AHL 1960/61

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The 1960/61 season was the American Hockey League's (AHL) 25th regular season . During the regular season, the seven teams in the league played 72 games each. The four best teams in the AHL then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Regular season

GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Springfield Indians 72 49 22nd 1 344 206 99
Hershey Bears 72 36 32 4th 218 210 76
Cleveland Barons 72 36 35 1 231 234 73
Buffalo bison 72 35 34 3 259 261 73
Rochester Americans 72 32 36 4th 261 244 68
As de Québec 72 30th 39 3 217 267 63
Providence Reds 72 26th 46 0 225 333 52

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Bill Sweeney Springfield Indians 70 40 68 108 26th
Phil Maloney Buffalo bison 71 37 65 102 27
Bruce Cline Springfield Indians 72 40 52 92 13
Brian Kilrea Springfield Indians 70 20th 67 87 47
Bill McCreary Springfield Indians 72 33 54 87 26th
Larry Wilson Buffalo bison 72 30th 54 84 62
Jim Anderson Springfield Indians 72 43 38 81 18th
Dick Gamble Buffalo bison 72 40 36 76 18th
Billy Dea Buffalo bison 72 35 39 74 10
Hank Ciesla Rochester Americans 70 30th 44 74 23

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the semifinals and finals, these played the Calder Cup winner. While the semi-final series of the first against the third of the regular season was played in the best-of-seven mode, the series of the second against the fourth was played in the best-of-five mode. The final also took place in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Semifinals final
                 
1 Springfield Indians 4th    
3 Cleveland Barons 0  
1 Springfield Indians 4th
  2 Hershey Bears 0
2 Hershey Bears 3
4th Buffalo bison 1  

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Springfield Indians
FG “Teddy” Oke Trophy
Best team of the regular season 		Springfield Indians

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Phil Maloney Buffalo bison
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Bill Sweeney Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Chico Maki Buffalo bison
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Bob McCord Springfield Indians
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Marcel Paille Springfield Indians

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