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2025 Calder Cup playoffs

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2025 Calder Cup playoffs
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DatesApril 22, 2025 –
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The 2025 Calder Cup playoffs is the postseason tournament of the American Hockey League (AHL) to determine the winner of the Calder Cup, which is awarded to the AHL playoff champions from the 2024–25 AHL season.

All teams except the bottom two teams of the Atlantic, North, and Central divisions, as well as the bottom three teams of the Pacific division qualified for the playoffs. Each division has a best-of-three series in the first round to determine the top 16 teams for the division semifinals, with various teams receiving byes based on regular season performance.[1]

The 16 teams that remain—four from each division—will play a best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with another best-of-five series for the division finals and a best-of-seven series for the conference finals and Calder Cup finals.

Playoff format

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The AHL will continue to use the same playoff format used since 2022. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team Atlantic Division, the top five finishers each in the seven-team North and Central Divisions, and the top seven teams in the 10-team Pacific Division. First-round match-ups will be best-of-three series; the two highest seeds in the Atlantic, the three highest seeds in each of the North and Central, and the first-place team in the Pacific will receive byes into the best-of-five Division Semifinals, with the first-round winners re-seeded in each division. The division finals will also be best-of-five series, followed by best-of-seven conference finals and a best-of-seven Calder Cup finals series.

Bracket

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First Round
April 22–27
Division Semifinals
April 25 – May 12
Division Finals
May
Conference Finals
May
Calder Cup Finals
June
A1 Hershey 1
A4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0 A5 Lehigh Valley 1
A5 Lehigh Valley 2 Atlantic Division 
 
A2 Charlotte 1 Eastern Conference
A3 Providence 2 A3 Providence 0
A6 Springfield 1  
 
N1 Laval 2
N4 Toronto 0 N5 Cleveland 0
N5 Cleveland 2 North Division  
N2 Rochester 0
N2 Rochester 3
N3 Syracuse 0
 
 
C1 Milwaukee 0
C4 Chicago 0 C5 Rockford 1
C5 Rockford 2 Central Division 
 
C2 Texas 1 Western Conference
C3 Grand Rapids 0
 
 
P1 Colorado 1
P3 Ontario 0 P6 San Jose 0
P6 San Jose 2 Pacific Division 
P2 Abbotsford 2  
P7 Tucson 1 P2 Abbotsford 1
P4 Coachella Valley 2 P4 Coachella Valley 0
P5 Calgary 0

First round

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Eastern Conference

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(A3) Providence Bruins vs. (A6) Springfield Thunderbirds

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April 23 Springfield Thunderbirds 2–1 Providence Bruins Amica Mutual Pavilion Recap  
Zach Dean (1) – 6:32
Matt Luff (1) – 10:32
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:44 – ppOliver Wahlstrom (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Colten Ellis (39 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Michael DiPietro (13 saves / 15 shots)
April 25 Providence Bruins 1–0 OT Springfield Thunderbirds MassMutual Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Vinni Lettieri (1) – 1:14 First overtime period No scoring
Michael DiPietro (24 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Colten Ellis (24 saves / 25 shots)
April 27 Springfield Thunderbirds 1–5 Providence Bruins Amica Mutual Pavilion Recap  
Corey Schueneman (1) – 4:01 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 2:38 – ppMatt Poitras (1)
No scoring Third period 7:41 – ppIan Mitchell (1)
8:35 – Riley Tufte (1)
15:07 – Riley Tufte (2)
15:39 – pp – Matt Poitras (2)
Colton Ellis (34 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Michael DiPietro (15 saves / 16 shots)
Providence wins series 2–1


(A4) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. (A5) Lehigh Valley Phantoms

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April 23 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5–2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza Recap  
Olle Lycksell (1) – 8:41 First period No scoring
Alex Bump (1) – 8:25
Rodrigo Abols (1) – 13:46
Second period No scoring
Alex Bump (2) – pp – 8:17
Anthony Richard (1) – 9:50
Third period 15:08 – Avery Hayes (1)
18:51 – Gabe Klassen (1)
Parker Gahagen (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Joel Blomqvist (23 saves / 26 shots)
Taylor Gauthier (5 saves / 7 shots)
April 25 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2–3 Lehigh Valley Phantoms PPL Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Tristan Broz (1) – pp – 19:35 Second period 14:33 – Anthony Richard (2)
Harrison Brunicke (1) – 6:26 Third period 7:54 – Jacob Gaucher (1)
18:00 – Helge Grans (1)
Sergei Murashov (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Parker Gahagen (31 saves / 33 shots)
Lehigh Valley wins series 2–0


(N4) Toronto Marlies vs. (N5) Cleveland Monsters

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April 24 Toronto Marlies 3–4 OT Cleveland Monsters Rocket Arena Recap  
Alexander Nylander (1) – 6:30 First period 7:48 – Denton Mateychuk (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alex Steeves (1) – pp – 16:49
Alex Steeves (2) – 19:11
Third period 4:11 – Guillaume Richard (1)
8:22 – ppLuca Pinelli (1)
No scoring First overtime period 9:42 – Luca Pinelli (2)
Dennis Hildeby (31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Jet Greaves (25 saves / 28 shots)
April 26 Cleveland Monsters 4–3 2OT Toronto Marlies Coca-Cola Coliseum Recap  
No scoring First period 14:35 – Zach Solow (1)
Hunter McKown (1) – 7:47
Rocco Grimaldi (1) – 14:58
Denton Mateychuk (2) – 17:16
Second period 4:03 – Zach Solow (2)
No scoring Third period 4:50 – psRobert Mastrosimone (1)
James Malatesta (1) – 19:05 Second overtime period No scoring
Jet Greaves (39 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Matt Murray (46 saves / 50 shots)
Cleveland wins series 2–0


Western Conference

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(C4) Chicago Wolves vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

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April 23 Rockford IceHogs 2–1 OT Chicago Wolves Allstate Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Kevin Korchinski (1) – 17:22 Second period 6:53 – ppJuha Jaaska (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Artyom Levshunov (1) – pp – 11:00 First overtime period No scoring
Drew Commesso (32 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Spencer Martin (34 saves / 36 shots)
April 25 Chicago Wolves 0–5 Rockford IceHogs BMO Center Recap  
No scoring First period 1:56 – Joey Anderson (1)
5:44 – Kevin Korchinski (2)
No scoring Second period 3:55 – Gerry Mayhew (1)
No scoring Third period 6:37 – Gerry Mayhew (2)
17:35 – enAku Raty (1)
Spencer Martin (20 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Drew Commesso (34 saves / 34 shots)
Rockford wins series 2–0


(P2) Abbotsford Canucks vs. (P7) Tucson Roadrunners

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April 23 Tucson Roadrunners 3–4 Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre Recap  
Hunter Drew (1) – 18:22 First period 9:45 – Tristen Nielsen (1)
Travis Barron (1) – sh – 18:05 Second period 3:42 – ppSammy Blais (1)
14:36 – Linus Karlsson (1)
16:49 – pp – Sammy Blais (2)
Artem Duda (1) – 7:29 Third period No scoring
Matt Villalta (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Arturs Silovs (21 saves / 24 shots)
April 24 Tucson Roadrunners 4–1 Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre Recap  
Ben McCartney (1) – 12:30 First period No scoring
Andrew Agozzino (1) – 3:58
Kailer Yamamoto (1) – 19:41
Second period No scoring
Ben McCartney (2) – en – 18:19 Third period 2:54 – Linus Karlsson (2)
Jaxson Stauber (38 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Arturs Silovs (28 saves / 31 shots)
April 26 Tucson Roadrunners 0–5 Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 16:14 – Tristen Nielsen (2)
No scoring Second period 00:46 – shChase Wouters (1)
6:20 – ppMax Sasson (1)
No scoring Third period 11:16 – ppSammy Blais (3)
17:09 – enPhillip Di Giuseppe (1)
Jaxson Stauber (34 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Arturs Silovs (21 saves / 21 shots)
Abbotsford wins series 2–1


(P3) Ontario Reign vs. (P6) San Jose Barracuda

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April 24 San Jose Barracuda 2–0 Ontario Reign Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Pavol Regenda (1) – 7:20
Filip Bystedt (1) – pp – 8:39
Third period No scoring
Yaroslav Askarov (17 saves / 17 shots) Goalie stats Pheonix Copley (23 saves / 25 shots)
April 26 San Jose Barracuda 2–1 Ontario Reign Crypto.com Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Anthony Vincent (1) – 7:40 Second period No scoring
Collin Graf (1) – 17:42 Third period 6:12 – Martin Chromiak (1)
Yaroslav Askarov (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Pheonix Copley (23 saves / 25 shots)
San Jose wins series 2–0


(P4) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P5) Calgary Wranglers

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April 22 Calgary Wranglers 3–4 3OT Coachella Valley Firebirds Acrisure Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:39 – John Hayden (1)
7:37 – Brandon Biro (1)
No scoring Second period 14:05 – Mitchell Stephens (1)
Dryden Hunt (1) – 6:51
Lucas Ciona (1) – 14:53
Rory Kerins (1) – 19:53
Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 2:00 – Mitchell Stephens (2)
Waltteri Ignatjew (46 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Niklas Kokko (36 saves / 39 shots)
April 26 Calgary Wranglers 0–2 Coachella Valley Firebirds Acrisure Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:22 – Mitchell Stephens (3)
No scoring Third period 19:43 – enJohn Hayden (2)
Waltteri Ignatjew (18 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Niklas Kokko (23 saves / 23 shots)
Coachella Valley wins series 2–0


Division semifinals

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Eastern Conference

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(A1) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Lehigh Valley Phantoms

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April 30 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 0–3 Hershey Bears Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period 9:16 – Chase Priskie (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 7:00 – Spencer Smallman (1)
18:49 – enBogdan Trineyev (1)
Parker Gahagen (24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Shepard (26 saves / 26 shots)
May 2 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3–1 Hershey Bears Giant Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Anthony Richard (3) – 18:41 Second period No scoring
Zayde Wisdom (1) – sh – 2:05
Zayde Wisdom (2) – sh – 6:34
Third period 2:50 – ppAlex Limoges (1)
Parker Gahagen (19 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Hunter Shepard (12 saves / 15 shots)
May 4 Hershey Bears 5:05 pm Lehigh Valley Phantoms PPL Center
May 9 Hershey Bears 7:05 pm Lehigh Valley Phantoms PPL Center
May 11 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 5:00 pm* Hershey Bears Giant Center
Series tied 1–1


(A2) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A3) Providence Bruins

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May 2 Charlotte Checkers 5–1 Providence Bruins Amica Mutual Pavilion Recap  
Josh Leonard (1) – sh – 3:45
Justin Sourdif (1) – sh – 4:22
First period 8:17 – Oliver Wahlstrom (2)
Michael Benning (1) – 5:44 Second period No scoring
Ben Steeves (1) – 1:23
C. J. Smith (1) – en – 17:48
Third period No scoring
Kaapo Kähkönen (27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Michael DiPietro (24 saves / 28 shots)
May 4 Charlotte Checkers 7:05 pm Providence Bruins Amica Mutual Pavilion
May 7 Providence Bruins 7:00 pm Charlotte Checkers Bojangles Coliseum
May 9 Providence Bruins 7:00 pm* Charlotte Checkers Bojangles Coliseum
May 11 Providence Bruins 3:00 pm* Charlotte Checkers Bojangles Coliseum
Charlotte leads 1–0


(N1) Laval Rocket vs. (N5) Cleveland Monsters

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April 30 Laval Rocket 3–2 Cleveland Monsters Rocket Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Sean Farrell (1) – 16:09
Sean Farrell (2) – pp – 19:24
Second period 12:07 – ppJoseph LaBate (1)
Owen Beck (1) – 5:11 Third period 17:36 – ppDenton Mateychuk (3)
Jacob Fowler (23 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Jet Greaves (29 saves / 32 shots)
May 2 Laval Rocket 4–0 Cleveland Monsters Rocket Arena Recap  
Jared Davidson (1) – 2:22 First period No scoring
Lucas Condotta (1) – 3:12 Second period No scoring
Alex Barré-Boulet (1) – 7:16
Gustav Lindström (1) – 14:32
Third period No scoring
Jacob Fowler (20 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Jet Greaves (25 saves / 29 shots)
May 4 Cleveland Monsters 3:00 pm Laval Rocket Place Bell
May 6 Cleveland Monsters 7:00 pm* Laval Rocket Place Bell
May 9 Cleveland Monsters 7:00 pm* Laval Rocket Place Bell
Laval leads 2–0


(N2) Rochester Americans vs. (N3) Syracuse Crunch

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April 25 Syracuse Crunch 2–3 Rochester Americans Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Conor Sheary (1) – 0:21
Dylan Duke (1) – 3:29
Second period 4:26 – Brendan Warren (1)
7:14 – ppRiley Fiddler-Schultz (1)
No scoring Third period 3:55 – Kale Clague (1)
Brandon Halverson (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Devon Levi (25 saves / 27 shots)
April 27 Syracuse Crunch 0–4 Rochester Americans Blue Cross Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:37 – Konsta Helenius (1)
No scoring Second period 19:46 – ppJiri Kulich (1)
No scoring Third period 5:53 – Kale Clague (2)
15:10 – enIsak Rosen (1)
Brandon Halverson (18 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Devon Levi (35 saves / 35 shots)
May 1 Rochester Americans 4–0 Syracuse Crunch Upstate Medical University Arena Recap  
Mason Jobst (1) – 15:51 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Kale Clague (3) – 1:45
Mason Jobst (2) – 7:45
Brendan Warren (2) – en - 18:42
Third period No scoring
Devon Levi (30 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Halverson (23 saves / 26 shots)
Rochester wins series 3–0


Western Conference

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(C1) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs

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May 1 Rockford IceHogs 3–2 OT Milwaukee Admirals UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 0:30 – Cal O'Reilly (1)
0:45 – Fedor Svechkov (1)
Paul Ludwinski (1) – 11:48
Gerry Mayhew (3) – 16:33
Third period No scoring
Colton Dach (1) – 0:12 First overtime period No scoring
Drew Commesso (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Matt Murray (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 3 Rockford IceHogs 6:00 pm Milwaukee Admirals UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
May 7 Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 pm Rockford IceHogs BMO Center
May 9 Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 pm* Rockford IceHogs BMO Center
May 11 Rockford IceHogs 4:00 pm* Milwaukee Admirals UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
Rockford leads series 1–0


(C2) Texas Stars vs. (C3) Grand Rapids Griffins

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April 29 Texas Stars 4–0 Grand Rapids Griffins Van Andel Arena Recap  
Kyle Capobianco (1) – 3:40
Curtis McKenzie (1) – 6:45
First period No scoring
Kole Lind (1) – pp – 5:30
Mathias Emilio Pettersen (1) – 8:57
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Remi Poirier (29 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Sebastian Cossa (15 saves / 19 shots)
Jack Campbell (11 saves / 11 shots)
May 5 Texas Stars 7:00 pm Grand Rapids Griffins Van Andel Arena
May 9 Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 pm Texas Stars H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
May 10 Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 pm* Texas Stars H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
May 12 Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 pm* Texas Stars H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
Texas leads series 1–0


(P1) Colorado Eagles vs. (P6) San Jose Barracuda

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May 2 Colorado Eagles 6–3 San Jose Barracuda Tech CU Arena Recap  
Calle Rosén (1) – 16:16 First period No scoring
Chris Wagner (1) – pp – 3:02
Jayson Megna (1) – pp – 7:19
John Ludvig (1) – 17:55
Second period 8:25 – shFilip Bystedt (2)
Jayson Megna (2) – en – 18:29
Tye Felhaber (1) – en – 19:30
Third period 13:16 – Collin Graf (2)
17:41 – Colin White (1)
Trent Miner (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Yaroslav Askarov (18 saves / 22 shots)
May 4 Colorado Eagles 6:00 pm San Jose Barracuda Tech CU Arena
May 6 San Jose Barracuda 7:05 pm Colorado Eagles Blue Arena
May 7 San Jose Barracuda 7:05 pm* Colorado Eagles Blue Arena
May 11 San Jose Barracuda 3:05 pm* Colorado Eagles Blue Arena
Colorado leads series 1–0


(P2) Abbotsford Canucks vs. (P4) Coachella Valley Firebirds

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May 1 Abbotsford Canucks 3–1 Coachella Valley Firebirds Acrisure Arena Recap  
Jett Woo (1) – 9:26
Danila Klimovich (1) – 10:31
Guillaume Brisebois (1) – 16:45
First period 1:36 – Ryan Winterton (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Arturs Silovs (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Niklas Kokko (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 3 Abbotsford Canucks 6:00 pm Coachella Valley Firebirds Acrisure Arena
May 7 Coachella Valley Firebirds 7:00 pm Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre
May 9 Coachella Valley Firebirds 7:00 pm* Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre
May 11 Coachella Valley Firebirds 7:00 pm* Abbotsford Canucks Abbotsford Centre
Abbotsford leads series 1–0


Playoff statistical leaders

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Leading skaters

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These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists. Updated following games played on May 2, 2025.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Kale Clague Rochester Americans 3 3 2 5 2
Denton Mateychuk Cleveland Monsters 4 3 2 5 4
Sammy Blais Abbotsford Canucks 4 3 1 4 4
Anthony Richard Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 3 1 4 2
Linus Karlsson Abbotsford Canucks 4 2 2 4 2
Riley Tufte Providence Bruins 4 2 2 4 2
Colin White San Jose Barracuda 3 1 3 4 2
Helge Grans Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 1 3 4 4
Cole Guttman Rockford IceHogs 3 0 4 4 2
Arshdeep Bains Abbotsford Canucks 4 0 4 4 4
Jett Luchanko Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 0 4 4 10

Leading goaltenders

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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 60 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold. Updated following games played on May 2, 2025.[3]

Player Team GP W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
Remi Poirier Texas Stars 1 1 0 29 0 0.00 1.00 1 60:00
Devon Levi Rochester Americans 3 3 0 92 2 0.67 .978 2 179:51
Drew Commesso Rockford IceHogs 3 3 0 97 3 0.95 .969 1 190:25
Jacob Fowler Laval Rocket 2 2 0 45 2 1.00 .956 1 120:00
Hunter Shepard Hershey Bears 2 1 1 41 3 1.54 .927 1 117:05
Parker Gahagen Lehigh Valley Phantoms 4 3 1 109 7 1.76 .936 0 238:23

References

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  1. ^ "Opening schedules set for 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs". theahl.com. April 20, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Calder Cup Skater Stats". theahl.com. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 Calder Cup Goalie Stats". theahl.com. Retrieved May 2, 2025.