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2013 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details

Dates	April 26 – June 18, 2013
Teams	16
Defending champions	Norfolk Adrmials (did not qualify)
Final positions
Champions	Grand Rapids Griffins
Runner-up	Syracuse Crunch
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The 2013 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 26, 2013, with the same playoff format that was introduced in 2012. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played a best-of-five series in the conference quarterfinals, and the playoffs continued with best-of-seven series for the conference semifinals, conference finals and Calder Cup finals. The Grand Rapids Griffins defeated the Syracuse Crunch in six games to win the Calder Cup for the first time in Grand Rapids' franchise history.

Playoff seeds

After the 2012–13 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams from each conference qualifies for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Providence Bruins – 105 points
Portland Pirates – 87 points
Manchester Monarchs – 81 points (35 regulation and overtime wins)

Northeast Division

Springfield Falcons – 99 points

East Division

Syracuse Crunch – 97 points
Binghamton Senators – 96 points
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins – 88 points
Hershey Bears – 81 points (32 regulation and overtime wins)

Western Conference

North Division

Toronto Marlies – 96 points
Rochester Americans – 90 points (33 regulation and overtime wins)

Midwest Division

Grand Rapids Griffins – 92 points
Milwaukee Admirals – 89 points

South Division

Texas Stars – 97 points
Charlotte Checkers – 92 points
Oklahoma City Barons – 91 points
Houston Aeros – 90 points (35 regulation and overtime wins)

Bracket

Conference quarterfinals			Conference semifinals			Conference finals			Calder Cup Final

1	Providence	3

8	Hershey	2
			1	Providence	3

			5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	4
2	Springfield	3

7	Manchester	1
						5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	1
Eastern Conference
						3	Syracuse	4
3	Syracuse	3

6	Portland	0
			2	Springfield	0

			3	Syracuse	4
4	Binghamton	0

5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	3
									E3	Syracuse	2

									W3	Grand Rapids	4
1	Texas	3

8	Milwaukee	1
			1	Texas	1

			5	Oklahoma City	4
2	Toronto	3

7	Rochester	0
						5	Oklahoma City	3
Western Conference
						3	Grand Rapids	4
3	Grand Rapids	3

6	Houston	2
			2	Toronto	2

			3	Grand Rapids	4
4	Charlotte	2

5	Oklahoma City	3

Conference quarterfinals

Note: Home team is listed first.

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (8) Hershey Bears

April 26	Providence Bruins		2 – 5	Hershey Bears	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:37 – pp – Joey Crabb 1
Jamie Tardif 1 – 13:56		Second period		4:43 – pp – Casey Wellman 1 5:22 – pp – Jon DiSalvatore 1 9:23 – Dmitri Orlov 1
Christian Hanson 1 – 3:54		Third period		19:53 – en, sh – Michael Latta 1
Niklas Svedberg 19 saves / 23 shots Michael Hutchinson 11 saves / 11 shots		Goalie stats		Philipp Grubauer 31 saves / 33 shots

April 28	Providence Bruins		4 – 5	OT	Hershey Bears	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
Graham Mink 1 – 9:05		First period			3:14 – Ryan Stoa 1 14:56 – pp – Nicolas Deschamps 1
Carter Camper 1 – 1:09 Chris Bourque 1 – 10:54		Second period			10:33 – Garrett Mitchell 1
Graham Mink 2 – pp – 13:18		Third period			18:31 – Joey Crabb 2
No scoring		First overtime period			3:05 – pp – Jon DiSalvatore 2
Niklas Svedberg 24 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			Philipp Grubauer 54 saves / 58 shots

May 4	Hershey Bears		1 – 5	Providence Bruins	Giant Center	Recap
Michael Latta 2 – 3:44		First period		8:11 – Chris Bourque 2
No scoring		Second period		3:06 – Bobby Robins 1 10:19 – pp – Jamie Tardif 2
No scoring		Third period		4:07 – Chris Bourque 3 8:02 – pp – Carter Camper 2
Philipp Grubauer 22 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Niklas Svedberg 30 saves / 31 shots

May 5	Hershey Bears		4 – 5	Providence Bruins	Giant Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		8:01 – Carter Camper 3 12:10 – pp – Graham Mink 3
Joey Crabb 3 – pp – 1:58		Second period		No scoring
Joey Crabb 4 – 3:42 Casey Wellman 2 – 11:45 Tom Wilson 1 – 15:20		Third period		8:10 – Carter Camper 4 17:26 – pp – Craig Cunningham 1 18:56 – Carter Camper 5
Philipp Grubauer 32 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats		Niklas Svedberg 28 saves / 32 shots

May 8	Providence Bruins		3 – 2	Hershey Bears	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
Justin Florek 1 – 5:04		First period		1:19 – Casey Wellman 3
Jordan Caron 1 – 15:08		Second period		No scoring
Jamie Tardif 3 – 9:20		Third period		3:56 – Joey Crabb 5
Niklas Svedberg 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats		Philipp Grubauer 34 saves / 37 shots

Providence wins series 3–2

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (7) Manchester Monarchs

April 27	Springfield Falcons		2 – 1	OT	Manchester Monarchs	MassMutual Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Blake Parlett 1 – ps – 10:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:11 – Brian O'Neill 1
Cody Bass 1 – 10:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Curtis McElhinney 29 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 33 saves / 35 shots

April 28	Springfield Falcons		3 – 2	OT	Manchester Monarchs	MassMutual Center	Recap
Trent Vogelhuber 1 – sh – 2:49		First period			7:10 – pp – Nicolas Deslauriers 1
No scoring		Second period			15:52 – Anthony Stewart 1
David Savard 1 – pp – 7:11		Third period			No scoring
Cody Bass 2 – 18:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Curtis McElhinney 41 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Martin Jones 35 saves / 38 shots

May 2	Manchester Monarchs		2 – 1	Springfield Falcons	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Nicolas Deslauriers 2 – pp – 4:49		First period		7:11 – pp – David Savard 2
David Meckler 1 – pp – 15:30		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Martin Jones 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Curtis McElhinney 26 saves / 28 shots

May 4	Manchester Monarchs		3 – 4	OT	Springfield Falcons	Verizon Wireless Arena	Recap
Colton Yellow Horn 1 – 8:33 Linden Vey 1 – 10:27		First period			1:40 – Blake Parlett 2
Linden Vey 2 – 5:17		Second period			13:35 – Boone Jenner 1 18:24 – Michael Chaput 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			8:06 – Nicholas Drazenovic 1
Martin Jones 37 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Curtis McElhinney 37 saves / 40 shots

Springfield wins series 3–1

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (6) Portland Pirates

April 27	Syracuse Crunch		4 – 3	OT	Portland Pirates	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:53 – Darian Dziurzynski 1 17:16 – pp – David Rundblad 1
Tyler Johnson 1 – pp – 6:37 Mark Barberio 1 – pp – 13:32		Second period			8:23 – Chris Brown 1
Dan Sexton 1 – 7:54		Third period			No scoring
Richard Panik 1 – pp – 6:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Chad Johnson 35 saves / 39 shots

April 28	Syracuse Crunch		4 – 2	Portland Pirates	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Ondrej Palat 1 – 9:33 J. T. Brown 1 – 10:41		First period		No scoring
Tyler Johnson 2 – sh – 0:49 Brett Connolly 1 – 14:36		Second period		16:50 – Brandon Gormley 1
No scoring		Third period		9:40 – Nick Johnson 1
Cedrick Desjardins 18 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Chad Johnson 30 saves / 34 shots

May 2	Portland Pirates		3 – 4	OT	Syracuse Crunch	Cumberland County Civic Center	Recap
Andy Miele 1 – pp – 15:57		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			6:57 – pp – Radko Gudas 1
Alexandre Bolduc 1 – 0:19 Nick Johnson 2 – pp – 10:47		Third period			13:59 – Mike Angelidis 1 18:48 – Ondrej Palat 2
No scoring		First overtime period			19:43 – Ondrej Palat 3
Chad Johnson 41 saves / 45 shots		Goalie stats			Cedrick Desjardins 15 saves / 18 shots

Syracuse wins series 3–0

(4) Binghamton Senators vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

April 27	Binghamton Senators		2 – 3	OT	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
Shane Prince 1 – pp – 19:12		First period			10:58 – pp – Brian Gibbons 1 16:41 – Chad Kolarik 1
Mark Stone 1 – 17:03		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			8:18 – Chad Kolarik 2
Nathan Lawson 30 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Jeff Zatkoff 34 saves / 36 shots

April 28	Binghamton Senators		2 – 3	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena	Recap
Matt Puempel 1 – 14:35		First period		2:48 – pp – Riley Holzapfel 1
No scoring		Second period		12:03 – Chris Collins 1 19:58 – Warren Peters 1
Chris Wideman 1 – pp – 19:41		Third period		No scoring
Nathan Lawson 21 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Jeff Zatkoff 35 saves / 37 shots

May 2	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		3 – 2	Binghamton Senators	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period		5:00 – Matt Puempel 2
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Zach Sill 1 – sh – 7:32 Riley Holzapfel 2 – pp – 18:42 Jayson Megna 1 – en – 19:32		Third period		19:58 – Mark Borowiecki 1
Brad Thiessen 35 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats		Nathan Lawson 25 saves / 27 shots

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 3–0

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (8) Milwaukee Admirals

April 26	Milwaukee Admirals		2 – 3	OT	Texas Stars	BMO Harris Bradley Center	Recap
Patrick Cehlin 1 – pp – 12:15		First period			19:44 – Matt Fraser 1
No scoring		Second period			9:09 – pp – Kevin Connauton 1
Zach Hamill 1 – pp – 7:11		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			11:44 – Brett Ritchie 1
Magnus Hellberg 41 saves / 44 shots		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp 29 saves / 31 shots

April 27	Milwaukee Admirals		2 – 0	Texas Stars	BMO Harris Bradley Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Austin Watson 1 – 12:04		Second period		No scoring
Mike Moore 1 – en – 19:31		Third period		No scoring
Magnus Hellberg 23 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Cristopher Nihlstorp 19 saves / 20 shots

May 1	Texas Stars		2 – 0	Milwaukee Admirals	Cedar Park Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Alex Chiasson 1 – 7:42 Kevin Connauton 2 – pp – 13:57		Third period		No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp 21 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Magnus Hellberg 29 saves / 31 shots

May 3	Texas Stars		2 – 1	Milwaukee Admirals	Cedar Park Center	Recap
Matt Fraser 2 – 10:16		First period		No scoring
Alex Chiasson 2 – 1:29		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		1:40 – Kevin Henderson 1
Cristopher Nihlstorp 34 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Magnus Hellberg 24 saves / 26 shots

Texas wins series 3–1

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (7) Rochester Americans

April 27	Toronto Marlies		6 – 3	Rochester Americans	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
Greg Scott 1 – 12:04 Greg Scott 2 – pp – 17:49		First period		18:46 – Zemgus Girgensons 1
Greg McKegg 1 – pp – 2:48		Second period		1:12 – sh – Cody McCormick 1 15:34 – Zemgus Girgensons 2
Paul Ranger 1 – 5:14 Greg Scott 3 – 15:22 Greg Scott 4 – en, pp – 18:22		Third period		No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		David Leggio 12 saves / 17 shots

April 28	Toronto Marlies		2 – 0	Rochester Americans	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Michael Zigomanis 1 – pp – 12:39		Second period		No scoring
Jerry D'Amigo 1 – 1:45		Third period		No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 25 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Matt Hackett 18 saves / 20 shots

May 1	Rochester Americans		2 – 3	OT	Toronto Marlies	Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Zemgus Girgensons 3 – 14:20		Second period			6:19 – sh – Greg Scott 5 19:18 – Greg McKegg 2
Nick Tarnasky 1 – 15:57		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			5:14 – Will Acton 1
David Leggio 27 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			Drew MacIntyre 37 saves / 39 shots

Toronto wins series 3–0

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (6) Houston Aeros

April 26	Houston Aeros		3 – 0	Grand Rapids Griffins	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Marco Scandella 1 – pp – 11:55 Justin Fontaine 1 – 16:52		Second period		No scoring
Justin Fontaine 2 – en – 18:14		Third period		No scoring
Darcy Kuemper 36 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 29 shots

April 28	Houston Aeros		2 – 3	Grand Rapids Griffins	Toyota Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:16 – Tomas Tatar 1
No scoring		Second period		11:02 – pp – Tomas Jurco 1
Justin Fontaine 3 – pp – 15:33 Brian Connelly 1 – 19:47		Third period		14:06 – Tomas Jurco 2
Darcy Kuemper 31 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 19 saves / 21 shots

May 1	Grand Rapids Griffins		4 – 2	Houston Aeros	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:51 – Erik Haula 1
Jeff Hoggan 1 – pp – 5:30 Teemu Pulkkinen 1 – 12:42		Second period		14:02 – David McIntyre 1
Adam Almqvist 1 – 16:22 Luke Glendening 1 – en – 19:46		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Condon 35 saves / 38 shots

May 3	Grand Rapids Griffins		1 – 4	Houston Aeros	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Luke Glendening 2 – sh – 4:44		First period		12:24 – pp – Mikael Granlund 1 19:31 – Chad Rau 1
No scoring		Second period		10:35 – pp – Steven Kampfer 1
No scoring		Third period		17:55 – en – David McIntyre 2
Petr Mrazek 15 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Condon 41 saves / 42 shots

May 4	Grand Rapids Griffins		7 – 0	Houston Aeros	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Francis Pare 1 – 12:03		First period		No scoring
Tomas Tatar 2 – 4:25 Riley Sheahan 1 – 8:56 Jan Mursak 1 – 13:52 Tomas Tatar 3 – 19:53		Second period		No scoring
Adam Almqvist 2 – pp – 4:06 Teemu Pulkkinen 2 – 17:25		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Condon 34 saves / 41 shots

Grand Rapids wins series 3–2

(4) Charlotte Checkers vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

April 26	Oklahoma City Barons		3 – 4	OT	Charlotte Checkers	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Teemu Hartikainen 1 – 7:38		First period			No scoring
C. J. Stretch 1 – pp – 18:24 Josh Green 1 – 18:45		Second period			2:28 – pp – Justin Shugg 1 11:17 – Brody Sutter 1
No scoring		Third period			2:32 – pp – Zach Boychuk 1
No scoring		First overtime period			3:06 – Brody Sutter 2
Yann Danis 24 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Rob Madore 30 saves / 33 shots

April 27	Oklahoma City Barons		5 – 2	Charlotte Checkers	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Jonathan Cheechoo 1 – 16:52		First period		9:35 – Sean Dolan 1 11:07 – Zach Boychuk 2
Randy Jones 1 – 18:30		Second period		No scoring
Mark Arcobello 1 – 8:44 Mark Arcobello 2 – 17:23 Mark Arcobello 3 – en – 18:17		Third period		No scoring
Yann Danis 33 saves / 35 shots		Goalie stats		Rob Madore 26 saves / 30 shots

May 1	Charlotte Checkers		6 – 1	Oklahoma City Barons	Time Warner Cable Arena	Recap
Matt Marquardt 1 – 2:32 Chris Terry 1 – pp – 6:50 Chris Terry 2 – pp – 8:18		First period		19:09 – pp – Toni Rajala 1
Tim Wallace 1 – 11:34		Second period		No scoring
Bobby Raymond 1 – pp – 14:08 Justin Shugg 2 – 16:12		Third period		No scoring
Rob Madore 37 saves / 38 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 27 saves / 33 shots

May 3	Charlotte Checkers		1 – 8	Oklahoma City Barons	Time Warner Cable Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:34 – Philippe Cornet 1 10:23 – Tyler Pitlick 1 15:57 – Chris VandeVelde 1
No scoring		Second period		5:27 – pp – Josh Green 2 8:29 – Anton Lander 1 11:11 – pp – Martin Marincin 1
Zach Boychuk 3 – 3:52		Third period		9:08 – pp – Tyler Pitlick 2 9:48 – Teemu Hartikainen 2
Rob Madore 13 saves / 17 shots Mike Murphy 16 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 24 saves / 25 shots

May 4	Charlotte Checkers		2 – 6	Oklahoma City Barons	Time Warner Cable Arena	Recap
Riley Nash 1 – 10:56 Bobby Raymond 2 – 17:37		First period		13:30 – Jonathan Cheechoo 2 14:10 – Anton Lander 2
No scoring		Second period		9:57 – Teemu Hartikainen 3 11:35 – Josh Green 3 16:07 – Toni Rajala 2
No scoring		Third period		18:34 – en – Andrew Hotham 1
Rob Madore 13 saves / 17 shots John Muse 11 saves / 12 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 49 saves / 51 shots

Oklahoma City wins series 3–2

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

The Penguins became the third team in AHL history, along with the 1960 Rochester Americans and 1989 Adirondack Red Wings to come back from a 0–3 series deficit and win a best of seven playoff series, and the first team to then win Game 7 on the road.

May 10	Providence Bruins		8 – 5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
Ryan Spooner 1 – 18:54		First period		9:31 – pp, ps – Chad Kolarik 3
Jordan Caron 2 – 5:09 Kyle MacKinnon 1 – 7:09 Jamie Tardif 4 – 8:34 Carter Camper 6 – pp – 10:24		Second period		6:23 – Brian Gibbons 2 12:43 – pp – Paul Thompson 1
Craig Cunningham 2 – 5:25 Chris Bourque 4 – 18:05 Jamie Tardif 5 – pp – 19:24		Third period		16:31 – pp – Chris Collins 2 17:19 – Paul Thompson 2
Niklas Svedberg 25 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Jeff Zatkoff 19 saves / 27 shots

May 11	Providence Bruins		4 – 2	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
Jamie Tardif 6 – pp – 5:48 Ryan Spooner 2 – 11:24 Jamie Tardif 7 – pp – 17:25 Chris Bourque 5 – 19:31		First period		4:40 – sh – Warren Peters 2
No scoring		Second period		14:47 – pp – Brian Gibbons 3
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Niklas Svedberg 38 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Jeff Zatkoff 9 saves / 13 shots Brad Thiessen 16 saves / 16 shots

May 15	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		1 – 2	OT	Providence Bruins	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Trevor Smith 1 – 10:42		Second period			3:04 – Jared Knight 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			0:31 – Carter Camper 7
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Niklas Svedberg 32 saves / 33 shots

May 17	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		3 – 1	Providence Bruins	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period		7:37 – Carter Camper 8
Warren Peters 3 – 6:25 Riley Holzapfel 3 – 16:10 Chad Kolarik 4 – pp – 17:57		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Brad Thiessen 31 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Niklas Svedberg 19 saves / 22 shots

May 18	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		4 – 0	Providence Bruins	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
Brian Dumoulin 1 – pp – 10:55 Trevor Smith 2 – pp – 16:47		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Adam Payerl 1 – 3:39 Paul Thompson 3 – pp – 16:44		Third period		No scoring
Brad Thiessen 30 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Niklas Svedberg 25 saves / 29 shots

May 20	Providence Bruins		1 – 2	OT	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Craig Cunningham 3 – 1:07		Second period			6:03 – pp – Brian Dumoulin 2
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			3:26 – Trevor Smith 3
Niklas Svedberg 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats			Brad Thiessen 46 saves / 47 shots

May 22	Providence Bruins		0 – 5	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		4:44 – pp – Chad Kolarik 5 13:04 – Warren Peters 4 15:14 – Adam Payerl 2 17:15 – Zach Sill 2
No scoring		Third period		15:25 – Trevor Smith 4
Niklas Svedberg 15 saves / 19 shots Michael Hutchinson 4 saves / 5 shots		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 34 shots

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton wins series 4–3

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (3) Syracuse Crunch

May 10	Springfield Falcons		2 – 5	Syracuse Crunch	MassMutual Center	Recap
Nicholas Drazenovic 2 – pp – 10:06		First period		8:40 – pp – Mark Barberio 2 9:00 – Richard Panik 2 11:26 – J. T. Brown 2 18:13 – Brett Connolly 2
No scoring		Second period		10:10 – Tyler Johnson 3
Ryan Craig 1 – pp – 19:58		Third period		No scoring
Curtis McElhinney 4 saves / 9 shots Allen York 11 saves / 11 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 22 saves / 24 shots

May 11	Springfield Falcons		3 – 5	Syracuse Crunch	MassMutual Center	Recap
Ryan Russell 1 – 14:40		First period		1:02 – pp – Richard Panik 3 1:15 – Mike Angelidis 2
Trent Vogelhuber 2 – 14:29		Second period		8:31 – pp – Tyler Johnson 4 14:05 – sh – Tyler Johnson 5
Boone Jenner 2 – 8:04		Third period		6:47 – pp – Tyler Johnson 6
Curtis McElhinney 20 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 31 shots

May 15	Syracuse Crunch		3 – 0	Springfield Falcons	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Richard Panik 4 – 15:15		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ondrej Palat 4 – sh – 0:08 Tyler Johnson 7 – sh – 7:24		Third period		No scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 24 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Curtis McElhinney 22 saves / 25 shots

May 17	Syracuse Crunch		5 – 2	Springfield Falcons	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
J. T. Wyman 1 – 6:04 Mark Barberio 3 – 7:52		First period		No scoring
J. T. Wyman 2 – 17:20		Second period		2:38 – pp – Ryan Craig 2
Matt Taormina 1 – 19:45 Dan Sexton 2 – en – 18:01		Third period		8:35 – Andrew Joudrey 1
Cedrick Desjardins 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Curtis McElhinney 35 saves / 39 shots

Syracuse wins series 4–0

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

May 9	Texas Stars		1 – 2	OT	Oklahoma City Barons	Cedar Park Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:08 – Mark Arcobello 4
Francis Wathier 1 – 16:30		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			1:28 – Anton Lander 3
Cristopher Nihlstorp 24 saves / 26 shots		Goalie stats			Yann Danis 34 saves / 35 shots

May 11	Texas Stars		2 – 1	Oklahoma City Barons	Cedar Park Center	Recap
Mike Hedden 1 – 17:52		First period		No scoring
Joe Morrow 1 – pp – 17:12		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:05 – Mark Arcobello 5
Cristopher Nihlstorp 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 37 saves / 39 shots

May 13	Oklahoma City Barons		4 – 0	Texas Stars	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Toni Rajala 3 – 5:26 Anton Lander 4 – pp – 12:28		Second period		No scoring
Mark Arcobello 6 – 4:37 C. J. Stretch 2 – en – 19:42		Third period		No scoring
Yann Danis 30 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Cristopher Nihlstorp 27 saves / 30 shots

May 15	Oklahoma City Barons		7 – 3	Texas Stars	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
C. J. Stretch 3 – 1:27 Mark Arcobello 7 – 14:33		Second period		6:49 – Brett Ritchie 2 13:13 – pp – Colton Sceviour 1 18:15 – Joe Morrow 2
Antti Tyrvainen 1 – 6:52 Taylor Fedun 1 – 14:24 Mark Arcobello 8 – 18:00 Antti Tyrvainen 2 – en – 18:36 Garrett Stafford 1 – pp – 19:45		Third period		No scoring
Yann Danis 26 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Cristopher Nihlstorp 39 saves / 45 shots

May 16	Oklahoma City Barons		5 – 1	Texas Stars	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Teemu Hartikainen 4 – 17:21		First period		No scoring
Taylor Fedun 2 – 1:36 C. J. Stretch 4 – 9:16		Second period		No scoring
Garrett Stafford 2 – pp – 1:24 Mark Arcobello 9 – 12:02		Third period		17:03 – pp – Justin Dowling 1
Yann Danis 33 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Cristopher Nihlstorp 29 saves / 34 shots

Oklahoma City wins series 4–1

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (3) Grand Rapids Griffins

May 10	Toronto Marlies		0 – 7	Grand Rapids Griffins	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		8:55 – Mitch Callahan 1 9:29 – Chad Billins 1
No scoring		Second period		1:14 – pp – Teemu Pulkkinen 3 19:42 – Tomas Tatar 4
No scoring		Third period		3:16 – pp – Tomas Tatar 5 5:48 – Luke Glendening 3 15:19 – Jan Mursak 2
Drew MacIntyre 22 saves / 28 shots Garret Sparks 9 saves / 10 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 25 saves / 25 shots

May 11	Toronto Marlies		4 – 2	Grand Rapids Griffins	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Ryan Lasch 1 – pp – 10:30 Greg Scott 6 – sh – 15:02		Second period		8:36 – Tomas Jurco 3 16:43 – sh – Landon Ferraro 1
Will Acton 2 – 2:36 Greg Scott 7 – en – 18:41		Third period		No scoring
Drew MacIntyre 30 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 30 shots

May 15	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 4	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Adam Almqvist 3 – 3:45 Jeff Hoggan 2 – 5:45		First period		14:21 – Ryan Hamilton 1
Tomas Tatar 6 – 2:38 Francis Pare 2 – pp – 17:06		Second period		4:20 – Spencer Abbott 1 9:16 – pp – Greg McKegg 3
Jan Mursak 3 – 0:46		Third period		5:00 – Carter Ashton 1
Petr Mrazek 16 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 32 shots

May 17	Grand Rapids Griffins		4 – 1	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		18:05 – Carter Ashton 2
Tomas Jurco 4 – pp – 4:15		Second period		No scoring
Landon Ferraro 2 – 10:13 Jeff Hoggan 3 – en – 19:07 Jan Mursak 4 – en – 19:24		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 17 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Drew MacIntyre 32 saves / 34 shots

May 18	Grand Rapids Griffins		1 – 4	Toronto Marlies	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		10:52 – Spencer Abbott 2 15:48 – Will Acton 3
Luke Glendening 4 – 4:25		Third period		2:20 – pp – Morgan Rielly 1 12:58 – pp – Michael Zigomanis 2
Petr Mrazek 20 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Drew MacIntyre 32 saves / 33 shots

May 21	Toronto Marlies		3 – 4	Grand Rapids Griffins	Ricoh Coliseum	Recap
Carter Ashton 3 – 4:15 Paul Ranger 2 – 19:57		First period		No scoring
Will Acton 4 – 4:37		Second period		4:00 – pp – Tomas Tatar 7
No scoring		Third period		10:04 – Jan Mursak 5 10:32 – Tomas Tatar 8 15:57 – Luke Glendening 5
Drew MacIntyre 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 15 saves / 18 shots

Grand Rapids wins series 4–2

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

May 25	Syracuse Crunch		2 – 4	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Brendan Mikkelson 1 – 16:41		First period		1:55 – Alex Grant 1 17:12 – pp – Trevor Smith 5
Tyler Johnson 8 – pp – 5:38		Second period		9:24 – Christiaan Minella 1 19:04 – pp – Alex Grant 2
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 19 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 24 saves / 26 shots

May 26	Syracuse Crunch		3 – 2	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Dan Sexton 3 – pp – 18:56		First period		No scoring
Matt Taormina 2 – 7:07 Dmitri Korobov 1 – sh – 11:40		Second period		8:13 – pp – Joey Mormina 1
No scoring		Third period		14:02 – Riley Holzapfel 4
Cedrick Desjardins 16 saves / 18 shots		Goalie stats		Brad Thiessen 34 saves / 37 shots

May 29	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		0 – 2	Syracuse Crunch	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		7:29 – Vladislav Namestnikov 1
No scoring		Third period		19:55 – en – J. T. Brown 3
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 22 saves / 22 shots

May 31	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins		2 – 4	Syracuse Crunch	Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza	Recap
Scott Harrington 1 – pp – 13:40		First period		14:57 – Brendan Mikkelson 2
Jayson Megna 2 – 16:40		Second period		18:12 – Brett Connolly 3
No scoring		Third period		1:50 – Tyler Johnson 9 19:04 – en – J. T. Wyman 3
Brad Thiessen 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 21 saves / 23 shots

June 1	Syracuse Crunch		7 – 0	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Vladislav Namestnikov 2 – 16:04 Radko Gudas 2 – 16:56		First period		No scoring
Philippe Paradis 1 – 13:37 Dan Sexton 4 – 15:31 Ondrej Palat 5 – pp – 17:58		Second period		No scoring
Philippe Paradis 2 – 1:02 Philippe Paradis 3 – 5:43		Third period		No scoring
Cedrick Desjardins 23 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Jeff Zatkoff 22 saves / 29 shots Brad Thiessen 1 save / 1 shot

Syracuse wins series 4–1

Western Conference

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

May 24	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 1	Oklahoma City Barons	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Brennan Evans 1 – 7:15		First period		16:40 – Andrew Hotham 2
Landon Ferraro 3 – 2:35		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 26 saves / 28 shots

May 25	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 4	Oklahoma City Barons	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Tomas Tatar 9 – 17:14		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		6:38 – pp – C. J. Stretch 5
Mitch Callahan 2 – 2:58		Third period		1:03 – Teemu Hartikainen 5 7:45 – Mark Arcobello 10 19:36 – en – Teemu Hartikainen 6
Petr Mrazek 33 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 20 saves / 22 shots

May 29	Oklahoma City Barons		4 – 1	Grand Rapids Griffins	Cox Convention Center	Recap
Ben Eager 1 – 7:14 Josh Green 4 – 8:25 Philippe Cornet 2 – 16:35		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jonathan Cheechoo 3 – en – 18:43		Third period		15:06 – Chad Billins 2
Yann Danis 20 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 29 saves / 32 shots

June 1	Oklahoma City Barons		0 – 4	Grand Rapids Griffins	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:08 – pp – Joakim Andersson 1
No scoring		Second period		1:57 – Riley Sheahan 2 8:25 – Landon Ferraro 4
No scoring		Third period		18:11 – en, pp – Jan Mursak 6
Yann Danis 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 40 saves / 40 shots

June 2	Oklahoma City Barons		0 – 3	Grand Rapids Griffins	Cox Convention Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		15:13 – Tomas Jurco 5 17:12 – sh – Mitch Callahan 3 19:27 – pp – Tomas Tatar 10
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Yann Danis 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 37 saves / 37 shots

June 4	Grand Rapids Griffins		3 – 4	Oklahoma City Barons	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Tomas Jurco 6 – pp – 18:39		First period		13:54 – pp – Mark Arcobello 11
Mitch Callahan 4 – 4:27 Jeff Hoggan 4 – 18:31		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		9:41 – Mark Arcobello 12 17:33 – Toni Rajala 4 18:55 – Anton Lander 5
Petr Mrazek 26 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 33 saves / 36 shots

June 5	Grand Rapids Griffins		5 – 4	Oklahoma City Barons	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Jan Mursak 7 – 0:54 Tomas Tatar 11 – pp – 15:55		First period		13:07 – Chris VandeVelde 2 13:32 – Teemu Hartikainen 7
Gustav Nyquist 1 – pp – 9:47		Second period		17:02 – Antti Tyrvainen 3
Jan Mursak 8 – 6:32 Tomas Jurco 7 – 13:48		Third period		1:21 – Taylor Fedun 3
Petr Mrazek 35 saves / 39 shots		Goalie stats		Yann Danis 28 saves / 33 shots

Grand Rapids wins series 4–3

The game scheduled for May 31 was postponed to June 1 because of dangerous weather conditions around the Cox Convention Center.

Calder Cup Finals

Syracuse Crunch vs. Grand Rapids Griffins

June 8	Syracuse Crunch		1 – 3	Grand Rapids Griffins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		6:45 – Mitch Callahan 5
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jean-Philippe Cote 1 – 13:19		Third period		12:00 – Riley Sheahan 3 19:45 – en, pp – Gustav Nyquist 2
Cedrick Desjardins 18 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 28 saves / 29 shots

June 9	Syracuse Crunch		4 – 6	Grand Rapids Griffins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Andrej Sustr 1 – 14:03		First period		4:29 – Tomas Tatar 12 11:31 – Triston Grant 1
Richard Panik 5 – pp – 10:06 Brett Connolly 4 – pp – 16:12 J. T. Brown 4 – 18:23		Second period		6:23 – Landon Ferraro 5 12:09 – pp – Tomas Jurco 8 18:49 – pp – Francis Pare 3
No scoring		Third period		14:56 – Jan Mursak 9
Cedrick Desjardins 23 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 30 saves / 34 shots

June 12	Grand Rapids Griffins		4 – 2	Syracuse Crunch	Van Andel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:21 – Richard Panik 6
Tomas Tatar 13 – 2:09 Luke Glendening 6 – 4:53		Second period		9:56 – Dan Sexton 5
Jan Mursak 10 – 15:11 Jeff Hoggan 5 – 17:32		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 26 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 25 saves / 29 shots

June 14	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 3	Syracuse Crunch	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Joakim Andersson 2 – 3:37 Jan Mursak 11 – 11:04		First period		5:04 – Brett Connolly 5
No scoring		Second period		14:01 – Ondrej Palat 6 16:52 – Richard Panik 7
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Petr Mrazek 21 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 26 saves / 28 shots

June 15	Grand Rapids Griffins		2 – 5	Syracuse Crunch	Van Andel Arena	Recap
Triston Grant 2 – 17:38		First period		8:39 – Ondrej Palat 7 16:09 – pp – Brett Connolly 6
Tomas Tatar 14 – pp – 5:36		Second period		11:59 – pp – Richard Panik 8
No scoring		Third period		0:36 – Tyler Johnson 10 17:16 – en – Dan Sexton 6
Petr Mrazek 17 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Cedrick Desjardins 40 saves / 42 shots

June 18	Syracuse Crunch		2 – 5	Grand Rapids Griffins	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	Recap
Richard Panik 9 – 17:15		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		2:23 – Mitch Callahan 6 12:41 – pp – Tomas Tatar 15
Andrej Sustr 2 – 5:14		Third period		9:54 – Brennan Evans 2 19:11 – en, pp – Tomas Tatar 16 19:54 – en – Joakim Andersson 3
Cedrick Desjardins 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Petr Mrazek 24 saves / 26 shots

Grand Rapids won series 4–2

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.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ondrej Palat	Syracuse Crunch	18	7	19	26	12
Tomas Tatar	Grand Rapids Griffins	24	16	5	21	23
Tyler Johnson	Syracuse Crunch	18	10	11	21	18
Mark Arcobello	Oklahoma City Barons	17	12	8	20	14
Jan Mursak	Grand Rapids Griffins	23	11	6	17	26
Luke Glendening	Grand Rapids Griffins	24	6	10	16	30
Landon Ferraro	Grand Rapids Griffins	24	5	11	16	11
Toni Rajala	Oklahoma City Barons	17	4	12	16	8
Riley Sheahan	Grand Rapids Griffins	24	3	13	16	10
Teemu Hartikainen	Oklahoma City Barons	17	7	8	15	6

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 360 minutes played. The table is initially sorted by goals against average, with the criterion for inclusion in bold.

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
Brad Thiessen	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	12	6	4	310	15	1.38	.952	2	654
Cedrick Desjardins	Syracuse Crunch	18	13	5	458	42	2.30	.908	3	1097
Cristopher Nilstorp	Texas Stars	9	4	5	270	21	2.30	.922	1	547
Petr Mrazek	Grand Rapids Griffins	24	15	9	658	55	2.31	.916	4	1431
Yann Danis	Oklahoma City Barons	17	10	7	535	41	2.41	.923	1	1019
Drew MacIntyre	Toronto Marlies	9	5	4	288	25	2.85	.913	1	526

References

"Barons-Griffins postponed by storms". AHL. May 31, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
"Top Scorers - 2013 Playoffs". AHL. April 22, 2013.
"Top Goalies - 2013 Playoffs". AHL. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

Preceded by2012 Calder Cup playoffs

Calder Cup playoffs
2013

Succeeded by2014 Calder Cup playoffs

American Hockey League

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Atlantic
Bridgeport Islanders
Charlotte Checkers
Hartford Wolf Pack
Hershey Bears
Lehigh Valley Phantoms
Providence Bruins
Springfield Thunderbirds
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

North
Belleville Senators
Cleveland Monsters
Laval Rocket
Rochester Americans
Syracuse Crunch
Toronto Marlies
Utica Comets

Central
Chicago Wolves
Grand Rapids Griffins
Iowa Wild
Manitoba Moose
Milwaukee Admirals
Rockford IceHogs
Texas Stars

Pacific
Abbotsford Canucks
Bakersfield Condors
Calgary Wranglers
Coachella Valley Firebirds
Colorado Eagles
Henderson Silver Knights
Ontario Reign
San Diego Gulls
San Jose Barracuda
Tucson Roadrunners

Categories:

Playoff seeds

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Northeast Division

East Division

Western Conference

North Division

Midwest Division

South Division

Bracket

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (8) Hershey Bears

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (7) Manchester Monarchs

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (6) Portland Pirates

(4) Binghamton Senators vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (8) Milwaukee Admirals

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (7) Rochester Americans

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (6) Houston Aeros

(4) Charlotte Checkers vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

(1) Providence Bruins vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

(2) Springfield Falcons vs. (3) Syracuse Crunch

Western Conference

(1) Texas Stars vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

(2) Toronto Marlies vs. (3) Grand Rapids Griffins

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

(3) Syracuse Crunch vs. (5) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Western Conference

(3) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. (5) Oklahoma City Barons

Calder Cup Finals

Syracuse Crunch vs. Grand Rapids Griffins

Playoff statistical leaders

Leading skaters

Leading goaltenders

See also

References