1973–74 AHL season

Sports season

1973–74 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| Rochester Americans
Season MVP| Art Stratton
Top scorer| Steve West
Playoffs
Champions| Hershey Bears
Runners-up| Providence Reds
AHL seasons

← 1972–73

1974–75 →

The 1973–74 AHL season was the 38th season of the American Hockey League. The league renamed its divisions, and the "East" Division became the "North" Division, and the "West" Division became the "South" Division. Twelve teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears and won their fifth Calder Cup championship.

This was the final season for the Cleveland/Jacksonville Barons as well as for the Boston Braves.

## Final standings

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

North  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Rochester Americans (independent) | 76 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 97 | 296 | 248
Providence Reds (NYR) | 76 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 88 | 330 | 244
Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL) | 76 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 86 | 263 | 223
New Haven Nighthawks (MNS) | 76 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 80 | 291 | 275
Boston Braves (BOS) | 76 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 59 | 239 | 297
Springfield Kings (LAK) | 76 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 57 | 251 | 327
South  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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Baltimore Clippers (DET) | 76 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 94 | 310 | 232
Hershey Bears (PIT) | 76 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 92 | 320 | 241
Cincinnati Swords (BUF) | 76 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 91 | 273 | 233
Richmond Robins (PHI) | 76 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 58 | 248 | 320
Jacksonville Barons (independent) | 76 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 56 | 244 | 334
Virginia Wings (DET) | 76 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 54 | 216 | 307

## Scoring leaders

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

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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Steve West | New Haven Nighthawks | 76 | 50 | 60 | 110 | 41
Marc Dufour | Baltimore Clippers | 74 | 42 | 62 | 104 | 21
Art Stratton | Rochester Americans | 76 | 24 | 71 | 95 | 118
Bobby Rivard | Baltimore Clippers | 76 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 48
Barry Merrell | Rochester Americans | 75 | 28 | 59 | 87 | 49
Rick Middleton | Providence Reds | 63 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 14
Larry Fullan | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 76 | 37 | 47 | 84 | 19
Murray Kuntz | Rochester Americans | 73 | 51 | 31 | 82 | 33
Doug Gibson | Boston Braves | 76 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 16
Howie Menard | Baltimore Clippers | 73 | 42 | 39 | 81 | 66

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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Main article: 1974 Calder Cup playoffs

| Division Semifinals | | | Division Finals | | | Calder Cup Final |

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| 1 | Rochester | 2 | | |
| 4 | New Haven | 4 |
| | 4 | New Haven | 0 |
| Northern Division |
| | | 2 | Providence | 4 |
| 2 | Providence | 4 |

| 3 | Nova Scotia | 2 |
| | N2 | Providence | 1 |
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| | | S2 | Hershey | 4 |
| 1 | Baltimore | 4 | |

| 4 | Richmond | 1 |
| | 1 | Baltimore | 0 |
| Southern Division |
| | | 2 | Hershey | 4 |
| 2 | Hershey | 4 |

| 3 | Cincinnati | 1 |

## Trophy and award winners

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Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Hershey Bears

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F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division: | Rochester Americans
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division: | Baltimore Clippers

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Art Stratton \- Rochester Americans

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Steve West \- New Haven Nighthawks
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Rick Middleton \- Providence Reds
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Gordie Smith \- Springfield Kings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Jim Shaw and Dave Elenbaas \- Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: | Don Cherry \- Rochester Americans

Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: | Arthur Whiteman

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James H. Ellery Memorial Award
Outstanding media coverage: | George Taylor, Baltimore

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

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|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

1974–75 AHL season

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