The Springfield Thunderbirds and Lehigh Valley Phantoms clinched berths within the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs on Sunday night by advantage of Hartford’s 2-1 loss at Hershey.
It’s the third postseason look in staff historical past for the Thunderbirds, who reached the Calder Cup Finals in 2022. The Phantoms are heading to the playoffs for the third consecutive 12 months and the fifth time since shifting to the Lehigh Valley in 2014.
Springfield and Lehigh Valley be a part of Hershey, Charlotte, Windfall and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in making up the six groups to qualify for the Calder Cup Playoffs out of the Atlantic Division; the highest two golf equipment will get byes into the division semifinals, whereas the third- via sixth-place finishers will meet in best-of-three first-round sequence.
The AHL’s 2024-25 common season ends April 20; for extra info and each day updates on the Calder Cup Playoff races, try the official AHL Playoff Primer.
