1985–86 AHL season

The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings 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; 
North 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Adirondack Red Wings 	80	41	31	8 	90 	339	298
Maine Mariners 	80	40	31	9 	89 	274	285
Moncton Golden Flames	80	34	34	12	80 	294	307
Fredericton Express 	80	35	37	8 	78 	319	311
Sherbrooke Canadiens 	80	33	38	9 	75 	340	341
Nova Scotia Oilers 	80	29	43	8 	66 	314	353
South 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Hershey Bears 	80	48	29	3	99 	346	292
Binghamton Whalers 	80	41	34	5	87 	316	290
St. Catharines Saints	80	38	37	5	81 	304	308
New Haven Nighthawks 	80	36	37	7	79 	340	343
Springfield Indians 	80	36	39	5	77 	301	309
Rochester Americans 	80	34	39	7	75 	320	337
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	28	44	8	64 	271	304
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Paul Gardner 	Rochester Americans 	71	61	51	112	16
Jody Gage 	Rochester Americans 	73	42	57	99 	56
Ross Fitzpatrick 	Hershey Bears 	77	50	47	97 	28
Tim Tookey 	Hershey Bears 	69	35	62	97 	66
Wes Jarvis 	St. Catharines Saints	74	36	60	96 	38
Daryl Evans 	Binghamton Whalers 	69	40	52	92 	50
Geordie Robertson	Adirondack Red Wings 	79	36	56	92 	99
Paul Fenton 	Binghamton Whalers 	75	53	35	88 	87
Serge Boisvert 	Sherbrooke Canadiens 	69	40	48	88 	18
Larry Floyd 	Maine Mariners 	80	29	58	87 	25
Tom Roulston 	Baltimore Skipjacks 	73	38	49	87 	38
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Adirondack Red Wings
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Hershey Bears
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Ron Hextall - Hershey Bears
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Jim Wiemer - New Haven Nighthawks
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Sam St. Laurent - Maine Mariners
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Sam St. Laurent & Karl Friesen - Maine Mariners
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Bill Dineen - Adirondack Red Wings
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Steve Tsujiura - Maine Mariners
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	George Guilbault
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Jerry Crasnick, Maine, (newspaper)Jim Gagliardi, Adirondack, (radio)Rich Funke, Rochester, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Randy Scott, Rochester Americans
==Team Photos==
85-86AdiRW.jpg|Adirondack Red Wings
85-86BalSki.jpg|Baltimore Skipjacks
85-86MonGF.jpg|Moncton Golden Flames
85-86RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
85-86NSOil.jpg|Nova Scotia Oilers
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1986 in hockey