1961–62 AHL season

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 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;

|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|||||||||

|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|70|39|28|3|81|255|203|||||||||
|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''
|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|69|41|53|94|61||||||||
|Brian Kilrea|Springfield Indians|70|20|73|93|28||||||||
|Fred Glover|Cleveland Barons|70|40|45|85|148||||||||
|Ron Attwell|Cleveland Barons|70|28|55|83|43||||||||
|Stan Baluik|Providence Reds|69|25|56|81|55||||||||
|Brian Cullen|Buffalo Bisons|67|22|59|81|18||||||||
|Jim Mikol|Cleveland Barons|70|32|48|80|89||||||||
|Jim Anderson|Springfield Indians|70|38|41|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 Cup _Playoff champions_: || Springfield Indians|
| --- |
|F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy _Regular Season champions, East Division_: || Springfield Indians|
|John D. Chick Trophy _Regular Season champions, West Division_: || Cleveland Barons|
- Individual awards
|Les Cunningham Award _Most valuable player_: || Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons|
| --- |
|John B. Sollenberger Trophy _Top point scorer_: || Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians|
|Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award _Rookie of the year_: || Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons|
|Eddie Shore Award _Defenceman of the year_: || Kent Douglas - Springfield Indians|
|Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award _Lowest goals against average_: || Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians|
- Other awards

## References

- AHL official site
- AHL Hall of Fame
- HockeyDB