1983–84 AHL season

The 1983–84 AHL season was the 48th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league initiates two new awards. The Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award is first awarded to the league's "best goaltender." The Jack A. Butterfield Trophy is first awarded to the "MVP of the playoffs." The Baltimore Skipjacks finished first overall in the regular season. The Maine Mariners won their third Calder Cup championship.

1983–84 AHL season
League	American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy	Fredericton Express
Season MVP	Garry Lariviere Mal Davis
Top scorer	Claude Larose
MVP	Bud Stefanski
Playoffs
Champions	Maine Mariners
Runners-up	Rochester Americans

Final standings

Red Wings

Express

Mariners

Alpines

Voyageurs

Jets

Skipjacks

Whalers

Bears

Nighthawks

Americans

Indians

Saints

North Division South Division

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
Fredericton Express (QUE/VAN)	80	45	30	5	95	340	262
Adirondack Red Wings (DET)	80	37	29	14	88	344	330
Maine Mariners (NJD)	80	33	36	11	77	310	312
Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL)	80	32	37	11	75	277	288
Moncton Alpines (EDM)	80	32	40	8	72	251	278
Sherbrooke Jets (WIN)	80	22	53	5	49	301	419

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Baltimore Skipjacks (PIT)	80	46	24	10	102	384	304
Rochester Americans (BUF)	80	46	32	2	94	363	300
St. Catharines Saints (TOR)	80	43	31	6	92	364	346
Springfield Indians (CHI/PHI/STL)	80	39	35	6	84	344	340
New Haven Nighthawks (LAK)	80	36	40	4	76	365	371
Binghamton Whalers (HFD)	80	33	43	4	70	359	388
Hershey Bears (BOS/WSH)	80	28	42	10	66	320	384

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Claude Larose	Sherbrooke Jets	80	53	67	120	6
Murray Eaves	Sherbrooke Jets	78	47	68	115	40
Mike Kaszycki	St. Catharines Saints	72	39	71	110	51
Bruce Boudreau	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	62	109	44
Ross Yates	Binghamton Whalers	68	35	73	108	82
Mal Davis	Rochester Americans	71	55	48	103	53
Mark Lofthouse	New Haven Nighthawks	79	37	64	101	45
Normand Aubin	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	47	94	63
Geordie Robertson	Rochester Americans	64	37	54	91	103
Claude Verret	Rochester Americans	65	39	51	90	4

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

	Division Semifinals					Division Finals					Calder Cup Final
	1	Fredericton	3
	4	Nova Scotia	4
						4	Nova Scotia	1
	North Division
						3	Maine	4
	2	Adirondack	3
	3	Maine	4
											N3	Maine	4
											S2	Rochester	1
	1	Baltimore	4
	4	Springfield	0
						1	Baltimore	2
	South Division
						2	Rochester	4
	2	Rochester	4
	3	St. Catharines	3

Details from hockeyDB

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Maine Mariners
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Fredericton Express
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division:	Baltimore Skipjacks

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints & Mal Davis - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Claude Verret - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Gene Ubriaco - Baltimore Skipjacks
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Bud Stefanski - Maine Mariners

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Jack A. Butterfield
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Jack Gatecliff, St. Catharines, (newspaper) Tom George, Rochester, (radio) Vince Bagli, Baltimore, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Dave Strader, Adirondack Red Wings

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1982–83 AHL season	AHL seasons	Succeeded by 1984–85 AHL season