The Syracuse Crunch clinched a berth within the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night with a 3-2 time beyond regulation victory over the Hershey Bears.
Syracuse will likely be making its seventh consecutive journey to the postseason and its ninth in 11 tries as the highest growth affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Crunch reached the Calder Cup Finals in each 2013 and 2017.
5 groups within the North Division will qualify for the playoffs. The highest three finishers will get a bye into the division semifinals, whereas the fourth- and fifth-place groups will meet in a best-of-three first-round sequence.
The AHL’s 2024-25 common season ends April 20; for extra info and day by day updates on the Calder Cup Playoff races, try the official AHL Playoff Primer.
