Bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Calder Cup Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Boston | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Nova Scotia | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Nova Scotia | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Springfield | 1 | |||||||||||
| E1 | Nova Scotia | 4 | |||||||||||
| W1 | Baltimore | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Baltimore | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cleveland | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Baltimore | 4 | |||||||||||
| Western Division | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Hershey | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 4 | |||||||||||
In each round, the higher seed receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.
Read more about this topic: 1972 Calder Cup Playoffs