1973–74 AHL season

The 1973–74 AHL season was the 38th season of the American Hockey League. The league renames its divisions. The "East" Division becomes the "North" Division, and the "West" Division becomes the "South" Division. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears and won their fifth Calder Cup championship.
This was the final season for the Jacksonville Barons as well as for the Boston Braves.
==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
Rochester Americans 	76	42	21	13	97 	296	248
Providence Reds 	76	38	26	12	88 	330	244
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	37	27	12	86 	263	223
New Haven Nighthawks 	76	35	31	10	80 	291	275
Boston Braves 	76	23	40	13	59 	239	297
Springfield Kings 	76	21	40	15	57 	251	327
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Baltimore Clippers 	76	42	24	10	94 	310	232
Hershey Bears 	76	39	23	14	92 	320	241
Cincinnati Swords 	76	40	25	11	91 	273	233
Richmond Robins 	76	22	40	14	58 	248	320
Jacksonville Barons	76	24	44	8 	56 	244	334
Virginia Wings 	76	22	44	10	54 	216	307
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Steve West 	New Haven Nighthawks 	76	50	60	110	41
Marc Dufour 	Baltimore Clippers 	74	42	62	104	21
Art Stratton 	Rochester Americans 	76	24	71	95 	118
Bobby Rivard 	Baltimore Clippers 	76	36	56	92 	48
Barry Merrell 	Rochester Americans 	75	28	59	87 	49
Rick Middleton	Providence Reds 	63	36	48	84 	14
Larry Fullan 	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	37	47	84 	19
Murray Kuntz 	Rochester Americans 	73	51	31	82 	33
Doug Gibson 	Boston Braves 	76	31	51	82 	16
Howie Menard 	Baltimore Clippers 	73	42	39	81 	66
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Rochester Americans
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Baltimore Clippers
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Art Stratton - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Steve West - New Haven Nighthawks
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Rick Middleton - Providence Reds
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Gordie Smith - Springfield Kings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Jim Shaw and Dave Elenbaas - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Don Cherry - Rochester Americans
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Arthur Whiteman
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	George Taylor, Baltimore
==Team Photos==
73-74BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
73-74ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
73-74HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:1974 in hockey
Category:American Hockey League seasons