1983–84 AHL season

The 1983–84 AHL season was the 48th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league initiates two new awards. The Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award is first awarded to the league's "best goaltender." The Jack A. Butterfield Trophy is first awarded to the "MVP of the playoffs." The Baltimore Skipjacks finished first overall in the regular season. The Maine Mariners won their third 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
Fredericton Express 	80	45	30	5 	95 	340	262
Adirondack Red Wings 	80	37	29	14	88 	344	330
Maine Mariners 	80	33	36	11	77 	310	312
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	80	32	37	11	75 	277	288
Moncton Alpines 	80	32	40	8 	72 	251	278
Sherbrooke Jets 	80	22	53	5 	49 	301	419
South 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Baltimore Skipjacks 	80	46	24	10	102	384	304
Rochester Americans 	80	46	32	2 	94 	363	300
St. Catharines Saints	80	43	31	6 	92 	364	346
Springfield Indians 	80	39	35	6 	84 	344	340
New Haven Nighthawks 	80	36	40	4 	76 	365	371
Binghamton Whalers 	80	33	43	4 	70 	359	388
Hershey Bears 	80	28	42	10	66 	320	384
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Claude Larose 	Sherbrooke Jets 	80	53	67	120	6
Murray Eaves 	Sherbrooke Jets 	78	47	68	115	40
Mike Kaszycki 	St. Catharines Saints	72	39	71	110	51
Bruce Boudreau 	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	62	109	44
Ross Yates 	Binghamton Whalers 	68	35	73	108	82
Mal Davis 	Rochester Americans 	71	55	48	103	53
Mark Lofthouse 	New Haven Nighthawks 	79	37	64	101	45
Normand Aubin 	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	47	94 	63
Geordie Robertson	Rochester Americans 	64	37	54	91 	103
Claude Verret 	Rochester Americans 	65	39	51	90 	4
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
See 1984 Calder Cup Playoffs
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Maine Mariners
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division:	Fredericton Express
John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: 	Baltimore Skipjacks
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints & Mal Davis - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Claude Verret - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: 	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: 	Gene Ubriaco - Baltimore Skipjacks
Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: 	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: 	Bud Stefanski - Maine Mariners
;Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: 	Jack A. Butterfield
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Jack Gatecliff, St. Catharines, (newspaper)Tom George, Rochester, (radio)Vince Bagli, Baltimore, (television)
Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: 	Dave Strader, Adirondack Red Wings
83-84NSVoy.jpg|Nova Scotia Voyageurs
83-84RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
83-84FreExp.jpg|Fredericton Express
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:1984 in hockey
Category:American Hockey League seasons