1978–79 AHL season

August 2023 March 2026 1978–79 AHL season American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular season F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Maine Mariners Rocky Saganiuk Les Cunningham Award Bernie Johnston John B. Sollenberger Trophy Playoffs 1979 Calder Cup playoffs Maine Mariners New Haven Nighthawks 1977–78 1979–80 List of AHL seasons AHL The 1978–79 AHL season was the 43rd season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurated the Ken McKenzie Award, for the most outstanding marketing executive, showing its commitment to marketing and public relations. Nine teams were scheduled to play 80 games each. The Maine Mariners repeated as first overall in the regular season, and won their second consecutive Calder Cup championship. Team changes The Hampton Gulls do not resume operations. The New Brunswick Hawks join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, playing in the North Division. The Binghamton Dusters switch divisions from North to South. Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; North GP W L T Pts GF GAMaine Mariners (PHI) 80452213103350252New Brunswick Hawks (CHI/TOR) 80412910 92315288 Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL) 803937 4 82313302Springfield Indians (LAK) 803338 9 75289290 South GP W L T Pts GF GANew Haven Nighthawks (NYR) 804625 9101346271Hershey Bears (BUF/WSH) 793536 8 78311324 Binghamton Dusters (PIT) 793242 5 69300320Rochester Americans (BOS) 80264212 64289349Philadelphia Firebirds (CLR) 802349 8 54230347 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Bernie Johnston Maine Mariners 70 29 66 95 40 Wayne Schaab Maine Mariners 80 41 50 91 43 Kirk Bowman New Brunswick Hawks 80 26 56 82 44 Bobby Sheehan New Haven Nighthawks 70 33 48 81 26 Rick Meagher Nova Scotia Voyageurs 79 35 46 81 57 Dave Lumley Nova Scotia Voyageurs 61 22 58 80 160 Claude Noel Hershey Bears 76 30 50 80 27 Dale Lewis New Haven Nighthawks 76 29 51 80 20 Rocky Saganiuk New Brunswick Hawks 61 47 29 76 91 Andre Peloffy Springfield Indians 77 28 48 76 138 complete list Calder Cup playoffs 1979 Calder Cup playoffs Division Semifinals Division Finals Calder Cup Final 1 North Division South Division 2 New Brunswick 2 3 Nova Scotia 3 2 Hershey 1 3 Binghamton 3 1 Maine 4 3 Nova Scotia 2 1 New Haven 4 3 Binghamton 2 N1 Maine 4 S1 New Haven 0 Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Maine Mariners F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division: Maine Mariners John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: New Haven Nighthawks Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Rocky Saganiuk - New Brunswick Hawks John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Bernie Johnston - Maine Mariners Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Mike Meeker - Binghamton Dusters Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: Terry Murray - Maine Mariners Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Pete Peeters & Robbie Moore - Maine Mariners Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: Parker MacDonald - New Haven Nighthawks Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: Bernie Johnston - Maine Mariners Other awards James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: Harry Sinden James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage: Eddie St. Pierre, Moncton, (newspaper)Arnie Patterson, Nova Scotia, (radio)Jack O'Neil, Springfield, (television) Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: Roy Mlakar, New Haven Nighthawks See also List of AHL seasons References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB 1977–78 AHL season 1979–80 AHL season AHL seasons Category:American Hockey League seasons 3 3