1966–67 AHL season

The 1966–67 AHL season was the 31st season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship since being resurrected in 1961–62. It would also be the final season for Pittsburgh in the AHL, replaced by the NHL's Penguins the next season.
==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 	72	38	24	10	86 	273	216
Baltimore Clippers 	72	35	27	10	80 	252	247
Quebec Aces 	72	35	30	7 	77 	275	249
Springfield Indians	72	32	31	9 	73 	267	261
Providence Reds 	72	13	46	13	39 	210	329
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Pittsburgh Hornets 	72	41	21	10	92 	282	209
Rochester Americans	72	38	25	9 	85 	300	223
Cleveland Barons 	72	36	27	9 	81 	284	230
Buffalo Bisons 	72	14	51	7 	35 	207	386
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Gord Labossiere	Quebec Aces 	72	40	55	95 	71
Wayne Hicks 	Quebec Aces 	72	31	60	91 	34
Willie Marshall	Baltimore Clippers 	68	33	56	89 	22
Roger DeJordy 	Hershey Bears 	72	52	32	84 	10
Mike Nykoluk 	Hershey Bears 	72	16	68	84 	26
Eddie Joyal 	Rochester Americans	70	32	51	83 	10
Dick Gamble 	Rochester Americans	72	46	37	83 	22
Jeannot Gilbert	Hershey Bears 	72	26	57	83 	48
Gene Ubriaco 	Hershey Bears 	69	38	43	81 	50
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1.
*Baltimore Clippers defeated Quebec Aces 3 games to 2.
*Rochester Americans defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2.
;Second round
*Pittsburgh Hornets earned second round bye.
*Rochester Americans defeated Baltimore Clippers 3 games to 1. 
;Finals
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Pittsburgh Hornets
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:	Hershey Bears
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: 	Pittsburgh Hornets
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Mike Nykoluk - Hershey Bears
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Gord Labossiere - Quebec Aces
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Bob Rivard - Quebec Aces
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Bob McCord - Pittsburgh Hornets
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Andre Gill - Hershey Bears
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Louis A.R. Pieri (posthumously)
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Roland Sabourin, Quebec
==Team Photos==
66-67BalCli.jpg|Baltimore Clippers
66-67CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
66-67PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
66-67ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
66-67RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
==Attendance==
*Pittsburgh: 206,657
==Game Ads==
66-67AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
66-67AHLExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
66-67NHLExhMonCanGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
66-67NHLExhMonCanQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
66-67NHLExhTorMLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
66-67AHLExhWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
66-67AHLQFQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1967 in hockey