AHL 2015/16

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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

The teams of the 2014/15 season; same colors correspond to belonging to a division.
The new teams for the 2015/16 season; same colors correspond to belonging to a division.

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:

In addition, the following collaborations between the NHL and AHL changed:

AHL team new NHL partner old NHL partner
Lake Erie Monsters Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado Avalanche
Portland Pirates Florida panthers Arizona Coyotes
San Antonio Rampage Colorado Avalanche Florida panthers
Springfield Falcons Arizona Coyotes Columbus Blue Jackets

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%
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%
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%
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%
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
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
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
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
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
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

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Chris Bourque Hershey Bears
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Chris Bourque Hershey Bears
Willie Marshall Award
Best Goalscorer 		Frank Vatrano Providence Bruins
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Frank Vatrano
Mikko Rantanen 		Providence Bruins
San Antonio Rampage
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		TJ Brennan Toronto Marlies
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goalkeeper 		Peter Budaj Ontario Reign
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Peter Budaj Ontario Reign
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Rick Kowalsky Albany Devils
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication 		Tom Kostopoulos Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award
For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society 		Ryan Carpenter San Jose Barracuda
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs 		Oliver Bjorkstrand Lake Erie Monsters

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack: Chris Bourque - Seth Griffith - Frank Vatrano
Defense: TJ Brennan - Brandon Montour
Goal: Peter Budaj
Second all-star team
Attack: Dustin Jeffrey - Mikko Rantanen - Mike Sislo
Defense: Will O'Neill - Robbie Russo
Goal: Matt Murray
All-rookie team
Attack: Austin Czarnik - Mikko Rantanen - Frank Vatrano
Defense: Brandon Montour - Robbie Russo
Goal: Juuse Saros

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AHL approves formation of Pacific Division. theahl.com, January 29, 2015, accessed July 2, 2015 .
  2. ^ AHL announces franchise transactions. theahl.com, March 12, 2015, accessed July 2, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c Falcons, Monsters, Rampage swap NHL affiliates . AHL. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Pirates announce affiliation with Florida . AHL. March 18, 2015.
  5. ^ AHL announces alignment for 2015–2016. theahl.com, May 12, 2015, accessed July 3, 2015 .
  6. ^ Board of Governors approves changes for 15-16. theahl.com, July 10, 2015, accessed July 13, 2015 .