1989–90 AHL season

The 1989–90 AHL season was the 54th season of the American Hockey League. 
Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Sherbrooke Canadiens repeated finishing first overall in the regular season. The Springfield Indians won their sixth 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
Sherbrooke Canadiens	80	45	23	12	102	301	247
Cape Breton Oilers 	80	39	34	7 	85 	317	306
Springfield Indians 	80	38	38	4 	80 	317	310
Halifax Citadels 	80	37	37	6 	80 	317	300
Maine Mariners 	80	31	38	11	73 	294	317
Moncton Hawks 	80	33	42	5 	71 	265	303
New Haven Nighthawks	80	32	41	7 	71 	283	316
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	PTS	GF 	GA
Rochester Americans 	80	43	28	9 	95 	337	286
Adirondack Red Wings	80	42	27	11	95 	330	304
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	43	30	7 	93 	302	265
Utica Devils 	80	44	32	4 	92 	354	315
Newmarket Saints 	80	31	33	16	78 	305	318
Hershey Bears 	80	32	38	10	74 	298	296
Binghamton Whalers 	80	11	60	9 	31 	229	366
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Paul Ysebaert 	Utica Devils 	74	53	52	105	61
Ross Fitzpatrick	Hershey Bears 	74	45	58	103	26
Mike Donnelly 	Rochester Americans 	68	43	55	98 	71
Mark Pederson 	Sherbrooke Canadiens	72	53	42	95 	60
Don Biggs 	Hershey Bears 	66	39	53	92 	125
Claude Vilgrain 	Utica Devils 	73	37	52	89 	32
Murray Eaves 	Adirondack Red Wings	78	40	49	89 	35
Dale Krentz 	Adirondack Red Wings	74	38	50	88 	36
Donald Audette 	Rochester Americans 	70	42	46	88 	78
John LeBlanc 	Cape Breton Oilers 	77	54	34	88 	50
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
The league instituted trophies for division champions in the playoffs; the Richard F. Canning Trophy in the North Division, and the Robert W. Clarke Trophy in the South Division.
==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:	Sherbrooke Canadiens
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Rochester Americans
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Paul Ysebaert - Utica Devils
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Paul Ysebaert - Utica Devils
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Donald Audette - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Eric Weinrich - Utica Devils
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Jean-Claude Bergeron - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Jean-Claude Bergeron & Andre Racicot - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Jim Roberts - Springfield Indians
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Murray Eaves - Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Jeff Hackett - Springfield Indians
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	David Andrews
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Mike Kane, Adirondack, (newspaper)Ron Rohmer, New Haven, (radio)Pyman Productions, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Don Ostrom, Adirondack Red Wings
==Team Photos==
89-90UtiDev.jpg|Utica Devils
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:1990 in hockey
Category:American Hockey League seasons