AHL 2017/18

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The 2017/18 season was the 82nd season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, which ran from October 6, 2017 to April 15, 2018, the 30 teams in the league played 76 or 68 matches. The Toronto Marlies won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the best team of the regular season. Then the playoffs for the Calder Cup took place, which the Toronto Marlies also secured on June 14, 2018.

Changes

The teams of the 2017/18 season; same colors correspond to belonging to a division.

The Binghamton Senators moved to Belleville , Canada, and operate there as Belleville Senators . The void they left in Binghamton was filled directly by the Albany Devils , who now operate under the name Binghamton Devils . In addition, the second incarnation of St. John's IceCaps was dissolved after only two years and relocated to Laval to be closer to the NHL cooperation partner, the Canadiens de Montréal, as Rocket de Laval . All three teams remained in the North Division .

The Vegas Golden Knights as the 31st NHL franchise ensured that not every NHL team found a cooperation partner in the AHL. The Golden Knights entered into a cooperation with the Chicago Wolves , so that the St. Louis Blues remained without a farm team , but continued to send their players to Chicago in the 2017/18 season. In response, the AHL decided to tender a corresponding expansion to 31 teams for the 2018/19 season.

The Charlotte Checkers also moved from the Central Division of the Western Conference to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference , so that both conferences now consist of 15 teams.

mode

The mode corresponds to that introduced for the 2015/16 season .

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%
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (2)	76	47	19th	5	5	260	218	104	.684
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins (4)	76	45	22nd	6th	3	252	223	99	.651
Charlotte Checkers (5)	76	46	26th	1	3	262	212	96	.632
Providence Bruins (6)	76	45	26th	3	2	231	187	95	.625
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (9)	76	36	32	5	3	206	214	80	.526
Hartford Wolf Pack (10)	76	34	33	6th	3	208	252	77	.507
Springfield Thunderbirds (11)	76	32	37	5	2	210	233	71	.467
Hershey Bears (12)	76	30th	37	4th	5	201	249	69	.454

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Toronto Marlies (1)	76	54	18th	2	2	254	170	112	.737
Syracuse Crunch (3)	76	46	22nd	3	5	234	189	100	.658
Rochester Americans (7)	76	37	22nd	11	6th	234	221	91	.599
Utica Comets (8)	76	38	26th	8th	4th	211	216	88	.579
Binghamton Devils (13)	76	25th	38	9	4th	193	247	63	.414
Belleville Senators (14)	76	29	42	2	3	194	266	63	.414
Laval Rocket (15)	76	24	42	7th	3	206	281	58	.382

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Chicago Wolves (2)	76	42	23	7th	4th	244	208	95	.625
Grand Rapids Griffins (3)	76	42	25th	2	7th	237	210	93	.612
Manitoba Mosses (4)	76	42	26th	4th	4th	253	198	92	.605
Rockford IceHogs (7)	76	40	28	4th	4th	239	234	88	.579
Iowa Wild (11)	76	33	27	10	6th	232	246	82	.539
Milwaukee Admirals (12)	76	38	32	4th	2	216	235	82	.539
Cleveland Monsters (15)	76	25th	41	7th	3	190	258	60	.395

Pacific Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Tucson Roadrunners (1)	68	42	20th	5	1	214	173	90	.662
Texas Stars (5)	76	38	24	8th	6th	223	231	90	.592
Ontario Reign (6)	68	36	25th	4th	3	200	194	79	.581
San Jose Barracuda (8)	68	34	26th	4th	4th	186	198	76	.559
San Diego Gulls (9)	68	36	28	3	1	202	197	76	.559
Stockton Heat (10)	68	34	28	2	4th	211	204	74	.544
Bakersfield Condors (13)	68	31	27	9	1	188	206	72	.529
San Antonio Rampage (14)	76	35	31	10	0	198	219	80	.526

Best scorer

The best scorer of the regular season was Chris Terry with 71 points and thus won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy . The most goals scored Valentin Sykow of the Charlotte Checkers with 33 goals and placed just as little among the ten best scorers as Travis Morin of the Texas Stars , who was the best preparer with 51 assists. The plus / minus statistic led meanwhile Philip Samuelsson from the Charlotte Checkers with a value of +44.

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 Terry	Laval Rocket	62	32	39	71	-33	45
Philip Varone	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	74	23	47	70	+9	36
Austin Czarnik	Providence Bruins	64	25th	44	69	+18	24
Mason Appleton	Manitoba mosses	76	22nd	44	66	+14	54
Daniel Sprong	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	65	32	33	65	+4	28
Teemu Pulkkinen	Chicago Wolves	75	29	36	65	+12	44
Ben Street	Grand Rapids Griffins	73	21st	44	65	+9	22nd
Eric Tangradi	Grand Rapids Griffins	74	31	33	64	+12	51
Cal O'Reilly	Iowa Wild	75	15th	49	64	–7	10
Curtis Valk	Springfield Thunderbirds	73	20th	42	62	-2	41

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
Garret Sparks	Toronto Marlies	43	2507: 04	31	9	2	75	6th	93.6	1.79
Jordan Binnington	Providence Bruins	28	1605: 53	17th	9	1	55	1	92.6	2.05
Michael Hutchinson	Manitoba mosses	26th	1560: 32	17th	5	4th	54	2	93.5	2.08
Harri Säteri	Springfield Thunderbirds	29	1669: 43	14th	9	3	64	4th	92.7	2.30
Zane McIntyre	Providence Bruins	47	2734: 02	26th	15th	4th	115	7th	91.4	2.52
Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte Checkers	49	2726: 13	31	12	3	116	5	90.3	2.55
Not so Lindbäck	Milwaukee Admirals	56	3382: 32	31	20th	5	159	1	90.8	2.82

Calder Cup playoffs

Playoff tree

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Calder Cup Final

A1

Lehigh Valley Phantoms

3

A4

Providence Bruins

1

A1

Lehigh Valley Phantoms

4th

A3

Charlotte Checkers

1

A2

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins

0

A3

Charlotte Checkers

3

A1

Lehigh Valley Phantoms

0

Eastern Conference

N1

Toronto Marlies

4th

N1

Toronto Marlies

3

N4

Utica Comets

2

N1

Toronto Marlies

4th

N2

Syracuse crunch

0

N2

Syracuse crunch

3

N3

Rochester Americans

0

N1

Toronto Marlies

4th

P2

Texas Stars

3

C1

Chicago Wolves

0

C4

Rockford IceHogs

3

C4

Rockford IceHogs

4th

C3

Manitoba mosses

0

C2

Grand Rapids Griffins

2

C3

Manitoba mosses

3

C4

Rockford IceHogs

2

Western Conference

P2

Texas Stars

4th

P1

Tucson Roadrunners

3

P4

San Jose Barracuda

1

P1

Tucson Roadrunners

1

P2

Texas Stars

4th

P2

Texas Stars

3

P3

Ontario Reign

1

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Toronto Marlies

Goalkeepers: Calvin Pickard , Garret Sparks Defenders: Andreas Borgman , Travis Dermott , Justin Holl , Timothy Liljegren , Vincent LoVerde , Martin Marinčin , Andrew Nielsen , Calle Rosén Attackers: Miro Aaltonen , Jeremy Bracco , Adam Brooks , Richard Clune , Pierre Engvall , Frédérik Gauthier , Colin Greening , Carl Grundström , Andreas Johnsson , Mason Marchment , Trevor Moore , Chris Mueller , Ben Smith , Dmytro Timashov Head Coach: Sheldon Keefe    General Manager: Kyle Dubas

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
Andreas Johnsson	Toronto Marlies	16	10	14th	24	+13	4th
Curtis McKenzie	Texas Stars	22nd	11	9	20th	-4	27
Christopher DiDomenico	Rockford IceHogs	13	7th	11	18th	+1	22nd
Trevor Moore	Toronto Marlies	20th	6th	11	17th	+7	4th
Justin Dowling	Texas Stars	22nd	4th	13	17th	-8th	2
Ben Smith	Toronto Marlies	20th	7th	9	16	-2	0
Chris Mueller	Toronto Marlies	20th	4th	12	16	+1	6th
Travis Morin	Texas Stars	22nd	7th	8th	15th	–6	16
Brian Flynn	Texas Stars	22nd	6th	9	15th	-10	6th
Carl Grundström	Toronto Marlies	20th	8th	6th	14th	+12	14th

Vincent LoVerde from the Toronto Marlies achieved the best plus / minus statistic with a value of +19.

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 120 minutes are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Jeff Glass	Rockford IceHogs	3	202: 07	2	1	5	0	95.5	1.48
Jared Coreau	Grand Rapids Griffins	3	156: 24	1	2	5	1	92.4	1.92
Alex Lyon	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	11	757: 59	6th	5	25th	0	94.4	1.98
Adin Hill	Tucson Roadrunners	9	566: 04	4th	5	20th	2	92.2	2.12
Garret Sparks	Toronto Marlies	19th	1134: 20	14th	5	42	2	91.5	2.22
Mike McKenna	Texas Stars	22nd	1371: 00	14th	8th	55	2	92.7	2.41

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Toronto Marlies
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals	Toronto Marlies
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Winner of the Western Conference Finals	Texas Stars
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	Tucson Roadrunners
Emile Francis Trophy Best Team in the Atlantic Division	Lehigh Valley Phantoms
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the North Division	Toronto Marlies
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the Central Division	Chicago Wolves
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the Pacific Division	Tucson Roadrunners

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
Les Cunningham Award MVP of the regular season	Philip Varone	Lehigh Valley Phantoms
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Chris Terry	Laval Rocket
Willie Marshall Award Best Goalscorer	Valentin Sykov	Charlotte Checkers
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Mason Appleton	Manitoba mosses
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	Sami Niku	Manitoba mosses
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goalkeeper	Garret Sparks	Toronto Marlies
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Garret Sparks Calvin Pickard	Toronto Marlies
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award Best Trainer	Pascal Vincent	Manitoba mosses
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication	Bracken Kearns	Binghamton Devils
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society	Scooter Vaughan	Chicago Wolves
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs	Andreas Johnsson	Toronto Marlies

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Chris Terry - Philip Varone - Mason Appleton
Defense:	Jacob MacDonald - Sami Niku
Goal:	Garret Sparks

Second all-star team
Attack:	Andreas Johnsson - Austin Czarnik - Ben Smith
Defense:	TJ Brennan - Zach Redmond
Goal:	Michael Hutchinson

All-rookie team
Attack:	Mason Appleton - Daniel Sprong - Dylan Strome
Defense:	Filip Hronek - Sami Niku
Goal:	Ville Husso

Web links

• AHL 2017/18 on hockeydb.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ AHL Board of Governors Annual Meeting concludes. theahl.com, July 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 .