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1993–94 AHL season
LeagueAmerican Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyAdirondack Red Wings
Season MVPRich Chernomaz
Top scorerTim Taylor
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPOlaf Kolzig
Calder Cup
ChampionsPortland Pirates
  Runners-upMoncton Hawks
AHL seasons

The 1993–94 AHL season was the 58th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The St. John's Maple Leafs finished first overall in the regular season. The Portland Pirates won their first Calder Cup championship.

It was the final season for founding member Springfield Indians, which would move to Worcester the following year after 52 years in Springfield.

Team changes

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

Atlantic GP W L T Pts GF GA
St. John's Maple Leafs (TOR) 80 45 23 12 102 360 287
Saint John Flames (CGY) 80 37 33 10 84 304 305
Moncton Hawks (WIN) 80 37 36 7 81 310 303
Cape Breton Oilers (EDM) 80 32 35 13 77 316 339
Fredericton Canadiens (MTL) 80 31 42 7 69 294 296
Prince Edward Island Senators (OTT) 80 23 49 8 54 269 356
North GP W L T Pts GF GA
Adirondack Red Wings (DET) 80 45 27 8 98 333 273
Portland Pirates (WSH) 80 43 27 10 96 328 269
Albany River Rats (NJD) 80 38 34 8 84 312 315
Springfield Indians (HFD) 80 29 38 13 71 309 327
Providence Bruins (BOS) 80 28 39 13 69 283 319
South GP W L T Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (PHI) 80 38 31 11 87 306 298
Hamilton Canucks (VAN) 80 36 37 7 79 302 305
Cornwall Aces (QUE) 80 33 36 11 77 294 295
Rochester Americans (BUF) 80 31 34 15 77 277 300
Binghamton Rangers (NYR) 80 33 38 9 75 312 322

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Tim Taylor Adirondack Red Wings 79 36 81 117 86
Rich Chernomaz St. John's Maple Leafs 78 45 65 110 199
Stephane Morin Hamilton Canucks 69 38 71 109 48
Jeff Nelson Portland Pirates 80 34 73 107 92
Yanic Perreault St. John's Maple Leafs 62 45 60 105 38
Mitch Lamoureux Hershey Bears 80 45 60 105 92
Mike Tomlak Springfield Indians 79 44 56 100 53
Mark Pederson Adirondack Red Wings 62 52 45 97 37
Chris Snell St. John's Maple Leafs 75 22 74 96 92
Patrik Augusta St. John's Maple Leafs 77 53 43 96 105

Calder Cup playoffs

Division semifinalsDivision finalsSemifinalsFinal
A1St. John's4
A4Cape Breton1
A1St. John's2
Atlantic Division
A3Moncton4
A2Saint John3
A3Moncton4
N1Adirondack4
N4Springfield2
N1Adirondack2N2Portland4
North Division
N2Portland4A3Moncton2A3Moncton2
N2Portland4
S3Cornwall0
N3Albany1
S1Hershey4
S4Rochester0
S1Hershey3
South Division
S3Cornwall4
S2Hamilton0
S3Cornwall4

For the Semifinal round, the team that earned the most points during the regular season out of the three remaining teams receives a bye directly to the Calder Cup Final.

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup
Playoff champions:
Portland Pirates
Richard F. Canning Trophy
North division playoff champions:
Portland Pirates
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
South division playoff champions:
Cornwall Aces
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular season champions, North Division:
Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular season champions, South Division:
Hershey Bears

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:
Rich Chernomaz - St. John's Maple Leafs
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer:
Tim Taylor - Adirondack Red Wings
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:
Rene Corbet - Cornwall Aces
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year:
Chris Snell - St. John's Maple Leafs
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best goaltender:
Frederic Chabot - Hershey Bears
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:
Olaf Kolzig & Byron Dafoe - Portland Pirates
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year:
Barry Trotz - Portland Pirates
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance:
Jim Nesich - Cape Breton Oilers
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs:
Olaf Kolzig - Portland Pirates

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive:
Tom Ebright, Portland Pirates
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage:
Dan Sernoffsky, Hershey, (newspaper)
Don Stevens, Rochester, (radio)
Cable Atlantic, St. John's, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive:
Jeremy Duncan, Albany River Rats

See also

References

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