1987–88 AHL season

The 1987–88 AHL season was the 52nd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned shootout, but continues to award points for an overtime loss. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season, and won their seventh Calder Cup championship.
==Team changes==
* The Utica Devils join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Utica, New York, playing in the South Division. 
* The Moncton Golden Flames become the Moncton Hawks.
* The New Haven Nighthawks & Springfield Indians switch divisions from South to North.
* The Adirondack Red Wings switch divisions from North to South.
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; 
North 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Maine Mariners 	80	44	25	7	4 	99 	308	284
Fredericton Express 	80	42	27	8	3 	95 	370	318
Sherbrooke Canadiens	80	42	33	4	1 	89 	316	243
Nova Scotia Oilers 	80	35	34	9	2 	81 	323	343
New Haven Nighthawks	80	33	37	7	3 	76 	288	307
Moncton Hawks 	80	27	43	8	2 	64 	286	358
Springfield Indians 	80	27	44	8	1 	63 	269	333
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	Pts	GF 	GA
Hershey Bears 	80	50	25	3 	2 	105	343	256
Rochester Americans 	80	46	26	7 	1 	100	328	272
Adirondack Red Wings	80	42	23	11	4 	99 	306	275
Binghamton Whalers 	80	38	31	8 	3 	87 	353	300
Utica Devils 	80	34	33	11	2 	81 	318	307
Newmarket Saints 	80	33	33	8 	6 	80 	282	328
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	13	58	9 	0 	35 	268	434
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bruce Boudreau 	Springfield Indians 	80	42	74	116	84
Jean-Marc Lanthier	Fredericton Express 	74	35	71	106	37
Jody Gage 	Rochester Americans 	76	60	44	104	46
Alfie Turcotte 	Sherbrooke / Baltimore / Moncton	66	36	66	102	64
Gilles Thibaudeau 	Sherbrooke Canadiens 	59	39	57	96 	45
Mike Richard 	Binghamton Whalers 	72	46	48	94 	23
Murray Eaves 	Adirondack Red Wings 	65	39	54	93 	65
Tim Lenardon 	Utica Devils 	79	38	53	91 	72
Marty Dallman 	Newmarket Saints 	76	50	39	89 	52
Tom Martin 	Binghamton Whalers 	71	28	61	89 	344
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1988 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Maine Mariners
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Hershey Bears
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Jody Gage - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Bruce Boudreau - Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Mike Richard - Binghamton Whalers
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	David Fenyves - Hershey Bears
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Wendell Young - Hershey Bears
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Vincent Riendeau & Jocelyn Perreault - Sherbrooke Canadiens
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	John Paddock - Hershey Bears & Mike Milbury - Maine Mariners
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Bruce Boudreau - Springfield Indians
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Wendell Young - Hershey Bears
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Tom Mitchell
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Mike Kane, Adirondack, (newspaper)Jeff Rimer, Baltimore, (radio)Frank Chiano, Rochester, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Doug Yingst, Hershey Bears
==Team Photos==
87-88UtiDev.jpg|Utica Devils
87-88HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
87-88NSOil.jpg|Nova Scotia Oilers
87-88AdiRW.jpg|Adirondack Red Wings
==Game Ads==
87-88AHLNewmarketGameAd.jpg|Newmarket
87-88AHLAdirondackGameAd.jpg|Glens Falls, New York (Adirondack)
==See Also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1988 in hockey