Goaltenders Dominant As The Calder Cup Playoffs Unfold

Eight teams remain alive for a chance to lift the Calder Cup in June. Calder Cup Playoff Bracket Full AHL On FloHockey Coverage Goaltending has been a dominant story through early-round play. Through 53 playoff games, teams have averaged 2.

62 goals per game, and that number has been bloated by late-game blowouts and empty-net tallies. Twenty-three of the contests have been decided by one goal, and that stingy play does not look to ease up as the playoff field goes through further cuts. It’s mainly a crop of prospects and young veterans anchoring teams in net.

Last year NHL veteran Kaapo Kähkönen steered the Charlotte Checkers to Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals. Two years ago it was a Chris Driedger-Hunter Shepard battle in the Calder Cup Finals. Shepard also took the Hershey Bears to the 2023 Calder Cup title.

And in 2022, the first year of the AHL’s current playoff format, Alex Lyon took the Chicago Wolves to a title. This year, it’s bit of a different look. The Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, one of just two remaining teams from the AHL’s top-five regular-season clubs, will meet the Springfield Thunderbirds to settle the Atlantic Division.