1968–69 AHL season

The 1968–69 AHL season was the 33rd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 74 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears won their fourth 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
Hershey Bears 	74	41	27	6 	88 	307	234
Baltimore Clippers	74	33	34	7 	73 	266	257
Providence Reds 	74	32	36	6 	70 	242	284
Springfield Kings 	74	27	36	11	65 	257	274
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Buffalo Bisons 	74	41	18	15	97 	282	192
Cleveland Barons 	74	30	32	12	72 	213	245
Quebec Aces 	74	26	34	14	66 	235	258
Rochester Americans	74	25	38	11	61 	237	295
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jeannot Gilbert 	Hershey Bears 	71	35	65	100	13
Michel Harvey 	Hershey Bears 	74	41	52	93 	29
Guy Trottier 	Buffalo Bisons 	72	45	37	82 	21
Ron Ward 	Rochester Americans	73	35	43	78 	18
Willie Marshall 	Baltimore Clippers 	74	26	52	78 	18
Jean-Marie Cossette	Baltimore Clippers 	64	27	48	75 	48
Chuck Hamilton 	Hershey Bears 	74	28	46	74 	46
Don McKenney 	Providence Reds 	74	26	48	74 	12
Rene Drolet 	Quebec Aces 	61	30	42	72 	14
Norm Beaudin 	Buffalo Bisons 	74	32	39	71 	10
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2.
*Providence Reds defeated Baltimore Clippers 3 games to 1.
*Quebec Aces defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2.
;Second round
*Hershey Bears earned second round bye.
*Quebec Aces defeated Providence Reds 3 games to 2. 
;Finals
*Hershey Bears defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Team Photos==
68-69BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
68-69HerBea.jpg|Champion Hershey Bears
68-69BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
68-69RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
68-69QueAce.jpg|Quebec Aces
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Hershey Bears
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Buffalo Bisons
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Gilles Villemure - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Jeannot Gilbert - Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Ron Ward - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Bob Blackburn - Buffalo Bisons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Gilles Villemure - Buffalo Bisons
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Frank Mathers - Hershey Bears
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Lloyd S. Blinco
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	John Travers, Hershey
==Game Ads==
68-69AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
68-69AHLQuebecSeasonTickets.jpg|Quebec City Season Tickets
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1969 in hockey