1979–80 AHL season

American sports season

Sports season

1979–80 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| New Brunswick Hawks
Season MVP| Norm Dube
Top scorer| Norm Dube
Playoffs
Champions| Hershey Bears
Runners-up| New Brunswick Hawks
AHL seasons

← 1978–79

1980–81 →

The 1979–80 AHL season was the 44th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 80 games each. The New Haven Nighthawks finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears won their sixth Calder Cup championship.

## Team changes

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* The Adirondack Red Wings join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Glens Falls, New York, playing in the North Division.
* The Philadelphia Firebirds move to Syracuse, New York becoming the Syracuse Firebirds.

## 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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New Brunswick Hawks (CHI/TOR) | 79 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 96 | 325 | 271
Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL) | 79 | 43 | 29 | 7 | 93 | 331 | 271
Maine Mariners (PHI) | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 93 | 307 | 266
Adirondack Red Wings (DET) | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 75 | 297 | 309
Springfield Indians (HFD/LAK) | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 74 | 292 | 302
South  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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New Haven Nighthawks (CLR/NYR) | 80 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 101 | 350 | 305
Hershey Bears (WSH) | 80 | 35 | 39 | 6 | 76 | 289 | 273
Syracuse Firebirds (PIT/QUE) | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 69 | 303 | 364
Rochester Americans (BUF) | 80 | 28 | 42 | 10 | 66 | 260 | 327
Binghamton Dusters (BOS/LAK) | 80 | 24 | 49 | 7 | 55 | 268 | 334

## 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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Norm Dube | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 79 | 40 | 61 | 101 | 49
Keith Acton | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 75 | 45 | 53 | 98 | 38
Gordie Clark | Maine Mariners | 79 | 47 | 43 | 90 | 64
Bruce Boudreau | New Brunswick | 75 | 36 | 54 | 90 | 47
Bill Lochead | New Haven Nighthawks | 68 | 46 | 43 | 89 | 90
Rick Shinske | Adirondack Red Wings | 78 | 22 | 58 | 80 | 20
Paul Evans | Maine Mariners | 80 | 21 | 56 | 77 | 66
Rick Meagher | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 64 | 32 | 44 | 76 | 53
Dan Metivier | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 76 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 29
Gord Brooks | Syracuse Firebirds | 77 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 38

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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Main article: 1980 Calder Cup playoffs

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

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| 1 | New Brunswick | 4 | | |
| 4 | Adirondack | 1 |
| | 1 | New Brunswick | 4 |
| North Division |
| | | 3 | Maine | 2 |
| 2 | Nova Scotia | 2 |

| 3 | Maine | 4 |
| | N1 | New Brunswick | 2 |
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| | | S2 | Hershey | 4 |
| 1 | New Haven | 4 | |

| 4 | Rochester | 0 |
| | 1 | New Haven | 2 |
| South Division |
| | | 2 | Hershey | 4 |
| 2 | Hershey | 4 |

| 3 | Syracuse | 0 |

## 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: | New Brunswick Hawks
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division: | New Haven Nighthawks

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Norm Dube \- Nova Scotia Voyageurs

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Norm Dube \- Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Darryl Sutter \- New Brunswick Hawks
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Rick Vasko \- Adirondack Red Wings
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Rick St. Croix & Robbie Moore \- Maine Mariners
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year: | Doug Gibson \- Hershey Bears
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance: | Norm Dube \- Nova Scotia Voyageurs

Other awards
James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive: | Ned Harkness

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James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage: | Paul Marslano, New Haven, (newspaper)
Bill Brady, Springfield, (radio)
Dale Darling, Maine, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive: | Bruce Landon, Springfield Indians

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

Preceded by

1978–79 AHL season

|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

1980–81 AHL season

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