2000 Calder Cup playoffs

2000 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 11 – June 4, 2000
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsHartford Wolf Pack
Runner-upRochester Americans
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The 2000 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 11, 2000.[1] The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-five series for division semifinals and best-of-seven series for division finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 4, 2000 with the Hartford Wolf Pack defeating the Rochester Americans four games to two to win the first Calder Cup in team history.[2]

Hartford's Derek Armstrong won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP.[3] Rochester's Mika Noronen set an AHL playoff record by posting 6 shutouts during the playoffs while teammate Domenic Pittis tied the AHL record for assists in a single playoff with 26.[4] In winning their first five home games of the 2000 Calder Cup Playoffs, the Providence Bruins set an AHL playoff record by winning 16 consecutive playoff home games, a streak that included 10 consecutive home wins from the 1999 Calder Cup Playoffs and a win from the 1997 Calder Cup Playoffs.[5]

  1. ^ 2000 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2008.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine hartfordwolfpack.com. Retrieved on April 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Jack A. Butterfield Trophy Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine ahlhalloffame.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008.
  4. ^ Calder Cup record book: Players caldercup.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008.
  5. ^ Calder Cup record book: Teams caldercup.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008.