1964–65 AHL season

The 1964–65 AHL season was the 29th season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage of the AHL.

Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

East	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Quebec Aces	72	44	26	2	90	280	223
Hershey Bears	72	36	32	4	76	246	243
Baltimore Clippers	72	35	32	5	75	275	249
Springfield Indians	72	29	39	4	62	237	273
Providence Reds	72	20	50	2	42	193	312

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Rochester Americans	72	48	21	3	99	310	199
Buffalo Bisons	72	40	26	6	86	261	218
Pittsburgh Hornets	72	29	36	7	65	228	256
Cleveland Barons	72	24	43	5	53	228	285

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Art Stratton	Buffalo Bisons	71	25	84	109	32
Bronco Horvath	Rochester Americans	72	38	68	106	24
Len Lunde	Buffalo Bisons	72	50	46	96	40
Pat Hannigan	Buffalo Bisons	72	38	54	92	116
Stan Smrke	Rochester Americans	71	33	59	92	28
Gerry Ehman	Rochester Americans	70	38	49	87	20
Ed Litzenberger	Rochester Americans	72	25	61	86	34
Wayne Hicks	Quebec Aces	72	38	47	85	52
Gord Labossiere	Baltimore Clippers	72	38	41	79	72
Ed Hoekstra	Quebec Aces	71	28	51	79	16

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Rochester Americans defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 1.
• Hershey Bears defeated Baltimore Clippers 3 games to 2.
• Buffalo Bisons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 1.

Second round

• Rochester Americans earned second round bye.
• Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 2.

Finals

• Rochester Americans defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup.
• list of scores

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, East Division:	Quebec Aces
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Rochester Americans

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Art Stratton - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Art Stratton - Buffalo Bisons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Ray Cullen - Buffalo Bisons
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Al Arbour - Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Gerry Cheevers - Rochester Americans

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Robert Martineau (posthumously)
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Charley Barton, Buffalo

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB