1965–66 AHL season

The 1965–66 AHL season was the 30th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was repeated two seasons later. The Quebec Aces finished first overall in the regular season. The Rochester Americans won their second consecutive 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	47	21	4	98	337	226
Hershey Bears	72	37	30	5	79	268	232
Springfield Indians	72	31	38	3	65	207	235
Baltimore Clippers	72	27	43	2	56	212	254
Providence Reds	72	20	49	3	43	184	310

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Rochester Americans	72	46	21	5	97	288	221
Cleveland Barons	72	38	32	2	78	243	217
Pittsburgh Hornets	72	38	33	1	77	236	218
Buffalo Bisons	72	29	40	3	61	215	243

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dick Gamble	Rochester Americans	71	47	51	98	22
Cleland Mortson	Quebec Aces	65	33	62	95	56
Gerry Ehman	Rochester Americans	70	39	49	88	28
Jim Pappin	Rochester Americans	63	36	51	87	116
Bob Courcy	Cleveland Barons	72	26	60	86	10
Gene Ubriaco	Hershey Bears	72	42	44	86	18
Mike Walton	Rochester Americans	68	35	51	86	67
Gord Labossiere	Quebec Aces	63	31	51	82	137
Wayne Hicks	Quebec Aces	72	32	49	81	24
Gerry Melnyk	Buffalo Bisons	69	18	61	79	10

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Rochester Americans defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 2.
• Springfield Indians defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 0.
• Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 0.

Second round

• Rochester Americans earned second round bye.
• Cleveland Barons defeated Springfield Indians 3 games to 0.

Finals

• Rochester Americans defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 2, 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:	Dick Gamble - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Dick Gamble - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Mike Walton - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Jim Morrison - Quebec Aces
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Les Binkley - Cleveland Barons

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Jack Riley
James H. Ellery Memorial Award Outstanding media coverage:	Hans Tanner, Rochester

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB