1969–70 AHL season

The 1969–70 AHL season was the 34th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Montreal Voyageurs became the second Canadian-based team in the league, and finished first overall in the regular season. The Buffalo Bisons won their fifth Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Montreal Voyageurs join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Montreal, Quebec, playing in the East Division.
* The Quebec Aces switch divisions from West to East.
* The Baltimore Clippers and the Hershey Bears switch divisions from East to West.
* The Detroit Red Wings of the NHL attempted to put a team into Ottawa, Ontario. However, the city refused, saying that this would hurt the successful Junior A Ottawa 67's.
==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
Montreal Voyageurs	72	43	15	14	100	327	195
Springfield Kings 	72	38	29	5 	81 	287	287
Quebec Aces 	72	27	39	6 	60 	221	272
Providence Reds 	72	23	36	13	59 	218	267
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Buffalo Bisons 	72	40	17	15	95 	280	193
Hershey Bears 	72	28	28	16	72 	247	249
Baltimore Clippers 	72	25	30	17	67 	230	252
Cleveland Barons 	72	23	33	16	62 	222	255
Rochester Americans	72	18	38	16	52 	253	315
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jude Drouin 	Montreal Voyageurs 	65	37	69	106	88
Gord Labossiere	Springfield Kings 	60	30	59	89 	94
Guy Trottier 	Buffalo Bisons 	71	55	33	88 	8
Doug Robinson 	Springfield Kings 	70	45	41	86 	26
Marc Dufour 	Springfield Kings 	71	32	53	85 	22
Guy Charron 	Montreal Voyageurs 	65	37	45	82 	20
Norm Beaudin 	Cleveland Barons 	70	37	44	81 	10
Rene Drolet 	Quebec Aces 	71	32	48	80 	42
Bill Inglis 	Springfield Kings 	72	31	44	75 	25
Norm Armstrong 	Rochester Americans	70	30	45	75 	117
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Montreal Voyageurs defeated Baltimore Clippers 4 games to 1.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 2.
*Springfield Kings defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 3.
;Second round
*In double round-robin, Buffalo Bisons and Springfield Kings advanced. Montreal Voyageurs eliminated after third loss.
;Finals
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Springfield Kings 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Buffalo Bisons
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Montreal Voyageurs
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Buffalo Bisons
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Gilles Villemure - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Jude Drouin - Montreal Voyageurs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Jude Drouin - Montreal Voyageurs
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Noel Price - Springfield Kings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Gilles Villemure - Buffalo Bisons
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Fred Shero - Buffalo Bisons
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Eddie Shore
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Les Sterns, Springfield
==Team Photos==
69-70BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
69-70BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
Baron69-70.jpg|Cleveland Barons
69-70QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
69-70RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
69-70HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
69-70MonVoy.jpg|Montreal Voyageurs
==Game Ads==
69-70AHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Montreal
69-70AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
69-70AHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
69-70Niov3CanNatWpgGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Winnipeg
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1970 in hockey