1982–83 AHL season

The 1982–83 AHL season was the 47th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season, and won their fourth Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The New Brunswick Hawks become the Moncton Alpines.
* The Sherbrooke Jets join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, playing in the North Division.
* The St. Catharines Saints join the AHL as an expansion team, based in St. Catharines, Ontario, playing in the South Division.
* The Erie Blades merge with the Baltimore Skipjacks of Atlantic Coast Hockey League and play in the South Division of the AHL, based in Baltimore, Maryland.
* The Springfield Indians switch divisions from North to South.
* The Adirondack Red Wings switch divisions from South to North.
==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
Fredericton Express 	80	45	27	8	98 	348	284
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	80	41	34	5	87 	378	333
Maine Mariners 	80	39	33	8	86 	342	309
Adirondack Red Wings 	80	36	39	5	77 	329	343
Moncton Alpines 	80	34	39	7	75 	304	315
Sherbrooke Jets 	80	22	54	4	48 	288	390
South 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans 	80	46	25	9	101	389	325
Hershey Bears 	80	40	35	5	85 	313	308
New Haven Nighthawks 	80	38	34	8	84 	337	329
Binghamton Whalers 	80	36	36	8	80 	320	333
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	35	36	9	79 	362	366
St. Catharines Saints	80	33	41	6	72 	335	368
Springfield Indians 	80	31	43	6	68 	282	324
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Ross Yates 	Binghamton Whalers 	77	41	84	125	28
Bruce Boudreau 	St. Catharines Saints	80	50	72	122	65
Geordie Robertson 	Rochester Americans 	72	46	73	119	83
Mike Gillis 	Baltimore Skipjacks 	74	32	81	113	33
Mitch Lamoureux 	Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	57	50	107	107
Jean-Francois Sauve	Rochester Americans 	73	30	69	99 	10
Tony Currie 	Fredericton Express 	68	47	48	95 	16
Reg Thomas 	St. Catharines Saints	80	35	57	92 	22
Ray Cote 	Moncton Alpines 	80	28	63	91 	35
Tony Cassolato 	Hershey Bears 	75	53	38	91 	22
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1983 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Fredericton Express
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Rochester Americans
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Ross Yates - Binghamton Whalers
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Ross Yates - Binghamton Whalers
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Mitch Lamoureux - Baltimore Skipjacks
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Greg Tebbutt - Baltimore Skipjacks
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Brian Ford & Clint Malarchuk - Fredericton Express
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Jacques Demers - Fredericton Express
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Ross Yates - Binghamton Whalers
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	George Bergantz
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Mike Kane, Adirondack, (newspaper)Phil Wood, Baltimore, (radio)Tom Gagnon, Rochester, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Mike Doyle, Fredericton Express
==Team Photos==
82-83BalSki.jpg|Baltimore Skipjacks
1982-83_NHNight.jpg|New Haven Nighthawks
82-83RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
82-83NSVoy.jpg|Nova Scotia Voyageurs
82-83SCSain.jpg|St. Catharines Saints
==Game Ads==
82-83AHLMonctonSeasonTickets.jpg|Moncton season tickets
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1983 in hockey