The 2003 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2003. 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 12, 2003 with the Houston Aeros defeating the Hamilton Bulldogs four games to three to win the first Calder Cup in team history.[2]
Houston's Johan Holmqvist won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP and also set a record for most minutes played by a goaltender in a single playoff with 1498.[3][4] Jarret Stoll of the Hamilton Bulldogs set an AHL playoff record for the fastest goal from the start of a period by scoring 4 seconds into the 3rd period on May 22, 2003 against Binghamton.[4] Hamilton's Michael Ryder ended the longest game in AHL history when he scored at 14:56 of the fourth overtime in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Final.[5] However, this record was eclipsed during the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs.[6]
^2003 Calder Cup Playoffs caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2008
^Calder Cup champions Archived 2008-05-26 at the Wayback Machine caldercup.com. Retrieved on April 28, 2008
^Jack A. Butterfield Trophy Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine AHL Hall of Fame. Retrieved on May 6, 2008
^ abCalder Cup record book: Players caldercup.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008
^Important dates in Hamilton Bulldogs history hamiltonbulldogs.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008
^Phantoms win longest game in AHL history caldercup.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2008
and 20 Related for: 2003 Calder Cup playoffs information
The 2003CalderCupplayoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 9, 2003. Twenty teams, the top ten from each conference, qualified for the playoffs...
The CalderCup is the trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League (AHL). First awarded in the 1937–38 season, it is named...
the playoffs. This has led to aberrations such as Ken Dryden winning the Calder in 1972, despite leading the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup victory...
Cleveland and continued as head coach. Lake Erie went 15–2 in the 2016 CalderCupplayoffs to capture the franchise's first championship and the first for the...
The 2002 Stanley Cupplayoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League began on April 17, 2002. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina...
qualified for the 2022 CalderCupplayoffs, but fell short to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 2 games to 1. In the 2023 CalderCupplayoffs, the Bears overcame...
the defending champion Providence Reds in the opening round of the CalderCupplayoffs. With Bobby Perreault in goal, the Americans defeated Providence...
56–15–4 regular-season record. In the playoffs, Providence won the AHL CalderCup Championship with a 15–4 playoff record. Laviolette was named the AHL...
Erie Monsters and went undefeated during the playoffs en route to winning the 2016 CalderCupplayoffs. Forsberg played in his native Sweden as a youth...
Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the 1986 Stanley Cupplayoffs. It...
Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the 1977 Stanley Cupplayoffs. It...
miss the playoffs the following season, their second-worst season in franchise history, finishing 27–41–8–4. In the 2004 CalderCupplayoffs, the Crunch...
schedule conflicts or some CalderCupplayoff games, games were moved to the adjacent Wachovia Center. The Phantoms won two CalderCup titles (1998 and 2005)...
the second round of the CalderCupplayoffs, but lost to the Hamilton Bulldogs in seven games. After the team missed the playoffs the following season,...
of the playoffs. The following season, with the aging of the defense corps in front of him, Potvin and the Maple Leafs would miss the playoffs. He would...
Sawchuk was not available for the playoffs, because he was helping the AHL Indianapolis Capitals win the CalderCup. Instead, Harry MacQuestion was called...
for the remainder of the season. Bissonnette and the Monarchs won the CalderCup after defeating the Utica Comets in five games. With the Monarchs moving...
(AHL) affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, guiding the latter to their first CalderCup championship in 2018. As a youth, Keefe played in the 1994 Quebec International...
Global Information