1979–80 AHL season

The 1979–80 AHL season was the 44th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 80 games each. The New Haven Nighthawks finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears won their sixth Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Adirondack Red Wings join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Glens Falls, New York, playing in the North Division.
* The Philadelphia Firebirds move to Syracuse, New York becoming the Syracuse Firebirds.
==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
New Brunswick Hawks 	79	44	27	8 	96 	325	271
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	79	43	29	7 	93 	331	271
Maine Mariners 	80	41	28	11	93 	307	266
Adirondack Red Wings 	80	32	37	11	75 	297	309
Springfield Indians 	80	31	37	12	74 	292	302
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
New Haven Nighthawks	80	46	25	9 	101	350	305
Hershey Bears 	80	35	39	6 	76 	289	273
Syracuse Firebirds 	80	31	42	7 	69 	303	364
Rochester Americans 	80	28	42	10	66 	260	327
Binghamton Dusters 	80	24	49	7 	55 	268	334
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Norm Dube 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	79	40	61	101	49
Keith Acton 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	75	45	53	98 	38
Gordie Clark 	Maine Mariners 	79	47	43	90 	64
Bruce Boudreau	New Brunswick 	75	36	54	90 	47
Bill Lochead 	New Haven Nighthawks 	68	46	43	89 	90
Rick Shinske 	Adirondack Red Wings 	78	22	58	80 	20
Paul Evans 	Maine Mariners 	80	21	56	77 	66
Rick Meagher 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	64	32	44	76 	53
Dan Metivier 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	35	40	75 	29
Gord Brooks 	Syracuse Firebirds 	77	34	41	75 	38
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1980 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	New Brunswick Hawks
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	New Haven Nighthawks
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Norm Dube - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Norm Dube - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Darryl Sutter - New Brunswick Hawks
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Rick Vasko - Adirondack Red Wings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Rick St. Croix & Robbie Moore - Maine Mariners
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Doug Gibson - Hershey Bears
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Norm Dube - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Ned Harkness
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Paul Marslano, New Haven, (newspaper)Bill Brady, Springfield, (radio)Dale Darling, Maine, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Bruce Landon, Springfield Indians
==Team Photos==
79-80HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
79-80NBHawks.jpg|New Brunswick Hawks
==Game Ads==
79-80AHLMonctonGameAd.jpg|Moncton
==New Brunswick Hawks==
78-79AHLMonctonTriptoHalifax.jpg|Advertising a trip to Halifax for the Hawks' opening game.
78-79AHLMonctonHomeOpernerAd.jpg|Hawks' home opener
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1980 in hockey