1975–76 AHL season

The 1975–76 AHL season was the 40th season of the American Hockey League. The league begins to give out three James H. Ellery Memorial Awards to the media, one each for outstanding newspaper, radio and television coverage of the AHL. 
Eight teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Nova Scotia Voyageurs finished first overall in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Syracuse Eagles cease operations.
* The Virginia Wings cease operations.
* The New Haven Nighthawks switch divisions from North to South.
==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
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	48	20	8	104	326	209
Rochester Americans 	76	42	25	9	93 	304	243
Providence Reds 	76	34	34	8	76 	294	300
Springfield Indians 	76	33	39	4	70 	267	321
South 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Hershey Bears 	76	39	31	6	84 	304	275
Richmond Robins 	76	29	39	8	66 	262	297
New Haven Nighthawks	76	29	39	8	66 	261	295
Baltimore Clippers 	76	21	48	7	49 	238	316
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jean-Guy Gratton	Hershey Bears 	73	35	58	93 	38
Ron Andruff 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	74	42	46	88 	58
Greg Holst 	Providence Reds 	69	37	44	81 	77
Guy Chouinard 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	70	40	40	80 	14
Gordie Clark 	Rochester Americans 	72	30	49	79 	7
Pierre Mondou 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	74	34	43	77 	30
Fred Speck 	Baltimore Clippers 	76	23	52	75 	93
Larry Fullan 	Richmond Robins 	76	18	57	75 	26
Wayne Schaab 	Richmond Robins 	75	36	36	72 	31
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1976 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Hershey Bears
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Ron Andruff - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Jean-Guy Gratton - Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Greg Holst - Providence Reds & Pierre Mondou - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Noel Price - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Ed Walsh & Dave Elenbaas - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Chuck Hamilton - Hershey Bears
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Macgregor Kilpatrick
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Clayton Campbell, Nova Scotia, (newspaper)Arnie Patterson, Nova Scotia, (radio)Dick Galiette, New Haven, (television)
==Team Photos==
75-76HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
75-76NSVoy.jpg|Nova Scotia Voyageurs
75-76RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
75-76NHNH.jpg|New Haven Nighthawks
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1976 in hockey