1985–86 AHL season

The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their second Calder Cup championship.

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
Adirondack Red Wings	80	41	31	8	90	339	298
Maine Mariners	80	40	31	9	89	274	285
Moncton Golden Flames	80	34	34	12	80	294	307
Fredericton Express	80	35	37	8	78	319	311
Sherbrooke Canadiens	80	33	38	9	75	340	341
Nova Scotia Oilers	80	29	43	8	66	314	353

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hershey Bears	80	48	29	3	99	346	292
Binghamton Whalers	80	41	34	5	87	316	290
St. Catharines Saints	80	38	37	5	81	304	308
New Haven Nighthawks	80	36	37	7	79	340	343
Springfield Indians	80	36	39	5	77	301	309
Rochester Americans	80	34	39	7	75	320	337
Baltimore Skipjacks	80	28	44	8	64	271	304

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Gardner	Rochester Americans	71	61	51	112	16
Jody Gage	Rochester Americans	73	42	57	99	56
Ross Fitzpatrick	Hershey Bears	77	50	47	97	28
Tim Tookey	Hershey Bears	69	35	62	97	66
Wes Jarvis	St. Catharines Saints	74	36	60	96	38
Daryl Evans	Binghamton Whalers	69	40	52	92	50
Geordie Robertson	Adirondack Red Wings	79	36	56	92	99
Paul Fenton	Binghamton Whalers	75	53	35	88	87
Serge Boisvert	Sherbrooke Canadiens	69	40	48	88	18
Larry Floyd	Maine Mariners	80	29	58	87	25
Tom Roulston	Baltimore Skipjacks	73	38	49	87	38

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

	Division Semifinals					Division Finals					Calder Cup Final
	1	Adirondack	4
	4	Fredericton	2
						1	Adirondack	4
	North Division
						3	Moncton	1
	2	Maine	1
	3	Moncton	4
											N1	Adirondack	4
											S1	Hershey	2
	1	Hershey	4
	4	New Haven	1
						1	Hershey	4
	South Division
						3	St. Catharines	3
	2	Binghamton	2
	3	St. Catharines	4

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Adirondack Red Wings
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:	Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Ron Hextall - Hershey Bears
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Jim Wiemer - New Haven Nighthawks
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Sam St. Laurent - Maine Mariners
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Sam St. Laurent & Karl Friesen - Maine Mariners
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Bill Dineen - Adirondack Red Wings
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Steve Tsujiura - Maine Mariners
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	George Guilbault
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Jerry Crasnick, Maine, (newspaper) Jim Gagliardi, Adirondack, (radio) Rich Funke, Rochester, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Randy Scott, Rochester Americans

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB