1990–91 AHL season

The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season. The Springfield Indians won their seventh and final Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

• The Binghamton Whalers became the Binghamton Rangers.
• The Sherbrooke Canadiens moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, becoming the Fredericton Canadiens.
• The Capital District Islanders joined the AHL as an expansion team, based in Troy, New York, playing in the South Division.

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
Springfield Indians	80	43	27	10	96	348	281
Cape Breton Oilers	80	41	31	8	90	306	301
Moncton Hawks	80	36	32	12	84	270	267
Fredericton Canadiens	80	36	35	9	81	295	292
Maine Mariners	80	34	34	12	80	269	284
Halifax Citadels	80	33	35	12	78	338	340
New Haven Nighthawks	80	24	45	11	59	246	324

South	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Rochester Americans	80	45	26	9	99	326	253
Binghamton Rangers	80	44	30	6	94	318	274
Baltimore Skipjacks	80	39	34	7	85	325	289
Hershey Bears	80	33	35	12	78	313	324
Adirondack Red Wings	80	33	37	10	76	320	346
Utica Devils	80	36	42	2	74	325	346
Capital District Islanders	80	28	43	9	65	284	323
Newmarket Saints	80	26	45	9	61	278	317

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kevin Todd	Utica Devils	75	37	81	118	75
Patrick Lebeau	Fredericton Canadiens	69	50	51	101	32
Shaun Van Allen	Cape Breton Oilers	76	25	75	100	182
Bill McDougall	Adirondack Red Wings	71	47	52	99	192
Jesse Belanger	Fredericton Canadiens	75	40	58	98	30
Neil Brady	Utica Devils	77	33	63	96	91
Michel Picard	Springfield Indians	77	56	40	96	61
James Black	Springfield Indians	79	35	61	96	34
Miroslav Ihnacak	Halifax Citadels	77	38	57	95	42
Dan Currie	Cape Breton Oilers	71	47	45	92	51

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

	Preliminary Round					Division Semifinals					Division Finals					Calder Cup Final
						1	Springfield	4
	4	Fredericton	11			4	Fredericton	3
											1	Springfield	4
	5	Maine	7			North Division
											3	Moncton	1
						2	Cape Breton	0
						3	Moncton	4
																N1	Springfield	4
																S1	Rochester	2
						2	Binghamton	4
						3	Baltimore	2
											2	Binghamton	0
	4	Hershey	13			South Division
											1	Rochester	4
	5	Adirondack	4			1	Rochester	4
						4	Hershey	1

Note: Preliminary Round was played as a two-game, total-goals series

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Springfield Indians
Richard F. Canning Trophy North division playoff champions:	Springfield Indians
Robert W. Clarke Trophy South division playoff champions:	Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Springfield Indians
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division:	Rochester Americans

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Kevin Todd - Utica Devils
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Kevin Todd - Utica Devils
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Patrick Lebeau - Fredericton Canadiens
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Norm Maciver - Cape Breton Oilers
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Mark Laforest - Binghamton Rangers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	David Littman & Darcy Wakaluk - Rochester Americans
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Don Lever - Rochester Americans
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Glenn Merkosky - Adirondack Red Wings
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Kay Whitmore - Springfield Indians

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Frank Mathers
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Bob Dittmeier, Adirondack / Capital District, (newspaper) Bob Matthews, Rochester, (radio) Jimmy Young & Tom Caron, Maine, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Jan MacDonald, New Haven Nighthawks

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB