1964–65 AHL season

The 1964–65 AHL season was the 29th season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage of the AHL. 
Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.
==Regular Season==
The Quebec Aces became one of the first teams to make wearing of helmets compulsory.
==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
Quebec Aces 	72	44	26	2	90 	280	223
Hershey Bears 	72	36	32	4	76 	246	243
Baltimore Clippers 	72	35	32	5	75 	275	249
Springfield Indians	72	29	39	4	62 	237	273
Providence Reds 	72	20	50	2	42 	193	312
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans	72	48	21	3	99 	310	199
Buffalo Bisons 	72	40	26	6	86 	261	218
Pittsburgh Hornets 	72	29	36	7	65 	228	256
Cleveland Barons 	72	24	43	5	53 	228	285
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Art Stratton 	Buffalo Bisons 	71	25	84	109	32
Bronco Horvath 	Rochester Americans	72	38	68	106	24
Len Lunde 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	50	46	96 	40
Pat Hannigan 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	38	54	92 	116
Stan Smrke 	Rochester Americans	71	33	59	92 	28
Gerry Ehman 	Rochester Americans	70	38	49	87 	20
Ed Litzenberger	Rochester Americans	72	25	61	86 	34
Wayne Hicks 	Quebec Aces 	72	38	47	85 	52
Gord Labossiere	Baltimore Clippers 	72	38	41	79 	72
Ed Hoekstra 	Quebec Aces 	71	28	51	79 	16
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Rochester Americans defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 1.
*Hershey Bears defeated Baltimore Clippers 3 games to 2.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 1.
;Second round
*Rochester Americans earned second round bye.
*Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 2. 
;Finals
*Rochester Americans defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Quebec Aces
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Rochester Americans
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Art Stratton - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Art Stratton - Buffalo Bisons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Ray Cullen - Buffalo Bisons
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Al Arbour - Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Gerry Cheevers - Rochester Americans
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Robert Martineau (posthumously)
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Charley Barton, Buffalo
==Team Photos==
64-65BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
64-65BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
64-65Clevbarons.jpg|Cleveland Barons
64-65PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
64-65ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
64-65QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
1964-65RochAm.jpg|Rochester Americans
==Attendance==
*Pittsburgh: 152,571
==Game Ads==
64-65AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
64-65AHLPittsburghGameAd.jpg|Pittsburgh
64-65AHLSFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Quebec City
64-65AHLExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull, Quebec
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League
Category:1965 in hockey