AHL 1990/91

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The 1990/91 season was the 55th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the league's 15 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 .

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
Springfield Indians 80 43 27 10 348 281 96
Cape Breton Oilers 80 41 31 8th 306 301 90
Moncton Hawks 80 36 32 12 270 267 84
Fredericton Canadiens 80 36 35 9 295 292 81
Maine Mariners 80 34 34 12 269 284 80
Halifax Citadels 80 33 35 12 338 340 78
New Haven Nighthawks 80 24 45 11 246 324 59
South Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Rochester Americans 80 45 26th 9 326 253 99
Binghamton Rangers 80 44 30th 6th 318 274 94
Baltimore Skipjacks 80 39 34 7th 325 289 85
Hershey Bears 80 33 35 12 313 3242 78
Adirondack Red Wings 80 33 37 10 320 346 76
Utica Devils 80 36 42 2 325 346 74
Capital District Islanders 80 28 43 9 284 323 65
Newmarket Saints 80 26th 45 9 278 317 61

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
Kevin Todd Utica 75 37 81 118 75
Patrick Lebeau Fredericton 69 50 51 101 32
Shaun Van Allen Cape Breton 76 25th 75 100 182
Bill McDougall Adirondack 71 47 52 99 192
Jesse Bélanger Fredericton 75 40 58 98 30th
Neil Brady Utica 77 33 63 96 91
Michel Picard Springfield 77 56 40 96 61
James Black Springfield 79 35 61 96 34
Miroslav Ihnačák Halifax 77 38 57 95 42
Dan Currie Cape Breton 71 47 45 92 51

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in each division qualified for the play-offs. While the best three teams in each division were automatically qualified for the division semi-finals, the teams in places four and five played the fourth participant in each division in the pre-play-offs.

The pre-playoffs were played back and forth, with the team with the more goals scored qualified for the division semi-finals. 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.

Playoff tree

  Pre-playoffs   Semifinals division   Division Finals   Calder Cup Finals
                                     
                 
 
S1 Rochester Americans 4th
  S4 Hershey Bears 1  
S4 Hershey Bears 1 (13)
 
S5 Adirondack Red Wings 1 (4)  
S1 Rochester Americans 4th
South Division
  S2 Binghamton Rangers 0  
     
 
 
S2 Binghamton Rangers 4th
  S3 Baltimore Skipjacks 2  
 
 
S1 Rochester Americans 2
  N1 Springfield Indians 4th
           
 
 
N1 Springfield Indians 4th
  N4 Fredericton Canadiens 3  
N4 Fredericton Canadiens 1 (11)
 
N5 Maine Mariners 1 (7)  
N1 Springfield Indians 4th
North Division
  N3 Moncton Hawks 1  
     
 
 
N2 Cape Breton Oilers 0
  N3 Moncton Hawks 4th  
 
 

Calder Cup winner

Calder Cup winners


Springfield Indians 		Goalkeepers: Ross McKay , Kay Whitmore

Defenders: Jerguš Bača , Marc Bergevin , Brian Chapman , Scott Humeniuk , Todd Richards , John Stevens , Emanuel Viveiros

Attackers: Mikael Andersson , Blair Atcheynum , James Black , Yvon Corriveau , Joe Day , Chris Govedaris , Mark Greig , Dale Henry , Chris Lindberg , Michel Picard , Geoff Sanderson , Chris Tancill , Terry Yake

Head Coach: Jim Roberts   General Manager: Bruce Landon

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Springfield Indians
Richard F. Canning Trophy
winner of the North Division Finals 		Springfield Indians
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
winner of the South Division Finals 		Rochester Americans
FG "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Best team in the North Division, regular season 		Springfield Indians
John D. Chick Trophy
Best Team in the South Division, Regular Season 		Rochester Americans

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Kevin Todd Utica Devils
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Kevin Todd Utica Devils
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Patrick Lebeau Fredericton Canadiens
Eddie Shore Award
Best Defender 		Maciver standard Cape Breton Oilers
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goalkeeper 		Mark LaForest Binghamton Rangers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		David Littman Rochester Americans
Darcy Wakaluk
Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
Best Trainer 		Don Lever Rochester Americans
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
For the player who excels through fairness, commitment and dedication 		Glenn Merkosky Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the Calder Cup Playoffs 		Kay Whitmore Springfield Indians

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