2005–06 AHL season Information & 2005–06 AHL season Links at HealthHaven.com

The 2005–06 AHL season was the 70th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the Calder Cup, defeating the Milwaukee Admirals in the finals.

To celebrate the AHL's 70th anniversary, the league announced on January 6, 2006, the first inductees into the AHL's new Hall of Fame[1]. The first inductees were; Johnny Bower, Jack Butterfield, Jody Gage, Fred Glover, Willie Marshall, Frank Mathers and Eddie Shore.

[edit] Team changes

The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks suspend operations, becoming dormant.
The Edmonton Road Runners suspend operations, becoming dormant.
The Utah Grizzlies suspend operations, becoming dormant.
The dormant Saint John Flames resumed operations as the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights, playing in the West division.
The dormant Louisville Panthers resumed operations as the Iowa Stars, playing in the West division.
The St. John's Maple Leafs moved to Toronto, Ontario, becoming the Toronto Marlies.
The Worcester IceCats moved to Peoria, Illinois, becoming the Peoria Rivermen, playing in the West division.
The Albany River Rats shift from the East division to the Atlantic division.
The Grand Rapids Griffins shift from the West division to the North division.

[edit] Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; Pts = Points;

[edit] Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	Pts	GF	GA
Portland Pirates (ANA)	80	53	19	5	3	114	306	241
Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR)	80	48	24	2	6	104	292	241
Manchester Monarchs (LA)	80	43	30	3	4	93	236	230
Providence Bruins (BOS)	80	43	31	1	5	92	254	217
Lowell Lock Monsters (CAR/COL)	80	29	37	6	8	72	222	257
Springfield Falcons (TB)	80	28	43	3	6	65	220	312
Albany River Rats (NJ)	80	25	48	4	3	57	206	278

East Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT)	80	51	18	5	6	113	249	178
Hershey Bears (WAS)	80	44	21	5	10	103	262	234
Norfolk Admirals (CHI)	80	43	29	4	4	94	259	246
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	80	38	33	6	3	85	246	253
Binghamton Senators (OTT)	80	35	37	4	4	78	258	295
Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI)	80	34	37	2	7	77	197	232

[edit] Western Conference

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	80	55	20	1	4	115	323	247
Syracuse Crunch (CBJ)	80	47	25	5	3	102	272	251
Manitoba Moose (VAN)	80	44	24	7	5	100	243	217
Toronto Marlies (TOR)	80	41	29	6	4	92	270	263
Rochester Americans (BUF/FLA)	80	37	39	2	2	78	261	270
Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL/EDM)	80	35	41	0	4	74	225	251
Cleveland Barons (SJ)	80	27	48	2	3	59	210	302

West Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
Milwaukee Admirals (NAS)	80	49	21	6	4	108	268	234
Houston Aeros (MIN)	80	50	24	3	3	106	285	242
Peoria Rivermen (STL)	80	46	26	3	5	100	253	226
Iowa Stars (DAL)	80	41	31	1	7	90	238	228
Chicago Wolves (ATL)	80	36	32	4	8	84	278	275
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (CGY)	80	35	31	3	11	84	206	221
San Antonio Rampage (PHX)	80	23	50	3	4	53	153	251

[edit] Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kirby Law	Houston Aeros	80	43	67	110	95
Erik Westrum	Houston Aeros	71	34	64	98	138
Jiri Hudler	Grand Rapids Griffins	76	36	60	96	56
Patrick O'Sullivan	Houston Aeros	78	47	46	93	64
Darren Haydar	Milwaukee Admirals	80	35	57	92	50
Denis Hamel	Binghamton Senators	77	56	35	91	65
Donald MacLean	Grand Rapids Griffins	76	56	32	88	63
Brad Smyth	Hartford Wolf Pack	80	34	52	86	69
Ryan Shannon	Portland Pirates	71	27	59	86	44
Keith Aucoin	Lowell Lock Monsters	72	29	56	85	68

[edit] Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	SL	GA	SO	GAA	Sv%
Dany Sabourin	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	49	2943	30	14	4	111	4	2.26	0.922
Wade Flaherty	Manitoba Moose	49	2822	26	17	4	113	6	2.40	0.919
Brent Krahn	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights	57	3241	26	20	9	135	3	2.50	0.912
Mike Smith	Iowa Stars	50	3000	25	19	6	125	3	2.50	0.917
Martin Houle	Philadelphia Phantoms	40	2153	18	18	1	91	2	2.54	0.914

[edit] Calder Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals

Division Finals

Conference Finals

Calder Cup Finals

A1

Portland

4

A4

Providence

2

A1

Portland

4

A2

Hartford

2

A3

Hartford

4

A2

Manchester

3

A

Portland

3

Eastern

E

Hershey

4

E1

WBS

4

E4

Bridgeport

3

E1

WBS

0

E2

Hershey

4

E2

Hershey

4

E3

Norfolk

0

E

Hershey

4

W

Milwaukee

2

N1

Grand Rapids

4

N4

Toronto

1

N1

Grand Rapids

4

N3

Manitoba

3

N2

Syracuse

2

N3

Manitoba

4

N

Grand Rapids

0

Western

W

Milwaukee

4

W1

Milwaukee

4

W4

Iowa

3

W1

Milwaukee

4

W2

Houston

0

W2

Houston

4

W3

Peoria

0

[edit] All Star Classic

The 19th AHL All-Star Classic was played on February 1, 2006 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Team Canada defeated team PlanetUSA 9–4. In the skills competition held the night before, team Canada defeated team PlanetUSA 21–12 in front of two sellout crowds of 15,115, the largest for an AHL event. [2]

[edit] Trophy and Award winners

[edit] Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Hershey Bears
Richard F. Canning Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champions:	Hershey Bears
Robert W. Clarke Trophy Western Conference playoff champions:	Milwaukee Admirals
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy Regular season champions, League:	Grand Rapids Griffins
Frank Mathers Trophy Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference:	Portland Pirates
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy Regular Season champions, Western Conference:	Grand Rapids Griffins
Emile Francis Trophy Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division:	Portland Pirates
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, East Division:	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Sam Pollock Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Grand Rapids Griffins
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Milwaukee Admirals

[edit] Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Donald MacLean - Grand Rapids Griffins
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Kirby Law - Houston Aeros
Willie Marshall Award Top goal scorer:	Donald MacLean - Grand Rapids Griffins & Denis Hamel - Binghamton Senators
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Patrick O'Sullivan - Houston Aeros
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Andy Delmore - Syracuse Crunch
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Dany Sabourin - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Dany Sabourin - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Kevin Dineen - Portland Pirates
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Mark Cullen - Norfolk Admirals
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award Community Service Award:	Mitch Fritz - Springfield Falcons
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Frederic Cassivi - Hershey Bears

[edit] Other Awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Doug Yingst, Hershey Bears
Thomas Ebright Memorial Award Career contributions:	Al Coates
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Phil Janack, Albany, (newspaper) Kelly Moore, Manitoba, (radio) Gregg Mace, Hershey, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Mike Wojociechowski, Milwaukee Admirals
Michael Condon Memorial Award Outstanding service, on-ice official:	Luke Galvin

[edit] See also

List of AHL seasons

[edit] References

Preceded by 2004–05 AHL season	AHL seasons	Succeeded by 2006–07 AHL season

Contents

[edit] Team changes

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Conference

[edit] Western Conference

[edit] Scoring leaders

[edit] Leading goaltenders

[edit] Calder Cup Playoffs

[edit] All Star Classic

[edit] Trophy and Award winners

[edit] Team Awards

[edit] Individual Awards

[edit] Other Awards

[edit] See also

[edit] References