AHL 2010/11

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The 2010/11 season was the 75th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the 30 teams in the league played 80 games each. The eight best teams from the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

In addition, the Hartford Wolf Pack was renamed Connecticut Whale during the season (November).

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = defeat after overtime , SOL = defeat after shootout , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The position within the conference is in brackets; = Playoff qualification, = division winner, = conference winner

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division GP W. L. OTL SOL GF GA Pts
Portland Pirates (2) 80 47 24 7th 2 280 238 103
Manchester Monarchs (4) 80 44 26th 4th 6th 255 209 98
Connecticut Whale (until November 27th as Hartford Wolf Pack) (8) 80 40 32 2 6th 221 223 88
Worcester Sharks (9) 80 36 31 4th 9 210 245 85
Providence Bruins (10) 80 38 36 3 3 209 252 82
Springfield Falcons (12) 80 35 40 2 3 233 253 75
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (14) 80 30th 39 4th 7th 218 266 71
East Division GP W. L. OTL SOL GF GA Pts
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins (1) 80 58 21st 0 1 261 183 117
Hershey Bears (3) 80 46 26th 3 5 255 214 100
Charlotte Checkers (5) 80 44 27 2 7th 265 243 97
Norfolk Admirals (6) 80 39 26th 9 6th 265 230 93
Binghamton Senators (7) 80 42 30th 3 5 255 221 92
Syracuse Crunch (11) 80 35 38 3 4th 217 249 77
Adirondack Phantoms (13) 80 31 39 4th 6th 197 248 72
Albany Devils (15) 80 32 42 1 5 217 283 70

Western Conference

North Division GP W. L. OTL SOL GF GA Pts
Hamilton Bulldogs (3) 80 44 27 2 7th 226 193 97
Lake Erie Monsters (4) 80 44 28 3 5 223 206 96
Manitoba Mosses (5) 80 43 30th 1 6th 220 210 93
Abbotsford Heat (11) 80 38 32 4th 6th 186 212 86
Toronto Marlies (12) 80 37 32 1 10 228 219 85
Grand Rapids Griffins (14) 80 36 34 2 8th 227 254 82
Rochester Americans (15) 80 31 39 5 5 218 266 72
West Division GP W. L. OTL SOL GF GA Pts
Milwaukee Admirals (1) 80 44 22nd 6th 8th 226 194 102
Houston Eros (2) 80 46 28 1 5 240 212 98
Peoria Rivermen (6) 80 42 30th 3 5 223 218 92
Texas Stars (7) 80 41 29 4th 6th 213 210 92
Oklahoma City Barons (8) 80 40 29 2 9 245 234 91
Chicago Wolves (9) 80 39 30th 5 6th 260 262 89
San Antonio Rampage (10) 80 40 33 4th 3 228 245 87
Rockford IceHogs (13) 80 38 33 4th 5 216 245 85

Best scorer

With 86 points, Corey Locke led the scorer list of the AHL. His 65 assists were the best this season, while Colin McDonald was the top scorer with 42 goals. In the plus / minus rating, Sean Collins was in the lead with a score of +29. Colin McDonald scored the most power play goals, who scored 19 times in the majority. With 266 shots, Denis Hamel was the player who shot the most on goal. Outnumbered Dustin Jeffrey and Mike Carman were the most successful with six goals. With 334 penalty minutes, Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond was the bad guy this season. Marc-André Gragnani was the most successful defender with 48 assists and 60 points. Luke Adam and Rhett Rakhshani were the most successful rookies with 62 points .

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Corey Locke Binghamton Senators 69 21st 65 86 42
Alexandre Giroux Oklahoma City Barons 70 32 46 78 63
Jason Krog Chicago Wolves 80 19th 56 75 22nd
Darren Haydar Chicago Wolves 77 27 47 74 60
Nigel Dawes Chicago Wolves
Hamilton Bulldogs 		66 41 31 72 24
Marc-Antoine Pouliot Norfolk Admirals 69 25th 47 72 53
Brad Moran Oklahoma City Barons 79 20th 52 72 40
Keith Aucoin Hershey Bears 53 18th 54 72 49
Ben Walter Lake Erie Monsters 77 23 47 70 24
TJ Hensick Peoria Rivermen 59 21st 48 69 27

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games; TOI = ice age (in minutes); W = victories; L = defeats; OTL = overtime / shootout defeats; GA = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; Sv% = saved shots (in%); GAA = conceded goal; Bold: Season best

player team GP TOI W. L. OTL GA SO Sv% ATM
Curtis Sanford Hamilton Bulldogs 40 2273 22nd 13 2 73 5 .930 1.93
Brad Thiessen Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 46 2567 35 8th 1 83 7th .922 1.94
Mark Dekanich Milwaukee Admirals 43 2500 23 12 5 84 4th .931 2.02
Richard Bachman Texas Stars 55 3191 28 19th 5 117 6th .927 2.20
Michael Leighton Adirondack Phantoms 30th 1783 14th 12 3 66 5 .926 2.22

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The three best teams in each division qualify for the play-offs, plus one team per conference. Since there is a division with seven and one with eight teams in each conference, the remaining play-off place is awarded to the fifth placed in the group of eight or the fourth placed in the group of seven, depending on the score.

In the first two rounds, each division plays its own winner, before the conference semi-finals play out the winners of the conferences that meet in the Calder Cup final. The team that is highest on the seeding list always meets the lowest seeded team. The competitor, who will be either fourth in the East Division or fifth in the Atlantic Division, takes the last place on the seeding list in the East Division. All series in each round are played out in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needs four wins to reach the next round. The higher ranked team has the first two games at home, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, home rights will change from game to game. The higher-ranked team has a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.

For games that remain tied after the regular playing time of 60 minutes, overtime follows , which, in contrast to the regular season, is played with five field players. The thirds continue to last 20 minutes and play continues until a team scores the first goal.

Playoff tree

  Semifinals division   Division Finals   Conference Finals   Calder Cup Finals
                                     
W1 Milwaukee Admirals 4th                  
W4 Texas Stars 2  
W1 Milwaukee Admirals 3
  W2 Houston Eros 4th  
W2 Houston Eros 4th
 
W3 Peoria Rivermen 0  
W2 Houston Eros 4th
Western Conference
  N1 Hamilton Bulldogs 3  
N1 Hamilton Bulldogs 4th      
 
W5 Oklahoma City Barons 2  
N1 Hamilton Bulldogs 4th
  N3 Manitoba mosses 3  
N2 Lake Erie Monsters 3
 
N3 Manitoba mosses 4th  
W2 Houston Eros 2
  E5 Binghamton Senators 4th
E1 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 4th            
 
E4 Norfolk Admirals 2  
E1 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 2
  E3 Charlotte Checkers 4th  
E2 Hershey Bears 2
 
E3 Charlotte Checkers 4th  
E3 Charlotte Checkers 0
Eastern Conference
  E5 Binghamton Senators 4th  
A1 Portland Pirates 4th      
 
A3 Connecticut Whale 2  
A1 Portland Pirates 2
  E5 Binghamton Senators 4th  
A2 Manchester monarchs 3
 
E5 Binghamton Senators 4th  

Calder Cup Final

May 27, 2011
7:35 pm 		Houston Eros
Jed Ortmeyer (41:47)
Jed Ortmeyer (46:09)
Warren Peters (59:24) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Binghamton Senators
Bobby Butler (36:17) 		Toyota Center , Houston , Texas
Spectators: 8,018
May 28, 2011
7:35 pm 		Houston Eros
Casey Wellman (4:27) 		1: 2 n.V.
(1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of 1: 1 		Binghamton Senators
Bobby Butler (1:45)
Jim O'Brien (67:54) 		Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Spectators: 9,002
June 1, 2011
7:05 pm 		Binghamton Senators
Ryan Keller (42:52) 		1: 2
(0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Houston Eros
Jon DiSalvatore (1:08)
Nate Prosser (32:51) 		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena , Binghamton , New York
Spectators: 4,710
June 3, 2011
7:05 pm 		Binghamton Senators
Cody Bass (11:48)
Corey Locke (17:10)
Derek Smith (42:19) 		3: 0
(2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Houston Eros
 Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, New York
Spectators: 4,710
June 4, 2011
7:05 pm 		Binghamton Senators
Corey Locke (9:19)
Erik Condra (12:17)
Zack Smith (39:51)
Zack Smith (55:56) 		4: 2
(2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Houston Eros
Jean-Michel Daoust (11:08)
Jean-Michel Daoust (19:53) 		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, New York
Spectators: 4,727
June 7, 2011
7:05 pm 		Houston Eros
Jon DiSalvatore (26:37)
Jean-Michel Daoust (31:20) 		2: 3
(0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 4 		Binghamton Senators
Roman Wick (22:28)
Bobby Butler (43:26)
Ryan Keller (49:09) 		Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Spectators: 10,125

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner

Binghamton Senators

Goalkeepers: Barry Brust , Robin Lehner

Defenders: André Benoit , Mark Borowiecki , Patrick Coulombe , Jared Cowen , Eric Gryba , Geoff Kinrade , Bobby Raymond , Craig Schira , Derek Smith , Brennan Turner , Patrick Wiercioch

Attackers: Cody Bass , Bobby Butler , Erik Condra , Kaspars Daugaviņš , David Dziurzynski , Derek Grant , Colin Greening , Mike Hoffman , Ryan Keller , Corey Locke , Jim O'Brien , Ryan Potulny , David Sloane , Zack Smith , Roman Wick

Head coach: Kurt Kleinendorst   General Manager: Tim Murray

Best scorer

With 14 goals and 26 points, Ryan Potulny led the playoffs scorer list. André Benoit and Ryan Keller achieved the finals high of 15 assists. In the plus / minus rating, Andreas Engqvist and Frédéric Saint-Denis were leading with a score of +11. Bobby Butler and Nigel Dawes scored the most power play goals , both of whom scored six outnumbered. With 100 shots, Patrick O'Sullivan was the player who shot on goal the most. Outnumbered, Justin Mercier , Ryan Russell and Kaspars Daugaviņš were most successful with two goals each. With a penalty of 42 minutes, Garth Murray was the bad guy in this final round. André Benoit was the most successful defender with 18 points.

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Ryan Potulny Binghamton Senators 23 14th 12 26th 12
Ryan Keller Binghamton Senators 23 10 15th 25th 8th
Nigel Dawes Hamilton Bulldogs 20th 14th 8th 22nd 8th
Kaspars Daugaviņš Binghamton Senators 23 10 10 20th 8th
Zack Smith Binghamton Senators 23 8th 12 20th 36
Aaron Palushaj Hamilton Bulldogs 19th 7th 12 19th 14th
Patrick O'Sullivan Houston Eros 24 4th 14th 18th 16
André Benoit Binghamton Senators 23 3 15th 18th 14th
Bobby Butler Binghamton Senators 23 13 4th 17th 6th
Marco Rosa Manitoba mosses 14th 6th 11 17th 4th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: GP = games; TOI = ice age (in minutes); W = victories; L = defeats; OTL = overtime / shootout defeats; GA = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; Sv% = saved shots (in%); GAA = conceded goal; Bold: Season best

player team GP TOI W. L. OTL GA SO Sv% ATM
Brad Thiessen Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins 12 720 6th 6th - 20th 2 .940 1.67
Martin Gerber Oklahoma City Barons 6th 335 2 3 - 10 1 .931 1.79
Drew MacIntyre Hamilton Bulldogs 20th 1289 11 9 - 42 1 .930 1.95
Eddie Läck Manitoba mosses 12 752 6th 5 - 25th 2 .932 1.99
Robin Lehner Binghamton Senators 19th 1112 14th 4th - 39 3 .939 2.10

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Binghamton Senators
Richard F. Canning Trophy
winner of the Eastern Conference Finals 		Binghamton Senators
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
winner of the Western Conference Finals 		Houston Eros
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy
Best Regular Season Team 		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Frank S. Mathers Trophy
Best Team of the Eastern Conference 		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy
Best Team of the Western Conference 		Milwaukee Admirals
Emile Francis Trophy
Best Team in the Atlantic Division 		Portland Pirates
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the East Division 		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Sam Pollock Trophy
Best Team in the North Division 		Hamilton Bulldogs
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the West Division 		Milwaukee Admirals

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Corey Locke Binghamton Senators
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Corey Locke Binghamton Senators
Willie Marshall Award
Best Goalscorer 		Colin McDonald Oklahoma City Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Luke Adam Portland Pirates
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Marc-André Gragnani Portland Pirates
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goalkeeper 		Brad Thiessen Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		John Curry
Brad Thiessen 		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		John Hynes Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication 		Bryan Helmer Oklahoma City Barons
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award
For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society 		Cody Bass Binghamton Senators
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs 		Robin Lehner Binghamton Senators

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack: Oklahoma City Barons Alexandre Giroux - Corey Locke - Mark Mancari
Defense: Marc-André Gragnani - Maxim Noreau
Goal: Brad Thiessen
Second all-star team
Attack: Nigel Dawes - Keith Aucoin - Darren Haydar
Defense: André Benoit - Vyacheslav Voinov
Goal: Curtis Sanford
All-rookie team
Attack: Luke Adam - Zac Dalpe - Rhett Rakhshani
Defense: Erik Gustafsson - Brendan Smith
Goal: Eddie Läck

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