AHL 1985/86

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The 1985/86 season was the 50th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the league's 13 teams played 80 games each. The four best teams from the North Division and the South Division then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Regular season

Closing tables

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

Regular season

North Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Adirondack Red Wings 80 41 31 8th 339 298 90
Maine Mariners 80 40 31 9 274 285 89
Moncton Golden Flames 80 34 34 12 294 307 80
Fredericton Express 80 35 37 8th 319 311 78
Sherbrooke Canadiens 80 33 38 9 340 341 75
Nova Scotia Oilers 80 29 43 8th 314 353 66
South Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Hershey Bears 80 48 29 3 346 292 99
Binghamton Whalers 80 41 34 5 316 290 87
St. Catharines Saints 80 38 37 5 304 308 81
New Haven Nighthawks 80 36 37 7th 340 343 79
Springfield Indians 80 36 39 5 301 309 77
Rochester Americans 80 34 39 7th 320 337 75
Baltimore Skipjacks 80 28 44 8th 271 304 64

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
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 18th
Larry Floyd Maine Mariners 80 29 58 87 25th
Tom Roulston Baltimore Skipjacks 73 38 49 87 38

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in each division qualified for the play-offs. In the first two play-off rounds, the winners of the respective divisions were played. In round three, the two division winners met in the final. All play-off rounds as well as the final were played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Division semi-finals Division Finals Calder Cup Final
                           
  N1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th        
N4 Fredericton Express 2  
N1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th
North Division
  N3 Moncton Golden Flames 1  
N2 Maine Mariners 1
N3 Moncton Golden Flames 4th  
N1 Adirondack Red Wings 4th
  S1 Hershey Bears 2
S1 Hershey Bears 4th    
S4 New Haven Nighthawks 1  
S1 Hershey Bears 4th
South Division
  S3 St. Catharines Saints 3  
S2 Binghamton Whalers 2
  S3 St. Catharines Saints 4th  

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winner Adirondack Red Wings

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Goalkeepers: Mark LaForest , Chris Pusey

Defenders: Tim Friday , Ted Huesing , Greg Joly , Dave Korol , Steve Richmond , Larry Trader , Rick Zombo

Attackers: Pierre Aubry , Shawn Burr , Ed Johnstone , Dale Krentz , Lane Lambert , Claude Loiselle , Basil McRae , Glenn Merkosky , Adam Oates , Bob Probert , Geordie Robertson , Ted Speers , Ray Staszak , Gary Yaremchuk

Head Coach: Bill Dineen   General Manager: Neil Smith

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Adirondack Red Wings
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the North Division, regular season 		Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the South Division, Regular Season 		Hershey Bears

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Paul Gardner Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Paul Gardner Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Ron Hextall Hershey Bears
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Jim Wiemer New Haven Nighthawks
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goalkeeper 		Sam St. Laurent Maine Mariners
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Karl Friesen Maine Mariners
Sam St. Laurent
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Bill Dineen Adirondack Red Wings
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication 		Steve Tsujiura Maine Mariners
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs 		Tim Tookey Hershey Bears

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