2002 Calder Cup playoffs

2002 Calder Cup playoffs
Tournament details
DatesApril 9 – June 3, 2002
Teams16
Defending championsSaint John Flames (did not qualify)
Final positions
ChampionsChicago Wolves
Runner-upBridgeport Sound Tigers
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The 2002 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2002. Twenty teams, the top ten from each conference, qualified for the playoffs. The seventh-, eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-placed teams in each conference played best-of-three series in the qualifying round. The four winners, in addition to the other twelve teams that qualified, played best-of-five series for conference quarterfinals. The remaining 8 teams played best-of-seven series for conference semifinals and conference finals.[1] The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 3, 2002 with the Chicago Wolves defeating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers four games to one to win the first Calder Cup in team history.[2]

Chicago's Pasi Nurminen won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP.[3] Teammate Rob Brown recorded 26 assists, tying an AHL playoff record.[4] The Chicago Wolves as a team also set three AHL playoff records during their Calder Cup run by playing 25 games, winning 17 games in one playoff, and winning 12 home games in one playoff.[5]

  1. ^ 2002 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2008
  2. ^ Wolves team awards and honors Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine chicagowolves.com. Retrieved on April 28, 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