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The '''1961–62 AHL season''' was the [[List of AHL seasons|26th]] season of the American Hockey League. The league initiates the [[James C. Hendy Memorial Award]] for outstanding team or league executives. The league resumes East and West Divisions. The [[John D. Chick Trophy]] is first awarded for the West Division champions of the regular season. The [[F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy]] is awarded to East Division champions of the regular season. Eight teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The [[Springfield Indians]] finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their third consecutive [[Calder Cup]] championship. ==Team Changes== * The second incarnation of the [[Pittsburgh Hornets]] are added as an expansion team in the West Division. ==Final Standings== ''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; '' {| class="wikitable" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | East ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA |- |[[Springfield Indians]] ||70||45||22|| 3|| 93||292||194 |- |[[Hershey Bears]] ||70||37||28|| 5|| 79||236||213 |- |[[Providence Reds]] ||70||36||32|| 2|| 74||261||267 |- |[[Quebec Aces]] ||70||30||36|| 4|| 64||208||207 |} {| class="wikitable" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | West ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA |- |[[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] ||70||39||28|| 3|| 81||255||203 |- |[[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ||70||36||31|| 3|| 75||247||219 |- |[[Rochester Americans]] ||70||33||31|| 6|| 72||234||240 |- |[[Pittsburgh Hornets]] ||70||10||58|| 2|| 22||177||367 |} ==Scoring Leaders== ''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes'' {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | A ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | PIM |- | [[Bill Sweeney]] || [[Springfield Indians]] ||70||40||61||101|| 14 |- | [[Willie Marshall]] || [[Hershey Bears]] ||70||30||65|| 95|| 24 |- | Barry Cullen || [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ||69||41||53|| 94|| 61 |- | Brian Kilrea || [[Springfield Indians]] ||70||20||73|| 93|| 28 |- | [[Fred Glover]] || [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] ||70||40||45|| 85||148 |- | Ron Attwell || [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] ||70||28||55|| 83|| 43 |- | Stan Baluik || [[Providence Reds]] ||69||25||56|| 81|| 55 |- | Brian Cullen || [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ||67||22||59|| 81|| 18 |- | Jim Mikol || [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] ||70||32||48|| 80|| 89 |- | Jim Anderson || [[Springfield Indians]] ||70||38||41|| 79|| 24 |} * [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/leaders/ahl19411962.html Complete List of Player Statistics] ==Calder Cup Playoffs== ;First Round *[[Springfield Indians]] defeated [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] 4 games to 2. *[[Hershey Bears]] defeated [[Providence Reds]] 2 games to 1. *[[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] defeated [[Rochester Americans]] 2 games to 0. ;Second Round *[[Springfield Indians]] earned second round bye. *[[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] defeated [[Hershey Bears]] 3 games to 1. ;Finals *[[Springfield Indians]] defeated [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]] 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. * [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=AHL1941&season=1962&leaguenm=AHL Complete List of Playoffs Scores] ==Trophy and Award Winners== ;Team Awards {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" | [[Calder Cup]]<br />''Playoff champions'': || [[Springfield Indians]] |- | [[F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy]]<br />''Regular Season champions, East Division'': || [[Springfield Indians]] |- | [[John D. Chick Trophy]]<br />''Regular Season champions, West Division'': || [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] |} ;Individual Awards {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" | [[Les Cunningham Award]]<br />''Most valuable player'': || [[Fred Glover]] - [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] |- | [[John B. Sollenberger Trophy]]<br />''Top point scorer'': || [[Bill Sweeney]] - [[Springfield Indians]] |- | [[Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award]]<br />''Rookie of the year'': || Les Binkley - [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] |- | [[Eddie Shore Award]]<br />''Defenceman of the year'': || Kent Douglas - [[Springfield Indians]] |- | [[Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award]]<br />''Lowest goals against average'': || [[Marcel Paille]] - [[Springfield Indians]] |} ;Other Awards {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" | [[James C. Hendy Memorial Award]]<br />''Most outstanding executive'': || James G. Balmer |} ==See Also== *[[List of AHL seasons]] [[Category:Season]]
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