1967–68 AHL season

The 1967–68 AHL season was the 32nd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was a repeat of the experiment two seasons earlier. The Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award is first awarded to the "outstanding coach" in the league's regular season. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season, and won their third Calder Cup championship in four years.
==Team changes==
* The Pittsburgh Hornets cease operations, when the Pittsburgh Penguins join the National Hockey League as an expansion team.
* The Quebec Aces switch divisions from East to West.
* The Springfield Indians are renamed the Springfield Kings.
==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
Hershey Bears 	72	34	30	8 	76 	276	248
Springfield Kings 	72	31	33	8 	70 	247	276
Providence Reds 	72	30	33	9 	69 	235	272
Baltimore Clippers	72	28	34	10	66 	236	255
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans	72	38	25	9 	85 	273	233
Quebec Aces 	72	33	28	11	77 	277	240
Buffalo Bisons 	72	32	28	12	76 	239	224
Cleveland Barons 	72	28	30	14	70 	236	255
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Simon Nolet 	Quebec Aces 	70	44	52	96 	45
Bob Barlow 	Rochester Americans	72	43	52	95 	72
Jean-Guy Gendron	Quebec Aces 	72	29	58	87 	72
Andre Lacroix 	Quebec Aces 	54	41	46	87 	18
Mike Nykoluk 	Hershey Bears 	72	19	66	85 	30
Tom McCarthy 	Baltimore Clippers 	70	34	49	83 	52
Roger DeJordy 	Hershey Bears 	68	25	23	48 	4
Jim Paterson 	Cleveland Barons 	72	27	54	81 	31
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Rochester Americans defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1.
*Providence Reds defeated Springfield Kings 3 games to 1.
*Quebec Aces defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 2.
;Second round
*Rochester Americans earned second round bye.
*Quebec Aces defeated Providence Reds 3 games to 1. 
;Finals
*Rochester Americans defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Team Photos==
67-68BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
67-68QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
67-68RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
67-68HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
67-68BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Hershey Bears
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Rochester Americans
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Dave Creighton - Providence Reds
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Simon Nolet - Quebec Aces
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Gerry Desjardins - Cleveland Barons
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Bill Needham - Cleveland Barons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Bobby Perreault - Rochester Americans
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Vic Stasiuk - Quebec Aces
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	John B. Sollenberger (posthumously)
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Jim West, Baltimore
==Game Ads==
67-68NHLMonCanExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
67-68AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
67-68AHLQFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Quebec City
67-68AHLSFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Quebec City
67-68AHLFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Final @ Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1968 in hockey