1960–61 AHL season

The 1960–61 AHL season was the 25th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The All-Star Game was not played, and put on hold until resurrected in the 1994–95 AHL season. The Springfield Indians finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; 
Overall 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Springfield Indians	72	49	22	1	99 	344	206
Hershey Bears 	72	36	32	4	76 	218	210
Cleveland Barons 	72	36	35	1	73 	231	234
Buffalo Bisons 	72	35	34	3	73 	259	261
Rochester Americans	72	32	36	4	68 	261	244
Quebec Aces 	72	30	39	3	63 	217	267
Providence Reds 	72	26	46	0	52 	225	333
==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	68	108	26
Phil Maloney 	Buffalo Bisons 	71	37	65	102	27
Bruce Cline 	Springfield Indians	72	40	52	92 	13
Brian Kilrea 	Springfield Indians	70	20	67	87 	47
Bill McCreary	Springfield Indians	72	33	54	87 	26
Larry Wilson 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	30	54	84 	62
Jim Anderson 	Springfield Indians	72	43	38	81 	18
Dick Gamble 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	40	36	76 	18
Billy Dea 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	35	39	74 	10
Hank Ciesla 	Rochester Americans	70	30	44	74 	23
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0.
*Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 1.
;Finals
*Springfield Indians defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 0, 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:	Springfield Indians
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Phil Maloney - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Chico Maki - Buffalo Bisons
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Bob McCord - Springfield Indians
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians
==Regular Season Attendance==
Quebec: 214,840
==Team Photos==
60-61clevbarons.jpg|Cleveland Barons
60-61SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
60-61BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
==Game Ads==
60-61NHLMontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
60-61NHLExhNYRQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
60-61NHLExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
60-61AHLExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
60-61AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
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