1985–86 AHL season

1985–86 AHL season
LeagueAmerican Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyAdirondack Red Wings
Season MVPPaul Gardner
Top scorerPaul Gardner
MVPTim Tookey
Playoffs
ChampionsAdirondack Red Wings
  Runners-upHershey Bears
AHL seasons

The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their second Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

  •  y–  indicates team clinched division and a playoff spot
  •  x–  indicates team clinched a playoff spot
  •  e–  indicates team was eliminated from playoff contention
North Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
y–Adirondack Red Wings (DET) 80 41 31 8 90 339 298
x–Maine Mariners (NJD) 80 40 31 9 89 274 285
x–Moncton Golden Flames (BOS/CGY) 80 34 34 12 80 294 307
x–Fredericton Express (QUE/VAN) 80 35 37 8 78 319 311
e–Sherbrooke Canadiens (MTL/WIN) 80 33 38 9 75 340 341
e–Nova Scotia Oilers (CHI/EDM) 80 29 43 8 66 314 353
South Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
y–Hershey Bears (PHI) 80 48 29 3 99 346 292
x–Binghamton Whalers (HFD/WSH) 80 41 34 5 87 316 290
x–St. Catharines Saints (TOR) 80 38 37 5 81 304 308
x–New Haven Nighthawks (LAK/NYR) 80 36 37 7 79 340 343
e–Springfield Indians (MNS/NYI) 80 36 39 5 77 301 309
e–Rochester Americans (BUF) 80 34 39 7 75 320 337
e–Baltimore Skipjacks (PIT) 80 28 44 8 64 271 304

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Gardner Rochester Americans 71 61 51 112 16
Jody Gage Rochester Americans 73 42 57 99 56
Ross Fitzpatrick Hershey Bears 77 50 47 97 28
Tim Tookey Hershey Bears 69 35 62 97 66
Wes Jarvis St. Catharines Saints 74 36 60 96 38
Daryl Evans Binghamton Whalers 69 40 52 92 50
Geordie Robertson Adirondack Red Wings 79 36 56 92 99
Paul Fenton Binghamton Whalers 75 53 35 88 87
Serge Boisvert Sherbrooke Canadiens 69 40 48 88 18
Larry Floyd Maine Mariners 80 29 58 87 25
Tom Roulston Baltimore Skipjacks 73 38 49 87 38

Calder Cup playoffs

Main article: 1986 Calder Cup playoffs
Division Semifinals Division Finals Calder Cup Final
         
1 Adirondack 4
4 Fredericton 2
1 Adirondack 4
North Division
3 Moncton 1
2 Maine 1
3 Moncton 4
N1 Adirondack 4
S1 Hershey 2
1 Hershey 4
4 New Haven 1
1 Hershey 4
South Division
3 St. Catharines 3
2 Binghamton 2
3 St. Catharines 4

Trophy and award winners

Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions:		 Adirondack Red Wings
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division:		 Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division:		 Hershey Bears
Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:		 Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer:		 Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:		 Ron Hextall - Hershey Bears
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year:		 Jim Wiemer - New Haven Nighthawks
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender:		 Sam St. Laurent - Maine Mariners
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:		 Sam St. Laurent & Karl Friesen - Maine Mariners
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year:		 Bill Dineen - Adirondack Red Wings
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance:		 Steve Tsujiura - Maine Mariners
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs:		 Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears
Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive:		 George Guilbault
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage:		 Jerry Crasnick, Maine, (newspaper)
Jim Gagliardi, Adirondack, (radio)
Rich Funke, Rochester, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive:		 Randy Scott, Rochester Americans

See also

References

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