1975–76 AHL season Information & 1975–76 AHL season Links at HealthHaven.com

The 1975–76 AHL season was the 40th season of the American Hockey League. The league begins to give out three James H. Ellery Memorial Awards to the media, one each for outstanding newspaper, radio and television coverage of the AHL.

Eight teams played 76 games each in the schedule. The Nova Scotia Voyageurs finished first overall in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.

[edit] Team changes

The Syracuse Eagles cease operations.
The Virginia Wings cease operations.
The New Haven Nighthawks switch divisions from North to South.

[edit] 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
Nova Scotia Voyageurs	76	48	20	8	104	326	209
Rochester Americans	76	42	25	9	93	304	243
Providence Reds	76	34	34	8	76	294	300
Springfield Indians	76	33	39	4	70	267	321

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hershey Bears	76	39	31	6	84	304	275
Richmond Robins	76	29	39	8	66	262	297
New Haven Nighthawks	76	29	39	8	66	261	295
Baltimore Clippers	76	21	48	7	49	238	316

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jean-Guy Gratton	Hershey Bears	73	35	58	93	38
Ron Andruff	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	74	42	46	88	58
Greg Holst	Providence Reds	69	37	44	81	77
Guy Chouinard	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	70	40	40	80	14
Gordie Clark	Rochester Americans	72	30	49	79	7
Pierre Mondou	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	74	34	43	77	30
Fred Speck	Baltimore Clippers	76	23	52	75	93
Larry Fullan	Richmond Robins	76	18	57	75	26
Wayne Schaab	Richmond Robins	75	36	36	72	31

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[edit] Calder Cup playoffs

Main article: 1976 Calder Cup Playoffs

Division Semifinals			Division Finals			Calder Cup Final

North Division			1	Nova Scotia	4
2	Rochester	3	2	Rochester	0
3	Providence	0				N1	Nova Scotia	4
						S1	Hershey	1
South Division			1	Hershey	4
2	Richmond	3	2	Richmond	1
3	New Haven	0

[edit] Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division:	Hershey Bears

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Ron Andruff - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Jean-Guy Gratton - Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Greg Holst - Providence Reds & Pierre Mondou - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Noel Price - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Ed Walsh & Dave Elenbaas - Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Chuck Hamilton - Hershey Bears

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Macgregor Kilpatrick
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Clayton Campbell, Nova Scotia, (newspaper) Arnie Patterson, Nova Scotia, (radio) Dick Galiette, New Haven, (television)

[edit] See also

List of AHL seasons

[edit] References

Preceded by 1974–75 AHL season	AHL seasons	Succeeded by 1976–77 AHL season

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