AHL 2018/19

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The 2018/19 season was the 83rd season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, which ran from October 5, 2018 to April 14, 2019, the 31 teams in the league played 76 or 68 matches. The Charlotte Checkers won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the best team of the regular season. Then the playoffs for the Calder Cup took place, which the Charlotte Checkers also secured on June 9, 2019.

Changes

The teams of the 2018/19 season; same colors correspond to belonging to a division.

The Colorado Eagles switched from the ECHL to the AHL, so that it now consists of 31 teams like the National Hockey League (NHL). The Eagles continue to function as the Colorado Avalanche's farm team , while the St. Louis Blues henceforth cooperate with the San Antonio Rampage , so that now every NHL team has a cooperation partner in the AHL. Furthermore, the Eagles were assigned to the Pacific Division , while the San Antonio Rampage and the Texas Stars moved from this to the Central Division , in which in turn the Cleveland Monsters vacated their place and henceforth play in the North Division of the Eastern Conference .

mode

The mode essentially 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%
Charlotte Checkers (1)	76	51	17th	7th	1	255	189	110	.724
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (4)	76	43	24	6th	3	233	228	95	.625
Hershey Bears (5)	76	43	25th	4th	4th	211	215	94	.618
Providence Bruins (7)	76	38	27	8th	3	228	212	87	.572
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (8)	76	39	30th	4th	3	240	244	85	.559
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins (11)	76	36	30th	7th	3	232	228	82	.539
Springfield Thunderbirds (12)	76	33	29	9	5	250	241	80	.526
Hartford Wolf Pack (15)	76	29	36	7th	4th	209	266	69	.454

North Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Syracuse Crunch (2)	76	47	21st	4th	4th	264	187	102	.671
Rochester Americans (3)	76	46	23	5	2	254	218	99	.651
Toronto Marlies (6)	76	39	24	9	4th	248	243	91	.599
Cleveland Monsters (9)	76	37	29	8th	2	232	234	84	.553
Belleville Senators (10)	76	37	31	3	5	228	228	82	.539
Utica Comets (13)	76	34	34	6th	2	224	257	76	.500
Laval Rocket (14)	76	30th	34	6th	6th	195	231	72	.474
Binghamton Devils (16)	76	28	41	7th	0	201	278	63	.414

Western Conference

Central Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Chicago Wolves (2)	76	44	22nd	6th	4th	250	199	98	.645
Milwaukee Admirals (5)	76	36	24	14th	2	217	207	88	.579
Iowa Wild (6)	76	37	26th	8th	5	242	230	87	.572
Grand Rapids Griffins (7)	76	38	27	7th	4th	217	222	87	.572
Manitoba Mosses (9)	76	39	30th	5	2	197	219	85	.559
Texas Stars (11)	76	37	31	4th	4th	238	231	82	.539
Rockford IceHogs (12)	76	35	31	4th	6th	184	214	80	.526
San Antonio Rampage (14)	76	31	38	6th	1	196	244	69	.454

Pacific Division	GP	W.	L.	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Pts%
Bakersfield Condors (1)	68	42	21st	3	2	242	182	89	.654
San Jose Barracuda (3)	68	39	22nd	3	4th	227	197	85	.625
San Diego Gulls (4)	68	36	24	5	3	239	221	80	.588
Colorado Eagles (8)	68	36	27	4th	1	191	205	77	.566
Tucson Roadrunners (10)	68	34	26th	5	3	206	202	76	.559
Stockton Heat (13)	68	31	31	4th	2	235	252	68	.500
Ontario Reign (15)	68	25th	33	6th	4th	213	274	60	.441

Best scorer

The best scorer of the regular season was Carter Verhaeghe of the Syracuse Crunch with 82 points, which won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy . Together with his teammate Alex Barré-Boulet , he was also the top scorer with 34 goals. TJ Tynan of the Chicago Wolves , who gave 59 assists, became the best goal setter . The plus / minus statistics were headed by his teammate Zach Whitecloud with a value of +39.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Carter Verhaeghe	Syracuse	76	34	48	82	+26	34
Jeremy Bracco	Toronto	75	22nd	57	79	+1	16
Daniel Carr	Chicago	52	30th	41	71	+35	10
TJ Tynan	Chicago	71	12	59	71	+17	28
Andrew Poturalski	Charlotte	72	23	47	70	+16	34
Alex Barré-Boulet	Syracuse	74	34	34	68	+16	18th
Cal O'Reilly	Iowa	67	16	51	67	-2	14th
Tyler Benson	Bakersfield	68	15th	51	66	+21	44
Chris Mueller	Toronto	60	33	32	65	+8	32
Michael Sgarbossa	Hershey	75	30th	35	65	-3	91
Peter Holland	Hartford Rockford	73	27	38	65	–7	58

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 played at least 1,440 minutes of play are recorded. Sorted by the best goals against.

player	team	GP	TOI	W.	L.	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	ATM
Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte	51	2917: 19	34	9	5	110	4th	91.6	2.26
Marcus Högberg	Belleville	39	2304: 28	21st	11	6th	89	2	91.7	2.32
Shane Starrett	Bakersfield	42	2447: 41	27	7th	5	95	4th	91.8	2.33
Troy Grosenick	Milwaukee	46	2633: 49	24	14th	6th	106	1	91.9	2.41
Chris Driedger	Springfield	32	1835: 03	18th	10	2	75	1	92.4	2.45
Collin Delia	Rockford	26th	1546: 32	13	8th	4th	64	0	92.2	2.48
Kaapo Kähkönen	Iowa	39	2372: 38	17th	14th	8th	110	6th	90.8	2.78

Calder Cup playoffs

Playoff tree

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Calder Cup Final

A1

Charlotte Checkers

3

A4

Providence Bruins

1

A1

Charlotte Checkers

4th

A3

Hershey Bears

0

A2

Bridgeport Sound Tigers

2

A3

Hershey Bears

3

A1

Charlotte Checkers

4th

Eastern Conference

N3

Toronto Marlies

2

N1

Syracuse crunch

1

N4

Cleveland Monsters

3

N4

Cleveland Monsters

0

N3

Toronto Marlies

4th

N2

Rochester Americans

0

N3

Toronto Marlies

3

A1

Charlotte Checkers

4th

C1

Chicago Wolves

1

C1

Chicago Wolves

3

C4

Grand Rapids Griffins

2

C1

Chicago Wolves

4th

C3

Iowa Wild

2

C2

Milwaukee Admirals

2

C3

Iowa Wild

3

C1

Chicago Wolves

4th

Western Conference

P3

San Diego Gulls

2

P1

Bakersfield Condors

3

P4

Colorado Eagles

1

P1

Bakersfield Condors

2

P3

San Diego Gulls

4th

P2

San Jose Barracuda

1

P3

San Diego Gulls

3

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Charlotte Checkers

Goalkeepers: Alex Nedeljkovic , Dustin Tokarski Defenders: Jake Bean , Trevor Carrick , Josiah Didier , Haydn Fleury , Roland McKeown , Dan Renouf , Dennis Robertson , Bobby Sanguinetti , Jesper Sellgren , Derek Sheppard Attackers: Clark Bishop , Patrick Brown , Julien Gauthier , Morgan Geekie , Tomáš Jurčo , Janne Kuokkanen , Steven Lorentz , Stelio Mattheos , Zach Nastasiuk , Martin Nečas , Andrew Poturalski , Jacob Pritchard , Nicolas Roy , Aleksi Saarela , Nick Schilkey , Zack Stortini Head Coach: Mike Vellucci    General Manager: Don Waddell

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
Andrew Poturalski	Charlotte	18th	12	11	23	+15	12
Morgan Geekie	Charlotte	19th	8th	10	18th	+13	6th
Tomáš Jurčo	Charlotte	18th	7th	11	18th	+8	18th
Adam Cracknell	San Diego	15th	7th	9	16	+3	0
Jeremy Bracco	Toronto	13	4th	12	16	+4	2
Curtis McKenzie	Chicago	21st	8th	7th	15th	−1	51
Aleksi Saarela	Charlotte	17th	7th	8th	15th	+10	4th
Cody Glass	Chicago	22nd	7th	8th	15th	± 0	6th
Nicolas Roy	Charlotte	19th	6th	9	15th	+15	14th
Tomáš Hyka	Chicago	22nd	3	12	15th	−6	6th
Zach Whitecloud	Chicago	22nd	3	12	15th	−11	11

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
Dustin Tokarski	Charlotte	5	275: 08	5	0	8th	0	93.5	1.74
Christopher Gibson	Bridgeport	4th	283: 20	2	2	9	0	92.7	1.91
Kasimir Kaskisuo	Toronto	12	729: 57	9	3	26th	1	92.7	2.14
Vítek Vaněček	Hershey	4th	240: 32	1	3	9	1	93.5	2.25
Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte	15th	897: 02	10	4th	35	1	91.6	2.34
Andrew Hammond	Iowa	11	683: 16	5	6th	28	2	91.2	2.46
Oscar Dansk	Chicago	19th	1185: 53	10	9	49	0	91.1	2.48

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Charlotte Checkers
Richard F. Canning Trophy winner of the Eastern Conference Finals	Charlotte Checkers
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Winner of the Western Conference Finals	Chicago Wolves
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Best Regular Season Team	Charlotte Checkers
Frank S. Mathers Trophy Best Team of the Eastern Conference	Charlotte Checkers
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Best Team of the Western Conference	Bakersfield Condors
Emile Francis Trophy Best Team in the Atlantic Division	Charlotte Checkers
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy Best team in the North Division	Syracuse crunch
Sam Pollock Trophy Best Team in the Central Division	Chicago Wolves
John D. Chick Trophy Best Team in the Pacific Division	Bakersfield Condors

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
Les Cunningham Award MVP of the regular season	Daniel Carr	Chicago Wolves
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Carter Verhaeghe	Syracuse crunch
Willie Marshall Award Best Goalscorer	Alex Barré-Boulet Carter Verhaeghe	Syracuse crunch
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Alex Barré-Boulet	Syracuse crunch
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	Zach Redmond	Rochester Americans
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goalkeeper	Alex Nedeljkovic	Charlotte Checkers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Eddie Pasquale	Syracuse crunch
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award Best Trainer	Mike Vellucci	Charlotte Checkers
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication	Brett Sutter	Ontario Reign
Yanick Dupré Memorial Award For the player who distinguishes himself through special commitment in society	Landon Ferraro	Iowa Wild
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs	Andrew Poturalski	Charlotte Checkers

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Daniel Carr - Carter Verhaeghe - Jeremy Bracco
Defense:	John Gilmour - Zach Redmond
Goal:	Alex Nedeljkovic

Second all-star team
Attack:	Tyler Benson - Chris Mueller - Andrew Poturalski
Defense:	Aaron Ness - Ethan Prow
Goal:	Shane Starrett

All-rookie team
Attack:	Alex Barré-Boulet - Drake Batherson - Tyler Benson
Defense:	Jake Bean - Mitch Reinke
Goal:	Shane Starrett

Web links

• AHL 2018/19 on hockeydb.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2018-19 AHL alignment announced. theahl.com, May 7, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .