1965–66 AHL season

The 1965–66 AHL season was the 30th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was repeated two seasons later. The Quebec Aces finished first overall in the regular season. The Rochester Americans won their second consecutive Calder Cup championship.
==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	47	21	4	98 	337	226
Hershey Bears 	72	37	30	5	79 	268	232
Springfield Indians	72	31	38	3	65 	207	235
Baltimore Clippers 	72	27	43	2	56 	212	254
Providence Reds 	72	20	49	3	43 	184	310
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans	72	46	21	5	97 	288	221
Cleveland Barons 	72	38	32	2	78 	243	217
Pittsburgh Hornets 	72	38	33	1	77 	236	218
Buffalo Bisons 	72	29	40	3	61 	215	243
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Dick Gamble 	Rochester Americans	71	47	51	98 	22
Cleland Mortson	Quebec Aces 	65	33	62	95 	56
Gerry Ehman 	Rochester Americans	70	39	49	88 	28
Jim Pappin 	Rochester Americans	63	36	51	87 	116
Bob Courcy 	Cleveland Barons 	72	26	60	86 	10
Gene Ubriaco 	Hershey Bears 	72	42	44	86 	18
Mike Walton 	Rochester Americans	68	35	51	86 	67
Gord Labossiere	Quebec Aces 	63	31	51	82 	137
Wayne Hicks 	Quebec Aces 	72	32	49	81 	24
Gerry Melnyk 	Buffalo Bisons 	69	18	61	79 	10
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Rochester Americans defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 2.
*Springfield Indians defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 0.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 0.
;Second round
*Rochester Americans earned second round bye.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Springfield Indians 3 games to 0. 
;Finals
*Rochester Americans defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 2, 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: 	Dick Gamble - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Dick Gamble - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Mike Walton - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Jim Morrison - Quebec Aces
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Jack Riley
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Hans Tanner, Rochester
==Team Photos==
65-66BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
65-66QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
65-66RochAm.jpg|Rochester Americans
65-66ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
65-66BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
==Attendance==
*Pittsburgh: 176,625
==Game Ads==
65-66AHLCPHLExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
65-66NHLExhMontrealGameAd2.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
65-66NHLExhChiBHQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
65-66NHLExhMtlQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
65-66NHLExhTorMLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
65-66CPHLExhQuebecCityGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
65-66NHLExhMtlWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
65-66AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
65-66AHLPOQuebecGameAd.jpg|Playoff @ Quebec City
65-66AHLTorontoGameAd.jpg|Rochester's home games @ Toronto
65-66AHL1RTorontoGameAd.jpg|First Round @ Toronto
==Media Ads==
65-66AHLTorontoTVAd.jpg|Toronto Television Ad
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1966 in hockey