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.

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

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Baltimore Skipjacks	80	46	24	10	102	384	304
Rochester Americans	80	46	32	2	94	363	300
St. Catharines Saints	80	43	31	6	92	364	346
Springfield Indians	80	39	35	6	84	344	340
New Haven Nighthawks	80	36	40	4	76	365	371
Binghamton Whalers	80	33	43	4	70	359	388
Hershey Bears	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