# John D. Chick Trophy

The John D. Chick Trophy is presented annually to the American Hockey League team that has the best record in the Pacific Division.
The award is named after John D. Chick, who served as vice president and treasurer of the American Hockey League.
Previously the trophy was awarded to the Western Division from 1962 to 1973, the Southern Division from 1974 to 1995, the Central and Empire Divisions from 1996 to 2003, the South Division in 2013, and the West Division in 2004–2012 and 2014–2015.

## Winners

Total awards won :
| Wins | Team |
| 11 | Rochester Americans |
| 5 | Hershey Bears |
| 4 | Milwaukee Admirals |
| 3 | Baltimore Clippers |
| 3 | Binghamton Rangers |
| 3 | Buffalo Bisons |
| 3 | Chicago Wolves |
| 2 | Albany River Rats |
| 2 | Bakersfield Condors |
| 2 | Binghamton Whalers |
| 2 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 2 | Texas Stars |
| 2 | Tucson Roadrunners |
| 1 | Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1 | Baltimore Skipjacks |
| 1 | Calgary Wranglers |
| 1 | Cincinnati Swords |
| 1 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1 | Coachella Valley Firebirds |
| 1 | Grand Rapids Griffins |
| 1 | Kentucky Thoroughblades |
| 1 | Oklahoma City Barons |
| 1 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights |
| 1 | Ontario Reign |
| 1 | San Antonio Rampage |
| 1 | San Jose Barracuda |
| 1 | Stockton Heat |
| 1 | Syracuse Crunch |
| 1 | Virginia Wings |

### Winner by season
#### Key

* ‡ = Eventual Calder Cup champions
| Awarded for | Season | Team | Win |
| West Division champions | 1961–62 | Cleveland Barons | 1 |
| West Division champions | 1962–63 | Buffalo Bisons‡ | 1 |
| West Division champions | 1963–64 | Pittsburgh Hornets | 1 |
| West Division champions | 1964–65 | Rochester Americans‡ | 1 |
| West Division champions | 1965–66 | Rochester Americans‡ | 2 |
| West Division champions | 1966–67 | Pittsburgh Hornets‡ | 2 |
| West Division champions | 1967–68 | Rochester Americans‡ | 3 |
| West Division champions | 1968–69 | Buffalo Bisons | 2 |
| West Division champions | 1969–70 | Buffalo Bisons‡ | 3 |
| West Division champions | 1970–71 | Baltimore Clippers | 1 |
| West Division champions | 1971–72 | Baltimore Clippers | 2 |
| West Division champions | 1972–73 | Cincinnati Swords‡ | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1973–74 | Baltimore Clippers | 3 |
| South Division champions | 1974–75 | Virginia Wings | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1975–76 | Hershey Bears | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1976–77 | Not awarded | — |
| South Division champions | 1977–78 | Rochester Americans | 4 |
| South Division champions | 1978–79 | New Haven Nighthawks | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1979–80 | New Haven Nighthawks | 2 |
| South Division champions | 1980–81 | Hershey Bears | 2 |
| South Division champions | 1981–82 | Binghamton Whalers | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1982–83 | Rochester Americans‡ | 5 |
| South Division champions | 1983–84 | Baltimore Skipjacks | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1984–85 | Binghamton Whalers | 2 |
| South Division champions | 1985–86 | Hershey Bears | 3 |
| South Division champions | 1986–87 | Rochester Americans‡ | 6 |
| South Division champions | 1987–88 | Hershey Bears‡ | 4 |
| South Division champions | 1988–89 | Adirondack Red Wings‡ | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1989–90 | Rochester Americans | 7 |
| South Division champions | 1990–91 | Rochester Americans | 8 |
| South Division champions | 1991–92 | Binghamton Rangers | 1 |
| South Division champions | 1992–93 | Binghamton Rangers | 2 |
| South Division champions | 1993–94 | Hershey Bears | 5 |
| South Division champions | 1994–95 | Binghamton Rangers | 3 |
| Central Division champions | 1995–96 | Albany River Rats | 1 |
| Empire State Division champions | 1996–97 | Rochester Americans | 9 |
| Empire State Division champions | 1997–98 | Albany River Rats | 2 |
| Empire State Division champions | 1998–99 | Rochester Americans | 10 |
| Empire State Division champions | 1999–00 | Rochester Americans | 11 |
| South Division champions | 2000–01 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | 1 |
| Central Division champions | 2001–02 | Syracuse Crunch | 1 |
| Central Division champions | 2002–03 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1 |
| West Division champions | 2003–04 | Milwaukee Admirals‡ | 1 |
| West Division champions | 2004–05 | Chicago Wolves | 1 |
| West Division champions | 2005–06 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 |
| West Division champions | 2006–07 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights | 1 |
| West Division champions | 2007–08 | Chicago Wolves‡ | 2 |
| West Division champions | 2008–09 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 |
| West Division champions | 2009–10 | Chicago Wolves | 3 |
| West Division champions | 2010–11 | Milwaukee Admirals | 4 |
| West Division champions | 2011–12 | Oklahoma City Barons | 1 |
| South Division champions | 2012–13 | Texas Stars | 1 |
| West Division champions | 2013–14 | Texas Stars‡ | 2 |
| West Division champions | 2014–15 | San Antonio Rampage | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2015–16 | Ontario Reign | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2016–17 | San Jose Barracuda | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2017–18 | Tucson Roadrunners | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2018–19 | Bakersfield Condors | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2019–20 | Tucson Roadrunners | 2 |
| Pacific Division tournament champions | 2020–21 | Bakersfield Condors | 2 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2021–22 | Stockton Heat | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2022–23 | Calgary Wranglers | 1 |
| Pacific Division champions | 2023–24 | Coachella Valley Firebirds | 1 |