1961–62 AHL season

The 1961–62 AHL season was the 26th season of the American Hockey League. The league initiated the James C. Hendy Memorial Award for outstanding team or league executives. The league resumed East and West Divisions. The John D. Chick Trophy is first awarded for the West Division champions of the regular season. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded to East Division champions of the regular season. Eight teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Springfield Indians finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their third consecutive Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The second incarnation of the Pittsburgh Hornets are added as an expansion team in the West Division.
==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
Springfield Indians	70	45	22	3	93 	292	194
Hershey Bears 	70	37	28	5	79 	236	213
Providence Reds 	70	36	32	2	74 	261	267
Quebec Aces 	70	30	36	4	64 	208	207
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Cleveland Barons 	70	39	28	3	81 	255	203
Buffalo Bisons 	70	36	31	3	75 	247	219
Rochester Americans	70	33	31	6	72 	234	240
Pittsburgh Hornets 	70	10	58	2	22 	177	367
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bill Sweeney 	Springfield Indians	70	40	61	101	14
Willie Marshall	Hershey Bears 	70	30	65	95 	24
Barry Cullen 	Buffalo Bisons 	69	41	53	94 	61
Brian Kilrea 	Springfield Indians	70	20	73	93 	28
Fred Glover 	Cleveland Barons 	70	40	45	85 	148
Ron Attwell 	Cleveland Barons 	70	28	55	83 	43
Stan Baluik 	Providence Reds 	69	25	56	81 	55
Brian Cullen 	Buffalo Bisons 	67	22	59	81 	18
Jim Mikol 	Cleveland Barons 	70	32	48	80 	89
Jim Anderson 	Springfield Indians	70	38	41	79 	24
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 2.
*Hershey Bears defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 1.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Rochester Americans 2 games to 0.
;Second round
*Springfield Indians earned second round bye.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 1. 
;Finals
*Springfield Indians defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Springfield Indians
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Springfield Indians
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Cleveland Barons
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Kent Douglas - Springfield Indians
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive:	James G. Balmer
==Attendance==
*Quebec: 197,721
*Pittsburgh: 170,689
==Team Photos==
61-62ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
61-62SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
61-62CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
==Team Photos==
61-62AHLExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
61-62NHLChiQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
61-62AHLExhQuebecGameAd2.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
61-62AHLPittsburghGameAd.jpg|Pittsburgh
61-62AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1962 in hockey