AHL 1974/75

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The 1974/75 season was the 39th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the ten teams in the league were supposed to play 76 games each, but the Baltimore Clippers withdrew their team prematurely from play for financial reasons, so the schedule had to be changed. The eight 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

North Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Providence Reds 76 43 21st 12 317 263 98
Rochester Americans 76 42 25th 9 317 243 93
Nova Scotia Voyageurs 75 40 26th 9 270 227 89
Springfield Indians 75 33 30th 12 299 256 78
New Haven Nighthawks 76 30th 35 11 282 302 71
South Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Virginia Wings 75 31 31 13 254 250 75
Richmond Robins 75 29 39 7th 261 293 65
Hershey Bears 75 27 38 10 259 303 64
Syracuse Eagles 75 21st 43 11 254 332 53
Baltimore Clippers 46 14th 22nd 10 136 180 38

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
Doug Gibson Rochester Americans 75 44 72 116 31
Peter Sullivan Nova Scotia Voyageurs 75 44 60 104 48
Tom Cassidy Springfield Indians 72 32 59 91 201
Pierre Laganiere Providence Reds 75 25th 61 86 44
Barry Merrell Rochester Americans 74 44 41 85 32
Jerry Holland Providence Reds 67 44 35 79 44
René Drolet Virginia Wings 72 26th 52 78 36
Dave Hynes Rochester Americans 63 37 30th 67 20th
Tom Colley New Haven Nighthawks 76 29 47 76 51

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The eight best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the first two play-off rounds, the winners of the respective divisions were played, with the second player first playing against the third party and then the winner of this duel in round two against the first place in the regular season. In round three, the two division winners met in the final. The first two play-off rounds and the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Division semi-finals Division finals Calder Cup Final
                           
  N1 Providence Reds 2        
N4 Springfield Indians 4th  
N4 Springfield Indians 4th
North Division
  N2 Rochester Americans 2  
N2 Rochester Americans 4th
N3 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 2  
N4 Springfield Indians 4th
  N5 New Haven Nighthawks 1
S1 Virginia Wings 1    
N5 New Haven Nighthawks 4th  
N5 New Haven Nighthawks 4th
South Division
  S3 Hershey Bears 1  
S2 Richmond Robins 3
  S3 Hershey Bears 4th  

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winners


Springfield Indians

Goalkeepers: Rick Charron , Steve Rexe

Defenders: Murray Flegel , Tim Jacobs , Roger Lemelin , Ken Murray , Paul Shakes , Jim Witherspoon

Attackers: Dennis Abgrall , Tom Cassidy , Pete Harasym , Mark Heaslip , Phil Hoene , Dale Lewis , Ernie Moser , Jim Nichols , Jimmy Peters , Bob Poffenroth , Lorne Stamler , Mike Usitalo

Head Coach: Ron Stewart   General Manager: Ted Shore

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Springfield Indians
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the North Division, regular season 		Providence Reds
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the South Division, Regular Season 		Virginia Wings

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Doug Gibson Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Doug Gibson Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Jerry Holland Providence Reds
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Joe Zanussi Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Dave Elenbaas Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Ed Walsh
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		John Muckler Providence Reds

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