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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]]