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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.

Team changes[]

Final standings[]

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
Maine Mariners 80 45 28 7 97 319 292
New Brunswick Hawks 80 37 33 10 84 317 298
Nova Scotia Voyageurs 80 38 37 5 81 335 298
Springfield Indians 80 34 41 5 73 312 343
South GP W L T PTS GF GA
Hershey Bears 80 47 24 9 103 357 299
Adirondack Red Wings 80 35 40 5 75 305 328
Binghamton Whalers 80 32 42 6 70 296 336
New Haven Nighthawks 80 29 40 11 69 295 321
Rochester Americans 80 30 42 8 68 295 316

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Mark Lofthouse Hershey Bears 74 48 55 103 131
Dan Daoust Nova Scotia Voyageurs 80 38 60 98 106
Tony Cassolato Hershey Bears 74 48 46 94 23
Dave Gorman Nova Scotia Voyageurs 78 43 47 90 82
Normand Aubin New Brunswick Hawks 79 43 46 89 99
Guy Carbonneau Nova Scotia Voyageurs 78 35 53 88 87
Jean-Francois Sauve Rochester Americans 56 29 54 83 21
Craig Levie Nova Scotia Voyageurs 80 20 62 82 162
Paul Evans Maine Mariners 78 28 52 80 49
Reg Thomas Nova Scotia Voyageurs 74 36 43 79 90

Calder Cup playoffs[]

See 1981 Calder Cup Playoffs

Trophy and award winners[]

Team awards
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
Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:
Pelle Lindbergh - Maine Mariners
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer:
Mike Lofthouse - Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:
Pelle Lindbergh - Maine Mariners
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year:
Craig Levie - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
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
Other awards
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


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Game Ads[]


See also[]

References[]

Preceded by
1979–80 AHL season
AHL seasons Succeeded by
1981–82 AHL season
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