1980–81 AHL season | |
League: | American Hockey League |
Sport: | Ice hockey |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy |
Season Champs: | Maine Mariners |
Mvp: | Pelle Lindbergh |
Mvp Link: | Les Cunningham Award |
Top Scorer: | Mark Lofthouse |
Top Scorer Link: | John B. Sollenberger Trophy |
Finals: | Playoffs |
Finals Link: | 1981 Calder Cup playoffs |
Finals Champ: | Adirondack Red Wings |
Seasonslistnames: | AHL |
The 1980–81 AHL season was the 45th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their first Calder Cup championship.
North | ||||||||
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y–Maine Mariners (PHI) | 80 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 97 | 319 | 292 | |
x–New Brunswick Hawks (CHI/TOR) | 80 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 84 | 317 | 298 | |
x–Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL/QUE) | 80 | 38 | 37 | 5 | 81 | 335 | 298 | |
x–Springfield Indians (BOS) | 80 | 34 | 41 | 5 | 73 | 312 | 343 |
South | ||||||||
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y–Hershey Bears (QUE/WSH) | 80 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 103 | 357 | 299 | |
x–Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 75 | 305 | 328 | |
x–Binghamton Whalers (HFD/PIT) | 80 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 70 | 296 | 336 | |
x–New Haven Nighthawks (NYR) | 80 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 69 | 295 | 321 | |
e–Rochester Americans (BUF/QUE) | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 68 | 295 | 316 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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74 | 48 | 55 | 103 | 131 | |||
80 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 106 | |||
74 | 48 | 46 | 94 | 23 | |||
78 | 43 | 47 | 90 | 82 | |||
79 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 99 | |||
78 | 35 | 53 | 88 | 87 | |||
56 | 29 | 54 | 83 | 21 | |||
80 | 20 | 62 | 82 | 162 | |||
78 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 49 | |||
74 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 90 |
See main article: 1981 Calder Cup playoffs.
Calder Cup Playoff champions: | Adirondack Red Wings | |
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division: | Maine Mariners | |
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division: | Hershey Bears |
Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player: | Pelle Lindbergh - Maine Mariners | |
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer: | Mark Lofthouse - Hershey Bears | |
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year: | Pelle Lindbergh - Maine Mariners | |
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year: | ||
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average: | Pelle Lindbergh & Robbie Moore - Maine Mariners | |
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year: | Bob McCammon - Maine Mariners | |
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Tony Cassolato - Hershey Bears |
James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive: | Ed Anderson | |
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage: | Rick Wheeler, Rochester, (newspaper) Russ Small, Hershey, (radio) Simeon Smith, Rochester, (television) | |
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive: | Brent Hancock, Hershey Bears |