2023 Calder Cup playoffs

The 2023 Calder Cup playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the American Hockey League (AHL) to determine the winner of the Calder Cup, which is awarded to the AHL playoff champions.
The 2023 playoffs began on April 18, 2023, with the 23-team playoff format that was introduced in 2022. All teams except the bottom two teams of the Atlantic, North, and Central divisions, as well as the bottom three teams of the Pacific division qualified for the playoffs. Each division has a best-of-three series in the first round to determine the top 16 teams for the division semifinals, with various teams receiving byes based on regular season performance.
The 16 teams that remain—four from each division—will play a best-of-five series in the division semifinals, with the playoffs continuing with another best-of-five series for the division finals and a best-of-seven series for the conference finals and Calder Cup finals.
The Hershey Bears defeated the Coachella Valley Firebirds in overtime of game seven, granting Hershey their 12th Calder Cup in team history and first since 2010.
==Playoff seeds==
After the 2022–23 AHL regular season, 23 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top 5 teams in the North and Central divisions, the top 6 teams in the Atlantic division, and the top 7 teams in the Pacific division based on points total qualified for the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs. The Calgary Wranglers won the regular season title in their season finale.
===Eastern Conference===
====Atlantic Division====
# Providence Bruins – 98 points (.681)
# Hershey Bears – 97 points (.674)
# Charlotte Checkers – 86 points (.597)
# Springfield Thunderbirds – 84 points (.583)
# Hartford Wolf Pack – 81 points (.563)
# Lehigh Valley Phantoms – 80 points (.556)
====North Division====
# Toronto Marlies – 90 points (.625)
# Syracuse Crunch – 81 points (.563), 27 
# Rochester Americans – 81 points (.563), 25 
# Utica Comets – 80 points (.556)
# Laval Rocket – 76 points (.528)
===Western Conference===
====Central Division====
# Texas Stars – 92 points (.639)
# Milwaukee Admirals – 89 points (.618)
# Manitoba Moose – 84 points (.583)
# Iowa Wild – 79 points (.549), 24 
# Rockford IceHogs – 79 points (.549), 20 
====Pacific Division====
# Calgary Wranglers – 106 points (.736)
# Coachella Valley Firebirds – 103 points (.715)
# Colorado Eagles – 90 points (.625)
# Abbotsford Canucks – 87 points (.604)
# Bakersfield Condors – 78 points (.542)
# Ontario Reign – 74 points (.514)
# Tucson Roadrunners – 69 points (.479), 25 
==Bracket==
== First Round ==
=== Eastern Conference ===
==== (A3) Charlotte Checkers vs. (A6) Lehigh Valley Phantoms ====
==== (A4) Springfield Thunderbirds vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack ====
==== (N4) Utica Comets vs. (N5) Laval Rocket ====
=== Western Conference ===
==== (C4) Iowa Wild vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs ====
==== (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P7) Tucson Roadrunners====
==== (P3) Colorado Eagles vs. (P6) Ontario Reign ====
==== (P4) Abbotsford Canucks vs. (P5) Bakersfield Condors ====
== Division semifinals ==
=== Eastern Conference ===
==== (A1) Providence Bruins vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack ====
==== (A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A3) Charlotte Checkers ====
==== (N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N4) Utica Comets ====
==== (N2) Syracuse Crunch vs. (N3) Rochester Americans ====
=== Western Conference ===
==== (C1) Texas Stars vs. (C5) Rockford IceHogs ====
==== (C2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. (C3) Manitoba Moose ====
==== (P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P4) Abbotsford Canucks ====
==== (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (P3) Colorado Eagles ====
== Division finals ==
=== Eastern Conference ===
==== (A2) Hershey Bears vs. (A5) Hartford Wolf Pack ====
==== (N1) Toronto Marlies vs. (N3) Rochester Americans ====
=== Western Conference ===
==== (C1) Texas Stars vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals ====
==== (P1) Calgary Wranglers vs. (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds ====
== Conference finals ==
=== Eastern Conference ===
==== (A2) Hershey Bears vs. (N3) Rochester Americans ====
=== Western Conference ===
==== (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (C2) Milwaukee Admirals ====
== Calder Cup Finals ==
=== (P2) Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. (A2) Hershey Bears ===
==Playoff statistical leaders==
===Leading skaters===
These are the top ten skaters based on points. If there is a tie in points, goals take precedence over assists.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	9 	22	31	16
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	14	13	27	16
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	5 	21	26	26
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	4 	19	23	14
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	7 	12	19	6
 	Milwaukee Admirals 	16	4 	11	15	4
 	Hershey Bears 	20	2 	13	15	6
 	Hershey Bears 	19	3 	11	14	4
 	Rochester Americans 	14	6 	7 	13	4
 	Hershey Bears 	20	5 	8 	13	28
 	Hershey Bears 	20	5 	8 	13	2
===Leading goaltenders===
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with at least 60 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Charlotte Checkers 	5 	1 	1 	80 	5 	1.54	.938	1	195:12
 	Hartford Wolf Pack 	8 	5 	3 	216	14	1.76	.935	2	477:14
 	Abbotsford Canucks 	4 	2 	2 	112	8 	1.92	.929	1	250:15
 	Coachella Valley Firebirds	26	15	11	823	61	2.22	.926	3	1,647:42
 	Manitoba Moose 	4 	2 	2 	117	9 	2.25	.923	0	239:55
 	Providence Bruins 	4 	1 	3 	122	9 	2.28	.926	0	237:18
==References==
==External links==
*AHL official site
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