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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.
2005–06 AHL season | |
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League | American Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 5, 2005 - April 16, 2006 |
Regular season | |
Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy | Grand Rapids Griffins |
Season MVP | Donald MacLean |
Top scorer | Kirby Law |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Frederic Cassivi |
Calder Cup | |
Champions | Hershey Bears |
Runners-up | Milwaukee Admirals |
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 . The first inductees were; Johnny Bower, Jack Butterfield, Jody Gage, Fred Glover, Willie Marshall, Frank Mathers and Eddie Shore.
Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
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y–Portland Pirates (ANA) | 80 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 114 | 306 | 241 |
x–Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR) | 80 | 48 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 104 | 292 | 241 |
x–Manchester Monarchs (LAK) | 80 | 43 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 93 | 236 | 230 |
x–Providence Bruins (BOS) | 80 | 43 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 254 | 217 |
e–Lowell Lock Monsters (CAR/COL) | 80 | 29 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 72 | 222 | 257 |
e–Springfield Falcons (TBL) | 80 | 28 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 220 | 312 |
e–Albany River Rats (NJD) | 80 | 25 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 206 | 278 |
East Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y–Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (PIT) | 80 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 113 | 249 | 178 |
x–Hershey Bears (WSH) | 80 | 44 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 103 | 262 | 234 |
x–Norfolk Admirals (CHI) | 80 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 94 | 259 | 246 |
x–Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI) | 80 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 246 | 253 |
e–Binghamton Senators (OTT) | 80 | 35 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 258 | 295 |
e–Philadelphia Phantoms (PHI) | 80 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 197 | 232 |
North Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
y–Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) | 80 | 55 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 323 | 247 |
x–Syracuse Crunch (CBJ) | 80 | 47 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 102 | 272 | 251 |
x–Manitoba Moose (VAN) | 80 | 44 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 100 | 243 | 217 |
x–Toronto Marlies (TOR) | 80 | 41 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 270 | 263 |
e–Rochester Americans (BUF/FLA) | 80 | 37 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 78 | 261 | 270 |
e–Hamilton Bulldogs (EDM/MTL) | 80 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 225 | 251 |
e–Cleveland Barons (SJS) | 80 | 27 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 210 | 302 |
West Division | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
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y–Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) | 80 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 108 | 268 | 234 |
x–Houston Aeros (MIN) | 80 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 285 | 242 |
x–Peoria Rivermen (STL) | 80 | 46 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 100 | 253 | 226 |
x–Iowa Stars (DAL) | 80 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 238 | 228 |
e–Chicago Wolves (ATL) | 80 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 278 | 275 |
e–Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (CGY) | 80 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 84 | 206 | 221 |
e–San Antonio Rampage (PHX) | 80 | 23 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 153 | 251 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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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 |
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 |
Division Semi-finals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Calder Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Providence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Portland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Hartford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Hartford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | 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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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