1990–91 AHL season

The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season. The Springfield Indians won their seventh and final Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Binghamton Whalers become the Binghamton Rangers.
* The Sherbrooke Canadiens move to Fredericton, New Brunswick, becoming the Fredericton Canadiens.
* The Capital District Islanders join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Troy, New York, playing in the South Division.
==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
Springfield Indians 	80	43	27	10	96 	348	281
Cape Breton Oilers 	80	41	31	8 	90 	306	301
Moncton Hawks 	80	36	32	12	84 	270	267
Fredericton Canadiens	80	36	35	9 	81 	295	292
Maine Mariners 	80	34	34	12	80 	269	284
Halifax Citadels 	80	33	35	12	78 	338	340
New Haven Nighthawks 	80	24	45	11	59 	246	324
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	PTS	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans 	80	45	26	9 	99 	326	253
Binghamton Rangers 	80	44	30	6 	94 	318	274
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	39	34	7 	85 	325	289
Hershey Bears 	80	33	35	12	78 	313	324
Adirondack Red Wings 	80	33	37	10	76 	320	346
Utica Devils 	80	36	42	2 	74 	325	346
Capital District Islanders	80	28	43	9 	65 	284	323
Newmarket Saints 	80	26	45	9 	61 	278	317
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Kevin Todd 	Utica Devils 	75	37	81	118	75
Patrick Lebeau 	Fredericton Canadiens	69	50	51	101	32
Shaun Van Allen 	Cape Breton Oilers 	76	25	75	100	182
Bill McDougall 	Adirondack Red Wings 	71	47	52	99 	192
Jesse Belanger 	Fredericton Canadiens	75	40	58	98 	30
Neil Brady 	Utica Devils 	77	33	63	96 	91
Michel Picard 	Springfield Indians 	77	56	40	96 	61
James Black 	Springfield Indians 	79	35	61	96 	34
Miroslav Ihnacak	Halifax Citadels 	77	38	57	95 	42
Dan Currie 	Cape Breton Oilers 	71	47	45	92 	51
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Springfield Indians
Richard F. Canning TrophyNorth division playoff champions: 	Springfield Indians
Robert W. Clarke TrophySouth division playoff champions: 	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Springfield Indians
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Rochester Americans
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Kevin Todd - Utica Devils
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Kevin Todd - Utica Devils
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Patrick Lebeau - Fredericton Canadiens
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Norm Maciver - Cape Breton Oilers
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Mark Laforest - Binghamton Rangers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	David Littman & Darcy Wakaluk - Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Don Lever - Rochester Americans
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Glenn Merkosky - Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Kay Whitmore - Springfield Indians
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Frank Mathers
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Bob Dittmeier, Adirondack / Capital District, (newspaper)Bob Matthews, Rochester, (radio)Jimmy Young & Tom Caron, Maine, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Jan MacDonald, New Haven Nighthawks
==Team Photos==
90-91UtiDev.jpg|Utica Devils
90-91Rocame.jpg|Rochester Americans
90-91MonHaw.jpg|Moncton Hawks
==Game Ads==
90-91AHLAdirondackGameAd.jpg|Adirondack Red Wings
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1991 in hockey