1961–62 AHL season

August 2023 March 2026 1961–62 AHL season American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular season F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Springfield Indians Fred Glover Les Cunningham Award Bill Sweeney John B. Sollenberger Trophy Playoffs 1962 Calder Cup playoffs Springfield Indians Buffalo Bisons 1960–61 1962–63 List of AHL seasons AHL The 1961–62 AHL season was the 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 Pittsburgh Hornets resumed operations in the West Division after a five-year hiatus. Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; East GP W L T Pts GF GASpringfield Indians (NYR) 704522 3 93292194Hershey Bears (DET) 703728 5 79236213Providence Reds (BOS) 703632 2 74261267Quebec Aces (independent) 703036 4 64208207 West GP W L T Pts GF GACleveland Barons (independent) 703928 3 81255203Buffalo Bisons (CHI) 703631 3 75247219Rochester Americans (TOR) 703331 6 72234240Pittsburgh Hornets (independent) 701058 2 22177367 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Bill Sweeney Springfield Indians 704061101 14 Willie Marshall Hershey Bears 703065 95 24 Barry Cullen Buffalo Bisons 694153 94 61 Brian Kilrea Springfield Indians 702073 93 28 Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 704045 85148 Ron Attwell Cleveland Barons 702855 83 43 Stan Baluik Providence Reds 692556 81 55 Brian Cullen Buffalo Bisons 672259 81 18 Jim Mikol Cleveland Barons 703248 80 89 Jim Anderson Springfield Indians 703841 79 24 complete list Calder Cup playoffs First round Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 2. Hershey Bears defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 1. Buffalo Bisons defeated Rochester Americans 2 games to 0. Second round Springfield Indians earned second round bye. Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 1. Finals Springfield Indians defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. list of scores Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Springfield Indians F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division: Springfield Indians John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: Cleveland Barons Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: Kent Douglas - Springfield Indians Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians Other awards James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: James G. Balmer See also List of AHL seasons References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB 1960–61 AHL season 1962–63 AHL season AHL seasons Category:American Hockey League seasons 2 2