1974–75 AHL season

The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule. The Baltimore Clippers suspended operations after 46 games, when displaced by the Baltimore Blades of the World Hockey Association. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season. The Springfield Indians won their fourth Calder Cup championship.

1974–75 AHL season
League	American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy	Providence Reds
Season MVP	Doug Gibson
Top scorer	Doug Gibson
Playoffs
Champions	Springfield Indians
Runners-up	New Haven Nighthawks

Team changes

• The Boston Braves cease operations.
• The Jacksonville Barons cease operations. The franchise license is sold to an ownership group in Syracuse, New York.
• The Cincinnati Swords cease operations, replaced by the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association.
• The Syracuse Eagles join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Syracuse, New York, playing in the South Division.
• The Springfield Kings revert to their previous name, the Springfield Indians.

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
Providence Reds (NYR)	76	43	21	12	98	317	263
Rochester Americans (BOS)	76	42	25	9	93	317	243
Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL)	75	40	26	9	89	270	227
Springfield Indians (CGS/LAK)	75	33	30	12	78	299	256
New Haven Nighthawks (MNS)	76	30	35	11	71	282	302

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Virginia Wings (DET)	75	31	31	13	75	254	250
Richmond Robins (PHI/WSH)	75	29	39	7	65	261	293
Hershey Bears (BUF/PIT)	75	27	38	10	64	259	303
Syracuse Eagles (MTL/STL)	75	21	43	11	53	254	332
Baltimore Clippers† (KCS)	46	14	22	10	38	136	180

^†Suspended operations.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Gibson	Rochester Americans	75	44	72	116	31
Peter Sullivan	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	75	44	60	104	48
Tom Cassidy	Springfield Indians	72	32	59	91	201
Pierre Laganiere	Providence Reds	75	25	61	86	44
Barry Merrell	Rochester Americans	74	44	41	85	32
Jerry Holland	Providence Reds	67	44	35	79	44
Rene Drolet	Virginia Wings	72	26	52	78	36
Dave Hynes	Rochester Americans	63	37	30	67	20
Tom Colley	New Haven Nighthawks	76	29	47	76	51

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Main article: 1975 Calder Cup playoffs

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Calder Cup Final

N1

Providence

2

N4

Springfield

4

N4

Springfield

4

North Division

N2

Rochester

2

N2

Rochester

4

N3

Nova Scotia

2

N4

Springfield

4

N5

New Haven

1

S1

Virginia

1

N5

New Haven

4

N5

New Haven

4

South Division

S3

Hershey

1

S2

Richmond

3

S3

Hershey

4

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Springfield Indians
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Providence Reds
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division:	Virginia Wings

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Doug Gibson - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Doug Gibson - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Jerry Holland - Providence Reds
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Joe Zanussi - Providence Reds
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:	John Muckler - Providence Reds

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Fred T. Hunt
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Ron Rohmer, New Haven

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB