1993–94 AHL season

The 1993–94 AHL season was the 58th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The St. John's Maple Leafs finished first overall in the regular season. The Portland Pirates won their first Calder Cup championship.
It was the final season for founding member Springfield Indians, which would move to Worcester the following year after 52 years in Springfield.
==Team changes==
* The Utica Devils move to Saint John, New Brunswick, becoming the Saint John Flames, playing in the Atlantic Division.
* The Baltimore Skipjacks move to Portland, Maine, becoming the Portland Pirates, playing in the North Division.
* The Halifax Citadels move to Cornwall, Ontario, becoming the Cornwall Aces, playing in the South Division.
* The Capital District Islanders move to Albany, New York, becoming the Albany River Rats.
* The New Haven Senators move to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, becoming the Prince Edward Island Senators, playing in the Atlantic Division.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;
Atlantic 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
St. John's Maple Leafs 	80	45	23	12	102	360	287
Saint John Flames 	80	37	33	10	84 	304	305
Moncton Hawks 	80	37	36	7 	81 	310	303
Cape Breton Oilers 	80	32	35	13	77 	316	339
Fredericton Canadiens 	80	31	42	7 	69 	294	296
Prince Edward Island Senators	80	23	49	8 	54 	269	356
North 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Adirondack Red Wings	80	45	27	8 	98 	333	273
Portland Pirates 	80	43	27	10	96 	328	269
Albany River Rats 	80	38	34	8 	84 	312	315
Springfield Indians 	80	29	38	13	71 	309	327
Providence Bruins 	80	28	39	13	69 	283	319
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Hershey Bears 	80	38	31	11	87 	306	298
Hamilton Canucks 	80	36	37	7 	79 	302	305
Cornwall Aces 	80	33	36	11	77 	294	295
Rochester Americans	80	31	34	15	77 	277	300
Binghamton Rangers 	80	33	38	9 	75 	312	322
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Tim Taylor 	Adirondack Red Wings 	79	36	81	117	86
Rich Chernomaz 	St. John's Maple Leafs	78	45	65	110	199
Stephane Morin 	Hamilton Canucks 	69	38	71	109	48
Jeff Nelson 	Portland Pirates 	80	34	73	107	92
Yanic Perreault	St. John's Maple Leafs	62	45	60	105	38
Mitch Lamoureux	Hershey Bears 	80	45	60	105	92
Mike Tomlak 	Springfield Indians 	79	44	56	100	53
Mark Pederson 	Adirondack Red Wings 	62	52	45	97 	37
Chris Snell 	St. John's Maple Leafs	75	22	74	96 	92
Patrik Augusta 	St. John's Maple Leafs	77	53	43	96 	105
* Complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Trophy and award winners==
===Team awards===
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Portland Pirates
Richard F. Canning TrophyNorth division playoff champions: 	Portland Pirates
Robert W. Clarke TrophySouth division playoff champions: 	Cornwall Aces
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular season champions, North Division:	Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick TrophyRegular season champions, South Division: 	Hershey Bears
===Individual awards===
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Rich Chernomaz - St. John's Maple Leafs
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Tim Taylor - Adirondack Red Wings
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Rene Corbet - Cornwall Aces
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Chris Snell - St. John's Maple Leafs
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest goaltender: 	Frederic Chabot - Hershey Bears
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Olaf Kolzig & Byron Dafoe - Portland Pirates
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Barry Trotz - Portland Pirates
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Jim Nesich - Cape Breton Oilers
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Olaf Kolzig - Portland Pirates
===Other awards===
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Tom Ebright, Portland Pirates
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Dan Sernoffsky, Hershey, (newspaper)Don Stevens, Rochester, (radio)Cable Atlantic, St. John's, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Jeremy Duncan, Albany River Rats
==Team Photos==
93-94RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
==Game Ads==
93-94AHLAdirondackGameAd.jpg|Adirondack Red Wings
93-94AHLExhPorPirLewistonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Lewiston
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1994 in hockey