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The 2015/16 season was the 80th season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, which ran from October 9, 2015 to April 17, 2016, the 30 teams in the league played 76 or 68 matches. Then the playoffs took place, at the end of which the Lake Erie Monsters won their first Calder Cup on June 11, 2016 .
The season went hand in hand with extensive restructuring, so seven franchises changed locations, so that the previous six divisions were reduced to four.
restructuring
Until the 2014/15 season, the westernmost teams in the AHL played in Texas . This represented mainly on the Pacific coast situated NHL franchises (especially Anaheim , San Jose , Los Angeles ) prior problems. Short-term management changes between the cooperation partners were hardly possible due to the geographical distance. In this respect, the AHL decided in January 2015 to form a Pacific Division , which (in addition to the two existing teams from Texas) should be filled with five new teams based in California . In the ECHL , which is located under the AHL, there were three teams from California at the time, each of which swapped the location and the league with one of the new AHL franchises. In addition to these changes affecting the new Pacific Division , there were two other relocations.
The changes of the teams in detail:
- The Adirondack Flames will from now on play as Stockton Heat in Stockton , while the Stockton Thunder from ECHL will operate as Adirondack Thunder from now on . Both teams were and remain cooperation partners of the Calgary Flames .
- The Manchester Monarchs move to Ontario and are now called Ontario Reign . You are swapping places with the Ontario Reign from the ECHL, which now operate as the Manchester Monarchs . The Los Angeles Kings remain NHL partners for both teams .
- The Norfolk Admirals will play as the San Diego Gulls in San Diego and will continue to have the Anaheim Ducks as an NHL partner.
- The Oklahoma City Barons , who wanted to stop playing at the end of the 2014/15 season, will now operate as Bakersfield Condors . The Bakersfield Condors from the ECHL in turn take on the identity of the Norfolk Admirals ; The Edmonton Oilers remain NHL partners .
- The Worcester Sharks are relocated to San José , play as San Jose Barracuda and remain the farm team of the San Jose Sharks .
- The St. John's IceCaps now operate again as Manitoba Moose (as they did from 1996 to 2011) and move to Winnipeg , where they cooperate with the Winnipeg Jets .
- The Hamilton Bulldogs take over as another franchise the identity of the St. John's IceCaps , thus moving to St. John's and will remain a partner of the Montreal Canadiens . The Hamilton Bulldogs will also be represented in the Ontario Hockey League as the successor to the Belleville Bulls .
In addition, the following collaborations between the NHL and AHL changed:
mode
The 30 teams will be redistributed as part of the various changes. From now on there will be only four divisions instead of six (Atlantic, North, Central, Pacific) ; however, the division into Eastern and Western Conference remains the same. Both conferences consist of 15 teams, with one division each containing eight and one seven teams. In addition, it has already been announced that the five teams of the Pacific Division , which were newly formed and are based in California, will only complete 68 games in the regular season; all other teams play 76 games like last year.
During the regular season, if there is a tie after three thirds, the winner will be determined by overtime and a subsequent shootout . After the 3-on-3 overtime was introduced in the previous year , which only started after three minutes, the company now relies entirely on a five-minute overtime with three field players each. The principle of sudden death still applies . As a further rule change, analogous to the NHL , the “Coach's Challenge” was introduced, which gives every coach the opportunity to have disputed decisions checked by video evidence once per game .
From now on, the four teams in each division with the highest point quota (percentage of points won from possible points) qualify for the playoffs, with one exception, which takes into account the unequal distribution of the teams in the divisions (one seven, one eight teams) Should: If a fifth placed from a division with eight teams (Atlantic, Central) has a higher point quota than a fourth placed from the other division from the same conference, this team qualifies instead and thus takes part in the divisional quarter-finals of a foreign division . With this new system, the point quota is used instead of the points alone in order not to penalize the five teams that play 68 instead of 76 games.
In the first two rounds, each division plays its own winner, before the conference semifinals 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 first play-off round is played in best-of-five mode , all other series are played 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. in 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 one team scores the next goal (continuous overtime).
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, Pts% = point quota
Explanations: The Placement within the conference; Playoff qualifier , conference winner , Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winner
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts% |
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Hershey Bears (3) | 76 | 43 | 21st | 5 | 7th | 259 | 220 | 98 | .645 |
Providence Bruins (4) | 76 | 41 | 22nd | 9 | 4th | 238 | 198 | 95 | .625 |
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins (5) | 76 | 43 | 27 | 4th | 2 | 230 | 203 | 92 | .605 |
Portland Pirates (6) | 76 | 41 | 27 | 6th | 2 | 215 | 207 | 90 | .592 |
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (8) | 76 | 40 | 29 | 4th | 3 | 209 | 220 | 87 | .572 |
Hartford Wolf Pack (9) | 76 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 199 | 85 | .559 |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (12) | 76 | 34 | 35 | 4th | 3 | 215 | 222 | 75 | .493 |
Springfield Falcons (15) | 76 | 26th | 42 | 3 | 5 | 194 | 265 | 60 | .395 |
North Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts% |
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Toronto Marlies (1) | 76 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 294 | 191 | 114 | .750 |
Albany Devils (2) | 76 | 46 | 20th | 8th | 2 | 212 | 167 | 102 | .671 |
Utica Comets (7) | 76 | 38 | 26th | 8th | 4th | 224 | 217 | 88 | .579 |
Syracuse Crunch (10) | 76 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4th | 213 | 240 | 79 | .520 |
St. John's IceCaps (11) | 76 | 32 | 33 | 8th | 3 | 208 | 239 | 75 | .493 |
Rochester Americans (13) | 76 | 34 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 199 | 249 | 72 | .474 |
Binghamton Senators (14) | 76 | 31 | 38 | 6th | 1 | 204 | 241 | 69 | .454 |
Western Conference
Central Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts% |
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Milwaukee Admirals (2) | 76 | 48 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 224 | 193 | 101 | .664 |
Lake Erie Monsters (3) | 76 | 43 | 22nd | 6th | 5 | 211 | 188 | 97 | .638 |
Rockford IceHogs (4) | 76 | 40 | 22nd | 10 | 4th | 214 | 205 | 94 | .618 |
Grand Rapids Griffins (7) | 76 | 44 | 30th | 1 | 1 | 238 | 195 | 90 | .592 |
Charlotte Checkers (9) | 76 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 214 | 229 | 80 | .526 |
Chicago Wolves (12) | 76 | 33 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 194 | 228 | 74 | .487 |
Manitoba Mosses (13) | 76 | 26th | 41 | 4th | 5 | 180 | 250 | 61 | .401 |
Iowa Wild (14) | 76 | 24 | 41 | 5 | 6th | 169 | 225 | 59 | .388 |
Pacific Division | GP | W. | L. | OTL | SOL | GF | GA | Pts | Pts% |
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Ontario Reign (1) | 68 | 44 | 19th | 4th | 1 | 192 | 138 | 93 | .684 |
San Diego Gulls (5) | 68 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 208 | 200 | 84 | .618 |
Texas Stars (6) | 76 | 40 | 25th | 8th | 3 | 277 | 246 | 91 | .599 |
San Jose Barracuda (8) | 68 | 31 | 26th | 8th | 3 | 198 | 193 | 73 | .537 |
Bakersfield Condors (9) | 68 | 31 | 28 | 7th | 2 | 212 | 222 | 71 | .522 |
Stockton Heat (10) | 68 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 194 | 224 | 68 | .500 |
San Antonio Rampage (11) | 76 | 33 | 35 | 8th | 0 | 213 | 240 | 74 | .487 |
Best scorer
Chris Bourque led the AHL scorer list with 80 points , while Seth Griffith provided the most assists (53). The top scorer was Frank Vatrano with 36 goals, although he had only played 36 season games.
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM |
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Chris Bourque | Hershey Bears | 72 | 30th | 50 | 80 | 56 |
Seth Griffith | Providence Bruins | 57 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 32 |
TJ Brennan | Toronto Marlies | 69 | 25th | 43 | 68 | 53 |
Alexander Khokhlachev | Providence Bruins | 60 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 12 |
Dustin Jeffrey |
Springfield Falcons Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins |
64 | 20th | 44 | 64 | 20th |
Andy Miele | Grand Rapids Griffins | 75 | 18th | 44 | 62 | 77 |
Austin Czarnik | Providence Bruins | 68 | 20th | 41 | 61 | 24 |
Bud Holloway | St. John's IceCaps | 70 | 19th | 42 | 61 | 14th |
Mikko Rantanen | San Antonio Rampage | 52 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 42 |
Mark Arcobello | Toronto Marlies | 49 | 25th | 34 | 59 | 22nd |
Best goalkeeper
The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.
Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best
Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 1440 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.
player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | OTL | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Peter Budaj | Ontario Reign | 60 | 3574: 33 | 42 | 14th | 4th | 104 | 9 | 93.2 | 1.75 |
Matt Murray | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | 31 | 1827: 16 | 20th | 9 | 1 | 64 | 4th | 93.1 | 2.10 |
Yann Danis | Albany Devils | 47 | 2681: 16 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 99 | 8th | 90.8 | 2.22 |
Tom McCollum | Grand Rapids Griffins | 30th | 1686: 03 | 15th | 13 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 92.3 | 2.42 |
Calder Cup playoffs
Playoff tree
Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Calder Cup Final | |||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey Bears | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A4 | Portland Pirates | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey Bears | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Providence Bruins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
A3 | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey Bears | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto Marlies | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto Marlies | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
A5 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Toronto Marlies | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Albany Devils | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N2 | Albany Devils | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
N3 | Utica Comets | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Hershey Bears | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie Monsters | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C1 | Milwaukee Admirals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C4 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie Monsters | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie Monsters | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
C3 | Rockford IceHogs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
C2 | Lake Erie Monsters | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario Reign | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario Reign | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P4 | San Jose Barracuda | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
P1 | Ontario Reign | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | San Diego Gulls | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
P2 | San Diego Gulls | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
P3 | Texas Stars | 1 |
Calder Cup winner
Calder Cup winner Lake Erie Monsters |
Goalkeepers: Anton Forsberg , Joonas Korpisalo Defenders: Steve Eminger , Justin Falk , Dillon Heatherington , Dean Kukan , Michael Paliotta , John Ramage , Jaime Sifers , Zach Werenski Attackers: Josh Anderson , Oliver Bjorkstrand , Alex Broadhurst , Michael Chaput , Ryan Craig , Brett Gallant , Markus Hännikäinen , Sonny Milano , Nick Moutrey , Kerby Rychel , Lukáš Sedlák , TJ Tynan , Trent Vogelhuber , Daniel Zaar Head Coach: Jared Bednar General Manager: Bill Zito |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM |
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Connor Carrick | Toronto Marlies | 15th | 7th | 11 | 18th | 12 |
Carter Camper | Hershey Bears | 21st | 6th | 11 | 17th | 2 |
Oliver Bjorkstrand | Lake Erie Monsters | 17th | 10 | 6th | 16 | 2 |
Lukáš Sedlák | Lake Erie Monsters | 17th | 9 | 7th | 16 | 18th |
Jakub Vrána | Hershey Bears | 21st | 8th | 6th | 14th | 2 |
Jake Guentzel | Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 0 |
Zach Werenski | Lake Erie Monsters | 17th | 5 | 9 | 14th | 2 |
Ryan Craig | Lake Erie Monsters | 17th | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8th |
Josh Anderson | Lake Erie Monsters | 15th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 24 |
Daniel Zaar | Lake Erie Monsters | 17th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 4th |
The best assist provider was Aaron Ness of the Hershey Bears with 12 assists.
Best goalkeeper
The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.
Abbreviations: GP = games, TOI = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, OTL = overtime defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Bold: Season best
Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 60 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.
player | team | GP | TOI | W. | L. | OTL | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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Anton Forsberg | Lake Erie Monsters | 10 | 583: 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 94.9 | 1.34 |
Jared Coreau | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3 | 158: 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 94.9 | 1.89 |
Justin Peters | Hershey Bears | 20th | 1242: 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 92.2 | 2.13 |
Anton Chudobin | San Diego Gulls | 4th | 185: 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 93.4 | 2.26 |
Awarded trophies
Team trophies
Award | team |
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Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs |
Lake Erie Monsters |
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals |
Hershey Bears |
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Winner of the Western Conference Finals |
Lake Erie Monsters |
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Best Regular Season Team |
Toronto Marlies |
Frank S. Mathers Trophy Best Team of the Eastern Conference |
Toronto Marlies |
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference |
Ontario Reign |
Emile Francis Trophy Best Team in the Atlantic Division |
Hershey Bears |
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the North Division |
Toronto Marlies |
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the Central Division |
Milwaukee Admirals |
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the Pacific Division |
Ontario Reign |
Individual trophies
All-star teams
First All-Star Team | |
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Attack: | Chris Bourque - Seth Griffith - Frank Vatrano |
Defense: | TJ Brennan - Brandon Montour |
Goal: | Peter Budaj |
Second all-star team | |
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Attack: | Dustin Jeffrey - Mikko Rantanen - Mike Sislo |
Defense: | Will O'Neill - Robbie Russo |
Goal: | Matt Murray |
All-rookie team | |
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Attack: | Austin Czarnik - Mikko Rantanen - Frank Vatrano |
Defense: | Brandon Montour - Robbie Russo |
Goal: | Juuse Saros |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ AHL approves formation of Pacific Division. theahl.com, January 29, 2015, accessed July 2, 2015 .
- ^ AHL announces franchise transactions. theahl.com, March 12, 2015, accessed July 2, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Falcons, Monsters, Rampage swap NHL affiliates . AHL. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
- ^ Pirates announce affiliation with Florida . AHL. March 18, 2015.
- ^ AHL announces alignment for 2015–2016. theahl.com, May 12, 2015, accessed July 3, 2015 .
- ^ Board of Governors approves changes for 15-16. theahl.com, July 10, 2015, accessed July 13, 2015 .