1963–64 AHL season

The 1963–64 AHL season was the 28th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Quebec Aces finished first overall in the regular season. The Cleveland Barons won their ninth Calder Cup championship.
This marked the first time that the Aces made the playoffs since they joined the league in 1959-60.
==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 	GA
Quebec Aces 	72	41	30	1	83 	258	225
Hershey Bears 	72	36	31	5	77 	236	249
Providence Reds 	72	32	35	5	69 	248	239
Baltimore Clippers 	72	32	37	3	67 	200	220
Springfield Indians	72	23	44	5	51 	238	292
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Pittsburgh Hornets 	72	40	29	3	83 	242	196
Rochester Americans	72	40	30	2	82 	256	223
Cleveland Barons 	72	37	30	5	79 	239	207
Buffalo Bisons 	72	25	40	7	57 	194	260
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Gerry Ehman 	Rochester Americans	66	36	49	85 	26
Bronco Horvath 	Rochester Americans	70	25	59	84 	28
Brian Kilrea 	Springfield Indians	72	22	61	83 	28
Willie Marshall	Providence Reds 	72	33	50	83 	18
Cleland Mortson	Quebec Aces 	71	28	55	83 	122
Art Stratton 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	66	17	65	82 	29
Wayne Hicks 	Quebec Aces 	70	36	42	78 	30
Fred Glover 	Cleveland Barons 	69	26	50	76 	155
Bill Sweeney 	Springfield Indians	72	25	48	73 	18
Len Lunde 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	30	43	73 	38
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Quebec Aces defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 4 games to 1.
*Hershey Bears defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 1.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Rochester Americans 2 games to 0.
;Second round
*Quebec Aces earned second round bye.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 0. 
;Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Cleveland Barons
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Quebec Aces
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Pittsburgh Hornets
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Gerry Ehman - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Roger Crozier - Pittsburgh Hornets
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Ted Harris - Cleveland Barons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Roger Crozier - Pittsburgh Hornets
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive:	James H. Ellery (posthumously)
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Gump Worsley, Quebec Aces
*Defenceman: Ted Harris, Cleveland Barons
*Defenceman: Al Arbour, Rochester Americans
*Center: Art Stratton, Pittsburgh Hornets
*Left Winger: Yves Locas, Pittsburgh Hornets
*Right Winger: Gerry Ehman, Rochester Americans
===Second Team===
*Goaltender: (tie) Les Binkley, Cleveland Barons/Roger Crozier, Pittsburgh Hornets
*Defenceman: Doug Harvey, Quebec Aces
*Defenceman: Jim Morrison, Quebec Aces
*Center: Bronco Horvath, Rochester Americans
*Left Winger: Jim Anderson, Springfield Indians
*Right Winger: Fred Glover, Cleveland Barons
==Team Photos==
63-64BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
63-64Clevbarons.jpg|Cleveland Barons
63-64PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
63-64ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
63-64QuAces.jpg|Quebec Aces
63-64RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
==Attendance==
*Pittsburgh: 188,341
==Game Ads==
63-64AHLExhLeamingtonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Leamington, Ontario
63-64AHLExhWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor, Ontario
63-64NHLTorMLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
63-64AhlExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
63-64AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
63-64AHLSFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Quebec City
63-64AHLFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Final @ Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1964 in hockey