1985–86 AHL season
Sports season
1985–86 AHL season | |
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League | American Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Regular season | |
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy | Adirondack Red Wings |
Season MVP | Paul Gardner |
Top scorer | Paul Gardner |
MVP | Tim Tookey |
Playoffs | |
Champions | Adirondack Red Wings |
Runners-up | Hershey Bears |
AHL seasons | |
← 1984–85 1986–87 → |
The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their second Calder Cup championship.
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 | GA |
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Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 41 | 31 | 8 | 90 | 339 | 298 |
Maine Mariners (NJD) | 80 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 89 | 274 | 285 |
Moncton Golden Flames (BOS/CGY) | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | 294 | 307 |
Fredericton Express (QUE/VAN) | 80 | 35 | 37 | 8 | 78 | 319 | 311 |
Sherbrooke Canadiens (MTL/WIN) | 80 | 33 | 38 | 9 | 75 | 340 | 341 |
Nova Scotia Oilers (CHI/EDM) | 80 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 66 | 314 | 353 |
South | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Hershey Bears (PHI) | 80 | 48 | 29 | 3 | 99 | 346 | 292 |
Binghamton Whalers (HFD/WSH) | 80 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 87 | 316 | 290 |
St. Catharines Saints (TOR) | 80 | 38 | 37 | 5 | 81 | 304 | 308 |
New Haven Nighthawks (LAK/NYR) | 80 | 36 | 37 | 7 | 79 | 340 | 343 |
Springfield Indians (MNS/NYI) | 80 | 36 | 39 | 5 | 77 | 301 | 309 |
Rochester Americans (BUF) | 80 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 75 | 320 | 337 |
Baltimore Skipjacks (PIT) | 80 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 64 | 271 | 304 |
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Paul Gardner | Rochester Americans | 71 | 61 | 51 | 112 | 16 |
Jody Gage | Rochester Americans | 73 | 42 | 57 | 99 | 56 |
Ross Fitzpatrick | Hershey Bears | 77 | 50 | 47 | 97 | 28 |
Tim Tookey | Hershey Bears | 69 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 66 |
Wes Jarvis | St. Catharines Saints | 74 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 38 |
Daryl Evans | Binghamton Whalers | 69 | 40 | 52 | 92 | 50 |
Geordie Robertson | Adirondack Red Wings | 79 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 99 |
Paul Fenton | Binghamton Whalers | 75 | 53 | 35 | 88 | 87 |
Serge Boisvert | Sherbrooke Canadiens | 69 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 18 |
Larry Floyd | Maine Mariners | 80 | 29 | 58 | 87 | 25 |
Tom Roulston | Baltimore Skipjacks | 73 | 38 | 49 | 87 | 38 |
- complete list
Calder Cup playoffs
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Calder Cup Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Adirondack | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Fredericton | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Adirondack | 4 | ||||||||||||
North Division | ||||||||||||||
3 | Moncton | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Moncton | 4 | ||||||||||||
N1 | Adirondack | 4 | ||||||||||||
S1 | Hershey | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Haven | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hershey | 4 | ||||||||||||
South Division | ||||||||||||||
3 | St. Catharines | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Binghamton | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | St. Catharines | 4 |
Trophy and award winners
- Team awards
Calder Cup Playoff champions: | Adirondack Red Wings |
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division: | Adirondack Red Wings |
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division: | Hershey Bears |
- Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player: | Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans |
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer: | Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans |
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year: | Ron Hextall - Hershey Bears |
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year: | Jim Wiemer - New Haven Nighthawks |
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender: | Sam St. Laurent - Maine Mariners |
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average: | Sam St. Laurent & Karl Friesen - Maine Mariners |
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year: | Bill Dineen - Adirondack Red Wings |
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Steve Tsujiura - Maine Mariners |
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs: | Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears |
- Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive: | George Guilbault |
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage: | Jerry Crasnick, Maine, (newspaper) Jim Gagliardi, Adirondack, (radio) Rich Funke, Rochester, (television) |
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive: | Randy Scott, Rochester Americans |
See also
References
- AHL official site
- AHL Hall of Fame
- HockeyDB
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- Les Cunningham Award
- John B. Sollenberger Trophy
- Willie Marshall Award
- Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
- Eddie Shore Award
- Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
- Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
- Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award
- Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
- Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
- Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
- Richard F. Canning Trophy
- Robert W. Clarke Trophy
- Frank Mathers Trophy
- Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy
- Emile Francis Trophy
- F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
- Sam Pollock Trophy
- John D. Chick Trophy
- James C. Hendy Memorial Award
- Thomas Ebright Memorial Award
- James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
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- Michael Condon Memorial Award
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