AHL 1969/70

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The 1969/70 season was the 34th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the league's nine teams played 72 games each. The six best teams in the AHL then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

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

East Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Voyageurs de Montréal 72 43 15th 14th 327 195 100
Springfield Kings 72 38 29 5 287 287 81
As de Québec 72 27 39 6th 221 272 60
Providence Reds 72 23 36 13 218 267 59
West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Buffalo bison 72 40 17th 15th 280 193 95
Hershey Bears 72 28 28 16 247 249 72
Baltimore Clippers 72 25th 30th 17th 230 252 67
Cleveland Barons 72 23 33 16 222 255 62
Rochester Americans 72 18th 38 16 253 315 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
Jew Drouin Montreal Voyageurs 65 37 69 106 88
Gord Labossiere Springfield Kings 60 30th 59 89 94
Guy Trottier Buffalo bison 71 55 33 88 8th
Doug Robinson Springfield Kings 70 45 41 86 26th
Marc Dufour Springfield Kings 71 32 53 85 22nd
Guy Charron Montreal Voyageurs 65 37 45 82 20th
Norm Beaudin Cleveland Barons 70 37 44 81 10
René Drolet Quebec Aces 71 32 48 80 42
Bill Inglis Springfield Kings 72 31 44 75 25th
Norm Armstrong Rochester Americans 70 30th 45 75 117

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The six best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the first play-off round, the two division winners met the third of the other division and the second division played against each other. Then the three teams qualified for the second play-off round should compete against each other twice, but the Voyageurs de Montréal lost all three games, so a fourth game was no longer necessary. The other two teams then met in the final. The first play-off round and the final took place in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

First round

Second round

The Buffalo Bisons and Springfield Kings prevailed against the Voyageurs de Montréal in a round trip.

final

  • (W1) Buffalo Bison - (E2) Springfield Kings 4-0

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner


Buffalo bison

Goalkeeper: Gilles Villemure

Defenders: Bob Ash , John Barber , Roger Cote , Larry Hornung , Randy Legge , Larry McIntyre , Dick Paradise , Mike Robitaille

Attackers: Doug Acomb , Syl Apps , Ron Attwell , Don Blackburn , Doug Brindley , Ron Buchanan , Don Giesbrecht , Bob Jones , Dennis Kassian , Forbes Kennedy , Bill Knibbs , Jim Krulicki , Wayne Maki , Gerry Ouellette , Wayne Rivers , Guy Trottier , Gary Veneruzzo , Bert Wilson

Head Coach: Fred Shero   General Manager: Fred Hunt

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Buffalo bison
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the East Division, regular season 		Voyageurs de Montréal
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the West Division, Regular Season 		Buffalo bison

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Gilles Villemure Buffalo bison
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Jew Drouin Voyageurs de Montréal
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Jew Drouin Voyageurs de Montréal
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Noel Price Springfield Kings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Gilles Villemure Buffalo bison
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Fred Shero Buffalo bison

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