1961–62 AHL season

The 1961–62 AHL season was the 26th season of the American Hockey League. The league initiates the James C. Hendy Memorial Award for outstanding team or league executives. The league resumes East and West Divisions. The John D. Chick Trophy is first awarded for the West Division champions of the regular season. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded to East Division champions of the regular season. Eight teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Springfield Indians finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their third consecutive Calder Cup championship.

Team changes
 The second incarnation of the Pittsburgh Hornets are added as an expansion team in the West Division.

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 GASpringfield Indians  704522 3 93292194Hershey Bears        703728 5 79236213Providence Reds      703632 2 74261267Quebec Aces          703036 4 64208207

 West GP W L T Pts  GF GACleveland Barons 703928 3 81255203Buffalo Bisons 703631 3 75247219Rochester Americans  703331 6 72234240Pittsburgh Hornets  701058 2 22177367

Scoring leadersNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''
 Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Bill Sweeney  Springfield Indians 704061101 14 Willie Marshall  Hershey Bears  703065 95 24 Barry Cullen  Buffalo Bisons     694153 94 61 Brian Kilrea  Springfield Indians 702073 93 28 Fred Glover  Cleveland Barons    704045 85148 Ron Attwell  Cleveland Barons    702855 83 43 Stan Baluik  Providence Reds   692556 81 55 Brian Cullen  Buffalo Bisons     672259 81 18 Jim Mikol  Cleveland Barons      703248 80 89 Jim Anderson  Springfield Indians 703841 79 24
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Calder Cup playoffs
First round
Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 2.
Hershey Bears defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 1.
Buffalo Bisons defeated Rochester Americans 2 games to 0.
Second round
Springfield Indians earned second round bye.
Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 1.  
Finals
Springfield Indians defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup. 

 list of scores

Trophy and award winners
Team awards
 Calder CupPlayoff champions:  Springfield Indians F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, East Division:  Springfield Indians John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division:  Cleveland Barons
Individual awards
 Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player:  Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer:  Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year:  Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year:  Kent Douglas - Springfield Indians  Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:  Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians
Other awards
 James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive:  James G. Balmer

References
AHL official site
AHL Hall of Fame
HockeyDB

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