:05 Tim Brent (9) - pp - 12:30 Connor James (4) - 14:50 Nathan Smith (3) - pp - 18:45 |4-2-2=0:19 - pp - Jared Ross (5) 7:41 - Boyd Kane (4) |4-3-1= Ryan Stone (3) - 13:04 |4-3-2=14:41 - Peter Zingoni (3) |goalie4-1=John Curry 32 saves / 36 shots |goalie4-2=Scott Munroe 17 saves / 22 shots Michael-Lee Teslak 7 saves / 10 shots |5-1-1=19:14 - Dustin Jeffrey (2) |5-1-2=No scoring |5-2-1=12:20 - Chris Minard (8) |5-2-2=Darren Reid (1) - 7:00 |5-3-1=4:01 - Tim Wallace (2) |5-3-2=No scoring |goalie5-1=John Curry 22 saves / 23 shots |goalie5-2=Scott Munroe 20 saves / 23 shots

Western Conference

North Division

(N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N2) Syracuse Crunch

West Division

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (W2) Rockford IceHogs

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (A3) Portland Pirates

Western Conference

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (N1) Toronto Marlies

Calder Cup Final

(W1) Chicago Wolves vs. (E1) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

References

before = 2007 Calder Cup playoffs | after = 2009 Calder Cup playoffs | title = Calder Cup playoffs | years = 2008|

References

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  3. [http://theahl.com/phantoms-win-longest-game-in-ahl-history-p133717 Phantoms win longest game in AHL history] ''TheAHL.com''. Retrieved on June 8, 2014
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