Overtime is stressful time to be a fan, and it's even more stressful trying to understand the nuances when it comes to the rules. Here is a simple breakdown of how your team going to overtime affects their playoff hopes. 

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When a team goes to overtime, they automatically notch a point towards their total that determines their final standings, crucial to qualifying for the Calder Cup Playoffs and determining seeding. 

Meaning while your team losing a heartbreaker in overtime isn't ideal, it does still give them much needed points in the long run. Following an overtime period and traditional shootouts comes a nerve wracking sudden death shootout to determine who walks away a winner. 

Here are all the AHL overtime rules below. 

AHL Overtime Rules

In short, following a tied game, the teams will face off in an overtime period followed by a shootout. If there is no winner after three shootout rounds, the game progresses to a sudden death shootout until one team can claim victory. If a game is tied at the end of the third period, both teams will receive a point towards the league standings. 

Three on three hockey takes place for a five minute overtime period.. Penalties allow for the teams to add a fourth lineman to attempt to score, however if no one scores in the five minute period, the game progresses to a shootout. Teams get three shots in a shootout to attempt to pull away, but if not, every skater must shoot in a sudden death style finish until one team can be declared a winner. However, during the playoffs, both teams will compete in five on five twenty minute overtime periods till a winner can be determined, similar to the NHL. 

AHL Standings Today

View the latest standings as of October 24, before the start of today's games. 

Atlantic Division

1. Hershey Bears (3-1-1-0) 7 points
2. Charlotte Checkers (3-1-0-0) 6 points
3. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-1-0-0) 6 points
4. Hartford Wolf Pack (2-1-0-1) 5 points
5. Providence Bruins (2-2-0-0) 4 points
6. Springfield Thunderbirds (2-3-0-0) 4 points
7. Bridgeport Islanders (1-3-1-0) 3 points
8. Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1-2-0-0) 2 points

North Division

1. Toronto Marlies (5-0-0-0) 10 points
2. Laval Rocket (3-1-0-0) 6 points
3. Syracuse Crunch (3-2-0-0) 6 points
4. Belleville Senators (2-1-0-1) 5 points
5. Rochester Americans (2-3-0-0) 4 points
6. Cleveland Monsters (2-3-0-0) 4 points
7. Utica Comets (0-4-0-0) 0 points

Central Division

1. Milwaukee Admirals (4-1-0-0) 8 points
2. Texas Stars (3-1-0-0) 6 points
3. Grand Rapids Griffins (3-1-0-0) 6 points
4. Manitoba Moose (2-2-0-0) 4 points
5. Rockford IceHogs (1-2-0-0) 2 points
6. Chicago Wolves (1-2-0-0) 2 points
7. Iowa Wild (0-5-0-0) 0 points

Pacific Division

1. Calgary Wranglers (5-1-0-0) 10 points
2. San Jose Barracuda (4-1-0-0) 8 points
3. Bakersfield Condors (2-0-1-1) 6 points
4. Colorado Eagles (2-1-0-1) 5 points
5. Abbotsford Canucks (2-1-0-1) 5 points
6. Coachella Valley Firebirds (1-2-0-0) 2 points
7. Ontario Reign (1-2-0-0) 2 points
8. Tucson Roadrunners (1-3-0-0) 2 points
9. Henderson Silver Knights (1-4-0-0) 2 points
10. San Diego Gulls (1-3-0-0) 2 points

AHL Schedule Live This Weekend

AHL Schedule For Oct. 25, 2024

• San Jose Barracuda vs Henderson Silver Knights
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Utica Comets vs Laval Rocket
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Belleville Senators vs Toronto Marlies
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs Hartford Wolf Pack
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Bridgeport Islanders vs Charlotte Checkers
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs Syracuse Crunch
• 7:05 p.m. ET - Grand Rapids Griffins vs Springfield Thunderbirds
• 7:05 p.m. ET - Hershey Bears vs Providence Bruins
• 8:00 p.m. ET - Chicago Wolves vs Milwaukee Admirals
• 8:00 p.m. ET - Iowa Wild vs Texas Stars
• 9:00 p.m. ET - Colorado Eagles vs Calgary Wranglers
• 10:00 p.m. ET - Ontario Reign vs Coachella Valley Firebirds
• 10:00 p.m. ET - Bakersfield Condors vs Tucson Roadrunners
• 10:00 p.m. ET - San Diego Gulls vs Abbotsford Canucks

AHL Schedule For Oct. 26, 2024

• 3:00 p.m. ET - Rockford IceHogs vs Manitoba Moose
• 6:00 p.m. ET - Bridgeport Islanders vs Charlotte Checkers
• 6:05 p.m. ET - Syracuse Crunch vs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Toronto Marlies vs Belleville Senators
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Rochester Americans vs Cleveland Monsters
• 7:00 p.m. ET - Laval Rocket vs Utica Comets
• 7:05 p.m. ET - Grand Rapids Griffins vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms
• 7:05 p.m. ET - Hershey Bears vs Springfield Thunderbirds
• 8:00 p.m. ET - Iowa Wild vs Texas Stars
• 8:00 p.m. ET - Milwaukee Admirals vs Chicago Wolves
• 10:00 p.m. ET - San Diego Gulls vs Abbotsford Canucks
• 10:00 p.m. ET - Bakersfield Condors vs Tucson Roadrunners

AHL Schedule For Oct. 27, 2024

• 3:00 p.m. ET - Colorado Eagles vs Calgary Wranglers
• 3:00 p.m. ET - Rockford IceHogs vs Manitoba Moose
• 3:05 p.m. ET - Grand Rapids Griffins vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms
• 3:05 p.m. ET - Hershey Bears vs Providence Bruins
• 4:00 p.m. ET - Springfield Thunderbirds vs Hartford Wolf Pack
• 6:00 p.m. ET - Henderson Silver Knights vs Ontario Reign

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